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can you please be concise, one or two sentences. i dont want a debate i just dont understand the point you are making regarding earlier american laudrettes were not coin operated
I'll definitely get it, as I do like the overall look, but I am a little disappointed by the floorspace and the lack of tiling in the workshop.
The tiling can probably be easily rectified, although it looks like you'd need a few angled ones to get round the cash register area.
I don't mind the bed; it looks utilitarian. Perhaps it could do with modding, so that it sits on four tubular iron legs, rather than sitting flat on the floor.
I'm looking at my current modulars (PS, PC, DO, PR, BB, AS, DD) and it is going to stick out. It is *very* bright-looking! Far more so than even the DD, with its pink sign and teal "tower"!
While I've been writing this, I've been having another look at the pics and, overall, I think it's going to be an excellent addition: The forecourt looks great and I really like the Octan colours as well.
I’d much rather discuss the set than waste time defending my dignity from somebody who’s just being obstinate at this point.
On that note, I’ve seen a lot of praise for the tow truck, but although it looks great and authentic to the era, I have to admit I’m not as impressed with it as with the car from the downtown diner. Having two front seats is always a big plus in my book, since it’s so common in real life cars and trucks but so rare in LEGO, even in highly detailed themes/subthemes like the Winter Village and Speed Champions sets.
Even in my own MOCs that has often been a big deal for me, though it was made easier by the fact that the vehicles I tried to MOC most often as a kid were rather large ones like my mom’s old Ford Crown Victoria or my dad’s Ford Excursion, both of which can easily be realized at a scale big enough to accommodate two minifigures without looking too big or boxy compared to their real life equivalents.
This tow truck is still a major step up from the limo in Palace Cinema, though, since that was dragged down by its low side walls and wheels that didn’t seem to match the size/shape of the wheel arches.
I kinda can see some people`s points about the modular and that there appears to be something not quite right - colour, shape, details. For me there are things that I really like and things that I`m not so blown away by but that can be said about any set and any modular. The thing that I find amusing is the criticism by people that the interior is lacking, when people have been complaining that they want less interior details and the pieces put into making larger buildings.
What I`ve enjoyed in the past is the inventive use of pieces in generating interesting details. I can`t seem to find that so far for this modular, which could be the reason for part of the criticism that its currently receiving from some people.
I will definitely pick the set up because I enjoy building the modulars - its an annual tradition in my household that I build the modular with the wife and my son plays with the sets. We always discover interesting details and techniques that aren`t always captured in the images and I`m looking forward to continuing this tradition for years to come. In our household we all have our favourites for different reasons so its not surprising that there is always a continuing debate each year with each modular release.
However, having said all that I definitely feel a lot less excited about the new modular's announcement compared to previous years - it's not that the new one's bad by any stretch of the imagination, it's just that I feel my attention's been stolen moreso by the outstanding wonderfulness of Ninjago City and it's lil' bro Ninjago City Docks. Modular buildings are pretty cool an' all, but modular buildings with twice the amount of detail and a blend of japanese architecture, cyberpunk, bladerunner and ninjas? Now that's what I call right up my proverbial alley! I mean, the chances of us getting more are probably pretty slim but I'm grateful for the two we got and it still sets up a nice new modular standard for new MOCs an' such, which is also right up my proverbial alley. It's like a series of modular buildings made just for my interests, except not because other people exist!
So in short: the Ninjago City modulars spoiled me and now I'm more interested in those compared to the original modulars, whoops! Still gonna buy the garage though, staff discount ain't gonna use itself innit.
Although, to clarify, it’s not criticisms of LEGO in general that really tend to bother me, so much as when people couch those criticisms in some unfounded assertion about the care/effort that went into it or the age it’s suitable for.
Treating a set or theme that features lots of advanced building techniques as basic or childish feels on some levels like trying to attribute one’s personal aesthetic or conceptual preferences to their own maturity or building ability, and consequently, insinuates that people who like that set or theme have less mature or sophisticated tastes as builders. It frustrates me that more people can’t simply say “I don’t like this because I prefer when sets are more like this” without implying there’s something intellectually or technically superior about those preferences.
There are numerous criticisms in this thread that I’ve disagreed with but had no real issue with because they are honest about what parts of those criticisms are based on objective characteristics of the design and which parts are based in subjective preferences, which feels more respectful and open to differences of opinion than asserting that those preferences dictate what is or isn’t an expert level build.
biglegoski, the story of steve smiths tears is comparable to the story when the american footballers deflated the ball a bit. the aussies rubbed their balls with sandpaper then had a cry (as you would with red raw balls).
And nothing is wrong with that!
That said, I wouldn't consider the unenclosed staircase to necessarily be unrealistic, either—I've been in stranger spaces in real life. The ways that buildings, especially older buildings, get adapted for future use and changing occupants can be strange and unpredictable, almost like they have a life of their own. It's one of the things I love about some of the recent modulars, where multiple types of businesses share a building. In this one, the story I envision is the gas station owner in a low-rent part of town having sympathy for a local animal welfare organization and offering the office space above his garage for a clinic (the modest apartment on the third floor, with its cheap cot and open plan interior, also fit this sort of storyline).
ill inevitably try to customise it, which will end a plastic mess and the slow realisation that the designers knew best and i should have left it alone.
but ill convince myself that some day soon ill finish it off, and it will look something like this for four years. ..
I hope you're not an architect? ;)
escher was my teacher
Or sand red...
I love the sand colors. I've only ever seen pictures of sand red. I didn't even know it existed until I stumbled upon it somewhere. I hope to have some some day.