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Breathtaking work. Your miniature models have translated fantastically to life-size scale - it must be any AFOL's dream to see their creations brought to such a huge scale! The photo of you and your work is certainly front page worthy.

Fantastic work! I love the color scheme. You incorporate the snow into your creation very well - it doesn't look like a building with snow 'tacked' on. I like the use of wedge plates for the base of the tree, and the soldier's statue is fantastic. I see the pantsless gentleman from the Grand Emporium has found a warm place to work

Welcome to the forums, Brad! You should introduce yourself here so you can tell us about your interests and let us know a little more about yourself. Looking forward to your contribution!

I'm afraid this is what's become of this topic: (Tom the Dancing Bug)

I only wish I could claim that as an MOC of mine! That's actually 2007's 10190 Market Street, designed by the late AFOL Erick Brok who is sadly no longer with us.

Welcome to the forum, Boshuda21! Bay Area meaning California, I take it? A beautiful part of the country I often visited when I lived in California. Glad to have you. Hope to see you contribute your commission work from that demanding boss of yours

The dark green color of the dump bin is far too scrumptious looking for a garbage truck! Great MOC, Anio. You've captured the source material ideally - and I particularly like the fact that you've included a female driver. Diversity..!

I can't recall yet seeing anyone powering the Emerald Night with the new L motor, but I'll link you to some threads that might help you out. Here's a thread discussing possible uses for the L motor in train application, and another regarding options for powering the Emerald Night, respectively. Good luck with whatever you decide!

With this I wholeheartedly agree. I admire Annie's use of Lego as a modeling material rather than an exclusive medium, and part of me wishes I was something less of a purist so that I might do the same! We've made strides upon strides of improvement with trains over the past decade and I hope to see that continue, whether it be in the 'purest' form or something that pursues greater liberty to the use of the Lego brick. Now if only I can get over myself and stop being such a brand-whore..

In my humble opinion, it wouldn't do much to update the appearance of the pantographs and leave the rest of the train untouched. I think it'd make the most striking difference to go whole-hog and redesign the entire train to modern standards, or simply let classics be classics in their original and unaltered forms. Again, this is personal opinion, and you're free to do as you like - I'm sure you'd find a way to make it look nice.

As aerodynamics affects the speed of everything, regardless of size, there is no doubt that it is also a factor in Lego trains. However, aerodynamics are far less of a concern to Lego trains in comparison to the super-tight radius of the curves which will derail all but the heaviest trains at high speeds!

Fantastic work, Hoex - I'm not sure what much else I can say other than I'm completely floored by the combination of all your MOCs into this great display! I've followed several of them with earnest and every one has come together beautifully. I could go on for hours about my favorite details, but suffice it to say that your display is easily my favorite 'town layout' I've seen in years. There's just so much to absorb and appreciate that I can't even begin to pinpoint a highlight - there's just too much good stuff!

Both of these are extremely important points. Just because TLG may not be publicly traded on the stock market does not mean that they aren't dedicated to the goal of all businesses - finding ways to decrease spending and increase profit. While we may adore their products and the company quite obviously appreciates it's fans, that does not interfere with how a business runs. While cost is likely not the only factor, you have to take into account that reducing cost to produce a product that sells less rather than simply producing what regularly sells in massive quantities in the first place makes very little sense from a business standpoint. I sincerely doubt Lego has decided that "City ain't cool." Were that the case, rescue themed sets would probably make up the entirety of the theme, rather than the majority. People often like to mention 1988's Metro Park and Service Tower as one of classic Town's all time greats. While I heartily agree (and owned the set myself once upon a time), Lego has not forgotten how popular it was - or else they would not have released it's modern counterpart, this year's City Garage. For anyone who'd like to contest the lineage, note that both sets feature three story parking garages, fueling facilities, a tow truck, three civilian cars, an elevator, a car wash... I personally consider that to be too much of a coincidence to imagine that the latter isn't a direct descendant of the former. Now, if Lego had decided City wasn't 'cool,' would they have gone through the trouble to update and produce a modern version of one of classic Town's most fondly remembered releases? What about this year's Recycling Truck ? I can't say that recycling is a particularly popular play theme among young boys, but yet, here it is, just as it was in 1997 and 1987, with more details, playability and minifigures than either of the two sets before it. That is certainly true, but you also have to take into consideration the fact that the US, while not TLG's only market, is a huge portion of it and thusly is guaranteed to have a large impact on financial decisions. Consider also that Playmobil, while a direct competitor, makes far less profit than TLG, the third largest toy company worldwide. What Lego is doing, whether we like it or not, is most certainly working for them, especially considering the world's current economic climate.