Davey

I love the use of the Octan color scheme and this is a great take on a classic LEGO Town set. Like others have mentioned, I really like to staircase, but agree that perhaps it could be relocated. Another option would be to replace it with an elevator...but then your Minifigs don't get as much exercise. I also like the little convenience store selling a variety of goods that any Minifig would want. Well done! -Davey

Great work here! I love the idea of Invader Zim Cube-Dudes. My wife and I have always been fans of that show and have the complete series on DVD. Gir has always been our favorite character. You managed to capture the characters quite well here in Cube-Dude form. And then the squirrel ate Dib's greasy head... -Davey

I have all of the track on my layout ballasted using plates and tiles. You can check it out at the links below. Straight Track Ballast Study Curve Track Ballast Study Switch Track Ballast Study This method definitely keeps the track flat and looks good (IMHO). Good luck! -Davey

There is a whole thread on EB devoted to this topic. I would recommend checking there. Storage & Sorting LEGO Feel free to check out my building area (aka LEGO Lair) as well. -Davey

I'll +100 for this being a good read. I managed to score an advance copy when it came out I feel most AFOL's will genuinely enjoy the story. If you are actively involved in the community (both online and offline), you will get even more out of it as a lot of the names mentioned in the book with be familiar. If you're not necessarily involved in the community, it's still a great insight into how a person goes from a "closet LEGO fan" to a "full blown AFOL". I also think that for adults just discovering the AFOL community, it provides a good basic primer as you navigate the myriad of websites, conventions, and what-not. While LEGO is the primary subject of the book, there is also the overarching theme of Jonathan and Kate attempting to have a baby, with LEGO becoming a bigger and bigger part of their lives during the process. During their journey, they manage to recapture their creativity and child-like ambitions relating to LEGO. In my mind, this only will make them better parents. I've given copies of this book to both LEGO and non-LEGO fans and so far, both have enjoyed it equally. As I said, if you are a fan of LEGO at all, it's totally worth a read. -Davey

Welcome to the EB community, Matt. You'll find the crew here to be generally friendly, helpful, and a lot of fun. There's a good contingent of fantasy-minded builders on here to bounce ideas off of and just hang out with. Are you thinking of using either Flickr or MOCPages to display your creations? Anyway, welcome to the board! -Davey

I would say the Metroliner hands down. It is such an iconic set and will only continue to increase in value. I would personally get that one now and then in a few years if you want the Frieght Rail Runner, you can grab that and it probably wouldn't have gone up in price too much. Just my $0.02. In the end, get whatever makes you happy! -Davey

Awesome work and a great homage to the original #918. I love the color scheme and the "new school" techniques give it a great streamlined/polished look. The cockpit design is nice and the Collectible Spaceman looks right at home in there. Brilliant work. You've got me thinking I will have to try something like this soon. -Davey

Great work on the elevated train and your city looks really nice too. I like the way the harbor is coming together. Keep up the good work. -Davey

Very nice! Love the way you capture the motion. Are you moving the camera as you shoot? If so, are you holding it or do you have it on a moving camera rig built out of LEGO? -Davey

I love your "Scenic Tours" series. Great work on capturing the motion of the locomotive. Brilliant idea and great pictures. Please keep bringing us more of these Tony! -Davey

Hey Lisa! Glad your here and welcome to Eurobricks. This building is build using the modular building standard. Each floor rests on tiles and is only held on by 4 or so studs. This makes it very easy to lift the roof and each floor off to see the interior. You can kind of see how that works in this picture of my wife, Stacy's, Eames House MOC. Hope this helps! -Davey

Great work here! The detail in the roof is fantastic and really captures that "dojo" feel. I love the little grocery store in the bottom floor. -Davey

Lovely balloon work Anna! You have managed to capture the organic shape of the hot-air balloon quite well. The scene is instantly recognizable. The design of the basket is also very well done. But I think what really brings this together is the scene design and all of the landscaping you did. Great detail there that just makes the MOC "pop". Well done and keep up the great work! -Davey

Gorgeous work!!! I didn't think I could like yellow and white as a building color but you bring it perfectly. The addition of the blue/grey awning really helps to add some additional color while not making it look too busy. Great execution of build with two colors that I personal feel are difficult to build with. I always feel that yellow/white ends up conjuring up images of eggs...but you have totally avoided that here! I also like the white "brick work" on the corners. Again, enough accent to add detail while not looking busy. Great work! -Davey

