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Mr Bill

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  1. Mr Bill
    I, too, have found it impossible to stick with one theme -- and I'm not sure I really WANT to stick with one theme. I focus primarily on city (with trains subtheme being integral). I build mainly in the CCModular vein (Cafe Corner). I try to get as many SW sets as I can afford, but after the first ten years or so it became more hit or miss. In general I can't buy everything I want so I just get the sets that tickle my fancy or look good or have parts I desire for a special project... --Mr Bill
  2. Mr Bill
    Much as we AFOLs hate MegaBlox/Tyco/Kreo/etc, we must acknowledge that the competition from the clones is what led Lego to expand the commercial color palette (and perhaps even pursue license deals). If not we'd still be building in six colors. Not that there's anything wrong woth that (I love my classic sets despite the limited palette at the time). --Mr Bill
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    According to Brickset I have about 200,000 elements. Since I do a lot of "Pick-A-Brick" (and drafts or Lug Bulks with my LUG) the actual number is a couple thousand more than that. While my wife insists I now "have enough Lego" I still find myself needing more of certain elements as I build certain projects. I'm down to sorting the last half pound or so of several years of sets and made the mistake of saying to my wife, "I think I have too much Lego." Ooops! But I still wouldn't describe my collection as having reached "critical mass" despite my need to shift and split elements into additional drawers as my sorting progressed... --Mr. Bill
  4. Mr Bill
    Well this topic made me laugh! My pronunciations: AFOL - A-Fall (that's a long A as in "say") TFOL - T-Fall MOC - Mock (like the word for making fun of someone) WIP - I just say "Work In Progress." LEGO - Lay-Go (rhymes with a toaster treat... and to my US west coast ears/pronunciation* there is no difference between Lay and Leh) Vignette - Vin-YET Decal - DEE-kal (was this one really a mystery to anyone?) Technic - I'm "old school" here -- I pronounce this "Expert Builder" since I was buying them since the beginning (before they came up with the name Technic). But on those occaisions where I am forced to say it I do indeed pronounce it as the word "technique" (and apparently I'm doing this wrong) Cuusoo - COO-soo SPOT, BURP, LURP, POOP, SAMP/STAMP -- all phonetically as spelled --Mr. Bill *I can't call it an accent because we don't have an accent on the West coast -- we pronounce things the way they're in the dictionary, LoL
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    I pretty much agree with others here... Playability is of virtually no importance to me. I buy sets mainly because I enjoy growing my Lego city. When the Cafe Corner showed up I felt forced to up my gamesmanship in the city department and have managed to mod most of my city to the CC standard. I do buy sets for the parts (probably more often than my wallet likes me to) and in an ideal world (one with a fat wallet or lottery win) I'd buy two or three of most such sets. For me the big challenge is incorporating my trains, monorails and (now) Friends structures into an integrated Lego City. The challenge is not so much in the modding required to "match" so much as it is the parts required for such modding, hence the desire for multiple sets in many cases. Another thing I don't much care about are interiors, unless the building has lots of big windows. I don't open my CC series structures to gawk at what's inside, tho I DO marvel at some of the techniques used for interior details; I often use those techniques for some exterior detials when the need arises. --Mr Bill
  6. Mr Bill
    Great review, Pandora! While I've never been a fan of POOP (or BURPs or LURPs) I DO understand the cost effectiveness of them... And therefore I'm excited to increase my inventory of Light Yellow -- one of the colors of which I have the fewest... Like others, I hope to see more sets and parts in this color in the future --1x1s, 2x2s and plates! Like I said in Hinkley's bakery review thread, these Friends sets get better and better and I look forward more and more which each batch released! --Mr Bill
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    Great Review, Hinkley! With each release I get more hooked on the Friends line. I'm even starting to incorporate the sets (with major mods of course) into my town and even integrating the minidolls with the minifigs. So far no riots or discrimination have erupted! --Mr Bill
  8. Mr Bill
