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MOC: Bricktober Court

Friday, 22nd December 2017 By Caz

Ever since I put the Bricktober Hotel (40141) and Bakery (40143) on a 1/2 block Micropolis baseplate, I’ve been wondering what else to fill it with. Today I had some inspiration and decided to make a construction site with a MOC-built crane and some piles already built.

Bricktober Court - 1/2 Micropolis Block - Front Left
Bricktober Court – 1/2 Micropolis Block – Front Left

As well as filling in the empty lot to one side, the site wraps around the rear and has an entrance at each side. Eventually I might expand this to a whole block with some more mini modular sized buildings, but for the moment it will look much better in my Micropolis city than just having an empty bit of base plate showing. I have christened this one Bricktober Court.

Bricktober Court - 1/2 Micropolis Block - Back Right
Bricktober Court – 1/2 Micropolis Block – Back Right

Filed Under: Micropolis Tagged With: 1/2 block, 40141, 40143, bricktober court, construction site, crane, downtown zone, retail zone

Bricktober: Hotel (40141)

Tuesday, 28th November 2017 By Caz

Another bargain was had on eBay recently, and the Bricktober Hotel (40141) was mine! It arrived today and the box was a bit squashed but I wasn’t too bothered about that.

40141 Bricktober Hotel Box
40141 Bricktober Hotel Box

I found it a much easier build than the Bakery, maybe because I wasn’t trying to do it on a tray on my knee. It turned out well, with some nice little details and landscaping around the side.

40141 Bricktober Hotel Built
40141 Bricktober Hotel Built

The hotel and bakery are going on a couple of Micropolis bases with some other Bricktober sets when I get them, and possibly made into a complete block eventually. I think they sit quite nicely together – although I’ve left them one plate higher than the pavement on their own 8×8 bases, in case I ever want to take them off again.

WIP - Bricktober Court 29th November '17
WIP – Bricktober Court 29th November ’17

I will update you with a new photo when I have put something else on the board in due course.

Filed Under: Bricktober, Microscale Tagged With: balcony, bricktober 2015, bricktober court, ebay, garden, hotel, plane

Bricktober: Bakery (40143)

Friday, 24th November 2017 By Caz

The 2015 Bricktober Mini Modular buildings aren’t too difficult to acquire on eBay in the UK at a decent price, you just have to keep your eye open for ones which aren’t up for silly money.

As I’m not at all worried about the condition of the boxes, it’s useful to watch for ones with crumpled cardboard as they tend to be a bit cheaper. I’m not collecting my LEGO to sit on a shelf un-built, but that’s my choice!

40143 Bricktober Bakery Box
40143 Bricktober Bakery Box

The 40143 Bricktober Bakery arrived from eBay recently so I set about opening it up and putting it together. I found the pieces quite hard to locate and make out which one I needed from the instructions, for some reason. It could have been that I was doing the build on a very small tray on my knee on the sofa, and didn’t have much room to spread the pieces out to rummage about for each one I needed. Anyway, I got there in the end.

40143 Bricktober Bakery
40143 Bricktober Bakery

You will notice from comparing photos on the box and the built version, that I’ve left off a few bits from bottoms of the motorised vehicles. I think this makes them more in-scale with other vehicles in Micropolis, which are usually only 2-3 plates high. The bakery will eventually end up on a proper Micropolis base, making up a single block (4 quarter blocks back to back), to be called Bricktober Court. Keep your eye open for progress on this front!

Filed Under: Bricktober, Microscale Tagged With: 40143, bakery, bricktober court, ebay

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