Great work on this and I really love the subtle use of the "log" bricks to give the walls some texture and avoid the "big empty wall syndrome". Well done. As lightningtiger mentioned, you have nailed the "small town" feel and I could see this church in any city up in the UP. I've spent some time up there in the past racing around the logging roads near Houghton & Copper Harbor and every town has a small church like this. Awesome work! -Davey

Well played ISC!!! Love the "campy slasher flick" idea. Never thought of doing something like that, but it's brilliant! Nice work on the shoreline landscaping and the expressions on the faces of Max and the Cheerleader are priceless. Bang on mate! -Davey

I generally build a mix of the two. Most (if not all) of my buildings have four walls, but many are new school takes on classic sets. Of course the main city center uses the "Modular Building Standard", but some of my outlying buildings have more of a "classic" feel to them. I still build all of my cars and trucks in 4-wide because I just love the look and it really works better with the Classic Town road plates that I use for my streets. My trains are 6-wide and my monorails...well...are a mix. I have one 4-wide and one 6-wide (the 6-wide is a Metroliner rip-off). So while my heart still burns with nostalgia for the classics, I use a combination of old and new building standards. -Davey

No interior yet, but I am planning to do something in the next couple of months. I've been trying to decide what to do the interior as. So far the leading ideas are: Brothel, Dance Club, and a "Decadent Old Society Building". As mentioned above, I like the "Decadent Old Society Building" idea. Especially as we transform our Town layout into more of a Harry Potter layout with hints of London. I could see this being the headquarters of the "Devious Monocle Society" that Stacy came up with. Thanks for the idea! Indeed it is. Like I said...love that Dark Red color. Thanks for all of the great comments everyone! I'm really glad all of you like this building so much. -Davey

Hey everyone! I'm still working to upload MOC's built recently that I haven't had a chance to share with the online community. This building was built as an addition to our Town layout for the 2010 display season. The building uses design cues from both the ‘Fire Brigade’ and ‘Grand Emporium’ sets and pieces are primarily from two of the ‘Fire Brigade’ sets. I haven’t decided exactly what kind of building this is yet, but I am thinking it might end up being an apartment building or possibly some type of dance club. The interior isn't furnished right now, but I am trying to get Stacy to help me out with that before our next show. For Brickworld 2010, the top floor featured Minifigures partying together and the second floor features Crash Test Dummies doing…well…we’re not quite sure. Either way, it's a place for the Minifigures to come and let loose. I also made sure to make the back of the building interesting this time since it is often viewable in our layout design. I like having options with where I put this on the layout by having the back finished. I've taken to finishing all of the backs of my buildings to give me more flexibility when assembling layouts. As I said…we brought this to Brickworld 2010 and it was part of our display for World of Lights. Here we see a picture of the building lit up using the E-Lite Standard from LifeLites. Rob Hendrix was very helpful in getting us set up with the lighting and it worked very well for Brickworld. Thanks for checking this out and, as always, comments and constructive criticism is welcome! -Davey

Great work Klementina! I the heart mosaic in the floor and the gazebo design is brilliant. Great work here and what a super-duper-sweet MOC. :thumbup: -Davey

Hey Klementina! Glad to see you could make it over to Eurobricks. We missed you and Matija (but mainly you ) at Brickworld this year. Maybe next year? Anyway, welcome to the forums! -Davey

I've actually had a lot of people mention this, so don't feel bad. I can't believe I messed a massive detail like that up. Just goes to show how long it has been since I have seen The Matrix. -Davey

Yeah...that would be courtesy of my wife. She loves her plants almost as much as she loves LEGO. -Davey

Interesting topic idea here! I definitely am running into a similar problem at my house in terms of being able to display my various LEGO sets and MOC's. In our basement, we have our Town/Train layout set up on a series of 30" x 30" tables. This ends up taking up about half the basement. I also have a small SPACE! layout that I don't have pictures of right now, but it sits on 30" x 30" tables as well and currently is made up of seven of those tables in a U-shape. Upstairs in the main house, we have a variety of ways of displaying our MOC's. I have some sitting on top of various bookshelves which seems to work out okay. I also have a small table for displaying a single larger set and we rotate the set a couple times a year. In our reading room, we a table and some other small pieces of furniture that hold various sets for display. All this being said...I would love to find a better solution and something that allows me to display more MOC's in a less intrusive way than using a table or bookshelf. I would like to see some other community members' wall-mounted display solutions. If they can provide a link or a source for their solution as well, that would be most helpful. I'm guessing IKEA has some cool options...though I've honestly never looked real hard for them. It's getting to the point now where I need to get even more organized...or buy a bigger house. -Davey