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I am guilty (guilty, I say!) of this same error. The fact that I had one dark blue 1x1 brick left over at the end led me to suspect the error was mine, and I had not been shorted a brick, but I scoured the exterior of the building and couldn't find a color mismatch anywhere. So thanks for helping me figure out where I went wrong. Excellent review, Oky. I did in fact LOL at the POOP joke. PLOP would be a good one too.

I suppose I'm less interested in the specific shop type of any given modular as I am in interesting builds, and things we haven't seen before. That's the disappointment of the Cinema, to me, as a missed opportunity--a two-level building at the same height of the usual three stories was good, but I was excited for an interior that included balcony or box seating, remaining open inside for a large movie screen. Two iconic building types that I'd like to see are a classical courthouse (peaked triangular roof, large-scale columns, in gray or white, set back from the street further than the other modular buildings, with those building-wide steps, perhaps incorporating an elevated statuary), and a classic two-story motel, with the outdoor stairs and covered walkways, parking spaces, front office and ice and snack machines. Since those motels are free-standing buildings, designers would have to do some clever maneuvering to fit in with the plate-connecting pin style that runs through the theme (a dumpter with the connector pin hidden in the back of it, for example), but that's what would make it fun, and an interesting change to the skyline. They did a bit of the former architecture with the Town Hall, of course, with the entryway looking like a mini version of what I expect the courthouse to look like in full scale, which dampens, but does not kill, my enthusiasm for a courthouse. I've bought them all, though, to date, and will continue to do so unless they really tank in quality. I vote for one a year, less because of finances (the modulars and holiday sets are the only ones I buy anymore) than because of shelf space to display these beauties.

As someone else mentioned, I'm a little disappointed that this is a corner building. I shall reserve judgement until I get the chance to see some interiors, but I felt like the theatre would be a great chance to do something we really haven't seen before in the modular line: an auditorium style interior, open from bottom to top, with the great staircases these old single-screen movie houses often had, in two levels (main level and balcony, with even a couple of box seats, perhaps) instead of the standard three levels. While it wouldn't necessarily be a blast to build seating for 50+ minifigs, looking at the finished result would be impressive. The square-footage pinch of a corner set makes me fear it will be like the Town Plan (which was great for the more traditional scale it was in), with seating for a mere 7 figs.

So that's why I can't find any white bricks... you used them all! Seriously, though, it's gorgeous. A cool concept brilliantly executed.

Little Too Late by Sextant Images, on Flickr

Great gag, agentofchaos! It's funny on a couple of levels, both visually and with the 'Super' wordplay. I've fallen behind. I thought I'd be coming up with a lot more Harry Potter gags, but I keep coming up with LotR (or mixed-theme) ones instead. The One Ringses by Sextant Images, on Flickr

No, I wouldn't expect it to be. I meant that I'd look forward to re-building the haunted house every year, because it'd get broken down again after Halloween. My modulars are built, out and on display 365 days a year, which is great, but it means I'm not getting to put them together. It'll be good to have something on that scale that I can re-build time and time again, like with the winter sets.

As a fan of the modulars, I definitely look forward to picking this up and using it as a Halloween decoration. I enjoy the annual ritual of building the winter-themed sets for use in Christmas decorations, then breaking them down again, so I don't have to find a permanent place for them to live. This will introduce a new holiday into the annual rotation, and a build I can look forward to every year. Perhaps a nice set-up with the Harry Potter Graveyard Duel set. Spooooky.

Unfortunately, I have no PotC sets or figs. Sorry. You should give it a shot, though, if you have the means. As far as licensed lines go, I have a very deep Harry Potter collection (I think Mad-Eye Moody may be the only fleshie-era fig that I don't have), the LotR main characters, some assorted Star Wars (though really nothing from after 2006 or so), and scattered Indiana Jones, Batman, and a few other one--offs. As far as making a grab for the mantle of comic supremacy, I can tell you that after making just a handful of these things, I'm running low on ideas. Oky has made literally hundreds of these funnies, so I'm a long way from being compared to him (or anyone else, for that matter). I just thought it would be fun to contribute to this thread that has given me a good few chuckles. I've been trying to put together another one, but, alas, the yardwork waits for no man.

Not exactly sophisticated humor, but Frodo's alternate expression gave me this idea. I had to put longer legs on Gimli so he could bend over. You shall not pass... gas by Sextant Images, on Flickr

Yes, it was more the idea of the two of them hanging out---comparing their respective worlds---that made me laugh, more than any specific thing they said. I had a handful of lines I was thinking about, but decided it was the image of them lounging in this pasture that was truly funny. I wanted to give one of them an ice cream cone or a popsicle, but I didn't have the patience to dig up the pieces. Another one for today (a fairly obvious idea, but I hadn't seen anyone do it yet): Internet Trolls by Sextant Images, on Flickr

Definitely Star Wars. It was the enjoyable builds of the larger sets that brought me out of my dark ages, but if you ask any casual SW fan (which is what I am) to name 10 vehicles from that universe, I've already got one of each of them. Now most of the sets are populated with ships I don't recognize, piloted by characters I don't know. I bought one of the Hoth sets to obtain a tauntaun, but I haven't bought any other SW sets in years, certainly since the modular buildings hit the shelves.

I can only seem to produce one of these per day. I'll keep at it until I run through my initial stash of ideas. Dumbledore and Gandalf by Sextant Images, on Flickr

Yes, that was the beginning of this comic. I thought about how I didn't have any other HP characters all dressed up, but I did have the Indiana Jones fig. So it seemed like the two of them would have to meet up to hit the town. But I didn't have anyone else with an officially issued black tie minifig, which ultimately led to this idea.

Another one from me... At the LEGO licensed character luncheon by Bryce Napier, on Flickr