kc2dc
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MOCs are great, but sometimes the sets that lego comes up with are are great start and just need some improvement. I purchased three of the hospital sets and made one large set (it also took quite a few parts from my inventory). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aseFcx34yoE&t=3s I also did some modding to the family villa house to make it full modular with very little effort. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLXpWJB5Nxw&t=16s Sorry, I don't know how to embed a youtube video.
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I'm not understanding how the quotes work on this forum lol The tarmac will be as much room as I can fit behind the terminal. It won't much. It's amazing how much space this airport is requiring. Even with this much space, I almost need to take out the military base part for more general airport space.
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So here is my latest airport terminal. It's a custom modular. While it's custom, there are some obvious takes from the lego city airport set 7894, but not many. The inside is a full functioning terminal with a security check point, help desk, restrooms, gate area, bag check and bag claim, a lego store, a lounge and dining area and a observation area. It has its own monorail station which also has a bus stop and bike share station. I'm still working on rebuilding the jetways.
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haha, thanks, I didn't even think about the blackboards. Do schools still have those? :)
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Does anybody know for sure if the simpsons house is retired for good? It still just says out of stock on lego.com
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This was a fun little build. Even though it was not totally custom as I used much of the architectural details of the Friends set, I still think it turned out nice. I always thought the orginal set was boring, but it still has some nice details that should be used in a set. So when the set went on sale, I bought two of them (it took quite a few additional bricks as well) and put this together. If I aqure some more windows, I make try to expand it, but for now, I like the size. It will fit into my city nice. So if you are interested here is a video and some pics. Any feedback is appreciated! -
Check out this quick video of some of our custom locomotives and rail cars (freight and passenger). I hope to make another of our other trains running as well.
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Thanks for the comments. I thought this would get more feedback here, but we did have fun building it for sure. Here is a video of of the finished park. Now, I think we will tear this down and build a race track using the Speed Champions sets!
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Well, it's finished! Here are some photos...
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Thanks everyone. Here are some more progress photos including some closeups of a couple of the rides. Still working on the main entrance, drop off area and parking lots. I need to order some more grey "flag poles" so I can display all the flags that came with the speed champions sets since this is going to be Legoland "World". I know, silly sounding, but that's all I could come up with. Then we can go back and start adding all the food vendors and visitors to the park.
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I love architecture skyline sets, but was not sure what do do with them. They obviously are not the right scale to put them in the city. We just finished having a lego fair in our city and so I thought, wouldn't be cool to build a more permanent amusement park rather than just a fair and base it off the Legoland themeparks! And here we are. Nearing completion on the park. We still have a lot of detail to add, vendors, all the mini fig visitors and workers, the main entrance, parking lot and drop off area and a station for the mono rail ride. But it's coming together and should turn out pretty nice I think.
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Thanks everyone for all the comments. Even though he does shows, he never posts on social media so it's cool to get some feedback from other afols. The gokarts do use two magnets and they basically both touch a plate that is the thickness of a standard tile. He used graphite powder to keep them from sticking to the plastic too much. I'll take some pics of it apart as soon as I can and show you how it works.
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What do you think of this fair. Most rides were created by a fellow AFOL friend of mine. I wanted to make a video to show off his MOCs.
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Well, here is the last video for Assembly Square. I think it turned out great. This will be the first modular that I buy two of for sure.
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Toys R Us had the blue cargo train for $120 for a couple of weeks before Christmas till they sold out. I thought about getting one, but even at that price, the train is just not worth it to me. I ended up just buying several of the cable drum wagon cars on ebay since they were the only thing I really liked about the set. ToysRus has that set back in stock now, but it's $159 (still way cheaper than $199 at Lego). I have three copies of the Maerisk train. Two of them I got from ToysRUs when the went on deep discount there. I rarely buy from ToysRus, but they do have great sales sometimes.
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The Lego stores are getting much more strict about selling on Jan 1st. I live within 45 minutes of four lego stores and none will sell Assembly Sq prior to Jan 1 when normally I can get them a few days early. It's not a huge deal or anything, just FYI.
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Union Station in DC is set up so commuter trains have to back out. Nice MOC!
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Wow, you have quite a following on instagram a nice layout. The good thing about the monorail is it can be elevated and out of the way for the most part. Yea, there is room. I have cleared space for two full 32x32 plates. That's why I moved one of the apartments to the site so the space left will be the 48x32. Thanks for the feedback and comments, It helps a lot.
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If anybody is interested... My son and I are still making room for the assembly square building. So we have started building a tunnel on the back side of the city. Here is the first portion of it. We relocated the windmills to free up some space for other things.
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The Brownstone will be complete right before Assembly Square haha. I didn't know either, I keep thinking there is no way I can make something new fit, but I always find a way.
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So, I'm having to do some major re configuring to make room for Assembly Square. It's forcing me to start working on my tunnel project which will create some real estate for smaller single family homes once the entire tunnel is complete. Because assembly square a base plate and a half, I'm relocating the residential half of the Pet Shop modular. It was already split up from the pest shop. Hopefully, I will finish the tunnel behind Assembly Spare at least. the major part of the tunnel which will have houses on top is further down and will be added later. Here are some photos of the location. The tall building under construction next door will be coming down soon and a new better designed high rise will go up there.
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Hey guys. I thought I would post a video of my Airport. I "think" I am finally done messing with it for a while. It now has a general aviation area, a much larger main terminal, a rebuilt tower, a seaport and many other improvements. I also wanted to incorporate the new airplane sets that came out this year. So here it is. Hope you like the airport. Next project is finding a place for the modular coming out in Jan!
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Yea, I noticed that too, "after" I made the video :)
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I spent some money on monorail, but I think it was worth every penny. It really bring my city to life. Here is a video showing two separate monorail lines in action. I would just buy partial sets off ebay. Don't try to buy a complete set. The key is getting the motor and battery box and monorail platforms along with some track and supports. Once you have a working train (custom or built to original specs), you can then buy specific monorail track that you need. That way you are not wasting money on stuff you won't use. The straight tracks seem to be the most expensive. I would highly recommend getting the monorail though. It's probably my favorite part of my city.
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Thanks. I will probably pick up the set this weekend so I can start thinking about how to modify it. I just need to find a monorail motor now.
