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My thoughts exactly! The Train looks fantastic, but that minifig definitely has to go.....

Dang! I'd forgotten about the cheese - I was looking for a stack of Trans Slope 45 1 x 2, but they seemed so expensive The Brown and Tan building in the background is a WIP for an old half timbered house. It still needs some fettling and an interior, but it's coming along. Thanks for everyone's comments!

I've just managed to pick up a 4193 The London Escape at a 44% discount with free shipping from a large on-line retailer in the US. There's bargains out there - you've just got to keep looking.....

I looked at the first picture and thought that was an interesting color choice for the front of the engine. Then I read the rest of the post and had to go back to that first picture. What an ingenious positioning of the motor.

It looks really good - and very close to the sourceI I like the fact that you've used a whole bunch of 1 x 2 bricks to make the walls rather than larger bricks or panels as it definitely gives it a concrete block feel to it. Thanks for sharing!

B-OV-39E <Takes deep breath> Here's my first published MOC on Eurobricks. I had purchased the Apple Tree House last year, but felt it was lacking in something, but I couldn't put my finger on exactly what. Then I had a chance to visit my closest Lego Shop and grap a whole bunch of 2 x 2 Trans Clear Panels. Bingo! I'd build a greenhouse for the original Creator Kit. I hadn't seen too many other Lego MOC Greenhouses and had nothing to go on, so after a bit of trial and error and a Bricklink order to fill in the missing hinges this is what I came up with. The roof isn't physically attached to the base, but the Minifig is very busy at work inside looking after the young plants But he's got to be careful of the Triffid in the corner! Hope you like it! Let me know what improvements I could make to it. eurotrash

I've got the 4554 and, like you, was wondering what to do with it. It didn't really fit in with the MOCs I've got and it just looks 'old', small and primitive when compared to the current Modulars, and it looks very, very yellow. So I built a modern waiting room extension onto it, raised the height up a couple of bricks (DrkGrey at the base so that it looks more industrial), changed the doors to a taller door, extended the roof line and made it deeper. It still needs some internal finishing, but it looks way better and more in keeping with the current Lego design ethos. Here's a couple of quick pics but I think it's definitely worth re-engineering some of the older structures to make them look like they belong in the current layouts.

The brick engineering in the coupling is very nicely done. Thanks for sharing it with us.

I just got back from my closest Lego Store (Kansas City, about 2 hours away) and managed to grab/stuff/pack the following into two PAB Large Cups ($14.99 +tax each). 93 @ 1 x 2 Bricks, Modified Log 57 @ 1 x 2 Tile, Mod Grille 80 @ 1 x 2 Trans Clear Bricks 77 @ Trans Clear 1 x 2 x 2 Panels 121 @ 2 x 2 Yellow Tiles 137 @ 2 x 2 Red Tiles 35 @ 1 x 8 Red Tiles 12 @ 4 x 4 Yellow Plates, 4 @ 4 x 6 Yellow Plates 52 @ 1 x 4 Lt Gray Bricks 12 @ 1 x 10 White Brick 24 @ 1 x 16 White Bricks ....and to fill up all the gaps around my carefully packed structures 630 Trans Clear 1 x 1 Round So, #488 Bricks in one cup and #846 in the other for a total of 1334 pieces costing $30. Win! Chris p.s. Despite it being a busy Saturday the Store's associates were really helpful about suggesting different packing strategies :)

But, good news a replacement false ear only costs $1. That's right - it's a buck an ear...... <rim shot, hangs head in shame and leaves forum>

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Neil from Scumbag College! I've just spilled coffee over my desk laughing at that one.... Excellant MOC by the way...

It looks fantastic and my only minor comment would be about the deck planking - it might look better if it all ran parallel to the ships side and had some overlaps rather than some pieces being at right angles to the rest. But what a beautiful vignette and thanks for sharing it with us

Kinetic is exactly the right word! It's an impressive enough MOC, but the sense of an explosion being captured mid-event is what sets it apart.

Thanks for sharing! There's some really nice details in there...

3. TAFOL (Action) - 2 4. cdaimers (Sci-Fi) - 1 6. mrjensmeister - 1 7. Hammerstein NWC - 1

1. mordatre - 3 8. Trijntje - 2

4. Kristel - 2 6. SilentMode - 3 Good work!

1. InsaneJames - 1 2. TheKingOfBuilding - 1 8. Hammerstein NWC - 3 Good work everyone!

I just picked up Whitecap Bay 4194 marked down to $40 and the Mill 4183 for $29 at Wal-Mart. And waiting for them to reduce the price on the two ships..... :) I can't believe that Lego is dropping the POTC franchise, but I'm grateful for the bargains that are coming up

7. Sebeus I - 2 points 16. Sid Sidious - 3 points

High quality work by everyone, but I had to go with one point each for... 1. castor-troy -1 9. alois -1 21. domino39 -1 25. snaillad -1 26. psyche -1 ... and that concludes the voting from Missouri

Wow! I came to this Post from your Church one. I thought the Church was amazing, but this one - The Corner - is incredible. Fantastic floor and the piano is perfect. Good luck in the competition.

Cats and Trains don't mix! I learned this from experience this year the first time I reassembled the 4551 Crocodile Train and placed it on the track after many, many years in the Dark Ages. I connected the power controller and started the train slowly. Cool! It's moving and it looked fantastic, but without warning the cats attacked and minifigs and bricks went in all directions. Did I mention I had built the track on a table above a hardwood floor in the kitchen? I had to move the fridge and the stove to find all the pieces - they were scattered everywhere.... Now, they're oblivious to it, but just be careful the first time....

I'll give this one 666 points..... Thanks for sharing!