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I read this article a couple of days ago, and find it really interesting. I've been fasscinated by the same subject myself :) I think you could mention, though, that the Town theme started bleeding over into the 6400s as early as 1985, when the Light&Sound 6450 and 6480 were released - later Light&Sound town models used the 6400s as well. The same thing happened in the space subtheme, starting with 6750 and 6780 in 1986, and quite a few minifig packs in the low 6700s - they were using the 6700s way before Wild West.

Sorry for digging this up, but I just wanted to let you know that I sent Jamie Berard a PM about the seller trying to profit from his Town Hall design, and he answered me today. He was frustrated to see the eBay page - not so much because the seller has tried to recreate his building, but because he's trying to make money from it, not even bothering to snap new pictures. He also told me that he'd forwarded the link to TLC's legal department. Which is probably a bit worrying for the seller, as Mr. Berard designed the Town Hall as a Lego employee, thereby making it the company's design, I assume... Naturally, being a responsible Eurobricker, I've asked if he could offer us just a tiny little hint as to what we can expect from the next modular, or even when it'll be out. I'm not really expecting him to answer that, though, but it would be stupid not to ask :)

That art deco piece is fantastic! A great interpretation of the original.

Haha! In that case, I can't really tell whether it's Nasty, Stig, Dirk or Barry that they've omitted...

I saw a pic of them on Flickr, by tiberium_blue - I'll deeplink it - but how very predictable to leave out Ringo... The card insert is pretty lame, too. I never knew that there was a Beatle with a mohawk.

Wow. Some great details here - the damage to the house looks very realistic, and I love the trees and the waves crushing onto the shore. A very good idea to place the house at an angle, too. Very well done!

Great building - and great choice of colours. As you say, this would probably be impossible to recreate in the colours you've used, but that doesn't stop it from looking good in the screenshots :) And the leaf is a hilarious touch. Something tells me that Lego won't be picking up your idea and put this particular kind of coffee shop in production in the near future :D

Great work, again. It looked great in your old layout, and the transition to modular hasn't made it any less wonderful. I like the colour combinations and the amount of detailing, especially on the gray building - and the bay window and sliding doors in the back look really nice. Well done!

Absolutely no problem! I'm happy that my model could be of inspiration - after all, that's what a site like Eurobricks is all about! You've applied your own twist to it with the clip plates, and that's possibly an even better way to do it. I really hope you end up building it and selling it to your pharmacist friend - or, even better, get to keep it for yourself :)

I'm an avid user of BrickLink, and every now and then there are pieces missing from an order. That's no big surprise as all the sellers are humans... but I've only left negative feedback twice, once for a seller who sent me a package where a whole lot of parts were missing, and most of the rest were just filthy. Now, I knew they were used, but these looked like they'd been dragged through the mud. Anyway, the other one was much worse: I placed an order with a seller called Dioramas Modellbau, without checking their (relatively sparse) feedback. Big mistake. After having asked for the invoice several times I finally got a response after three weeks, with the invoice for almost 100 Euros. I paid the invoice, and after that all communication stopped. I sent multiple emails, but never heard anything again, and never received any package. The seller is now out of business after having pulled the same fraud several times - and after having made a lot of money. Regarding lost packages... the worst experience I've had was when I bought a MISB 4999 Vestas Windmill from a seller in Hong Kong. Needless to say, I paid a lot of money for it, and was anxious to get it - so when the mailman left a note in my mailbox that I could pick it up at the post office, I was relieved. Only to find out that somebody at the post office had by mistake left it on top of a pile of packages that were to be returned to sender. Which meant that it had been picked up and taken somewhere - but nobody could tell me where, because it was only traceable by barcode, and the last scan on the barcode was in my local post office - where it wasn't anymore... Luckily, some postal worker at some office somewhere else found it a couple of days later, wondering what it was, and scanned the barcode. After which it was promptly returned to the right post office - and now it sits on my desk. Phew.

I really like this - the exterior is nice, I especially like the way you did the windows, with the double arches and the skeleton legs and bars on the first and second floors, but the interior is particularly well done. I agree that the computer screens are better now, and it's a very good idea to place the tills and shelves diagonally on the ground floor. And I just love the storage compartments on rails on the top floor, that's probably my favourite detail. Looks very realistic! Those spiral stairs look very familiar - for a modular pharmacy/drugstore :)

Finally - and it was worth the wait. The exterior is very nice, but the interior is like candy :) So many colours, and still you've managed to keep the design clean. Well done. The kitchen (I'm assuming that's what the lime green room is) looks a bit unfinished, though, and could really use some tiles - apart from that it's great!

You're good at this. The two at the top are a bit too cartoonish for my taste, but the Voodoo Psychosis is just spot-on and looks just like the real thing. It doesn't look like it's too far from being able to seat a minifig, either, if you replaced the 2x2 plate underneath the roof with 2x1 plates on the side, or replaced the four 2x2 tiles with two 2x4 tiles, and managed to squeeze in some 1x4 panels on the sides... although that last thing might be impossible structurally, I don't know. But it sure looks good!