    Title: OCTOBER 29th, 1929 Minifig: BUSINESSMAN Theme CITY/TOWN My second (of three) EuroBricks entry. The businessman is placed at an upside down or cockeyed position at the end of the clear rod coming from the roof overhang... Detail of businessman placement: --Mr. Bill
  9. Mr Bill
    Thanks, White Fang! I'll fix my Series 8 & 9 entries! --Mr. Bill
  10. Mr Bill
    Title: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CANNIBAL'S SOUL Minifig: CHICKEN SUIT GUY Theme: Adventure My third (of three) EuroBricks entry. The chicken suit guy is placed is placed in the stew pot... Detail of stew pot (featuring "boiling water"): Because the Lego palm leaves pushed me dangerously close to the "two stud overhang" rule I also built a 12x12 "mask frame" that I floated over the vignette to ensure it was never more than 2 studs over in any direction. My mask frame: --Mr. Bill (With special thanks to White Fang for helping me figure out why I couldn't get images to post from Flickr on MAC)
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    Title: COLD FEET Minifig: BRIDE Theme: City/Town My first (of three) EuroBricks entry. The bride is placed on the studs at the top of the steps... --Mr. Bill Edit by WhiteFang: The code should be like this below, [url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8712376838_5db1869be3.jpg"][img=http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8712376838_5db1869be3.jpg][/url] I have amended it for you.
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    Thanks for the awesome review, Rufus. Having missed 7191 back in the day (lack of $) I look forward to gettinf this to display next to my 7181 TIE!!! --Mr Bill
  13. Mr Bill
    In 40+ years of owning and building with Lego the only pieces I've had break or crack are parts from the 60s and early 70s. And most of those are 2x4 blue bricks (which sat assembled for 20 years) in which one of the long sides just split off... I definitly have not seen it in any of the sets/parts I've acquired in the last decade. --Mr. Bill
  14. Mr Bill
    I received my first set at Christmas, 1966 when I was six years old. I pretty much received a set as a gift at least once a year after that and then started buying my own when I got a paper rpute at age 12 and since then have never gone longer than 6 months without buying or receiving Lego, so I never had a "dark age." At high school and college age I was using Lego in my animated films and for models in projects, while most of my peers were more interested in girls and cars at that time (not that I wasn't of course -- I just balanced my Lego hobby with my interest in the opposite sex). --Mr. Bill
  15. Mr Bill
    The big question I have regarding Mr. Gold is this: Is TLG slipping the reported 5000 of him into random boxes or is he taking the place of one of the other figures in a given box? In other words if a new box has 61 packets (or 31 if the smaller packaging option is true) that's probably a good indicator that Mr. Gold is lurking there. However, if he replaces one of the other 60, which regular MF will get shorted in said box? One with a distro of 2 or one with a distro of 6? For me, I won't actively seek it out, but if there's one in the box I buy, I'll be okay with it. --Mr Bill
  16. Mr Bill
    As tempting as getting them NOW from Wal-Smart is, I think I can wait till the local Lego Store gets them so I can get the VIP points, or at TRU if they're having a BOGO deal... --Mr Bill
  17. Mr Bill
    Some of my older parts that have been together for a lloooonnngg time seem to have increased their clutch power. While recently reworking my build-zone I ran into a stack of blue 2x4 bricks thet seemed to have bonded permanently together. In fact, two of the bricks broke while I was separating them. --Mr Bill
  18. Mr Bill
    For me I don't really worry about someone I know seeing me buying Lego. Pretty much anyone I know KNOWS that it is my hobby (and once they see what I do they don't find it weird at all -- for the most part). On the other hand as far as displaying my models goes, i do worry about "little hands" getting into them. Most of my MOCs and more cherished models are displayed above the level where such hands can do harm. As for "adult" guests I suppose I just trust that I choose my friends wisely enough to feel comfortable knowing they would not take something that did not belong to them. I definitely don't worry if they are friends who are NOT into Lego and conversely when the Lego friends (members of my LUG) come over I believe we all have enough respect for our hobby that we would not take something belonging to a fellow member. I think the only time I worry is when my kids have friends over. I skulk about and if it looks like they;ve taken an interest I monitor a little closer and (after they leave) do a cursory inventory of what's on display. Only once did I notice something missing (some cypress trees) and since I knew my son and his friend were building their own MOC at the friend's house I simply told my son and showed him what they were worth on BrickLink, he brought them right back. After that we set up a sort of "library card" system where if they wanted a certain piece they "checked it out" and I was able to keep tabs on the part. So far that has worked fine. --Mr Bill
