Johan J Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) Hello everybody My name is Johan, 34 years old. Almost always built LEGO, long break 1993-2001 something, when I discovered Star Wars, and Ebay... So, with a lot of help from Lego S@H, Ebay, the local cheap toystore, and an old geezer with LEGO not newer than 1996, I now have a collection of Classic Town, City and some Design, that's A LOT larger than what I could even dream of at 12 years of age. I'm not good at MOCs, usually only modify or copy excisting designs from LEGO and others MOCs. I don't really like the 5/6/7 stud-wide vehicles. My nephew had me set up the trains I have, and I got a desire to set up all my sets (I keep them all built). Here it is, overview: My City on Brickshelf A lot of roadplates are needed, but I can't decide on getting the easily available new black ones, or searching Bricklink. Also, what to have under the rail? Not in view are my unbuilt buildings. I need to start with them. I have 5891, 4996, 6754, 4956*2, 4886, 4954, 7641, 10182, 10184, 10185 waiting. Cheers Johan Edited February 13, 2010 by Johan J Quote
Ratshot Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Welcome to Eurobricks! Be sure to enjoy yourself Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Ahoy there, and welcome to Eurobricks! I love the look of your city from the picture in your post, unfortunately your Brickshelf folder is not yet public, but I'll be checking back tomorrow to look at it. Looks like you have a good collection of trains too, you may want to visit TheBrickster in Train Tech. Seeya around mate! Quote
Izzy Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Welcome to Eurobricks Johan! That is a seriously impressive town you have there. How do you reach to the middle? Or your couch for that matter? Quote
BlueDragonZ Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Wow you got a cool city going there . Welcome to the forums and have fun here. Quote
Ratshot Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 How do you reach to the middle? Or your couch for that matter? Maybe he has a rope bridge going across the middle Quote
Rick Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Welcome to EB! I don't really like the 5/6/7 stud-wide vehicles. I used to feel the same way coming out of my dark ages, but now I think 4-/5-wide for cars and 6-/7-wide for trucks works perfectly and is much more reflective of reality. Quote
Zorbas Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Welcome to Eurobricks Johan! Your city looks absolutely beautiful, with some great sets in it! I can totally understand how you feel when it comes to 4 versus 5/6/7. I still feel the same and I still prefer 4 wide vehicles but I think that time will be your friend in this. Worked for me to be honest. I also agree on the comment about roadplates. I, too, still prefer the light grey ones from mid '80s, the ones with the green stripe on the side. Anyhow, great introduction you've made in here and be sure to enjoy your stay! Quote
Johan J Posted February 14, 2010 Author Posted February 14, 2010 This time I simply have some areas without plates to set my feet on. Next time it'll be more complicated though... 6/7 studs width. I guess I just fancy Classic. It's simpler, less curves, plenty of visible studs... Back to basics, which for me is the pre-1985-90 models. Downloaded Bluebrick and some other Trainlayout-program to design a workable layout. Or I'll just trial-and-error it! Quote
NorthernKnight Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 Välkommen till EB! Alltid roligt att se fler svenskar här :) (Welcome to EB! Always nice to see more swedes here) That's a nice classic town you got there, is that a set no 1592 i see to the right? Quote
CommanderFox Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Welcome aboard the forums! Enjoy your time here! Thats one very impressive layout you have there. CommanderFox Quote
Johan J Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 ..That's a nice classic town you got there, is that a set no 1592 i see to the right? No. It's built from leftover pieces and the instructions from peeron.com. But it's nice to look at! Quote
Ras 74 Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Hi and welcome to EB Johan! The Swedes is slowly growing in numbers here. You mentioned that you got out of the darkage due to Star Wars. Do you still collect that? Or it is mostley City that got your attension now. Very good layout of your city. Looks like a big work in progress so far. But what town isn´t. Quote
Johan J Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 Well, what 34-year old geek doesn't like SW in any form... I saw the, I think, first AT-ST with Chewbaka and ewoks on the Rodby-Puttgarden ferry going to France, then decided to buy it on the return. At that time I travelled a couple of time per year, so the collection slowly grew. On to the local shops. More Town, City, Shop@Home with the Classics they released then, and Ebay... Here I am, at least waay to many Euros later. No, I don't collect SW, but I'm never selling anything. I both regret getting the Death Star 10188 and Imperial Star Destroyer 6211, so much money!, but who can resist them!? The Darth Maul bust I regret though. Should have gone with the Statue of Liberty. Quote
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