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  1. KringlesBricks
    Huge! Reminds me of the Truman Show...the small town he lived in.
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    That Volvo would be awesome to get, too. Just too pricey for me...darn you Lego for taking all my money, again :(
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    The Mini-Cooper for sure..and yes, it is on LEGO shelves now. Me want...
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    Oopps, ha-ha. I tried to do a search before posting this. Thanks for merging.
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    Found this interesting... ...anyone along the European Coast happen to scrap up some of these old pieces?? http://www.npr.org/2014/07/26/335407014/lost-at-sea-legos-reunite-on-beaches-and-facebook?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140726
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    Wow!...amazing!!
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    The tan/brown car is my favorite for sure! It'll look fantastic having a few behind the EN. Great work on this simple design!
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    So jealous!! You made out nice.
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    Just set an average price per brick then go from there... I know in the US, a brick can go from like $0.15 to $0.25 per piece depending on the size. Just add all your bricks up and multiple it by the average price per piece. Say you have 1000 pieces... $0.25 X 1,000 bricks = $250. Just a thought...
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    This is awesome...I really like how you incorporated those accessories into a sports store! Very creative as it gave me inspiration to gather my accessories and see what I can build around them.
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    ^^^Yea...I guess I could've done that; but, I needed more containers for storing pieces in my collection. Those Lego cups are nice for storing pieces and to work out of when landscaping my layout. When you think about it, those cups are a nice bonus when it comes to organizing your collection pieces.
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    Very creative...using other mini-figs from other themes to create a modular costume shop for your city. I like the details of the window facade.
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    Went to the PaB wall, again, today - my third visit in the same week! I got 3 small cups - FIRST small cup I was able to fit 360 tan 1x2 45 degree slope pieces. Came to about $.025 per slope piece. I asked the manager if he had green ones...he said not at this time. I want those green slopes so bad...to mix into my river walls SECOND small cup was filled with 32 2x4 tan plates and 40 2x2 dark grey blue bricks - using these pieces for my train track bed THIRD small cup was filled with 220 lime green 1x2 bricks, and filled in with transparent blue 1x1 round pieces
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    I really like how you made those technic pieces into a curve; very slick looking!! On a side note, I'm working on a train bridge myself.
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    I believe sets are important as well as selling of individual bricks. The way I look at it is... I buy sets (mostly modulars and train sets) to incorporate into a city or town layout. I then visit the pick-a-brick wall to "add-on" to my layout customizing landscaping around the buildings and sets I purchase from LEGO. I also build other buildings to tie in with other sets from LEGO. It's like LEGO is "fueling" my imagination by creating these sets I buy to inspire my next MOC or creation or "add-on" to my layout. So, I would say both LEGO sets are as important to me as the individual pieces on the wall or through bricklink. I hope LEGO keeps both concepts going...cause to me it's a nice balance between being totally creative on my own gathering up loose pieces, or having fun building a model I'll place on the shelf or within my layout. But, you do make a valid point with the LEGO movie. At the very end, it seemed most of the sets were MOC's or his own creations, and not sets. So, in the movie it's about what you can build with your imagination with all those pieces/bricks you buy separately and piece out from a set.
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    Picked up a 4 horses today with more lime green 1x2 and 1x4, plus the blue aqua crystals, and 2x2 light grey slopes. Stopped and talked with the assistant manager at the store (getting to know each other with each visit). He commented there will be more of the friends colors and items on the wall this quarter. I was missing my tan and green 1x2 slopes for the landscaping I had planned for my layout :( Hello Bricklink..I need slopes now.
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    That's a clever idea for the re-railer. I noticed on my Red Train if it goes forward it's not an issue; but, when I reverse it, the engine gets caught a few times. I gotta look into something like that so it doesn't de-rail. Each 32x32 baseplate that has track is modular. I'm making it as modular as I can so it can be expandable. I'll try posting more pictures of the train station soon once I finish more details on it.
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    That came out well! ..especially having only space off a curve on those road plates. Very clever! You packed a lot of detail into that small space
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    I really like the creativity on the last construction stages on the roof and siding.
  20. KringlesBricks
    UPDATED: July 7, 2014 I made more progress on my trackbed; had to pick up more lime green 1x2 plates to finish out a few more sections of track. Enjoy:
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    My guess is this piece...comes in all sorts of colors... http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=11211 Its also comes in 1x1 and 1x4 which offers more color selections
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    I really like the beach details, and the blankets with mini-figs laying on is cool and creative. Very nice work!!
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    I would suggest building a city center, then build outwards. Maybe like a river can separate the downtown from a suburb/small neighborhood, and have a bridge built over the river driving into the suburb form downtown... That's what I'm doing. I'm building a main street lined with those modular buildings with a road running down the middle...then have a bridge cross a river leading into a suburb or small neighbor of family size homes. my train will also run in-between the suburb and down town along the side of the river. Funny you mention that. I do the exact thing! I take a drive and visualize real life buildings and streets in brick - then go back home and re-create it with what I have on hand, or hit up the pick-a-brick wall or bricklink.
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    ....yea, the bricks looked super amazing being bright and colorful when Legoland Florida first opened - I went on the grand opening year. Now, three years later, the bricks look like crap and weathered, and yellowed, and white crap from the weather and sun in Florida. But, anyways. Try to keep bricks away from direct sunlight and in mildew or high humidity areas of your home. It'll "age" the bricks quicker if so...turning them that nasty off-color.
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    The only deciding factor when it comes to breaking down a MOC...I ask these question: "Once destroyed, can my imagination ever re-build this again?" "Is it just too beautiful to destroy?" "Does it fit nicely into my town layout? If I need pieces that are in the model...I'd just buy more rather than destroying what I just created. Even if I take a picture, the picture doesn't do it justice.
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