  19. Mr Bill
    They look great. This is one of the few series where I like ALL the figures and wouldn't mind duplicates of any! As for Mr. Gold, well, I'll just my a box and hope that my box is one of those that contains him. Does anyone know how many boxes they make of each series? With 5000 Mr. Golds (the reported limited quantity) box buyers would have a 1 in 4 chance if they make 20,000 boxes or a 1 in 10 chance if they make 50,000 boxes or a 1 in 20 if they make 100,000 boxes... --Mr Bill
  20. Mr Bill
    I print on both sides, two pages per side. I tried 4 pages but they were just too small. If you have a cool boss you may be able to print at work. --Mr Bill
  21. Mr Bill
    Another: When someone gives you a Lego set for your birthday and says, "I didn't know if you had this one... Tell me you don't already have it" and you really don't care because you need/want the parts anyway. --Mr Bill
  22. Mr Bill
    I had a similar situation. Once I knew the next modular was going to be a corner, I split my street into two blocks with a new road in between. Since I have a few of my own Modular MOCs I just removed some (with which I will start a second street of MOC modulars later after Mrs. Bill tells me where in the house it can go) to make up for the lost room. In my arrangement I have the Cinema and GE on opposite sides of the new street. The far right corner (of the right block) is occupied by the CC (since the word "HOTEL" reads correctly there and I don't want to rebuild it mirrored at this time). One more corner modular and the two blocks will be complete. To make room in the future I still have two 16x32 MOC Modulars and an extra GG (built mirrored and placed next to the first GG to appear as a larger GG) I can remove to accomodate future CC buildings... --Mr. Bill
  23. Mr Bill
    Built mine this past week. Very happy with the end result! Fits nicely with the rest of the modulars. Depsite reservations about the limo in the pre-release pictures, I find it (though still clunky) not to be as bad as I had feared. The clunkiness doesn't bother me as much as the wheels appearing to be too small for a vehicle of this stature. Am I the only one hoping the inclusion of the poster for "Mystery On The Monorail" is a sneak hint that Lego is going to bring back the monorail in some form??? I was also torn between when to buy this. We VIP members could've gotten it in mid-Feb, but I didn't have the $ at that time. Then on release day (1 Mar) when my wife gives me my monthly allowance -- which is when I DID acquire it. Or I contemplated waiting for double VIP days (25 Mar - 8 Apr). I chose March 1st out of fear that the local Lego Store would be sold out of it during double days (hey, it's happened before). Besides, I can use double days for my second Horizon and some more Hobbit sets (or Lone Rnager if they're out yet)... --Mr. Bill (darn I need to get an avatar up!)
  24. Mr Bill
    ...When you're working on a Lego project and a piece falls on the floor and (without seeing it) you can tell the size & shape of the piece by the sound it makes on impact (and subsequent bounces). As in: "Ooops! That was a 1x6 plate" or "Ooops! That was a 1x3 brick" or "Ooops! That was a 2x3 low-slope" (My kids and grand kids love to play this game with me -- the younger ones just don't understand why I can't also tell the color in this way) --Mr Bill
  25. Mr Bill
    My oldest set is a Samsonite (basic) set from 1966 that I received that Christmas (I was 6 at the time). Many of those parts have vanished over time but I still find them mixed in with my massive sorted stockpile. I received other basic sets/parts packs from time to time after that. The oldest specific set I know I have is the Payloader (410) and London Bus (760/384), from 1973. After that, having a paper route to fund my Lego habit and filmmaking hobby, I managed to acquire several sets a year from then on and never experienced a "dark age." --Mr Bill
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