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Everything I wanted to say I have already read in the replies to your post. But I agree - it's superb, especially the door (the sliding tile is pure genius), the arch above it, the car (wow) and the beggar outside, with a coin in his hat. Very well done, great job!

I see you took my advice! I love these buildings. The museum is still the best, but I'm very fond of the sand green building - those two colours work so well together, and the detailing is great, even the Bionicle masks work well. And I'm very impressed with the Beetle building - cool (and strange) idea to build a modular from a car set! That street scene is also nice - and your plans for the future, well... I'll be watching that space. Those are indeed grand plans :)

Isn't that a very strange thing to say when Market Street was released after Café Corner? If any set 'defined' the Modular Houses Standard it must surely have been the first one. But we're veering off topic here... anyway, I hope there's news about this year's set soon, as I need to make room in my budget :)

A great MOC! You've really got this right - and it's the natural habitat for that pop princess (I mean, if you put her on a stage there's always a chance that she'll sing out of tune...). I also love the gold records and the soundproofing in the studio. Looking forward to seeing it with custom decals! You should add a couple of drumsticks and a guitar or two from BrickForge :)

A very basic tip: Try the search function on Brickshelf.

I realize this is a bit off-topic, but wow! You should make a thread for that here on Eurobricks - not all of us explore Mocpages regularly. I've never seen it before and boy, oh boy have I missed out on something. Astonishing!

Brilliant. This one reaches levels of realism that are very hard to achieve with Lego. As a car nut, I really appreciate this MOC!

That is truly astonishing. Love the boat and the brickwork around the door the most - but I really love absolutely everything! I'm a sucker for details, and this really tickles my fancy. And you say it's just the first in a series? Can't wait for more! And that sentence in small writing at the bottom of your signature is brilliant

Hello all, I'm toying around with MLCad and have designed some vehicles that I'm going to realise 'in the brick' later. One of them is this delivery van, which was designed to be a modern-type van, but customised into an old-school look. Kind of like a fake classic. What I can't make up my mind about, is which windscreen and roof design to go for - I wanted to use the classic 2 x 4 x 2, but it got so tall that I felt it looked a bit cartoonish. So I swapped it for the 3 x 4 x 1 1/3, which looks good, but gives the car a whole different feel - which made me beef up the rest of it a bit more as well. I also tried a different front end, more old-school than the first one. So, which do you prefer? I'm leaning towards the beefy one with the low windscreen...

Well, this isn't really my cup of tea, with hi-tech miniature cameras and stuff... but when presented with such a fabulous-looking tutorial, I almost want to have a go! It's a great idea, doing it like a comic. Well done!

Firstly, let me say that your town is built in a way that I would have loved back in the late 80s and early 90s, but now my personal taste has moved on to what the Lego Company does these days. But that also means that your town fills me with quite a lot of nostalgia! And it would be plainly ignorant and stupid not to acknowledge the amount of work that has gone into this. It's so wonderfully detailed, the sets remind me of my childhood (I still own quite a few of these, sitting in storage bins somewhere gathering dust - the 6655, the 6530, the 6521, the 6677...) and I really love the way it all looks consistent. The buildings fit together very nicely, as do the vehicles - four-wide classic mix quite well with six-wide trucks. And of course, then there's the lighting. Wow! A couple of those 'night' shots really come to life. As Syn said, your storytelling just tops it off. I was smiling all the way through, especially at that remark about the passerby who didn't stop for the photographer. Who knows, maybe he's afraid of camels? They're huge animals... :D Great work. A little stroll down memory lane, sprinkled with some modular buildings!

