fred67

This is a great MOC, to be sure, even the floor. The pod looks great... I've been wanting to do a MOC based on the Cronenberg version of the movie, but can't wrap my head around how to make the pods. Ones from the original would be easier, but not nearly as iconic.

Those are quite cool looking in black! Why the heck weren't the original ones in black? What were they thinking? I bought a couple of 6206 back when - I was just coming out of my dark ages; I think I found them on sale. I never got the original TIE, so I made my own out of one of the sets, but didn't do a color change. Since I now have a modern TIE, I may revisit these to recolor them (and convert back to an interceptor).

Very nicely done - and interesting advice for builders (scaling to the windows).

I just finished building this set (with help from my daughter). I don't know if I'm headed for another visit to dark ages land or not, but this set has so many bricks and little detaily things that, by the end, I found it getting tedious. That said, the number of little detaily things is just absolutely incredible... they fill shelf after shelf, refrigerator after refrigerator/freezer with so many little items - bottles of this and that, strawberries, donuts, powersauce, buzz cola, krusty-os, it's just absolutely incredibly. The stickers are a nuisance - I use tweezers to put them on, especially the clear ones so that I don't get a fingerprint showing through from the glue side. One thing that struck me is what an amazing parts pack the set is - there's a HUGE number of slopes and various panes, a number of doors and doorways, a lot of big plates - even three train bases. There's a lot of small pieces, too, but the huge number of larger pieces makes up for it. It weights not literally a TON. I think this has to be one of the most detailed sets ever, and despite the copious amounts of stickers, there's tons of cool printed pieces, too - even a lot of printed 1x1 round tile pieces, like cookies and donuts, that are left over. We even have squishee cups and squishee mess on the floor. The way it opens and the roof comes out is ingenious.

I don't think it's any coincidence that a lot of modulars make it onto this list; I myself (way back in January) included Green Grocer. It was the first modular I built; I thought the attention to detail in the architecture was phenomenal, and it really reminded of buildings I'd seen in real life, unlike most LEGO city buildings. Parisian Restaurant is a good choice. But I'm responding because I've also built a few ships, including the POTC ships and fantasy era troll warship... and there's just something about the hugeness of them (with a fair economy of pieces), and the sails and commanding amount of space it all takes that seems really impressive to me. I have the 10210 Imperial Flagship in a box... I have no place to display it once it's done. I'm really looking forward to the day I can build it.

Those are all really nice vehicles - I like the Tramp Steamer and the vintage cars. My only thing is the airplane fuselage looks a bit short given the wingspan. Looking at pictures of some seaplanes, it's definitely plausible, though.

I disagree, Robert8, about Adventure Time. Without knowing the license agreements they have, I don't see how Adventure Time gets a 4/5 chance. Minecraft has other licensees, so I don't know what the deal is (except LEGO often gets the "building toy" license), but that Adventure Time submission is ALL characters with little else, and there are already AT figures out there. I think it would be a really hard sell, although I wouldn't say it's impossible.

I watched two movies today - "Barely Lethal," a fairly dumb comedy about young girls being trained special agents for the U.S. government, and one fakes her death so she can have a "normal" high school experience. The other was called "The Legend of Longwood," a likable drama/fantasy about a girl who gets caught up in a 300 year old mystery/curse involving the "Black Knight," whose appearance means bad things. They were both OK, suitable for watching with my daughter while we worked on building the Kwik-E-Mart.

Well... out of those that got 10k, the one's I'd buy are the ones I supported - Lothlorien and Stay Puft. Both are quite big, but I don't think either one is "too" big. However, I have no hope that either one will be chosen (although I think Ecto-1 probably did pretty well, and that might be incentive to try to make Stay Puft work... even if it wasn't enough to make the Ghostbusters Firehouse work). What I think stands a chance? Yes, the cars. Given the Marble Run set made it, the "LEGO Physics" set stands a chance, although it would behoove TLG to wait and see how the LEGO Marble Run does before deciding to do this one. Of course, it'll be ages before we find out what gets selected, so they can take their time. I'm doubting Adventure Time is unlicensed. The others just don't seem likely. If I were a betting man, I'd say the Caterham Super 7 has the best odds.

There are definitely other figures that are historical despite not being called that by TLG. The revolutionary soldier is George Washington, you have Cleopatra who, with the "asp," is quite obviously supposed to be Cleopatra. There are ones that are likely "real" people, or easily could be - Attila the Hun, for example. I would definitely like to see a history series. If they wanted to be non-political, just make them at least 100 years ago.

I tried to update brickbuildr and it just wasn't worth it - Wall of Bricks is a lot better.

I like this idea a lot - I've heard people talk about doing it, and there's probably and old thread on EB that describes how to do it, but I like the step by step pictures.

