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  1. henrysunset
    I love it when people capture the essence of a detailed building with minimal parts. Looks Great!
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    This is great, nice detailing, especially the tilework on the floor which takes it from good to great.
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    +1, super cool. Just digging through old MOC's in the forum and I really liked this!
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    Bumping the thread to get more votes!
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    consistently excellent models, thanks for sharing!
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    Someone noticed that I had the images for Plate 2x6 and Plate 2x8 reversed. I've fixed this in an updated version on my blog. Link: http://tomalphin.com/2014/04/printable-labels-to-sort-your-lego.html Thanks again, ---tom
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    I just wanted to let everyone know that I've shared the designs that you can use to print these labels at home using a Brother Label Printer.... Link to blog post where you can download these files: http://tomalphin.com/2014/04/printable-labels-to-sort-your-lego.html Sincerely, ---tom
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    Um, no. I'm pretty sure we know it would be top of the charts if we made a survey to pick the *WORST* set in the series. If I had to pick the top 5 *WORST* sets, I would pick: 1) Burj Khalifa - boring contruction and bad facimile of real building. 2) Guggenheim - in real life it's a spiral that keeps getting wider at the top. This is just a stack of discs. 3) Sydney Opera House - Too blocky to capture it's beauty. 4) Rockefeller center - scale is too small to capture the feel of the building. 5) Leaning Tower of Pisa - boring model, misses something by not using round bricks. What do you think? Which did you like least?
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    Awesome, I didn't know the forum supported polls, and I'm happy to see that you created one. Cm'on people - more votes!
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    @steve: those are some great custom models befitting the "architecture" theme with a compressed scale and the iconic black tile bases. Love it! I am loving the diverse responses to the thread. It seems like everyone likes different sets in the series, which is really cool. That said, the bigger sets seem to be a little more popular, which makes sense since we are all enthusiastic builders, and the bigger models have more details. ---tom
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    What is your favorite Lego Architecture set? I love the Lego Architecture Series and have built almost every model. I just completed an article on my blog where I've identified my 5 favorite sets under 50$. I'd love to hear what other fans of the Architecture Series think. LINK: http://tomalphin.com/2014/03/top-5-lego-architecture-sets.html Some questions I'd love to hear your thoughts on: How many people on this forum have built most of (or all) of the sets in this series? What's your favorite set? What most important for a great set in the Architecture series? Realism, advanced building techniques, great parts selection, the instruction booklet, size of finished model, price? Sincerely, ---tom
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    I did it as a cut-and-paste process. If you are patient, I am thinking about cleaning up the files I used and sharing them on my blog. that will make it really easy to print some nice labels :-)
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    Or remove the surrounding trees completely, it's a great model and can stand on it's own. The iconic models in the successful Architecture series rarely have any plants around them at all.
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    As some of you might have read in my previous article, I recently purchased a ton of bricks on Craigslist which I have painstakingly sorted into sets. This article covers: different sorting goals (by color, by part, etc..) how to sort it (I used a two-pass sorting algorithm) how to store it (I used drawers) Read the Article: ​From buckets to bins: How to sort a lot of Lego Take a look and let me know what you think... I'm especially interested to hear how your sorting and storing method differs. (I'm pretty sure it's a good storage method - it's Lord Business approved!) Sincerely, ---tom
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    You can see the series of 30 lego challenges that I built on my blog.... Lego Architecture Studio 30-day challenge @ tomalphin.com Thanks for calling out my project!
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    If anyone can purchase a couple sets and send them to the US, I would be happy to ship them domestically to others on this site.
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    I think you are right that the set is fine for many uses without the baseplate. In fact, it might be more effective inspiring freeform architectural exploration to *not* include a baseplate as it may artificially force people to think within the 32x32 constraints, and it is more difficult to do off-angle construction on a baseplate. Likewise, totally fair points can be made around Headlight vs.the 1x1 with stud on one side. I had not been using the erling in the SNOT manner as microscale windows, although I should try this sometime. Realistically, for me the only dealbreaker "missing" part category are hinges. Without them, many building techniques are awkward or fragile. (I went with a "Top 10" format to make the article easier to read and to drive more traffic.) Thanks for your feedback and a reminder to give the Errling brick another try. Sincerely, ---tom
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    It includes 1x2 jumper plates, but not nearly enough of them! It *does not* include the 2x2 jumper plates.
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    I wanted to let people who own and love the excellent Lego Architecture Studio set know that I've just posted a detailed list of the Top 10 bricks which *should* have been included in this set, but weren't. Check it out if you want ideas for some additional bricks you might want to buy to make the set even better. I would also like to hear from other fans if I forgot to include some obvious bricks that are great for building Architectural models. This article wraps-up my Lego Architecture Studio 30-day challenge, where I built 30 different models using the bricks from the Lego Architecture studio set. Sincerely, ---tom
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    I wholeheartedly agree. This project was simply an opportunity for me to better understand the Lego system and it's strengths and weaknesses. I do think that I personally would prefer a system with the 1x1 ratio (like Modulex), but with the incredible maturity of available Lego sets, great consistent quality parts, and diverse selection of specialty bricks, Lego is clearly the winner. I guess the real point is the thought exercise of what "could have been" if they chose this ratio to begin with... I am glad to hear people finding my exploration was interesting :-) If you haven't already, check out more of my Lego projects at http://tomalphin.com Sincerely, ---tom
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    I'm surprised nobody else has tried this... 3d printing is a really interesting frontier of technology innovation.
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    As some of you may have seen, I've undertaken a "30-day Lego challenge" to build and learn about Lego by completing 30 projects in around 30 days. So far, I've built a lot of models. In one of my projects, I expanded on existing knowledge of the 5 to 6 ratio of a Lego bricks width and height by measuring the precise proportions of some common components in the Lego system. A complete set of common Lego proportions are called out in the following image: Common proportions within the Lego Brick and broader Lego system... Could I Design a better Lego brick? For my most recent challenge, I wanted to challenge the odd proportions used by the Lego system and design a simpler system which would be better suited for AFOL's who like to build scale models. My blog post details my ideas, how I modeled the "better" blocks in 3d software, and my experiences printing a small number of "tomBlox" using a 3d printer. (I later learned that my recommendations are very similar to the "modulex" design; great minds think alike?.) Link to more info: http://tomalphin.com...ks-tomblox.html A teaser photo showing my rough 3d printed "TomBlox" prototype. Have you ever considered how to make Lego blocks better? Have you tried to create Lego or similar blocks using a 3d printer? Leave a comment here or on my blog with your thoughts! Sincerely, ---tom
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    My Uncle owned that set, so I've built all those models as a kid when visiting my Grandparents house. Thankfully, those models were pretty easy to build without instructions!
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    Hello! I was wondering how many other people like to build their new Lego sets like I do - as a Puzzle using only the photo on the front of the box as a guide? It's my favorite way to build models which are ~500 pieces or less, generally Architecture sets. I enjoy the challenge of building the parts that I can see well by looking for clues such as the gaps between bricks, then having to guess how to put those parts together and how the backside of the model should look. I just posted an article on my blog describing my process for building models without the directions. I would be very interested to who else does this, and hear what approaches or tricks you use. LINK: http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-challenge-15-without-the-instructions.html (SPOILER ALERT: The blog shows details of how to build the now discontinued Architecture Series model of Sungnyemun, so be warned.
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    I've posted three new projects you might want to see... http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-challenge-11-skyscraper.html http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-challenge-12-impossible-escher.html http://tomalphin.com/2013/10/lego-challenge-13-brutalist-style.html (A photo of the Escher model which came out really well...)
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