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Nice - and huge! I like the design of the truck, with that big yellow piece between the front and rear wheels. Is that some kind of Technic or Bionicle panel? A couple of suggestions: I'd swap the light bluish gray light sabre blades for the wing mirrors for some black ones, and maybe also consider making those lamps over the windscreen black instead of lt bluish gray. Apart from that, I don't think I'd change a thing :)

Finally! I'm very impressed that they managed to keep this under wraps for so long - after all, AFOLs are curious by nature :) I like it. It's a step in a different direction, and it looks good. A lot of fans have asked for 16x32 modulars for a long time, and now we've been heard - they just put two in the same set... Can't wait for this to hit the virtual shelves of S@H!

Thanks again for your kind words and very positive comments! Posting a MOC on EB always makes me go back and build some more, because people here are so generous with their feedback. Funny how taste differs :) but I must admit I like it better now than I did originally. That's an interesting combination for sure :D He said artist! ARTIST! Me! It's not so strange that you're not familiar with them - the scooters aren't original Lego parts, they're custom creations by Arealight, sold by BrickForge. And they're proper gorgeous :)

...and since you're a newbie and probably don't know what 'BL' or 'Bricklink' means, I'll explain it to you: BrickLink (www.bricklink.com) is a network of Lego sellers. You go there to buy lots of bricks or just the few you need to complete a creation. Give it a go, and you'll find out everything (and find everything) you need. There's a Help section, a forum and a chatroom, should you have any questions. Good luck! :)

Thanks for your kind comments, you're quick :) Yup, it's this one. The secretary knows how much the chief exec loves oriental stuff :)

B-OM-2B Hello, fellow Eurobrickers, it's been a long time coming, but I finally got around to snapping some pictures of my second modular MOC and posting them on Flickr. Some of you might remember my modular pharmacy (now also on Flickr), which was my first MOC since my dark ages. While that was built on a 16x32 baseplate, this is my first attempt at 32x32. I soon discovered that the bigger size gave me a lot more room to put a decent interior in, so I've spent quite some time doing just that. I got the idea of building a scooter dealership from Flickr user Morgan190's Roamin' Holiday shop, featuring Arealight's lovely custom scooters. I've bought a couple of those scooters over time, and felt that they deserved a proper modular dealership. But that's just the ground floor - so the question was what to put on the other floors. That's when I thought: Why not give the top brass of the Octan company a place to work? The photography isn't great. The tan color is a bit hard to get right, especially if you haven't got proper lighting. But I reckon it's alright. Anyway, here it is, my Modular Scooter Dealership with Octan Headquarters. As I usually do, I've designed the whole thing in MLCad first, and then ordered the bricks via BrickLink. Originally I wasn't sure that I liked the top floor (something seems to happen to my sense of design when I get past the first floor), but it's grown on me, and now I'm quite happy about it. It looks better 'in the brick' than it did on my computer screen. The ground floor includes the shop area, with a little office cubicle for the salesman, some brochures (for the new 'X' and 'Skull' scooter lines), a shelf full of spare parts, another with some different helmets for the customers to choose from, and three scooters. The tiling on the floor is done in blue and light bluish gray, with the checquered-flag company logo inserted. The glass window that separates the shop from the hallway leading to the back of the building, slides open so the scooters can be rolled through. On the left side of the facade is the entrance and staircase to the Octan headquarters, on the right side there's a brickbuilt version of the shop logo, and at the rear of the building the shop's mechanic is preparing a brand new scooter for the showroom (as the female customer in the shop is about to become the happy owner of that pink one inside). The shop mechanic keeps his tools in the corner in the back. The main feature of the first floor is the office of the two vice presidents of the Octan Energy Corporation. They are brothers and don't look too happy, for three reasons: a) Their father, the chief executive, doesn't seem to want to step down anytime soon, b) they both want his job and only one can have it, and c) he insists they keep a huge model of an Octan oil tanker on their desk. In the office, apart from the desk (complete with minibar) there's a conference table and a video projector and screen. The top floor features the office of the chief executive, with a nice balcony. Outside the office is the secretary's realm, complete with a couple of chairs where visitors can sit and wait. The guy currently filling one of those chairs looks a bit scared - that's because he's just been told to see his boss, and not why, so he's afraid that he's done something wrong. Actually, he's about to get a raise, on one condition: That he changes his stupid haircut. The rest of the area on the top floor contains a massive trophy collection gathered through several years of Octan racing car sponsorship, and the overalls and helmets of two of the most successful drivers. On top of the filing cabinet sits a model of one of the legendary race cars. There are some big skylights in the roof to provide the top floor with light. So, that's it - a lot more pictures, especially of little details, can be found in the set on Flickr. Thanks for watching! Constructive comments are more than welcome :) PS! Next up from me will be a case of "now for something completely different". After having built the 16x32 pharmacy and then this one in 32x32, I thought, 'why not try 8x32'? I found out why. It's very hard to fit an interior. But I did, so that'll be coming next! EDIT: I just realized I hadn't included any pictures of the repair area in the back, so that's now fixed.

