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Brick Builders Pro has some of their new BuildPro models for sale on their site. (More coming later in 2014) Bric-Man & Star Force 2 Last Ninja & Ms. Bric-Man Breakfast cereals DupliBrx office supplies Brixi-Cola modern vending machine TV accessory kit 1

Just finished my latest moc. I plan to decorate it with series 12 minifigs when they get released.

Well, another Vic Viper month of building has gone by paying tribute to the late nnenn. As usual, there is a poster map showing a compilation of the many contributions. This year we have 174 Vic Vipers by 115 builders. >Nnovvember 2013 by pasukaru76, on Flickr You can visit the original Vic Vipers Flickr pool to see all the original images as well as some designs not featured.

(click on the above banner to go see their discount page) Here is a listing of all the package deals. Winter Village Series (4 designs) - $10 (50% off, save $10) Train Collection (7 designs) - $20 (38% off, save $12) Amsterdam Collection (4 designs) - $34 (30% off, save $15) City Residential Series (Packs #1,2,3,4) - $32 (32% off, save $15) WWII Collection (7 designs) - $20 (31% off, save $9) City Vehicles Collection (10 designs) - $15 (52% off, save $14) Alternate Builds Collection (4 designs) - $25 (29% off, save $10) Food Service Collection (4 designs) - $30 (25% off, save $10) House Collection (4 designs) - $30 (30% off, save $12) Store Collection (4 desi…

Here is a complete list of all the different themed MOC building challenge months I know about and found in my searches. Each link directs you to its respective Flickr group with discussion topics explaining the fundamentals required to participate if you would like to. If there happens to be any building challenges not on the list then please let me know so it can be added. January: Droneuary, HARDnuaryFebruary: FebRoveryMarch: MarchikomaApril: FlonAprilMay: MAYnifigureJune: JuneBotJuly: VehiJulyAugust: AughitectureSeptember: SHIPtemberOctober: MaKtoberNovember: NnoVVemberDecember: FOODcember

A couple more modular house designs from Brick City Depot! Menswear House Smokestacks Coffee House

Very interesting article.... Enjoy. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303460004579193901642418812

So last night my wife convinced me of putting together a 10222 to be a part of our Holiday Village that we are displaying in our living room. The build was fun and the final outcome was awesome. I had put together last December the 10199 and thought it was, also, a cool, fun build with a sweet final result. The colors, the pieces - some of them were new to me -, the minifigures... Pretty enjoyable experience. The downside, my set came short of one piece, one of the unique pieces of this set, a brown 'sky', Brickset part 6020989. I have already contacted Lego over this, I expect them to ship the missing piece anytime now. First time this has ever happened in my…

Eurobricks 1ST PLACE Steampunk Camper by aditayam 2ND PLACE Vammoth by BrickLaboratory 3RD PLACE Oscar Meyer Wiener by WachutuChief 4TH PLACE 50 Cents Joyride by midi 5TH PLACE TMNT Party Wagon by midi

Hello all. Wanted to know if anyone has ever added power functions to the elevator in the town hall? If so, could you recommend what all is needed to complete this project. Thank you.

Brick City Depot just released two new alternate model designs for your custom cityscape. Instructions available for purchase and download here. I'm just a little surprised to not see these physically built as they typically are from the site.

I was actually going to post a question about what the difference was in certain shades of blue (like Maersk blue compared to medium azure) but instead I found this image comparing most of the blues to blue-greens Lego has used over the years. I find it interestingly helpful and thought you may too. >Lego Blues by cjedwards47, on Flickr (from left to right) Sand blue Dark turquoise Light aqua Bright light blue Medium blue Maersk blue Medium azure Dark azure Blue Dark blue And the tiles are Sky blue, which appears to be the closest match to Medium azure.

Does anybody keep batteries in their Legos? In other words, I have the Technic Motorized Excavator and am worried that if I don't use it the batteries may corrode.

It is now Oct 31st where I am so lets have some Halloween fun. What is your favorite LEGO Halloween set/decoration/custom. I just saw this on Ebay and its cool: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Giant-LEGO-Pumpkin-Jack-O-Lantern-1-Foot-Wide-Halloween-Decoration-/151138425815?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item23308d5bd7

Finished my display pieces for th local gym.

Hi all, Needed a little bit of ideas on the said topic. I really like the Eiffel Tower, and given I missed it and the current lot goes for about 550

http://curbed.com/archives/2013/10/09/bonkers-lord-of-the-rings-tower-was-built-from-150k-legos.php I met these guys at May the 4th. Pretty intense builders here!

So i currently own every modular building, once i pick up the Parisian Restaurant that would make 9 total, plus i have plans to make 2-3 MOC buildings and a park. Im trying to figure out how to arrange/display that many buildings. if i do it linear with a street in front of the buildings that almost 9 feet, roughly the whole wall of my basement lol. if i put buildings on both sides of the road i maximize use of the road (custom built 1x2 tile road to look like a stone road) What do you all recommend? anyone have any good pictures of a large modular display?

Just caught this monstrous creation by Elephant Knight on Eurobricks too good to pass up. EXTERMINATE!!!! EXTERMINATE!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxD-5z_xHBU

After some random research and browsing of certain sets (mainly City and modular houses), I noticed something a little discerning. A large lack of baseplates in any set at all anymore. For example, take a good look at the previous Fire Station in 2010. Aside from having a wierd floorplan, it used four baseplates of two different types. 16 x 16 baseplate with driveway & 8 x 16 baseplate Now take a look at this year's Fire Station. Less wierd floorplan but the structure is more odd and absolutely no baseplates used. Everything is thick three 16 x 16 plates and a single 8 x 16 plate. I don't know about you but for $100 I expect some actual baseplates t…

Another builders question from me. I'm curious to hear what more experienced builders and MOC'ers do when they wish to design a build. Do you start off with a sketch on paper and/or design it virtually with a CAD program? How about coming up with a list for parts; do you create a little checklist and go down the line? Do you research to see what currently available sets contain most of the parts needed, just buy what you need through Bricklink, or maybe visit the Pick-a-Brick wall at a nearby Lego Store? Whatever it may be, I'd like to hear about your methodical processes.

The new sets for the past few years have been too organized with their bagging. The bags used to be unnumbered to at the most from 3 bags each numbered from 1 through 4. Nowadays the sets goes from bag 1 to bag 13. The builds now seems to dumbed down since the bags are so organized. When I build I just dump everything into 1 big pile to slow it down. Does anyone else feel the same way with your newer builds?

I have about a hundred lbs of loose, random LEGO and I need to figure out how to best sort and separate the pieces... what categories do you recommend for easy navigation? I have TONS of different pieces like train, boat, etc. stuff that I have no idea what to do with. Need to come up with a gameplan so I can figure out what to store it in, how many totes I need, whatever. Feeling super overwhelmed with this!

Check out this animated mosaic. http://vimeo.com/73564884 I hope the video actually embeds into the post, otherwise follow the link here. Here is the original Thriller video for the heck of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

Here is a builders question for anyone who has put together any of the modular houses. We have a topic for Which is your favorite modular? with its own poll while here I would like to gauge what people have found to be the most challenging or easiest of all the modular houses when being built as well as what you would recommend to someone else as an enjoyable build experience. Note: It is not mandatory for the poll or even this thread to have built each modular house set in question. I do not expect anyone or everyone to have done so as it is rather unrealistic. Just share the experience for the ones you have and give your honest opinion on those.