About this creation
I recently purchased Lego’s new Cafe Corner set and liked it so much that I’ve decided to start making more city buildings to go along with it. So I present to you my first one...an antique shop. Now why would I want to make an antique shop of all things? Well, take a closer look, and you will see what makes this little store so special.
By the way, I got the design for the windows after seeing them on one of Jim Garret's buildings. I really liked them and thought they suited my building great.
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The store is on the first floor of the building, while the next three stories are residential. Can you see what makes this antique shop special yet?
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The sign employs the SNOT method using headlight bricks, 1x1 plates and special curved slopes. And yes, I know the sign looks cheap. I ran out of sticker paper and had to settle for ordinary paper and tape. And yes, I somehow managed to spell antique wrong.
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The side of the building. The little technic pin holes are there because I designed the building to fit in to Lego’s new modular town series (the one that the Cafe Corner is a part of).
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The top of the structure. I borrowed the window design from other builders, and I think it works great for this building.
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Inside the shop you can finally see what makes this antique shop stand out from the rest...they’re selling antique Lego! And yes, even the HO car is Lego. Everything for sale is from the 1960s. Also, I even used some 40 year old bricks in the building’s construction, so you could even go so far to say that this MOC is somewhat of an antique. lol
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The front of the store from the inside. I made a special table for the car and it was a perfect fit. Looks great sitting in front of the store window too.
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Samsonite gears hang on the wall. You can see how these eventually evolved into technic, as we know it today.
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Here’s the counter, complete with cash register and the stereotypical looking store owner.
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My collection of Lego HO 1:87 scale vehicles. I had to sell some things on e-bay to get a lot of these. lol These were made between the late 50s and late 60s for the Town Plan. Buildings were on a much smaller scale then than they are today, as this was before the minifigure even existed.
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I will now take a moment to look at some of the pieces inside the shop.
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Lego wheel and axel. They’ve come a long way since then.
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A Lego door, which is three bricks high. It’s non functional and is purely for looks. I believe these were discontinued sometime in the 70s. Sorry for the blurry picture.
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Letters on bricks were actually engraved rather than printed as they are today.
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A Lego brick made of Cellulose Acetate plastic. With time, the coloring of CA bricks fades out, and they warp. Old CA bricks fit together very loosely. In the early 60s, Lego switched over to ABS plastic, which is still in use today.
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Cylinder bricks. You can see how they’ve changed over the years. These have no holes in the top or recessed edges on the bottom like the cylinder bricks of today do.
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This is a 1x2 brick. You can see that they didn’t have the pin in the middle that 1x2 bricks produced today have.
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Comments
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i hate to point it out batman is on the building. |
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I like it |
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April 29, 2007 |
Nice building. However, the style of the upper floors look rather familiar. |
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I like it |
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March 20, 2007 |
Nice awning roof thing, is that the word for it? if not i'll correct myself later. I'd happily put it in my town. |
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I like it |
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March 20, 2007 |
Great MOC and a neat idea in using the "antique" Lego pieces. I really like the way you did the windows. It minimizes the amount of "true windows" you need in your collection. I like that! The sign and top facia are great and I love the use of the SNOT technique. Overall, great work. I also like the modular pin thing. Great way to mate it with the new cafe. :-)
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