Mountain Hut

Not every cabin and cottage out by the lake is on the lake shore itself.  The Mountain Hut is upstream a bit from the lake, at the foothill of the nearby mountains.

The Mountain Hut

I'm not sure how I'd build a mountain to put this hut in position next to it.  Nor do I know what kind of baseplate to put it on.  It opens up off-center, with 8 studs to the left and 24 to the right.  I've got one 8x32 baseplate, but I'd need a second one to finish it off.  I've got a 16x32 baseplate, but I debate if I'd really want to use my green one, or if I'd want to track down some blue ones.

My other option would be to get a 32x32 baseplate and lift the plates up and place some tiles on the left to open the hut up.  Then I'd have to buy enough green tile pieces to get that to work.

Damned if I do, damned if I don't.  Either way, I'll have to make an investment to get this on a baseplate.  I'm probably better off saying to heck with it and not caring.

Inside the Mountain Hut

If I do get a baseplate for this set, I'd also have to take the river into account.  Before I got this set, I wasn't thinking of putting a river anywhere in my Lego world, but this Mountain Hut introduced a new opportunity to design a geological feature.  For the most part, the lake was just going to standalone, but since I live in Minnesota, it'd be more apt to connect it to a source.

A couple of mountain climbers practice scaling this height outside the Mountain Hut

As for the mountains?  I don't have that kind of time or money to build a freakin' mountain.  I can barely handle molehills...

Sets used: 31025, 71002

Lego Haul - 7/7/16

I'm supposed to have a normally scheduled post right here, about my next building out at the Lake Shore, but I've been really stressing out over stuff lately.  School, work, social activities.  I was freaking out a few days ago, but I've calmed down a bit since my near-panic attack.  I've got a mid-term exam Monday, so I should return to normal after that.

I did get some new Lego's last week, so I'll share that with you instead here.  I made this purchase online, as I was aiming to spend enough to get a 5004119 Lego Knights Retro Set.  Lego has also lowered the amount you need to purchase to get free shipping, from $75 to $35, which is nice.  I got a nice variety of items here, one of my nicest acquisitions, IMO.

71235 Midway Arcade Level Pack contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

I got my first Lego Dimensions level pack with the 71235 Midway Arcade Level Pack.  Everything I got before was either a fun pack or team pack, which only gave me new abilities and new worlds to complete tasks in Lego Dimensions.  With Level Pack, not only did I get to go the Midway Arcade world, but a brand new story mode level.

Not only can I play more of the Lego Dimension content, but there are the classic Midway arcade games you can fire up and enjoy.  Rampage, Gauntlet, Spy Hunter, Paperboy, Joust...  Lots and lots of fun.  Well, fun as long as you don't play Defender or Robotron 2084.  Those are hard as well.  How did people waste their quarters and tokens on that shit.  Those ARE NOT fun.

60134 Fun in the Park - City People Pack contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

60134 Fun in the Park - City People Pack is the one set I wanted the most with this order.  They introduced a few new elements/concepts, like the baby and the dude in the wheelchair.  There is a great assortment of standard park elements in this set, enough so that I'm now inspired to design a park "building" for my Lego town.  I hope to start figuring that out in the coming weeks, after I clear up my personal schedule.

 

5004119 Lego Knights Retro Set contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

I didn't need more Castle or Pirate sets for my Lego Marine facilities, but I can never resist these fancy collector sets like the 5004119 Lego Knights Retro Set.  A nice little presentation box and an insert outlining the evolution of a major aspect of the Lego system.  And who doesn't love big giant crossbows?

The full haul sitting on and around the sand baseplate

Lastly, I got a 10699 Sand Baseplate so I could start trying to move some of my Lake Shore sets off of blue baseplate plates.  Sand is a much more logical choice, as water shouldn't be sitting underneath the cabins and houses out there.  I hope to try to transfer a building I haven't catalogued at the Lake Shore, so you can see the different of what it looks like on a blue versus a sand baseplate.  The latter is going to look much better.