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[mrklaw]

Now I'm hyped for the Palace Cinema and here's why!

You treat the room at the top of the Palace Cinema as a private screening room for Directors and/or big wigs and their guests, and you build next door either as part of the same street or as the beginning of a new street: A 32x32 or 48x48 Theatre for the Masses!

Now you made me wish it wasn't a corner building, as I could have extended back and not worried about the facings.

Your idea sounds great but would mean keeping the character of the building...which means buying two cinemas


..I do have an old 2nd gen iPod touch lying around though. Hmm.

 

[Tempy]

Many red seats
50$?

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?colorID=5&itemID=68371

$50 buys you a lot of seats at 5 cents each.

 

[rataven]

Some guy on Flickr has tons of pics of the Cinema Modular set:


10232-1 by motayan, on Flickr


10232-3 by motayan, on Flickr

Oh my goodness, love it.

I do agree that the interior feels a bit squished though. But as others have said, I think there's a fix. Just expand the sides out by an extra half baseplate on each end of the building and then add a square plate to the back. Footprint would be much larger, and it would probably require the purchase of a second cinema for the pieces, but I think it would feel much more grand. Similar to how some folks added extra floors to Cafe Corner for more height.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Man o man I will be buying that cinema. Finally have a second modular to connect to my Grand Emporium.

 

[beje]

Is there by any chance a Lego app/whatever where I can build something in the PC to check how many pieces and which types should I get?

 

[FillerB]

Oh man. I love the movie posters. "Forever Sorting" indeed.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

The top 1% of the Lego population? What about the 99% being held hostage by their corporate brick masters? Are they not worthy to place stud in the Lego Cinema? You sir - you disgust me.

Eh it's the 1930s, the great Depression. Who among the dirty peasants can afford to go to a place like this anyways? Besides, they'd only get the rug dirty! Only the select few, educated high society dwellers shall be admitted into my exclusive cinema... bwahahah >)

 

[tiggerkiddo]

Yep, that will be mine. That's a really cool looking theatre. I hope they have more really cool modulars like this.

 

[RichardAM]

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

 

[anonymous_abc]

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

How is that OT?
While mine are currently disassembled and packed away at my grandparents house they used to sit neatly aligned in my desk.

 

[kms_md]

At word thus far about when the 42000 Technic F1 set will be officially released?

 

[mrklaw]

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

Rapidly filling the bottom bunk of my son's bunk bed. With having to start a new 'block' I might run out of space this year though. And that's without the town hall or green grocer

 

[tiggerkiddo]

I pretend they sit on my kitchen table (Aka, the building zone).

 

[anonymous_abc]

Just saw this on tumblr

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

Are the spare parts of a set always random or are they predetermined?

Also: I wonder for collectors, are those spare parts "part" of the integrity of a set or does nobody care about them? If so i will just throw them into my general parts drawer and call it a day!

 

[rataven]

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

Here are mine at the moment:

Completely out of room on this shelf, and I just don't have the space anywhere else, so this year I'd like to build a long shelf in my home office to hold all the mods. Since I'll have three corners, I'll probably start a new street with the cinema on a second shelf, so it'll be a little lonely for a while.

 

[mrklaw]

Are the spare parts of a set always random or are they predetermined?

Also: I wonder for collectors, are those spare parts "part" of the integrity of a set or does nobody care about them? If so i will just throw them into my general parts drawer and call it a day!

I think they are fairly fixed. Usually the smallest parts which have more chance of error as they are sorted by weight

 

[RichardAM]

All my modulars are built but boxed atm, I dont have anywhere to display them currently! Dont they get dusty or weather-faded?

I dont think the Palace Cinema looks that good, not must have anyway- think i'll play catch up with them first eitherway.

 

[rataven]

All my modulars are built but boxed atm, I dont have anywhere to display them currently! Dont they get dusty or weather-faded?

I use Swiffer 360 dusters to dust all my Lego. They work great and are very gentle.

And Lego does fade in the sun, so just make sure you keep them out of direct light.

 

[ghostmind]

Here are mine at the moment:

Completely out of room on this shelf, and I just don't have the space anywhere else, so this year I'd like to build a long shelf in my home office to hold all the mods. Since I'll have three corners, I'll probably start a new street with the cinema on a second shelf, so it'll be a little lonely for a while.

Nice collection! I'm missing Cafe Corner and Market Street, and I don't see that changing with the prices being asked for them now.

