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Just a slight correction there Gary - the magazine is called "Hemmets Journal" (Journal of the Home) with only one "t" - googling shows you spelled it correct in 2012 :) Side track: I'm almost (but not completely) sure that I had one of those promotional "train starters" (I was 12 years old at the time), but I can't verify.

I've still got my original white garage plate (I belive I had the Service Station). I also still have a bicycle, two mopeds (or is it a Vespa?) and a motorcycle like what can be seen in the photos above. I know I had some of the cars, but not from such a large pack, but the ones you could buy one-off in a little clear plastic box with gray bottom.I still have some of the boxes and bottoms, but none of my cars survived childhood (end of the fifties, beginning of the sixties). Nice to see you still working on this Encyclopedia, Gary!

Take a look at LPub - https://sites.google.com/site/workingwithlpub/ - with that you can create instructions like this: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx3b3JraW5nd2l0aGxwdWJ8Z3g6M2RkOTI3ZTJiM2Y3ZjliZg

I would choose set 310-5 Esso Filling Station. That's the first set I remember receiving as Christmas present (around 1960, or so), and even though I still have some of the pieces, they are not very usable any longer... As for Gary's "Unofficial LEGO Collectors Guide", I can definitely recommend it - I bought his first version (1 CD + 1 CD bonus pictures) in 2006, and it's full of interesting information and pictures. I can imagine it will be quite a lot bigger now...

1) Big Fish scene - Magician, Mime Artist and Circus Clown Entry (Build by lorax) - 2 points 2) The Lord of the Rings scene - Elf and Dwarf Warrior Entry (Build by Thor Lund) - 1 point

13) Detective Entry (Build by KristofBD) - 1 point 16) Snowboarder Entry (Build by Captain Flint) - 1 point 19) Woodcutter Entry (Build by daro) - 1 point

Here's mine - Father Vader and his Christmas Troopers out on a Christmas Gift Collecting Expedition...

Thanks all for the comments! I'm not that used yet to the Eurobricks categorizations, I only read the title lines for the different fora, I'll check the subtitles too, next time (or should this post be moved?).

A blue Volvo PV 544 was my first own car, and I have started trying to build it in LEGO many times, but this is the first one where I'm actually quite satisfied with the result. Completely by coincidence, it turned out to be in the same scale as the VW Camper (~12 wide). There are many things I'm unhappy with, and some obvious problems: - Should have been (Volvo-) blue, but I don't have the parts. - There is no steering wheel - The front is a bit long, should lose (at least) one stud there - The back curve is more like the older PV 60 - The doors are fake, not really openable - The trunk lid is much to massive - I'm missing some parts in the right color But all in all, I'm happy it turned out so well as it did. Reference images

An ordinary(?) black container But wait - it can open!

My daughter (11) entered the form at www.lego.com to be a 'test pilot' (sometime in November?). As LEGO looked for boys, she entered the motivation "Because I am a girl!!!". On the 23:rd of December a large letter from LEGO was found in our mailbox... The game is OK, but very repetitive. The ninja is easy to spin by holding it's head(gear), the skeleton is more difficult to spin like that. We haven't tried the way depicted in the instructions, but that should probably not be too difficult, we just started to play without looking too much at the instructions. The skeleton minifig is a bit mutilated by having 'shoes' to make it sit tight in the spinning top, otherwise it looks exactly like other (new) skeletons, i.e only one degree of freedom in the shoulder joint.

Here is a small train I built a while ago, sorry for the pictures, I didn't have a camera at the time so it's made in the scanner. It's only 3-wide, modeled in the style of the toy of many (at least many Swedish) children - BRIO wooden trains.

That can't be a final Technical Drawing, as there are no tolerances, no references, no notes, etc. which a drawing normally is full of - artwork created from (or inspired by) the drawings, is my guess. It *could* be a picture from the patent, of course, as you wouldn't want tolerances etc. in such a drawing. There's nothing strange with combined views, that's common. But I believe the technical drawings would be one drawing for each part, as that's the relevant thing for producing the molds (which probably have technical drawings of their own as you have to have at least two mold parts for one LEGO part, and there should be channels for the injection hole (and air outlet?)). But a caliper isn't accurate enough to measure down to the Lego tolerances! The distance between two studs have, AFAIK, a tolerance of 0.01 mm which means you should measure with a tool that has an accuracy of at least 0.005, preferably 0.001 Of course, for LDRAW-ing a part, the caliper is more than enough, but for checking the quality of the parts at the LEGO factory you need other things. I more or less know what I'm talking about, as I'm working with Coordinate Measuring Machines that are used in the industry to measure in 3D down to 0.0005 mm. Don't breathe! The heat from your breath may change the measured object more than that!

The Shadow of the Hegemon, Orson Scott Card Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (in Swedish) together with my daughter

The Brickenrockers of course! From Tom McDonald's (sadly only in the web archives nowadays) www.spamcake.com

Maybe some LEGO reps are very kind? I had some dealings with the local (middle Sweden) Area Rep. when I organized a LEGO meeting this autumn (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=23214). LEGO were very nice, and sponsored the meet with a number of sets as prizes for our competitions, and a lot of promotional material to distribute among the participants.

Well, I had a big envelope waiting when I got home from work today. Jenny (9) and I have opened all three bags, and it was the same, green, stone monster in all three. I'm not that thrilled with this theme, but Jenny though they were cute... Thanks go to LEGO for the nice surprise!

AFAIR, it was this one, around 1960 - (Picture from peeron - http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/310-5)

A siege scene? At your service! More at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361532 when moderated.

Thanks all for the comments! The arch on the side of the baseplate is an addition by my daughter Jenny (9). I didn't agree with it, but she can be very persuading, so it had to remain during photography. Same with the birds, although it's quite possible to imagine very large birds in a fantasy theme. They're almost dragon-size for a stickfig. I don't think the stable is oversized. Horses are larger than men, and such a castle would probably need even more horses (and donkeys). *Clear* spears? I don't see any clear spears? They're silver harpoons from the old Aqua Raiders. Or did you mean they should be brown and rusty? Not with this castle lord, he's very picky about keeping your weapon nice and tidy (besides, I don't have any other spears). Plus points go to Francis Marion for noting the donkey (with a kid on the back)! Slaps to Dennimator and Francis Marion for calling my camel a horse. Err... I mean...? ... Anyway, when it was built I wanted to put it in a nativity scene instead, but Jenny wasn't interested and so it stayed in the castle scene.

During Christmas I played a little with a modular Castle in 'stickfig' scale, that's about half of a minifig scaled castle. I don't have parts enough to build a minifig scaled castle, but I still wanted to have something a bit more than an entrance portal... So, I can't man the castle with minifigs, but have to build 'stickfigs' instead (NOTE: Anyone calling the castle lord's horse a 'camel' will get whacked!). Full brickshelf folder: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=361087

Yes, I agree that the arms are a bit thin (and wrong form). They are a Q&D job, and will need a redesign, I just had to make him 'ready'. The legs are movable, see the other pictures at http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=353507. He's constructed of extra large versions of the original pieces, he can be taken apart in the same way as an ordinary minifig. I had to cheat a bit, though. When he's standing up the hip is fixed with two extra pieces - he was very tricky to balance otherwise, fell over all the time.

After seeing some pictures of a Yellow Castle in scale 6x, I just had to try my hand on an upscaled minifig. This is the result: Full folder on BrickShelf

Something like these? http://www.3d-pack.com/ http://www.bosseye.com/boxshot/index.htm http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/...ot-makers.shtml But you still have to supply the pictures for the box...

Done!