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   spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:12:03 JST spencer
   I've been eyeing some of the #LEGO sets geared toward adults (like the floral arrangements or the modular buildings), but have managed to hold off because I don't have anywhere in my home to display them, and don't need more Stuff.
   
   But then, when I was talking to a coworker yesterday, I noticed he had two of the LEGO succulent sets on his windowsill, and I realized: I'm a therapist. I have an office that could use some tasteful decor.
   
   That might be the crack in the dike...
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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:11:51 JST spencer

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     @benhamillBecause you could put a bus on the street in front of the buildings and no other vehicles at all and it would be glorious.
     I am now imagining a LEGO city that has bikes and buses and light rail. ?
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:12:00 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @spencer Because you could put a bus on the street in front of the buildings and no other vehicles at all and it would be glorious.

     I was debating with my wife whether there was room for the jazz club on my shelf or not. I have the Botique Hotel, the Bookshop, Assembly Square and the sketch up a MOC apartment building that I haven't touched the design of in like 2 years... There's technically room on the end to scoot things down and put the Jazz Club in, but I'd have to find a new home for a spaceship that just hangs out at the end of the block...

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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:12:01 JST spencer

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill The modular buildings look so cool. I love the Jazz Club.
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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:12:01 JST spencer

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill (cue 5 minutes of looking up modular buildings, MOC modular buildings, and LEGO City sets)
     
     why do I just want to make a cute little LEGO city
     
     what is this impulse
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:12:02 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @spencer Spencerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! My wife has gotten all the floral things... I have the succulents under my monitor at home... I have a shelf of modular buildings in the living room...

     They're so good, but they're also a thing that you end up wanting more of when you have some ("the correct number of bikes to own is one more than the number you have now"). So... be wary, but also I am here to enable you. ?

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:18:02 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @spencer @benhamill *The LEGO enjoyer has entered the chat*
     
     Let's see, we have a modular building row in the bedroom with the Diner, BookShop, Assembly Square and Parisian Restaurant, Floral sets up the wazoo (Succulents, Sunflowers, Bouquet, Orchids), and two casual living room bookshelves filled with sets and MOCs (A nifty Sebulba's Pod Racer, the War Rig, an Imperial three mast ship), a Lamborghini Siàn FKP37, a few Technic sets, etc...
     
     I can provide pictures on request.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:34:56 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill @spencer Please enjoy!
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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 06:34:57 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @hypolite @spencer War Rig MOC??? I would enjoy a picture of that for sure.

     I petered out on my apartment building MOC because I didn't know what I wanted to do with the roof. Which forestalled my doing any of the interior decorating, either. What's ADHD? Why do you ask? /s

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     Local Dad, Ben Hamill (benhamill@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 07:26:15 JST Local Dad, Ben Hamill

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     @hypolite @spencer Wow that's rad! Now I wish Lego made a piece with a little pointing skeleton arm on it. Heh.

     Also, the 11yo got that Groot for Christmas just recently. The cassette is a neat build.

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 07:34:15 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill @spencer There's a small bone inside the cabin of this MOC: rebrickable.com/parts/93160/an…
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     mcv (mcv@nerdica.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 08:26:11 JST mcv

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     Building these lego sets can be very therapeutic.
     
     My wife was never a big lego fan until she discovered these. Now she insists we buy as many as possible. Even the ones that aren't made any more and cost twice what they used to. And though she used to complain about all the crap I always bought, now she doesn't care any more. I feel a bit guilty for having created a lego addict.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 09:11:44 JST hypolite

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill @spencer And this of course:
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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 10:17:34 JST spencer

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill When I was falling asleep last night, I was imagining a LEGO passenger rail train, and I guess it exists! How cool to have a little LEGO bullet train!
     
     ...it turns out, it only takes a gentle push to turn me into a city-building, model train enthusiast, of a sort. ?
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 10:32:37 JST hypolite

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     @spencer I'll get you the Penguin Slushy Van if you give me your address.
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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 10:32:38 JST spencer

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill Oh, there ya go, a train station that also includes a bus!
     
     It's a bit disorienting to realize that if I came into $500 this instant, I'd have to really try hard to persuade myself not to just buy $500 worth of LEGO sets.
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     spencer (spencer@motley.club)'s status on Friday, 13-Jan-2023 10:32:39 JST spencer

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     • Local Dad, Ben Hamill
     @benhamill what this penguin slushy van is so cute