I like the Emerald Night a lot - and if you do the Ruby MOD, and remove the smoke deflectors, you've already got a better Hogwart's Express than TLG ever released, despite the fact it's not a great match. That said, it's not the iconic steam engine that I imagine when I think of that era; I like the earlier stuff "classic" steam, which is why I actually like The Lone Ranger Constitution train the most out of any train LEGO has ever released. I MOD it to run off of PF, build a caboose for it, remove the "play" features of the wagon, and you've got a really nice train - even a water tower to go with it. And because it's smaller and less complicated than the EN, it runs better - no binding, much less friction in the system. So if you remember MOT steam engines from way back when, with the new wheels and newer pieces, I'd just be happy for some updated kits like that.

I was just starting (couple of years) to get into model railroading. I was doing N-gauge, as I started while living in an apartment, so went smaller. When my son was born we moved into a house, and while things were crazy for a while, by the time my son was a toddler I was building my first "real" N-Gauge layout fixed on a table. My son always wanted to play with it, and being a sucker dad, I let him... and he'd run the train as fast as possible until it flew off the track, and that was a great time for him. Unfortunately, N-Gauge trains break fairly easily, so I put it all down for a while because I didn't like standing there while he was watching and feeling bad that I wasn't letting him "play," too (it wasn't finished, I was still just gluing stuff down). Then I saw Railway Express at a discount at Sam's Club. I didn't even know LEGO had electric trains, I'd never seen them before. I figured it would be a better fit for my son than N-Gauge. He was still young, so I put it together... went back to buy a second set so that we got an extra motor and track (I didn't even know, at the time, you could buy those things separately). After a while, I started enjoying LEGO more than N-Gauge. I sold the N-Gauge stuff, my son has since moved on, and now I do LEGO Trains.

Those panels are good - I've gotten dozens of them at PAB in the past. I'm wondering if you guys are noting what you got and updating Wall Of Bricks to help out other people. Snap a few cellphone pics and share the knowledge.

There's too much else going on today, what with Force Friday sets being released - you're not going to hear a peep out of TLG about anything else for a while, I'd think. But, and maybe it's my advanced age, I don't get why people get so anxious about it... I'm sure you'll know what's coming months in advance.

I generally don't like "constractions," they might as well just be regular action figures than LEGO, but especially the "mechanical" looking ones (Darth Vader, Storm Troopers - and especially Grievous) look pretty cool. Thanks for the review - this figure is really pretty darn cool. The only thing.... $35... uugggg... These sets should be $20, maybe a $5 premium for Grievous. I can't bring myself to pay what they're asking for any of the new sets. If I don't get them on sale at some point, I'm just going to go without.

This is one of those really loaded topics because a lot of it is ill defined. What does it mean to be old enough for LEGO trains? To run them? Build and take care of them? And, of course, there's the simple fact that everyone is different (no matter what they try to teach in schools these days). I got into LEGO trains because, while building an N-Scale layout, my toddler son wanted to play with it all the time... but all he did was crank up the speed to make the train go fast enough to fly off the track which, being on an elevated table meant it when crashing to the floor. Model trains are expensive, and I felt bad about not letting him "play" with my toys. So when we found the Railway Express (possibly the worst 9V set ever, but I didn't even know LEGO had elctric trains at all) for cheap at Sam's club, I ended up getting two sets. We could set it up on the floor, I had to build the trains, he could run them as fast as he wanted, when they derailed they didn't have far to go, and if a piece broke off here and there, you'd just put it back on. As he grew he eventually lost interest in trains (and at this point, LEGO entirely). He was probably 2.5 years old when we first got the LEGO trains, and he also had Thomas and other BRIO compatible trains. It was never really a problem for us... it wasn't even a choking hazard, by that age he was over that habit. Don't know what else to say about it... is four too young? Depends on the kid and what you are envisioning - the age ranges on the boxes are probably more from the angle of building.

Shutters go on the outside. The house I grew up in had working shutters. You'd open the window, reach out to the side and grab the shutter and pull it closed.

The link to MOC Pages gives me: Bonk! Smash! ... Thud. Uh-oh, something broke. Please press "back" and try again. Sorry about that!

I like doing that, too - you did a great job with that set, definitely an inspiration for me.

+1 Darth Caedus, although it should be plus 10 for the huge trade we did.

I'll say it again, no builder at TLG comes close to your creativity and use of parts. Always amazing.

Set list has been updated, wants added, and a great example of how it works - a Eurobricks user just traded me $420 in new sets for my older (new in sealed box) sets that have Bricklink 6 month sales averages of almost $700. Missed out on the Emerald Night, but don't want to pay $360 for it? You can trade me a Detective Agency and Big Bang Theory... $220 SRP, and if you ordered them from LEGO S@H, you could have them shipped to me for free (while I eat the cost of sending you an Emerald Night). Again, I'm asking for 60 cents on the dollar for 6 month sales averages - right now the CHEAPEST new Emerald Night in N.A. on bricklink is over $390, so you'd actually be getting an even better deal. EDIT: And, BTW, I go by FredJH on reddit.

That is quite cool - and demonstrates what a large scale LEGO really is for making "layouts." Outside is the only place I'd have to build something that big. Congratulations on an awesome build.