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This is truly interesting, considering the huge amount of the same/like parts. So far I only knew the small 'service packs' which contained the usual small number of such parts, the oldest I knew dating to mid-70s. Did they already suspect then that some kids would turn to AFOLs after some time and buy such parts in bulk?

Very nice building, both outside and inside. The colour scheme outside is very pretty and the sloped part of the roof is built in my favourite technique. Inside it's so full of details and still it doesn't look crammed. Personally I like most the bike storage place. Well done!

Very nice and realistic shop. It is a perfect addition to any city layout. This is one of those realistic buildings that I miss in official sets. Though I know it's virtually impossible that anything with a concept like this will ever appear on the shelves.

This is amazing, what more can I say. I like how you created the interior (and especially the chandelier) but my favourite is the exterior with a beautiful combination of blue and grey. This creation absolutely calls to be brickbuilt. Well, not only this one, but the rest of your buildings too. Well done!

A cute little set, though some improvements could certainly be made. I agree that a child minifig playing in the sand (with the addition of a spade) would make it look even nicer.

That's a genuine re-creation. I wonder if I could ever make something like this with leftover bricks...

The technique that you used for the pantograph is the most ingenious I have ever seen. Very well done!

Very nice little houses. Being so colourful and with palm trees around I would have put them in a holiday camp rather than in a city suburb.

The best solution is not to touch them once you have everything in place. I had 4 road plates, 1 32x32 baseplate and 4 16x32 baseplates connected together so the sheer size and weight made it almost impossible to slide. However, the smaller it is the easier it would slide. One solution might be to build (for 32x32 baseplate, for example) a rim of 34x34 studs as a base so you'll have a 1-stud line on every edge that could keep the plate in position. But this would certainly impact the entire appearance. In my case it looked like this: Everything apart from roadworks in bottom left corner is built on supported baseplates. And that's how the support looks. I learned here that unsupported edges are not really good idea. But for static display it was just fine.

A simple but realistic signal tower with nice colour scheme, though the best thing is the presentation on the first pic with natural background. It makes it looks like a real one. Well done!

Hats off to this if it is really your first MOC. A very nicely detailed building, you managed to get a lot of things into 16 studs width. My favourite is the green stuff - the flowers above the entrance and the foliage on the roof. Keep up the good work.

Even if it lasted for only 4 shots it means that it is functional. I like how you managed to create the right shape. Would you try to make the ball too?

No, it's not based on tatra trams, though it looks very, very similar both in shape and in colour. I just built it with slightly retro look in mind and used the bricks that I had readily available. I remember seeing the pics of these trams on the internet before so they may have been lurking somewhere in subconscious during the build and fuelled the imagination, who knows.

Very nice boat. My favourite is the last scene - the guy taking a nap on the deck. Very cute!

It would certainly be great for collectors (I missed CC and MS too) but from TLG's point of view this issue is pure money talk. I strongly doubt that it would be justified in financial terms to re-release a set which so many people already own compared to the release of a brand new modular each year that is owned by nobody yet. But never give up hope...

I used this technique only once so far and here are some tips from this experience. If you put it on bricks make sure that all edges are fully supported. If only the corners are supported it may bend though this also depends on what is built on the baseplate and the proportion of the plate covered with bricks - a larger or more massive structure would already make the plate more rigid. The center should be supported as well. The rest of the plate should be supported too to prevent bending, but again it would depend on what and where is built on it, so the position and weight of the upper structure should be taken into account. Instead of concentric circles you may try to support it only in enough points, it would probably also take much less bricks to do it. You probably won't know what would work best until you try it yourself. After all, that's the fun of mocing - build, rebuild, build, rebuild.

The house itself looks pretty innocent outside, but what follows then... really spooky. Well done!

It's here: You can also check this thread to see the rest of the display.

As the others have already said, it's awesome. It looks so realistic that you almost cannot tell the difference from the original. Well done!

Thanks @all for comments. It was displayed at KockeFest - our national LUG event in April. Thanks greg3. It was planned right from the beginning to snot the entire road and thus have better chances to create all the lines and markings, although it took loads of DBG bricks.

My largest MOC so far, a diorama showing a section from the city. The main elements of the city are the houses, a road with tram tracks and a canal. The leftmost house has a small florist shop under the arches. There is a bus stop in front of the red house and an ATM. The nearby house is currently being renovated. To the right is a typical Victorian house and a zebra crossing in front of it. Across the road you can find a bike rack, a telephone booth and a tram stop. The bridges connect both sides of the canal. A road crosses it on the older stone bridge... ...while the pedestrians can use a new footbridge nearby. Florist shop Tram stop Tram stop shelter with ticket machine Zebra crossing Bus stop ATM Telephone booth Bike rack A popular way to see the city is taking a boat tour, with the tourists eager to capture every moment with their cameras. Rear view, nothing special apart from some creative use of dark green bricks. The entire thing is 127x71 cms in size (3x5 standard baseplates 32x32) and took about 9.000 bricks and 100 hours to build. Although designated as MOC, some elements are taken from official sets and other creations: - both cars are from Cargo Train - the street sweeper is OOB - the bus is red-coloured MOD from City Corner - the pram is taken from Green Grocer - the ATM is borrowed from this creation More pictures here.

Very nice details, especially the seats on the ground floor and the floral decoration on the first floor.

The brown house definitely looks better with its mirror image - as a part of a row of semi-detached houses. The shop is interesting too, did you maybe think about placing 'pets' in the center of the building?

As a source of tan parts this set is simply unbeatable. You'll get loads of them - bricks, plates, arches, and of course cheese slopes. For 220 EUR (or whatever price it has in the other parts of the world) you will get much more equal and similar bricks than, say, in 11 sets worth 20 EUR each. And that's what counts most if you need parts for mocing.

Last year I saw only one very miserable PAB wall in the main shop at the entrance of LL Windsor. The selection was mostly crap, like only one half of the hinge, wheel bearing but no wheels, window frame but no shutters, some basic bricks in funny colours etc. And they were sold by weight, 5,5 GBP per 100 g if I remember it right. When I was in the shop, nobody seemed to take any interest to pick anything up from there at all.