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  1. TomLego
    The hot dog stand that lego is giving away during July with purchases of $75 or more is a nice accessory for a modular building layout. I ordered $80 from pick a brick and was pleasantly suprised by getting the hot dog stand for free. The stand comes with two mini figs and a bicycle. Don't know if this is available outside the USA or not. By the way, my wife says the lego bicycle seat looks a little uncomfortable, forcing the minifig to stand up and peddle. :-)
  2. TomLego
    A couple of things. First, all of them are outstanding but the Pumpkin Factory definitely gets the first place blue ribbon. Second, so many of the MOC buildings that I see are simple rectangles that lack much detail. All of your buildings have design features that take them outside the usual design box and make them unique. Good job. As far as sand green goes, I bought the haunted house and converted it to a modular building. May have to buy another haunted house for the sand green bricks. Great job!
  3. TomLego
    Okay, so if loss of eyesight is inversely proportional to the number of modulars that you build, the more you build the better your eyesight would be? If loss of eyesight was proportional to the number of modulars you build, then the more you build the worse your eyesight would be. ????????
  4. TomLego
    Ya know, I do have some problems with differentiating between subtle differences in colors. However, I have no use for the outlines used to show you where the bricks go. If I recall correctly, the individual bags in Tower Bridge weren't even numbered. I don't mind that either. I can appreciate the problems with color differentiation, but some of the complaints elsewhere on the Internet sound as if they want so many clues that Lego might as well ship the item per-assembled. Part of the Lego experience is the sort and figuring out the assembly.
  5. TomLego
    Yes, I didn't really need my glasses until I started sorting through these 2000+ piece modular building sets. 'Why do I have two extra dark gray pieces and am missing two of the same size pieces in black?'
  6. TomLego
    Seriously? Where do I start? They could have done much better.
  7. TomLego
    Well, you already know my history on these (that would be chasing retired sets at high prices). Since you obviously have a strong interest in the modular buildings, you don't want to let one get retired (not that this one will be anytime soon, but just saying). Secondly, you want a complete set. If you buy it used or bricklink it at a later date, you won't have the original box (in many cases). This is an expensive modular, but it has the value in it to support the $199 US price. I think it is one of the best values of all the Lego products that I've bought. It is larger than the other buildings, but how many streets do you walk down where there aren't buildings of different sizes? The completed building is very detailed and very impressive. Modulars really hit their stride after MS. I think that town hall, given its size and interior detail, may be the best one. At the local Lego store, they have the town hall on display with PS. They split the two components of the pet shop and put the residential part of PS on one side of town hall and the Pet Shop on the other side. Yep, go ahead and buy it. You won't have any regrets.
  8. TomLego
    Here in the US, I have a Lego store 3 km from my house. Less than 10 minutes away. However, I buy most everything through Amazon Prime. Most of the Modular Building series are 149.95 US plus they add my 8% local sales tax. If I order today by about 5pm, I will have the set with free shipping on Wednesday delivered to my house. For a few dollars more, they will deliver it tomorrow. Saves the hassle of driving to the shopping mall, finding a parking place and explaining why an old man is spending so much on Lego. :-). Plus, everything from Amazon is packaged correctly and there is never any damage to the box like when I order via mail from Lego. The Amazon customer service is also way, way better than the local Lego store. So, I guess I have it pretty good.....at least in the area of buying Lego sets. If there is one thing America does right, its consumer oriented logistics. Amazon has EOR-(end of runway operations) that places their warehouses next to airports where FedEx has a major logistics operation. Saves tons of time, money and gets the product to the consumer fast and cheap.
  9. TomLego
    There appear to be Legos in a new Audi TV advertisment in the United States. A little boy is seen building a car with what appear to be Legos while his father builds a new Audi on the AudiUSA website. The poor mother in the ad can't get the attention of either one as they are both totally wrapped up in building their respective cars.
  10. TomLego
    I have a doctorate degree. I did not have Legos when I was a child. Having sat through a three year doctoral program at a major American university, I can assure you that just because you are in the program doesn't mean than you are more educated than the average man on the street. Maybe I spent more time in a classroom, but I'm no more educated than my well traveled brother with his wealth of life experiences.
  11. TomLego
    Just thought I'd give notice of the book. Probably a little too early to expect a discussion of it. As an AFOL, I find the book very interesting especially in its discussions of Lego production costs, product development and management philosophy.
  12. TomLego
    I just down loaded this book to my Kindle. The author is David C Robertson. I highly recommend it as it gives interesting insight into the history of Lego, the decline of Lego and how the company came back from the brink of possible extinction.
  13. TomLego
    Here's some interesting information about plastic discoloration. http://www.tested.com/tech/2505-why-your-old-super-nintendo-looks-super-yellow/
  14. TomLego
    Collecting anything made of plastic has its unique set of risks. I collect catalin (a type of plastic) radios that were made in the 30s and 1940s. The colors will change over the years and, on rare occasion, a crack will still develop in the case after all these years. Sunlight seems to be the major enemy of plastic collectibles. Especially direct sunlight through a window in your display area.