Hear, hear! I, like so many others, was lured back into Lego in general by the Café Corner and its likes. So I agree - to me the best buildings are complete with front and back walls. That said, I quite like the old-fashioned Town buildings with open backs, too - but if I had to choose, it's easy. It's like asking whether you'd like a wooden cottage or a mansion - they could both look nice, but the mansion is a bit better. And a lot more expensive. Absolutely. And as Ralph also said, it's a lot of fun to build them (it's challenging to make a good interior in that scale) although you don't really see them all that well when the building is finished. It's satisfying to know that they're there! Just before I fell asleep last night I was thinking that I want to add an interior to my official modular buildings, too. I used to think that was a daunting task, but now that I've built a couple of modular MOCs complete with interior, it seems like a logical next step. And by the way, Teddy: I adore that train station. ADORE.

Yes, I did. I mean, it looks great, but in all fairness, that's thanks to Marcos Bessa :) - and your money!

I agree, it looks great - but then again, so does the original. I'm considering building this myself (I don't know, maybe it just attracts Norwegians...?) but we'll see what my bank account says when I've built my next modular, which I've just finished in MLCad. Regarding the price tag, it's probably big, but not as big as it could have been had he used different colours. White, yellow and green aren't the most expensive ones out there.

I like the longnose much more than the stubby one, for one simple reason - I don't like the stacked look of the roof that you get with those wedge roof pieces on top of each other. You've got a much better roof on the cab with the longnose solution. Plus it looks very much like your reference picture. These beasts are a fascinating Aussie phenomenon. Try driving something like that on the roads along Norwegian fjords, and you'd get stuck in no time :)

Hahahah! Note to self: Put 'get a missus' on to do list.

Ooh, I love it! It has a great exot-ish (nice word?) look to it, with those PoP colours, especially when put next to that other middle-Eastern style building. I'm also fond of those crate columns - a very good idea. And the bars in front of the door is a very nice touch - I was just thinking that something like that would be perfect for a bank, but why not for an antiques shop full of valuables. And that lunar limo... when it first came out and I saw it in the shop I considered buying it in order to do something like that to it - but decided against it because I thought that no matter what I did it would look out of place in a city scene. Seeing yours makes me believe I was right... but it's hilariously and delightfully over-the-top :)

Mine, too. I love the idea for this contest, plus it's a men-only thing. Of course I have to participate :) I have a nice idea and just placed a BL order... we'll see what comes out of it!

Oh, how nice that this topic got bumped! I was gobsmacked when this was first posted, but back then I wasn't an active member here, so I just settled for looking. But this gives me a chance to tell you what a truly amazing creation I think this is. The attention to detail is perfect, and the overall look is fabulously clean and uncluttered. I love the stairs that lead up to the cabin, and how they stand out from the dark bley mountain. And of course the crane itself, seamlessly integrated into the mountain. Wonderful! And the mountain itself is really great with all its slopes and angles. It's the kind of work I'll always admire while not having the guts to try to achieve something like it myself. Stunning!

This is a great conversion, mifody! A really nice, clean design, perfect for a bank, and the interior is superb. The design of the safe is very good, and I like the fact that it is easily removable. Also I love the way you've incorporated the clock in the staircase. All in all a great addition, with a lovely colour scheme, to your town display. Well done!

Absolutely - like I said in that other thread, I think it's a great idea. It looks fantastic. Overall a great layout that doesn't take up all that much space. I'm a bit envious! :)

My thoughts exactly. I looked at the first picture, and thought, "wow, that looks big". Then I looked at the second picture, and laughed out loud with amazement. It's a b s o l u t e l y HUGE. And I thought the EN was big. Awe-inspiring!

That would be gmsracing's Grand Emporium, not mine :) Mine is rather more standard-looking. But who knows... the idea is great!

Oh boy! I have to say, I just LOVE that idea of the Grand Emporium extension going across the road. I'd very much like to see more pictures of that.

Great work! I agree with what the others have pointed out here - the design of the facade is nice and clean, and the art deco look really transfers quite well to Lego. So, I like the outside, but I'm even keener on the interior. The coat rack is really nice, and the color combinations with the light blue, black and white work brilliantly. All in all a splendid design. Well done.