Rocko

  • Hello everyone. Those trains look great! I like the idea of the Wild West Theme Park too.
    I haven’t been too active here lately as we’ve been working on replacing our home that burned down.
    We’ve been taking one of our classic cars to the annual Antique Car Show at the Trolley Museum for years (since it was the Arden Trolley Museum), in fact…[Read more]

  • Great pics Tom!
    The whole event was fun, it was my first event with the group and it was really cool to hang out with fellow Lego fans.
    I was very pleasantly surprised to be awarded First Place, because the other entrants were also Excellent builds (the Police and Fire Chief ’57 Chevies, the inverted Disneyland Land Rover, and of course the fleet…[Read more]

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  • I think a car show is a great idea!
    Since our house burned down I’ve been building my collection back up and I mostly build MOC classic cars (and trucks) in 6W and 8W.
    Which raises a question:
    Must the cars be Speed Champion-style only, IE 6W bodies with 4W passenger compartments?
    OR will 8W cars be acceptable too?
    I’ve built about 20 classic and…[Read more]

  • Thanks Tim!
    The Farm set was one I wanted too, I remember looking at it in the little catalog that came with my first set, but never saw it at a store. I eventually approximated it as my brick collection grew.
    Those classic sets were great fun, I remember ’em well.
    (I thought I had replied to your message shortly after you posted it but…[Read more]

  • Been building off and on since ’75, my first set was the Antique Car (#196), with the big spoked wheels and the two huge figures.
    Loved that set, and loved Legos ever since. Had quite a few ’70s through 90’s sets, but lost them after a fire (sadly). Have a few later sets (most rooms burned completely, a few rooms only burned partially). Since the…[Read more]

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