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  1. deraven
    Nice addition! For the sign I would have gone with "Shirts for Squirts" as the store features in the HP media, or just a little more fanciful than "Clothes for Kids" - maybe "Garments for Young Witches & Wizards" or something. That's my only bit of constructive criticism. Well done!
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    The lack of those side windows doesn't bother me at all, but I don't disagree with you on this either. If we think about older sets (with the exception of Technic where it's still the case) that didn't have windshield glass (just the A pillars and maybe roof defining the area) or the old trans-clear 1x2 bricks stacked up there instead of a proper windscreen, those wouldn't fly now, especially in this range. Maybe we're in that transition again now with the side windows and we'll start to see that become the norm. I disagree with the point on Speed Champions, however. I DO think they look good, but they're done with a single full windscreen piece that is then printed or stickered for the bodywork. If something on this scale of these 10+ sets were done that way, can you imagine it just being a huge printed transparent piece wrapping around the front and sides? I guess something in-between might be OK. With the new 10274, for example, I think it looks like until you open the doors. Then you have just the glass sticking up with a tile on top when it should have more bodywork/frame around it. With other vehicle makes it would a lot worse than with the 1959 Cadillac, but maybe if they had a bit of printing on the transparent piece for the frame (like they do on some of the windscreens) it could look OK.
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    They're there, just rolled-down. But seriously, yes, they're difficult because of the A-pillar and would likely detract from the aesthetic unless custom molds were done which seems unnecessary.
  4. deraven
    Fantastic! The horse in particular is SO well done!
  5. deraven
    Love that it can still seat a minifig. You've captured all the main details nicely.
  6. deraven
    This is great - so many wonderful details! And that 8 ball- Nice build!
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    deraven replied to Antha's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    That's lovely. So much expression with such simple parts. Great build!
  8. deraven
    Welcome to EB, divemore! Happy building!
  9. deraven
    This is great- solid story, and nice job on portraying the whole vision sequence.
  10. deraven
    Looks good. Great job with the different sized carriages!
  11. deraven
    Burnt orange would have been better for Trump's skin tone (at least on his face!), but these look great. I like Trump's tie being a stud too long, too. Wonder if you could work something out for Biden's aviator glasses?
  12. deraven
    Looks great! You've captured their personalities nicely, and especially good work with your part selection to mimic fur. NPU for the teeth on Mummy as well.
  13. deraven
    Nice all-around, but specifically really solid and effective photos of such a small build. Nicely done.
  14. deraven
    Creepy, despondent, well-built. Very nice.
  15. deraven
    That's an interesting question. It was a very different world 30+ years ago when the BSB was being designed, so I doubt if there's much documentation out there. Perhaps some personal photos that designers took at work that might show it, or early product photography with a not-yet-complete design might exist somewhere, but I would be surprised if there were anything more than that out there. I wonder if anything was unearthed when they did the re-release in 2002 or if they just pulled up the instructions and made the couple of necessary changes and called it a day? Is anyone here able to contact Niels Milan Pederse directly to ask? As of just last year he was still working on set design for TLG, and has quite the catalog of incredible sets! --> Sets by Niels Milan Pederse
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    I think I echo what most folks have said so far: it makes no difference to me personally, but it seems totally inconsistent and almost random with how they're using it. I mean, TLG must have some data and an idea of what they're doing, but so far about half of the sets labeled as 18+ seem like they'd turn off more of their potential (younger) audience than they would attract an older one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The only consistent determining factor I'm seeing so far might be "this set is somewhat over-priced for what would otherwise be the target demographic, so maybe we make the packaging more stark and older folks with more money will buy it."
  17. deraven
    Awesome - definitely a very intimidating calvary unit!
  18. deraven
    Wow - this is wonderful! Love the approach you took to planning and matching the topography brick-by-brick!
  19. deraven
    Correct - this is from the 1979 UK catalogs. What's interesting is that yours appears to be an in-process photo (pre-press) of the layout before they put in the green rolling hill backgrounds and bright blue sky. You can see that it's definitely the photograph used for those 1979 materials if you look at the first & last page of this UK catalogue (they'd have been the front and back cover together, obviously), and the main fold-out image on this one as well. Where did you find this particular photo? Any more from what appears to be the product photography shoots?
  20. deraven
    Welcome to EB, Berger! See ya 'round the train forums. Happy building!
  21. deraven
    Looks great, and wonderful job articulating and motorizing it at that scale!
  22. deraven
    The graffiti inside is a nice touch, though the graffiti artist might not do so well underwater. Add a small O2 tank for them.
  23. deraven
    Welcome to EB, Etienne! Lego is a universal language, so don't worry about the communication/language barrier too much. Happy building!
  24. deraven
    She's going to hurt her eyes sitting that close to the TV! Nice build, and you've done a great job making a usable apartment in that space!
  25. deraven
    Welcome to EB, JK! Nice to have you de-lurked and an active member. Looking forward to seeing some of your MOCs. Happy building!
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