 

[Ironmask]

Here are mine at the moment:

Completely out of room on this shelf, and I just don't have the space anywhere else, so this year I'd like to build a long shelf in my home office to hold all the mods. Since I'll have three corners, I'll probably start a new street with the cinema on a second shelf, so it'll be a little lonely for a while.

Must... Not... Seeeee


Must... Focus... On... Creator Sets....

 

[mrklaw]

Cafe corner isn't too bad to bricklink, but the interior is disappointing.

I'm missing the green grocer which I'd really like and isn't too expensive (probably similar to bricklinking the pieces), and the town hall which I'm not sure I want (might work standalone but is too similar to fire brigade for me)

 

[Bakkuma371]

Is there by any chance a Lego app/whatever where I can build something in the PC to check how many pieces and which types should I get?

Have you tried Lego Digital Designer?

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

The Joy of only haveing one (and staying at one), it sits nicely on a shelf.

Are the spare parts of a set always random or are they predetermined?

Also: I wonder for collectors, are those spare parts "part" of the integrity of a set or does nobody care about them? If so i will just throw them into my general parts drawer and call it a day!

Spares are uniform going by sets I have bought multiples of. I don't think collectors can count the extras and I have never received them when buying used sets.

 

[rataven]

Nice collection! I'm missing Cafe Corner and Market Street, and I don't see that changing with the prices being asked for them now.

Thanks! To be honest, you aren't missing too much, since neither CC or MS have interiors, and CC is a lackluster build. But it is nice to have the complete modular collection, I admit. Market Street provides a fun pop of color too. That set always seems to be so shunned, but I really love it.

 

[Fantomex]

Just saw this on tumblr

That's some good stuff.

 

[R-User!]

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?colorID=5&itemID=68371

$50 buys you a lot of seats at 5 cents each.

I'll edit...

 

[beje]

Have you tried Lego Digital Designer?

Argh, forgot to do the obvious and check the official page. Look like it does exactly what I want, even exporting an HTML instruction booklet with step by step proccess and piece list.

 

[ghostmind]

Thanks! To be honest, you aren't missing too much, since neither CC or MS have interiors, and CC is a lackluster build. But it is nice to have the complete modular collection, I admit. Market Street provides a fun pop of color too. That set always seems to be so shunned, but I really love it.

I've come around on Market Street myself - I really like the idea of a building+courtyard, as it gives the whole street some breathing space, so I'm hoping a future set will incorporate this and have a building+park combo.

 

[Norfair]

Is there by any chance a Lego app/whatever where I can build something in the PC to check how many pieces and which types should I get?

Lego had the Lego Digital Designer, which I haven't tried.

Also, tested posted an article a while back about different lego CAD packages that you could use.

 

[R-User!]

I've come around on Market Street myself - I really like the idea of a building+courtyard, as it gives the whole street some breathing space, so I'm hoping a future set will incorporate this and have a building+park combo.

Couldnt you just insert one next to Town Hall? Usually there is parks near city/government offices right

 

[SillyEskimo]

Couldnt you just insert one next to Town Hall? Usually there is parks near city/government offices right

Dog park with gardens and a fountain. Someone get on that please.

 

[wetwired]

Semi OT: Where do you guys all store/display your modulars?

Town Hall and the Pet Shop are on a bench next to the tv in our second lounge room. Cafe Corner, Green Grocer Fire Brigade and the Grand Emporium are current disassembled.

I used to have a ritual where if I got a new modular I'd rebuild all the old ones so I could see them all together lined up. That was beginning to take a very long time to do with so many out now. Not to mention the sorting it takes after you pull them all apart.

Thanks! To be honest, you aren't missing too much, since neither CC or MS have interiors, and CC is a lackluster build. But it is nice to have the complete modular collection, I admit. Market Street provides a fun pop of color too. That set always seems to be so shunned, but I really love it.

The reason I don't like Market St, the rest of the modulars attempt to replicate a certain style of real buildings, in form as well as colour. Market St just looks like an attempt to make a building that has details for the sake of it with no coherent vision.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?colorID=5&itemID=68371

$50 buys you a lot of seats at 5 cents each.

Or you can get lucky like my wife did at PAB and got me 100+ red seats in less than a large cup.

Am tempted to do my own theater again. Will plot and may actually brick link parts for a huge building.

 

[beje]

Ugh, thank god I don't have any space for display because I've been playing with LDD and now I have a rough idea for a 16x16 modular tower and each floor "base" could be around 12€ to bricklink

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Ugh, thank god I don't have any space for display because I've been playing with LDD and now I have a rough idea for a 16x16 modular tower and each floor "base" could be around 12€ to bricklink

Do a moc. Do it. It is so rewarding, and you learn much.

