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  1. MECHALEX
    Just lovely. His face is a marvel.
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    Thanks guys, I appreciate it! I loved these sets - didn't get all of them and wanted to recapture the joy without the expense! I must admit, I cheated on 6940 as it uses new grey but 6952 uses (mostly) old grey. I felt slightly transgressive using old grey. It sits in my boxes looking faded next to the shiny, bluish grey most of the time but for this, it was perfect. I'll never be snooty about old grey again!
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    Hi all, I was inspired by the mini Galaxy Explorer in the DK Great Lego Sets book but felt it was missing its astronaut - that led me to start exploring Microfighter-style sets for classic space - probably the era, alongside Pirates, for which I have the most affection. I'm certainly not the first to do this, but one thing I did want was to include the playability of these sets, so I tried to incorporate, wherever possible, the modular play functions of the originals. The Solar Power Transporter was particularly tricky (wasn't it called Saturn Ranger in UK catalogues?) and I while I did find a way to clip the wheels under the wings as per the original, it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing. I tried to keep to a 1:2 scale of the originals, and not go quite as chibi as the official Microfighters - but it was largely impressionistic. Anyway - I hope you like them! Edited to add a little fun pic at the end inspired by the heyday of Lego Space box art
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    Like it? I love it - it's great both conceptually and in its realisation.
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    The monorail doesn't have to loop though as the station switches can be set to 'ping-pong' the train back and forth. So instead you could simply have a long, straight track. Granted it means a not very interesting track but it might work better for a long, narrow layout. Instead you could use the ramps to make it go underground or from street level to high level and from the airport to the city and back.
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    I think you might need to re-export as all the minifigs but the Governer's daughter are labelled 'Governer'! Otherwise, it's a very lovely job - the animation and music is excellent and really shows everything I need to know about the set.
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    That is amazing! Very evocative. I actually like the way that the base plates aren't completely covered - it's both a good rendition of the sandy seabed between outcrops of reef and also nice from a composition point of view - it allows the detail of the wreck and reef to stand out. Really looking forward to see the other sections!
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    I'd go with Vorkosigan's suggestion to use wood. Otherwise you're in a position of using what may be a significant chunk of your collection underneath instead of on your creation!
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    I agree with other posters that it's down to personal preference and both have their advantages, however I found the Parisian Restaurant a much more satisfying and varied build - with more delightful details and inspiring interiors. I think aesthetically the Parisian Restaurant wins out for me overall.
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    That is such a happy room! Gorgeous work. Out of interest, where did you get the vinyl cutter for your great designs? I used to do some vehicle graphics and I'd happily resurrect the skill to add some murals around the house (and in my Lego room, inspired by yourself) but didn't realise it was feasible at home. Oh and to the posters looking forward to getting their own Lego room - I sympathise. For years mine was crated up and only partially accessible - or gathering dust in corners - but I've finally got a room to expand into and it's honestly one of the happiest places I know. I sort of like that process of division and refinement as you gather more pieces. All bricks together at first, then by type, by size, then by colour as you add more and more! I remember when I lumped my corner bricks in with my 1 x 3 bricks because I reasoned that they both had 3 studs on top so were comfortable binmates!
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    PC/PS/FB/GE/PC/TH/GG/CC/MS My preferences are very different because I think they've just got better - more details and more stories. I can't wait until the Detective's office! I think the larger ones like the Town Hall lose a sense of detail in favour of size.
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    I understand - the size problem is definitely something I've run into, with mechanisms necessitating a much larger model than I'd hoped!
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    Lovely! It depends how much you want to emulate the actual human motion but can I suggest using different cams perhaps to get the fingers in the air for longer? Currently each successive finger rises just as its predecessor drops, so you end up with a sort of spidery action, whereas the physical action of drumming fingers involves all four fingers being in the air at once at the top of the cycle before the little finger drops.
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    That is glorious! That more than makes up for my disappointment at missing out on the Town Hall. Besides - the Downtown New York feel of this set is much more appealing to me than the Town Hall's upmarket refinement!
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    I use a combo of these for small parts (bars, aerials, minifig accessories and anything around 1 x 1 stud and 1 plate in height) these for the majority, in varying widths although the 4-inch wide seems to work best, and any relatively inexpensive plastic crates for the big stuff like train tracks, airplane parts, baseplates, wings and wall sections. If you've got a large collection then this shelving system works really well with the top two boxes if you place the shelves at 4-slot intervals. These websites may not be the best for you to purchase from though so best to shop around. Hope that helps!
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    This is fascinating. I don't know Minecraft (My brother keeps trying to get me to play but I suspect it'll eat more time than I have to spare) so my first impression is that this is a Lego set you'd buy for someone you dislike or who enjoys playing with a literal representation of a nightmare. All that cruel angularity!
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    <Clang!> Duddle-a-daaaaa! That's great. Perfect recreation.
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    3: 10 2: 6 10: 4 1: 3 6: 2 7: 1
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    Love the sense of space in these - every detail has room to breathe. I bet they'd look great with high-contrast lighting as if seen at sunset.
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    Category A: #8 #12 #3 Category B: #7 #9 #2
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    Looks like an unused advert concept, maybe a student created them? On one hand, I like provocative imagery. On the other hand, I think the designer has simply noted the similarity between the pixel mosaic effect of censorship and a mosaic of bricks and added a very cursory tagline suggesting that TV is a corrupting influence on children and Lego is not. Personally I think it's a bit clumsy. That said, I don't think the fundamental message is inappropriate, it's simply expressing a view. Using the Lego logo when the bricks are clearly not Lego muddies the issue though.
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    Congratulations to everyone who made the poster! It's a lovely variety. Personally I like the skeletal tortoise - It's creative and let's not forget that plenty of Lego sets over the years have featured human skeletons as skeletons (rather than as red-eyed, re-animated revenants)
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    My second entry (I really should get back to work but Lego creations inspired by nature compel me!) is this ancient, deepwater traveller. His shell is an abundance of life, home not just for himself but to barnacles, crustaceans and vegetation trailing in the current. A fish is nibbling on a tasty patch at the rear but he pays it no attention, gliding ever onwards, eyes only for a nutritious morsel of soft coral or succulent seaweed.
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    Hello, I keep meaning to enter contests but leave it until the last minute and then fail to complete my entry. This time I'm the opposite and rode a surge of enthusiasm and determination to enter right at the start! Here is the Neon Clockwork Chelonian. Her colours were informed mainly by parts availability, but I quickly warmed to the fluorescence. Her core is made of two parabolic rings but the upper, to which is attached the legs, is rotated by 22.5 degrees on a single stud. She's surprisingly sturdy however. I tried giving her minifig fins as flippers but that took her outside the mandated 8 x 8 stud square so I've used slightly more tortoise-like legs instead. I also experimented with adding tools to her shell but felt they detracted from the organic form. So I moved away from specific robotic function in favour of something more whimsical with the addition of the clockwork key.
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    Silly question perhaps but I've rather enthusiastically completed my entry. Can I post now, or must I wait until the official 3pm CET (2pm GMT) to post my entry?
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