I'm absolutely stunned. It's so full of details I hardly know where to start. It looks fantastic! As I said before - what a great display piece. Must have taken quite some time to design and build - and quite a bit of money to put together... that's a lot of sand green tiles :) For me, the detailing is really what sets it apart - especially the rigging and your clever use of minifig hands all over the place. Well done. A true masterpiece!

I waited patiently for quite long before diving in and buying one from an American seller on eBay. It cost me US$600 + shipping, but that doesn't seem that unreasonable if you look at the prices on eBay and BL these days... especially when you take into account that it was in immaculate condition, with no dust at all and all the bricks were like new. If you come across one that doesn't cost much more than the average eBay or BL price, and seems to come from a trustworthy seller - and you can afford it - I'd go for it. It's a fantastic, huge and imposing set, it looks great in that sand green colour, it's already a legendary set among collectors - not least because its hard-to-find status - and it will probably keep appreciating in value. I certainly don't regret buying mine, it sits on a shelf in my bedroom and puts a smile on my face every time I see it :)

I really like this. The exterior is a very nice variation on the design from the Town Plan, but the interior contains really great features. I like the projector room and the ground floor - and the ticket booth is a particularly good design. I appreciate the inclusion of stairs in any modular building, so I applaud the decision. That said, it looks like the hole in the first floor is a bit small for a minifig to get through when ascending from the ground floor. Maybe you could widen it a bit towards the area with the three yellow chairs? You can see it clearly in the 11th pic from the top - it's the sticker from 10184, Town Plan, saying "It's from out of space". Not "outer space", then...

Thanks again, guys! I'm honoured, both by your kind words ( ) and by the blog post. Thanks a lot!

I always (I say always, but I haven't really been MOCing for more than eight months) plan my MOCs in detail in MLCad first, being careful to check parts for colour availability with BL as I go along, and then create a parts list in Excel from the list in MLCad. Then I add more MOCs as I design them digitally. When the total amount of pieces is big enough that I feel I can justify placing BL orders, I start either by visiting stores I'm familiar with and faithful to, or stores where I have coupons (logically, that's often the very same stores), or stores that have particular items that I need. I always end up with some pieces in the end that are hard to find, and are only offered by a few, most likely different stores. That's where the extra pieces come in. If I need to add to my cart to meet the store minimum, or if the amount of parts is just too small to justify paying the shipping costs from, say, the US to Europe, I stock up on pieces I know I'll need later, either because they're pieces that I tend to use a lot, or because I have specific MOCs in mind. Either that, or I buy some extra minifigs.

For my own part, some of the fun seems to go out of my building experience if no minifigs are involved. That said, this is a superb example of using the right parts and the right angles. A truly great - while still relatively simple - MOC. Well done!

I bought one from a reseller on eBay before I really got back out of my dark ages, about three years ago, before the prices skyrocketed, and built it straight away. It still ranks as one of my best Lego building experiences ever. If it had been unopened today, sitting in a cupboard somewhere, I still think I would have ended up building it. It's just too awesome not to build - after all, it's already become a legendary Lego set, and given the choice between experiencing that build or not, I know what I would do. I envy you the experience that lies ahead... so come on! Build it! :)

This post just put a big smile on my face. You've got some good times comin' :)

That's exactly what I've always thought. Lego is hugely expensive from TLC when purchased by the brick...

I had a look at the seller's items when I first found out what he was up to, and I googled Lego Arc de Triomphe to try to find out who was the original builder, but without results. I know shutinc has filed an eBay report, and you should definitely do the same. Yes, they are, but I haven't found any way to contact him so far...

You're not the first one to ask these questions, and you're probably not going to be the last. Try this topic. Or the 'search' function... :)

Thank you so much for the response! Thanks! I find it hard to pick personal favourites, but I'm happy with those two. Thanks! I'm not surprised that's your favourite Thanks a lot! As you can see, I'm using the air scoop in a more conventional matter than you do Thanks! I realized early on that I had to use the tricycle fork to make the design work. About the windscreen, I see what you mean, and I've tried different solutions for it - it's possible that the best one would be a transparent double cheese slope of some sort, but those don't exist yet. For now, I can't think of an improvement, although the panel is undoubtedly a bit disturbing for the aerodynamics. If you look at the Scorpion, you'll see that it has only a little deflector and not a full windscreen - so I could have used the same windscreen as on the Super Blower, but that would be very different, and I could have placed the panel on a hinge, but then I wouldn't have room for the steering wheel. Decisions, decisions... So, you guys have named six different cars as favourites. It's fun to see that you have different tastes, and that you like my vehicles - it inspires me to keep designing!