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So, more trains? Or not?

  • Andrew
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  • Mar 21, 2007
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    • Train builders create some fantastic stuff — often overlooked by those of us more involved in themes like Space and Castle.

    For example, check out Anthony Sava’s full-size and micro-scale No. 805 American 4-4-0 (via MicroBricks):

    Or all of the displays LEGO train clubs create for events, like the layout Bill Ward participated in at a recent Train Collectors’ Association event:

    And creations for train layouts are often on a scale much larger than in other themes, like Bill Vollbrecht’s Maersk Headquarters building in last year’s NWBrickCon train layout:

    So a question for readers of The Brothers Brick: Do you want to see more trains and layouts? Or should we stick with the old stand-bys — castles, space ships, minifigs, mecha, and so on? Leave a comment and let us know.

    Andrew posted this entry on Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 at 9:42 pm. Posted in the category LEGO You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    14 Responses to “So, more trains? Or not?”

    1. Darkmenace Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 2:25 am

      Nothing wrong with some extraordinary train/town goodness. It’s about the build, not the theme. Except Bionicle… ;)

    2. Chris Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 am

      I love train and layouts as long as they are super detailed. Like the above poster says, it’s all about the build.

    3. David Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 7:12 am

      I agree, as long as the MOCs are made from bricks and not all Bionicle then I’m happy. :)

    4. Scotty Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 7:43 am

      TRAINZ!111 yeah, I’d love to see new Train MOC’s

    5. Darth Cirrocu Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 10:03 am

      Anything that showcases imagination and creativity should be shared with the world. :-)

    6. SGuado Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 2:47 pm

      Trains are great! Thematically it can have a lot of similarities to steampunk, or future designs can have the nice streamlining of a nice mecha or something. More Trains!

      Layouts and cityscapes also show off a builder’s architecture designs :)

    7. mii Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm

      Trains and… TECHNIC! You do not cover technic and mindstorms at all!

    8. nille Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 7:21 pm

      hi! i´d like to see more buildings & architecture..

    9. Anthony Says:
      March 22nd, 2007 at 9:04 pm

      Yeah! More of my trains! Err… I mean… More trains! Yeah… that’s it… yeah…

    10. Jeff Says:
      March 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 am

      Trains, and specifically town, are what got a lot of us building with LEGO in the first place as kids. I say bring on all the great town and train MOCs!

    11. Mastergongfu Says:
      March 23rd, 2007 at 9:14 am

      I think anything that showcases good building techniques should be used. And if that includes trains I am ok with it.

    12. Tim Says:
      March 23rd, 2007 at 2:49 pm

      Are you trying to steal my niche back? ;) The main reason I bothered starting a blog is because very few people ever show town and trains and the good stuff is… well… way better than a lot of what does get shown in blogs.

    13. Chris Malloy Says:
      March 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm

      I read BB to see a good sampling of the best the Lego community has to offer from all themes. That includes trains.

      However, I would draw the line at loads of Bionicle MOCs. A few, excellent ones here and there is all good, though. :)

      Cm2

    14. Dunechaser Says:
      March 23rd, 2007 at 10:13 pm

      The people have spoken.