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Great work, it's beautiful. Cold on the outside and warm on the inside Your village looks so cool, do you plan to make some decorated baseplates to link all your houses ? And now to think I've had the MMP for over a month and still not even opened

I think another human knights faction would be a bit redundant since they would need the same kind of sets as the curret knights, castle, drawbridge and so on. That's why I'd love some kind of "new age" Forestmen (or elves if you will). The theme would then have "pure fantasy" and "realistic" sets (current line) and a semi-fantasy/pseudo-realistic subtheme. Though I agree Templars or Teutonic Knights with Brickforge-like helmets would be pretty badass

@Eilif, I'm not sure about Switzerland but in France there's no ethnic data except the place of birth that may give away part of one's origins As for me I'm half French and half Arab (that's my better half )

Well I wouldn't mind if it is not too obvious, that is if the minifigs don't have heads with huge molded ears or things like that. So if there's a new Elves line with well done sets that look half way fantasy/classic, I would definitely buy it. The classic Forestmen sets have become pretty hard to come by, and although they're still great their age is kind of showing. And I'd love brown trees instead of black

I agree 100% with Blueandwhite, the current line is very good for both "types" of castle fans. Personnally I just avoid the "pure Fantasy" sets and I'm fine with the more "classic" ones. It's good to see that Forestmen are so popular, I'd love to see them back too. I have the MMP (still not opened) and I'm waiting better finances to get King's Castle Siege, and I think Forestmen (and women) would be perfect opponents for my new knights

I really dislike the whole fantasy thing, but on the other hand I think that the "fantasy era" knights minifigs are the most beautiful castle fig ever produced. I bought the Medieval Market Place and I intend to buy the King's Castle Siege & the upcoming Drawbridge Defense, but none of the pure fantasy sets. I will leave the skeletons & fancy things in the box, and I'll have my new knights fight against good old forestmen & black falcons About the design, I thought the same about the castle, but after looking at the pieces inventory it's not that far from classic castles and I'm sure the 973 pieces would allow some pretty cool alternate models with a classic feel to them

Tough question, there's so many things to do. At the moment I'd love to build a remake of the 6054 Forestmen's Hideout in brown and bricks only, no large wall pieces. With the same base size as the Medieval Market Place houses and plenty of little details. This, and a playset version of USS Discovery in the movie Space Odyssey, inspired by this picture: I kind of started in LDD, I'm a slow worker but you get the idea Basically it would open on the side for the "playset" thing, and would be totally studless to give a feel of the "cleanlyness" in the movie.

Another dilemma here... Should I buy a good old Metroliner in good shape for about 200 bucks, or should I save that money to buy the Emerald Night + some rails + all the motor and RC gear ? The Metroliner is a real great classic which I drooled on in the catalogs back then. On the other hand the Emerald Night is without a doubt a classic-to-be but I'm not too hot about the whole RC-battery train system. Maybe a Emerald Night + some 9V rails & motor to toss in the tender, mmmm...

I remember when I opened my first basic set sometime in 1985. Recently I spent some time checking boxarts but I just can't remember which set it was Then I had several basic and small town sets but the first set that I can remember clearly enough is this one Telephone Booth Anyway, 2010 will be my 25th year collecting lego's (dark age notwithstanding ), I hope there'll be some masterpieces on the catalog to mark it

This set got me thinking, how about lego trains going digital ? A modern decoder could fit in a 2*4 brick, which can easily be integrated in a model. The whole digital thing is a bit costy at first but totally worth it once you have 2 trains or more and if you're serious about it. I know I'd sell all my marklin stuff right away and get some lego trains instead PS: I know it's doable for 9V trains but I'd love some genuine lego digital system without "getting my hands dirty"

According to Peeron I have a whopping 15 sets (13 uniques), 4641 pieces, 64 minifigs, all that for $530. Since I have mostly oldies bought on ebay/bricklink I think it's more like 700/800 USD. That's not much but I'm wondering if it's not too much already

It made me instantly think about the "Petit Prince" book Very nice creation, beautiful

It's real tough to isolate 3 themes out of the general awesomeness of LEGO's Anyway here's mine... Best: -Pirates - my all time favourite -Western - not many sets but they were all really really good, really underrated I think. -Castle - I wasn't much into it but my girlfriend and the new Castle Town Square made me change my mind, and IMO the most beautiful MOCs are made around that theme. Worst: -Bionicle - doesn't look much like lego -Sport - uh well... -Recent years Space - they just look weird to me I do agree with some posters about Star Wars... I find many of the sets beautiful, but hardly creative nor playable, mostly just good to sit on a shelf and that's not quite the idea I have of Lego's. Kind of a love/hate thing Re Technics, I really loved the old sets which were build for the Technics "mini" figures, these packed a lot of fun for little boys (and girls) who love playing with huge badass cars/planes/submarines and whatnot And City is in a league of its own, it's kind of the backbone of LEGO.

I don't have any of the new sets yet, I'm trying to complete my 1989/91 collection first So far I have: -6235 Buried Treasure -6255 Pirate Comic -6257 Castaway's Raft -6260 Shipwreck Island -6265 Sabre Island (without box) -6267 Lagoon Lock-Up x3 (only 2 boxed and only one with the plastic trays and all, I love this set) -6270 Forbidden Island -6276 Eldorado Fortress -6278 Enchanted Island (a bit out of place I know) -6285 Black Sea Barracuda, not yet in the mail but soon Now I need a Carribean Clipper and then I'll start getting some new sets to build a "red" army

With its 2 hull sections the BB is priced 85€ on S@H, I guess they could easily add a third hull section + 2 canons without going much higher than ~120€. That would be a pretty cool set I think and very affordable. Let's hope that the BB sells well