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  1. The Reader
    I go for the classic fireman. I loved that torso when I was a kid and I still do today:
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    Hm, that's a task for the next MOC!
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    Ok, this point goes to you - the dark tan torso acually looks more like a house jacket. Well, I have to get it and then I will see ...
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    @Murdoch17 Great minds think alike! Regarding the station master from the Orient Express: I prefer the tan suit to the blue one as it has more "safari" vibes. But we can be salomonic: tan for the day, blue for the evening ...
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    ... and no obvious reason why ... The third minifig from right in the bottom row seems to be an useful adventurer (from set 71814):
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    @SlegengrThank you very much for your kind words and your detailed feedback. Yes, it's quite difficult to fit details in that small boathull. I know that some guys over in the Pirates forum make great sailing vessels with that boathull but steamers are seldom. TLG did only rowing vessels, a few sailing vessels and the flying boat in set 6494 "Mystic Mountain Time Lab" - and the aforementioned set 7410 which is apparently the only steamer with that boathull made by TLG. I love set 7410 but the boiler and stack are a bit massive and lack details. I will try the bandana for Humphrey and I will add some black 1x1 plates. Actually inside the black "post box" aka the boiler are some trans red 1x1 round plates as fire. So thanks again!
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    The tires of the truck in set 60426 are too blocky. The ones of the truck in set 60161 are far better. And I think the helicopter in set 60437 is too big and ugly. But anyway I think I will get the three smaller sets, the polybag and the adult gorillas from PaB. Totally agree. I think the challenge for TLG was to combine 1924s Adventurers with 2024s CITY vehicles. TLG just didn't meet our expectations (at least mine). But modern Johnny is great! The small hydrofoil in set 60437 reminds me of a modern version of set 5912:
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    Have a look here - simple but classic (like set 7410):
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    Not at all. No worries. Thank you very much!
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    Nothing great, just a small MOC - when I saw the classic boathull in white for the first time I knew I had to use it as a little river steamer. So I built the African Queen piloted by Humphrey Breese. I hope you like it. Critics and comments are welcome! Background story to Humprey Breese:
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    Regarding the first photos of the new 2024 CITY jungle sets I‘m a bit disappointed at the moment. The jungle structures are a bit lacklustre and the vehicles are too mighty. But I‘ll wait for more pictures for my final judgement.
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    Thank you! Yes, you nailed it - that's the setting and the backstory ...
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    Have a look here: https://bricknerd.com/home/how-to-insure-your-lego-collection-11-23-23
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    @Murdoch17 @lifeinplastic @Slegengr Thank you all very much for your kind feedback and your input. First I have to correct the names: Gabarro and Rudo Villano. While Rudo Villano IMHO obviously is a villain and a sidekick to the main villain (like Mr. Cunnigham) Gabarro is ambivalent - neither good guy nor villain. He just does his job nevertheless who pays him. Second - yes I used building techniques from the Dino Island subtheme as @Slegengr spotted correctly. The crane and the rusty roofs are from set 5987. The large bricks where used as bases in different Dino Island sets as well as in various Castle and Harry Potter sets of that time. The problem is that neither the Desert subtheme nor the Jungle subtheme feature "civilian" buildings and structures. So it is difficult to deduct a certain Adventurers' style for MOCs. Actually set 5987 is the only set which has a "civilian" or modern building which seems to be the Adventurers' HQ. That's why I try to copy its building techniques for my MOCs which are a kind of crossover between the Jungle subtheme and the Dino Island subtheme. My aim is to build MOCs could have been original Lego sets in that time. I hope you like them!
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    The Pippin Reed/Gail Storm minifig from the Orient Express (set 21344) isn't available on PaB yet. Why? Any thoughts or reasons? Does Lego "save" her for upcoming sets?
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    Can you read thoughts?!?!? Set 76947 is on my MOC'ing list, too. That plane is very useful for Adventurers' purposes ... Your MOC is just awesome. The accessebility of the cockpit and cargo bay is perfect. Well done! I tried that hat/hair combo myself:
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    This is Señor Palomar‘s trading post deep in the jungle. Max Rudo Villano and Gabarros are handling some cargo boxes with ancient artfacts. This MOC with a 12x24 studs footprint is meant to be an extension of the Adventurers' jungle subtheme. It was heavily inspired by set 6377 "Delivery Center". I had ordered that red sliding door directly from LEGO customer service back in the 80s when I was a kid. That sign is a self printed "sticker": printed on paper and glued to the panel which I had found heavily scratched on a road. What do you think? Critics and comments are welcome!
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    Thanks! @Lion King and @Feuer Zug Thank you both! Thanks! Yes, that's good point with the pupils. I also prefer heads which have a mouth in form of the classic grin.
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    Thanks for the hint. Would have preferred him with black legs. I think I will swap them. I'm very excited to see the sets.
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    Mike - left the classic minifig from the 2000 Dino Island subtheme, right the modern version using the torso and hat from the newspaper boy from CMF series 24. The printed legs are from Pigsy from Monkie Kid.
  22. The Reader
    The snake and the spider should be green as well.
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    Same here in Germany.
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    That's great. I like that little vignette with all its "green".
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    Great, cool idea!
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