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Hi Ralf - welcome (officially) to EB! I've seen some of your MOCs around, and they're great! Don't be intimidated by the size/diversity of Eurobricks; you've clearly got the right attitude (be creative, open to feedback, and have fun) and certainly plenty of skill. Keep doing what you're doing and thanks for sharing with the rest of us!

Nice. It's got a conjured organic feel to it overall, and just the right amount of detailing. The 1/4 round tiles + lever base are an interesting look, and the way you created the simple swirl in the center looks great. Well done! So, if that's a mini-portal, let's see a standard size one next!

Welcome back to EB, Nucleur! Happy building!

Welcome to EB, dunes! ... and welcome back to Lego. Happy building!

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Welcome to EB, Lorenzo! Happy building on your journey to a MOC-filled house!

Welcome to EB, LCF! Thanks for joining to help keep this community vibrant. Happy building!

Welcome to EB, Hans! Happy building!

This is subjective so I'm not going to go off-topic and debate it, but I have a daughter and a son and both like to pose minifigs, and both are mildly annoyed that the minidolls have fixed legs and no connection points besides the bottom of the feet (so can't securely sit them somewhere without the newer panel bricks to hold them by the feet). They obviously don't do a full walk-cycle as they're actively playing with them, but then neither do/did kids with GI Joe, yet I don't know anyone that doesn't prefer the articulation of those figures over the Star Wars type action figures, but both still sold amazingly well regardless. Back to the movie... I just hope they make some self-refferential mention of it as she is hopping around while the rest of the figs walk next to her.

Awesome - welcome to EB, the_Yoyo! Happy building!

Yeah, I mean... I had obviously thought that but it seemed like it would look really odd and highlight one of the worst elements of the minimill design... but I guess they went there after all!

I agree that it looks great, and the lightly-retro elements are really fun. I have to wonder if they added the wings so the character could fly... because I'm not sure how they'd animate minidolls walking with their legs fused the way they are!

That's cool! I love seeing this kind of old and interesting item, so thanks for sharing! I doubt they'd have done a custom mold for solid legs for something like this given the relative cost and the fortunes of the company at the time, so they either had an existing mold from early minifig prototypes that they busted out for this, or they simply filled-in or covered the holes. Wouldn't be hard for the limited numbers of figs seen in any given image in the book. I'd still love to hear from someone who was around at the time how that came about, both the stylistic decision as well as the practical changes to the minifigs.

Yes, great work on Spock's ears as well as the communicators and tricorder!

Welcome to EB, marci95! Happy (Technic) building!

Basically, yes, if you're not going to do something fancier and brick-built (but if that piece works with the size you need, I don't see why not). Also, these might work better depending on how you're constructing it: https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-brick-1-x-2-x-5-with-groove-88393 https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-brick-2-x-2-x-6-with-groove-6056 If the interior doesn't need to be terribly accurate, you could simply make the winches that pull the Lego chain or string vertical rather than horizontal and then just have an axel coming up through the top level of the gatehouse and connect to something inconspicuous, either part of the structure or a barrel of "supplies" if you have a battlement up there- something like that. It also wouldn't be hard to just rig a couple gears to turn the winch and have the control wherever you want it. Or, likewise, attach a motor and have the switch hidden somewhere. Lots of fun options, really.

Since you're going for historical accuracy, if you google for "portcullis mechanism" you'll get a lot of examples of the real-life workings, and most are surprisingly simple. Just a couple pulleys, a winch, and some kind of clutch to it could be hoisted incrementally by just a couple of people. It may not be that same mechanism, but you can look at how they did it in 7946 King's Castle for a pretty compact and workable design. When you said that the crank needs to be behind the gatehouse and not on the side, are you meaning the mechanism itself or the HOG point where you the human can still easily operate it without it being obvious?

Welcome to EB, Maloof! The Modular Buildings are definitely a great way to jump into Lego... if not the cheapest. Happy building! Looking forward to seeing some MOCs of Amersfoort down the road!

Welcome to EB, Pdaitabird! Happy (virtual) building!

Welcome to EB, Leche Guevara! Happy building!

That's a really nice take on her, and I think the scale is pretty close. The legs are a little plain, but not much to do at this scale. You could potentially try 1x4 hinge plates (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2429c01#T=C) which would add "knee" articulation, but then the height will be off... unless you can connect them to the pip on the underside with those open-stud 1x1 round plates for a 1/2 stud offset at the hip so she'd only be 1/2 stud taller than she is now... But you may already have the best design in the given space. Really well done!

I think this looks great all-around! Really lovely body shaping and some clever techniques- definitely one of the best I've seen! I think the tail end of the engines is a little plain. I like that you added the round fluted brick and the barrel at the end, but it feels like it needs something more, or even go off-design and shorten it by 1 or 2 bricks so they're tighter in to the fuselage or something. But that's just my personal gut feel; great build!

Welcome to EB, Legoginge! Sounds like a great time in Billund. Happy building!

Lovely. Those facial expressions are spot-on for this!

Great scene with lots of interesting tidbits throughout, and the furled sails on the ship are a great touch!