I agree. Did you see the SC Countach? It’s excellent.

Meanwhile I think I need to pay more attention to the Diablo. Definitely fits my idea of how a car should look.

I built this many years ago, which may disqualify it, but I never really showed it off before.

No pictures of the setup, sorry; it was very simple — mostly just…Read more

So just for that reason you’re going to want multiples, before you even start to consider what you might want to spell. In fact it might be worth considering a group order?

I noticed that the standard says “1 x 2 Technic bricks with one hole” but the picture below that shows a 1×4 with three holes. The flickr pool shows some of each in the wild, and some longer technic bricks too. If you’re only using one pin it doesn’t matter, of course.

Tim mentioned Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH – I’m a big fan of the book, so I’m going to give this one some thought.

I always felt weird making the white-collar spacemen do shipyard work. This is going to totally change the look of my neo-classic scenes. Just pause a…Read more

(My vintage CS figs are all white and red, and all my CS sets were pre-1982 sets.)

I wanted to write a longer response (of course I did!) to your discussion of CS vs neo-CS helmets. I may do that later, but for now I’ll just say I think you’ve…Read more

So if there’s a Mb.s. area – which is fine with me, I like modular…Read more

Classic Space Moonbase is my go-to genre. I have a few small installations and vehicles already built that would blend well with the example Tim linked to, and I’m always happy to build more of that stuff.

Going below the surface is a delightful…Read more

And yes, the VV form is a great creativity exercise. I’ve made a few in years past that I’m rather proud of.

I definitely don’t ever make a reference catalog plate like that. I know what most parts look like already, so I don’t see much reason to do that.

Usually I just pull the half-dozen most relevant bins off the shelf, stack them around me, and grab parts from their bags as needed. (My storage system is plastic shoeboxes and ziploc…Read more

For an all-around universal part, I find the 1×1 brick with studs on all sides to be essential. I use at least one in nearly every MOC. I can’t really imagine building without it.

For surface details, I don’t have a single Universal Greeble, but I do have…Read more

Maybe you should take a few deep breaths and re-read the discussion so far. I should leave it at that, since I’m not seeing where you read a threat to your fun – can…Read more

I doubt it’s something to have an official LUG policy about – I don’t want to tell anybody what to build. But it’s probably worth discussing.

Yeah, I thought that was a weird choice for the remake. Oh well, as I said, I’ve done the same thing sometimes.

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I hadn’t thought of using wheels to maintain the spacing underneath, but it makes good sense. Thanks for the idea!

Actually, I was thinking of using the fridge brick…Read more

Yeah, the inverted 16×16 clear baseplate was my first thought too. I’ve got one, so I’ll probably try it. My second thought was a few of the new huge tiles, 8×16 I think they…Read more

But my son just mentioned an interesting idea that I feel is worth considering. Have you seen the chocolate factory ride at Hersheypark? You ride a little car past various chocolate-making machines: giant mixers, conveyor belts, labeling machines,…Read more

I don’t know anything about track but I’d want to start with about 64 studs length of straight track, to go across the front of a 1-by-2-baseplate train station scene.

I wouldn’t mind doubling that and…Read more

I didn’t get many pictures at all, but here are a few to give a general sense of what our tables looked like.