A lot of nice entries! My voting is a bit biased here, as I like the PQ theme much better than the other two, but hey - everybody has their favourite. So here are my votes: Entry number 5, The City Connection by TazManiac: 1 point. Entry number 10, Ninjago Battle Chess Arena by Kris Kelvin: 1 point. Entry number 15, Rise of the Dread Colossus by Aanchir: 1 point. Entry number 18, Treasure Hunt on the River Nile by Nieks: 3 points. Entry number 21, Professor Hale's Oasis Hacienda by Rufus: 1 point. Good luck, everyone!

That's a great MOC indeed! I love how it looks like an official set - I'd say that you've managed to stick to your credo well, it's something Lego could have offered, nice and simple, but still really good-looking. And those decals are great. Very impressive!

Thanks for a great review - as some others have said, this has made me decide not to buy this set. I voted for "below average" - this, along with the other sets in the Harbour theme this summer, is far too <insert that tiresome argument> for my taste. For example, why skimp on the steering wheel? Are the owners supposed to control the boat by radar? Then again, if you look at that horrible boat transport trailer, you see how bad a steering wheel can look. Who has ever seen a truck with its wheel sticking up in plain sight behind the windscreen like that? I'm sorry, TLC, these sets could be great, but you've missed a wonderful opportunity. Now that I've seen this one, I know I won't be buying any of the harbour sets. Luckily, there will be better things to spend that money on, like that modular that we all want to see so badly :)

White and blue - so beautiful. The church is lovely, and the water is just amazing. Love the minifig (and cat) selection as well :) A masterpiece!

Great job. I grew up with a dad who loved Citroëns, and we had a GS, a BX, a CX, and an XM - never a DS, though. You should do the limo version that de Gaulle had! A little translation glitch there: Not turtle, but toad :)

This is great. I really like the tiled brick design around the doors of the main building, and all the details - all that ballast, and the look of decay on that unused length of track. But really: Everything about this is great.

I have to join the others in praising this MOC. It's very well executed, from the general architectural design down to all the lovely interior details. I like that very realistic open kitchen solution with the bar counter, and the widescreen TV. I don't know if that was intentional, but the contrast level is a bit low on the images. In the case of the main image, it actually turned out very nice, giving the impression of a misty morning in Midtown :)

A very nice, clean design, just how I like it. The station is great, as is the collection of people in it - and the train is really well-made, too, and so much like the original. Schysst! :)

So have I - and let me tell you about today's most bizarre coincidence: Just as I was reading this very thread earlier I was sorting my way through an order that arrived in the mail today... from Dad's AFOL Supplies :D

Yes, I know - that works just fine, but I still think cars look much better with doors :)

Fab! It's instantly recognizable, and the way you've done that arch is great. But in my opinion, the details that really make it stand out are a) the use of dark tan to bring life to the walls and b) those fantastic sculptures on the sides, which you've done a superb job with!

I agree! This one looks more realistic. The other trucks you've posted are also great, but this is my favourite. Well done! Haha!

Really nice. As others have mentioned, the parts really go well together, and that makes it look very detailed for such a small vehicle. Love the idea of sticking those bars with clips into the 1x4 brick with groove to hold the rollbar. I might try to copy this, it's a very clever design.

That's a lovely selection of cars, and the use of different colours is great. A suggestion, though: If you fiddle around a bit more with these designs, you'll probably be able to fit a driver in each of them. As they are now, that's going to be a problem with quite a few of the cars, which is a pity with such nice MOCs... :) Also, for the ones in colours where it's possible: I'd love to see them with doors!

I couldn't have said it better. Welcome to the forum, and I hope we get to see a whole lot more of your work!

Amazing. You've done some very good work on the domes and spires of the cathedral, but Prague is still my favourite. I love the way that bridge sits at an odd angle with the rest of the scene, and the details like those street lights. Nice tram, too :)

I love it! It's even better than your original design. The details are really neat - the SNOTwork on the front of the ground floor is nice, the staircase is a very good idea that I might borrow for later, and I just adore the flowered bedsheet :) The bomber jacket on the coat hanger is also one of those details that makes it a great MOC. Well done!

I'm a bit puzzled as to why you've added those minifigs - they're probably there to spice the creation up and make it look more interesting, but in my opinion it would have looked much better without them, not least because they're out of scale with the building. And the main reason I don't like that is of course because your creation is utterly amazing in itself and really doesn't need spicing up to be interesting. Those roof shapes have been created in a unique and truly innovative way, and as I've already said, that's a terribly difficult thing to do with the square bricks we all love so much :) the finished product lives up to all the expectations your WIP pictures gave me. If TLC included this in the Architecture line, I'd be lining up to buy it. And that line would probably be quite long ;)

The sheer size of this is awe-inspiring - and still you have taken the time to add an incredible number of small details. I don my hat to you, Sir!