 

[R-User!]

Ugh, thank god I don't have any space for display because I've been playing with LDD and now I have a rough idea for a 16x16 modular tower and each floor "base" could be around 12€ to bricklink

What type of tower pray tell?

Spoiler

Orthanc!?!
Or could it be. . . The Tower of Barad-Dûr!!!

 

[Bakkuma371]

Ugh, thank god I don't have any space for display because I've been playing with LDD and now I have a rough idea for a 16x16 modular tower and each floor "base" could be around 12€ to bricklink

Ryugyong Hotel maybe?

 

[Fritz]

Would this be the complete set of modulars as of now?

 

[mrklaw]

Only just realised the modulars seem to be one a year. So assuming town hall will be around for at least another year or two, I might try bricklinking green grocer along with the cinema this year, and then town hall and the next modular in 2014. (Or compromise and skip green grocer and buy a second pet shop and turn it into a grocer)

Would this be the complete set of modulars as of now?

Yes, but there are two green grocers. And then the argument about whether market street is a 'real' modular or not.

 

[Tempy]

Huh, I guess this is a new Calendar - Friends-themed.

I already have the current Calendar on my desk at work, maybe I'll get this for at home?

 

[Ponn]

So i'm playing catch up here, and so excited at this news/rumor i want to believe. I didn't see the picture but supposedly the same guy that just leaked those Palace Cinema pics had up on his same Flickr stream a HUGE, possibly UCS, LoTR Orthanc set that people who saw it are comparing it to Tower Bridge. They were taken down before the Palace Cinema pics went up, Lego Ninjas got him? The pic supposdley had a confidential watermark.

I can't deal with this possiblity, unfathomable, INCONCEIVABLE!! Being a little disappointed in the 4 2013 reveals we had this would more than make up for it.

 

[DrForester]

I still can't tell if the Cinema has a ton of stickers or if those are printed...

Forever Sorting is the worst movie of all time and all the good LEGO men ignore it.

 

[Winnie the Pimp]

So i just received my first Lego Shop order, however i signed up for VIP before i ordered and YET my account shows 0 points even though i spent over 100 euro on the order!

Does this take a while to update or could there be an issue here?

 

[DJ_Lae]

Forever Sorting is the worst movie of all time and all the good LEGO men ignore it.

Amen.

The hunt for pieces each step is half of what I enjoy so much about building Lego.

 

[Jables Swan]

Amen.

The hunt for pieces each step is half of what I enjoy so much about building Lego.

This. The hunt is what makes it.

 

[mrklaw]

I still can't tell if the Cinema has a ton of stickers or if those are printed...

Forever Sorting is the worst movie of all time and all the good LEGO men ignore it.

'Forever' should have been in Helvetia with the lego man leaning nonchalantly against it, and 'sorting' below kind of tilted like he bumped into it.

 

[beje]

Do a moc. Do it. It is so rewarding, and you learn much.

What type of tower pray tell?

Spoiler

Orthanc!?!
Or could it be. . . The Tower of Barad-Dûr!!!

Something easy, it would be something like this:

Fun part would be decorating each floor. And even though stairs look fragile, they stay together through inverted slopes that start in the wall.

Edit: I wonder how many of those I'd be able to stack before it starts getting unstable.

 

[neonglow]

So i just received my first Lego Shop order, however i signed up for VIP before i ordered and YET my account shows 0 points even though i spent over 100 euro on the order!

Does this take a while to update or could there be an issue here?

It takes several days for the points to show up. Give customer service a call. They are friendly.

 

[Harry Potter]

Has this been posted?

LOTR sets for 2013:

79005 – The Wizard Battle: Gandalf the Grey and Saruman Minifigs

79006 – The Council of Elrond: Elrond, Frodo, Arwen and Gimli

79007 – Battle at the Black Gate: Gandalf the White, Aragorn, The Witch King of Angmar & 2 x Mordor Orc
(someone on reddit says it's the Mouth of Sauron instead of the Witch King)

79008 – Pirate Ship Ambush: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, King of Dead, 2 x Soldiers of Dead, 2 x Mordor Orc and 2 x Corsair Pirate

http://www.kollectobil.com/2012/12/lego-the-lord-of-the-rings-summer-2013-set-images-leaked/

 

[ghostmind]

It was posted a few pages back, but I love seeing those pics anyway.


And I'm leaning heavily into the "Mouth of Sauron" being in that Black Gate set.