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  1. Jeff Huntington
    Thanks for posting these! I've always thought that the billboard from Grand Emporium was a clever idea and it's great to see how you've taken that idea and run with it.
  2. Jeff Huntington
    As to where to start, there are really only two main types of LEGO trains: passenger and cargo. There is usually one of each type for sale at time, but there is occasionally overlap. Pick the type you want, and wait for it to go on sale if you're patient. The cargo trains allow you more creativity to modify the cars. The passenger trains tend to have much more specialized parts, especially the front noses of the cars, and the front car and back car tend to mirror each other.
  3. Jeff Huntington
    I love it! Considering that 6378: Shell Service Station was my favorite set from my childhood, this brings back great memories.
  4. Jeff Huntington
    That is fantastic work, OCAS. I'd love to be able to build up my stadium like that. Oh how I wish LEGO would put out sets for the World Cup again.
  5. Jeff Huntington
    Thanks for the pics, Brickviller. The station is growing on me more every time I look at it, to the point where I'm considering more than one. The crane from 60052 has elements of 4555, which was a fantastic set. My MOCing juices are running after seeing these.
  6. Jeff Huntington
    That is amazing work. The refinery looks great, and I am really envious of the number of tanker cars you have. Thanks for sharing!
  7. Jeff Huntington
    My wife surprised my son and I for Christmas with 18 of them she was able to get at a Toys R Us in mid-December. She went back last weekend to try to get more, she said, but they were all gone. No surprise since they broke street date and anyone who saw them probably snatched up while they could. Distribution was average, I guess. 3 of the policeman, 2 each of: Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, mermaid, lady construction worker, and barista; 1 of: President Business, Panda guy, Mr. No-Pants, robot secretary, robot western girl. The barista would be my favorite if he didn't have a printed nametag. The printed cup is a great piece and has inspired me to build a coffee shop for my town. I guess all the employees will be named Larry.
  8. Jeff Huntington
    The sea plane looks really good, and the pontoons add a good amount of detail to what would be an otherwise plain-looking design. I agree about the lack on interior space as well - it really needs some more room. Also, in the United States, this is a Target exclusive, or you can get it at a LEGO brand store.
  9. Jeff Huntington
    This. I've bought all the Friends buildings because with very minor tweaking they fit right into my exisiting town and fill a need that City will never produce. The minidolls I set aside because they don't look the same and I have lots of minifigs to use. The one thing I wish the minidolls had was holes in the back of their legs so they could sit like minifigs do.
  10. Jeff Huntington
    I showed this to my history class today. Thanks for sharing!
  11. Jeff Huntington
    Is it because the raft floats that this is a USD20 set? I can't justify it at that cost. Too bad, because my son really wants this set. Good review, by the way!
  12. Jeff Huntington
    I bought mine a few months ago but havent built it yet since there are other things in the queue ahead of it. I wonder if they'd let me return it and then buy another one so I could get the sticker... It's a real shame if TLG doesn't give those of us who already have it some way to get the sticker. Let us send in the proof of purchase from the instruction manual or something and send it to us. I'll even include a SASE.
  13. Jeff Huntington
    The price really does this set in. I want and would gladly buy 2 or 3 of them if this was a $30 set. $40 is too much, especially when 60025-Grand Prix Truck is $30 and only has 6 fewer pieces.
  14. Jeff Huntington
    After almost 20 years of LEGO fun as a kid and then single adult, I entered my dark age in 2001 after the abomination Town had become. I didn't come back until 2009 after my son was born and it was the farm sets, particularly the combine harvester, that brought me back. Fortunately I kept all my old sets in plastic bags stored in boxes in my parents basement.
  15. Jeff Huntington
    LEGO is really stuck between a rock and a hard place with airplanes. On one hand you have this set and 7734 that are big and truly more in minifig scale, but overwhelm layouts with their size. Then you've got 6375-Trans Air Carrier, which scales much better with town sets but is really hard to believe as a cargo jet, especially consider paul_delahaye's comment above about how much the plane carries. I'm not sure which is better.
  16. Jeff Huntington
    Nice review. Incidentally, the gray plates were supposed to be there. They were included so you could connect the bases together for display if you wanted. I have all 4 of these sets buried in a box somewhere in the basement of my parents' house, which I should really try to find and dig out the next time I'm there. These figures fit in perfectly with today's, at least until you take the helmets off
  17. Jeff Huntington
    That's a really great layout. I used to live in Plant City 10 years ago; it would have been great to have a train show while I lived there. I'm glad to see you participate!
  18. Jeff Huntington
    You've captured all the little details well, and I like this a lot. The little thing that stands out the most to me for some reason and that I absolutely love is the flag - I wish the American flag was as easy to do in LEGO. Sehr schöne!
  19. Jeff Huntington
    I really like this set and it's a good companion to 3180. My only complaint with this set is that from the side view the tank seems to blend in with the truck. It's not rounded enough to really stand out, and the ends would really benefit if there was a piece that would give it a slight rounded bulge to continue the tank look. I still like it and need to pick up one or two more to go with the lonely one I own.
  20. Jeff Huntington
    Am I the only one who got his first "Battle Mech" and immediately thought Power Ranger? I thought the shows were rubbish, but that's the first thing that popped into my head.
  21. Jeff Huntington
    The signal box looks great, but what drew my attention right away were your hopper cars made from 4434-Dump Truck. Those are brilliant!
  22. Jeff Huntington
    I like it! It's one of those weird ideas that I'd never think of on my own, but you executed it flawlessly. I appreciate dark humor, and you hid it nicely under the spoiler tag for those who wandered in. Good job, Yatkuu!
  23. Jeff Huntington
    We sort of got World Cup minifigs in 1998. Along with the pitch, grandstands, lights, scoreboard, etc., you could buy single figs with plain torsos to use the stickers that came with the starter sets. I know Netherlands, Germany, Austria, England, and Scotland had their own special ones, along with a LEGO "World Team". Not sure if there were other countries that had official ones. Only the Dutch set had their own national club logo, the others were variations of their national flags. I'd gladly pay for printed-torso teams of major countries.
  24. Jeff Huntington
    Agreed. Considering the state of the other LEGO themes at that time (Town, better known as Town Jr., etc), the Star Wars sets for that time were pretty good. Most of those early sets have all been re-released with a lot more detail and look a lot prettier, but are also a lot more expensive. Paying $50 for 7150 would be a steal today.
  25. Jeff Huntington
    I found the new DK Harry Potter character encyclopedia book at Target last week and bought it. It comes with a new Harry minifigure wearing the black suit with red shirt from the Slug Club Christmas party. The page in the book about that minifigure says that it is the last of the 24 Harry Potter minifigs to be released, which leads me to believe that the theme is officially over.
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