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  1. Silverhurst
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  2. Silverhurst
    From a realistic perspective those station modules make absolutely no sense, since the floor of each module would be where the outside wall airlock is, but from a play/fun perspective this is a real cool set/series and will be a must buy for my son and I (just like the recent lunar and mars stations).
  3. Silverhurst
    I thought 40221 Fountain was the first modular tie-in set back in 2016.
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    OK, cool. I wasn't trying to accuse or anything, just wanted people to realize that the picture had been modified and that it might not be possible to get those results without major modifications. I hadn't seen that video, so thanks for posting it.!
  6. Silverhurst
    All fine and well, but I think you should have mentioned you photoshopped out the white and grey parting line between the first and second floors. Are the parts all available to even do that IRL without major modifications? That said, I do like that look without the parting line, since I've always felt the strong color line has been one of the things about the modulars that I've felt should be used only occasionally, and not on every building. Personally, I'd think about getting rid of the brown line at the center of the windows on the 2nd floor too.
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    My take is that they were thinking that since Lego usually releases the modular in January, it would be cool if the museum were to not be the regular modular, but a special one to replace AS, and that on January 1st everyone would wake up to find the actual annual modular released, and without any spoilers having been leaked! Surprise!
  8. Silverhurst
    A tablesaw and fine blade for plastics will easily fix that issue and actually give you 2 for 1. Some fine grit sand paper for the edge and some buffing compound would take care of the sharp edges too. Not recommending this, but it can be done if you don't care about offending purists or destroying the road plate's value. On one white Ikea bookcase where I display my modulars for a few months before taking them back apart (I don't have an actual city), I just used a black shelf and cut non-glossy decals for the road details to match the general Lego style instead of using road plates. This also allowed me to fit everything to wider cars and trucks, and add other road details as desired. This is an older deep style Billy bookcase, not the regular depth one, so not sure how this would work on the regular shelves (I think deep might still be available in birch?). For modulars I display elsewhere I use mils plates and the new road system.
  9. Silverhurst
    Stall is what you don't want to have happen to your airplane when flying over a stable or market.
  10. Silverhurst
    I got thinking, if someone wanted to add a children's playground, the dinosaurs in the duplo set Dinosaur Nursery could work as playground equipment.
  11. Silverhurst
    Oh, I really like that truck. When I heard about it I was thinking "Really"? So I am pleasantly surprised. As to the museum itself, I'm actually pretty lukewarm on it so far. Maybe I'll like it better in a few days after letting it bounce around in my head for a bit. I love olive green, but it seems out of place to me on this building. The museum seems short compared to the other modulars shown, especially since it is so much wider. There also seem to be a number of short cuts or things lacking too (though nothing like the lack of books in a bookstore!). Builds like the skeleton seem quite lacking compared to one's we've gotten before (Ideas, not the tan T-Rex), even though the piece count seems reasonably close to one of the individual skeletons from the Ideas set. Seems like fitting one of the Ideas skeletons in place of the brachiosaurus might end up being a huge mod. This would have been a great place to add a metallic silver Mercury astronaut type suit to go along with the "orrery". Since I like to mod my modulars, I'm sure I'll figure out how to bring this set into line with my preferences and desires, and like with JC it may mean an exterior recolor, but maybe just trim and roof colors this time instead of the walls, we'll just have to see. Also, one of the first things that came to mind when I saw the roof office was to turn it into a small observatory dome. I do have 3 Friends Botanical Garden sets that I had fun modding, might be fun to see if I can successfully turn that into a conservatory wing that matches the museum's style. Maybe an "L" shape with the conservatory going towards the street and adding a large plaza in front of the museum entry.
  12. Silverhurst
    Anyone else notice that the Bookstore and AS don't say Retiring Soon anymore on the US website (haven't checked other countries), but the Police Station says Last Chance?
  13. Silverhurst
    They were supposed to be frozen in the ice, and being recovered by the explorers. Of course, since Lego designed these sets for kids they made the animals look vibrant and alive, not withered and dead. I guess there is a difference between real death and monster/zombie/spooky death.
  14. Silverhurst
    I can't think about placement right now to help you (working right now), but I wanted to remind you that you can put the 2 halves of Bookshop in different locations if that helps make things work better. As I was recommending above last year, I also have no problem with building something backwards from the instructions (mirroring) if that helps things fit better too (nor mod the heck out of them, but that's a whole different issue).
  15. Silverhurst
    Buy Assembly Square and don't open it. If it is too similar to the new modular in your opinion when we finally get details on it, you could always sell your copy of Assembly Square for a profit after retirement to pay for the new modular.
  16. Silverhurst
    Lot of Friends sets listed as Last Chance. I'm picking up the one with the giraffe and zebra for the animals in case I need those animals. While Friends animals are often too "cutesy" for my non-Friends builds, I've found that I can often position them so that the eyes don't stand out too much if I need to.
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