  15. TomLego
    Like you, I was late getting started with the modulars. Heck, I was late to Lego.....period. FYI, since I also missed the first three, I went the on line auction route and ended up paying a total of $2190 for CC, MS and GG. All complete. Only thing missing is the box for MS. CC and MS were previously assembled, GG was new in the box. I envy/respect you for having the patience to source the individual components through BL. Good luck with it and keep us posted.
  16. TomLego
    I was afraid we were going to have another $399 USD product. Given this is over two feet wide with a lot of unique parts/colors, I don't think the price is unreasonable. One of the good things about Lego is how they have product price points for almost every budget.
  17. TomLego
    Looks beautiful.....would have preferred a larger piece count. If my conversion is correct, this is about 25 inches in width. Given the more stable nature of the base, it should be a lot easier to display and move around than Tower Bridge.
  18. TomLego
    Well, its like this. Combine an obsessive compulsive personality with the fact that I'm cutting back on another hobby and selling some antiques and, well, why not? I really want the Taj Mahal, but that price is just too far over the top. Price per piece may be similar to what I paid for some of the modulars, but enough is enough. Now, I'm waiting for the large version of the Sydney Opera house, the rumored Mini Cooper and the next modular. Happy building, all!!!!
  19. TomLego
    Update from a new guy... As you know, I was late getting started on the modular buildings and the first three were retired before I even knew they existed. I have acquired the first three. Just as an FYI, CC was $745 used with instruction manuals and box, MS was $700 with manuals, no box and GG was $745 new in box. All of those are in US dollars. Both the CC and MS had one piece missing. Fortunately, both missing pieces are inexpensive and easy to obtain. When buying used sets, the main difficulty is that you receive them one of two ways. Sometimes they are completely taken apart and sorted by color and you don't have the convenience of the numbered bags that match up with the instruction manual. Or, they are partially disassembled and you have the task of something along the lines of repairing an earthquake ravaged building. So Lego boulevard is up to date and I await the next modular from TLG. I also bought some instructions on Ebay that helped covert the Haunted House into an 800-900 piece modular type building. That leaves enough parts left over that with an additional $30 or so, I can build another mod type building from the approximately 1200 left over Haunted House pieces. And so it goes.....
  20. TomLego
    Can't wait for this one. Haven't been into Lego that long so I've missed all of the large buildings except for Tower Bridge. Hope they are thinking about the Chrysler building in NYC or the Kremlin as future subjects. I can just picture a 6000+ piece Chrysler building in all of tis Art Deco glory towering above my now complete modular city.
  21. TomLego
    Outstanding. Really. Outstanding.
  22. TomLego
    Well, about 2 1/2 years ago my wife bought me the Fallingwater FLW building set as a gift. A few months after assembling it, it wondered if there were any more similar to it. I bought the a lego Robie House and found it a nice distraction from the day to day worries, responsibilities that we all have. Then I retired. In the past year I've bought over 30 lego sets including all of the modular buildings. I guess a quote from Woody Harrelson on the old TV show 'Cheers' applies to me. It went something like this: 'I may look old, but I'm very immature for my age.' But having fun. I am so impressed with the MOCs that I see on this website. What creativity and skill! Anyway, here I am. Sure glad a site like this is around for AFOL.
  23. TomLego
    Magnificent. Especially to someone like me who's gone to Starbucks on a daily basis for about 20 years and recently discovered that Legos are for adults, too. BTW. How about selling a completed version? Buy about 10 sets worth of bricks, find a few neighborhood kids and pay them to assemble complete buildings. :-). Sorry. Just can't get the capitalist out of me. Again, outstanding. A work of art.
  24. TomLego
    Okay, so I finally got my Corner Cafe. As I've said earlier, I started after the first three in this series were retired. I was able to get a GG new in the box. My CC was not NIB, but is complete and came with all of the pieces, the box and the instructions. After assembling the CC, I can better understand the comments of those who oppose a reissue. There appears to have been a big advance in design and detail between CC and GG. As previously stated by others, the CC is lacking any meaningful interior detail. I also don't like the construction of the 'Hotel' sign as compared to the signage on later modular buildings. The CC is, and to a degree looks like, the 'first' offering in a series. Okay, some nice features, but clearly room for improvement. I would much prefer to see a new set that has the look of the CC but has the attention to detail displayed by later buildings in the modular series. Now, I await delivery of the MS building. Maybe, once I see it in person, I will be able to come up with some sort of rationalization for buying it that my wife will appreciate.
  25. TomLego
    Very nice, indeed. CC with box and instructions is on its way to me. I am going after MS from a couple of different angles and should have it shortly. Good idea getting 2 PS. Outstanding display.
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