Hobbes

Same here...

Yeah, that's what I do and have been doing a lot lately. Even if some bricks/sets are dusty or yellowed they still stick together and "look right" like "in the good ol' days"...

He was talking to gylman...

"Kind of" is the right choice of words. 8289 has some 1000+ (1050 IIRC) pieces but it feels there's 800 pins among them. That's common with the studless Technic sets since you need those pins to hold the beams together. It's a bit tedious to build but it makes the models very stable. Using the resulting high piece count as a sales argument is IMHO a bit hypocritical, though...

Oh, I've had these pieces for quite some time now. "Shiny" pieces all over in the Technic sets (mostly noticeable with red pieces). I also have different slopes with the new Creator House. I have two Building Bonanzas, too, but haven't checked the slopes yet :-$ When I built the 8289 Fire Truck I also noticed that some Technic pieces almost "slipped" into each other when they used to be really hard to get together with older sets. Also I noticed a piece swap in the newer Technic sets, 8282 Quad Bike and the 8289 Fire Truck: After reading Yoda's review of the Quad Bike I decided to buy it but it took me some months. When I finally got it and went to build it I couldn't find a certain piece. I was angry because I really had had problems with missing pieces in Technic sets for the past year and I couldn't believe that in a small set like the Quad Bike a piece would be missing, too. It was this piece the instructions asked for: There were lots of this piece, though: Then I noticed this was the one I'm supposed to use! There was no additional paper, though, that showed the exchange like it sometimes did in other sets. Same thing with the Fire Truck, but here only in one color: red was there as shown in the instructions, gray came in the "2nd version" *wacko* It's not like this piece plays a vital role for the model's look but if the note is missing you search for an eternity until you notice it has been exchanged >:-( Oh, and since Athos mentioned it, I've made my mind up about the Cafe Corner - as soon as I saw the glass windows of the Cafe Corner. They bug me big time. Hence I won't buy it. Should it ever be on sale (at least 50 %) I might consider it. At full price - no.

I'm gonna be inventive: Another City fan? Excellent *y* I won't hold your affection for SW against you ;-) Welcome to this nice community, enjoy the boards!

Ah, another City fan I take it? Excellent *y* Welcome to this friendly community. You're fortunate to have a spouse who is into LEGO herself. My wife isn't an AFOL but she does support my hobby and knows pretty much about LEGO by now. Yet she doesn't want to sign up here and admit her addiction... Don't bother hiding your hobby at the TRU counter, women like it, they just don't admit it ;-) Enjoy the boards!

That is a boy scout song?! Interesting... Anyhoo, happy birthday to the lot, especially to "ze negotiator"! Watch your back now, old man ;-)

You just got yourself a ticket...

Yeah, I thought so, too X-D

You know how it is with statistics, never trust those you haven't tampered with yourself ;-)

Lego Town vs. Lego Castle Lego Train vs. Lego Castle Lego City vs. Lego Castle I had to X-D

I guess they put it in on purpose for queries that try to connect two continents separated by water...

That's a nice station! The white and red doesn't look bad at all, it's refreshingly different from the usual red. The building itself has a nice design, I like the terrace (reminds me of the station at our general hospital) and the railing. Good to see those windows find their way into System buildings. I always wondered how they'd look outside the small Creator buildings they come in. Six garages, heli port, all there that's needed. Nice MOC *y* I moved it to the T&T forum since it's definitely a theme MOC.

Mmmm... I love this kind of fire trucks. We have/had those, too. It's a reflective color AFAIK which probably is meant for safety or better recognition... Me too...

Sorry, Could Not Resist ;-)

It's from Brickfest PDX, so I guess it was build with sets from more than one person, probably a club...

Aren't you a bit "harsh"? SCNR :-P X-D

Curtain call for another City fan! Have fun around these boards, I'm sure you'll enjoy EB! :-)

I went for Lagoon Lock-up. I own two Sabre Islands, but somehow I like Lagoon Lock-up a tad bit more. The Imperial Outpost looks good, too, but doesn't have enough "Caribbean Feeling" to it which is important to me in Pirates sets *sweet*

Directions by Google Maps Pay attention to #23 X-D

Now that is really creative. Interesting use of SNOT, haven't seen the windshield used like that before...