I posted a while back about my recent Lego purchase, 10190 Market Street . The set quickly became a surprise favourite, and before long my thoughts turned to expansion, and how I could develop or build upon the idea further. It's something The Lego Group continue to do themselves, and since the release of the set and it's thematic brothers, it's a building style and idea that's quickly developing it's own community, that thankfully provides a continuous stream of new MOCs.

Varick is my first attempt at this new way of building, and my first foray into town/city building since, well...a long time ago. Being different from something medieval historical or fantasy-based, the end result is a MOC that uses different brick types and colours to what i'm normally used to. Nonetheless, it's an interesting diversion, and a sub-theme i'm interested in continuing with at a further date, perhaps with a Varick 2.0? Already i'm seeing things that i'm not happy with the current model, while, inevitably, new ideas are a recurring distraction. I've included both 10190 and 10185 in the MOC, but i've changed them a little- adding floors, changing the roof and adding smaller details to help it fit in with what I have built. The backs of these models have also been added to, but i've restrained myself from adding interiors. As always it's the little things that excite me- populating the MOC is always my favourite part, no matter what i'm building.

Varick will remain built for a few days. The actual sets that i've spliced into it i'll try and keep built for as long as possible, but as for the rest, it doesn't matter too much- I need my bricks back! As ever, deconstruction and the tedious sorting that will follow, are two things i'm not looking forward to. Planning ahead for the next project, thankfully, is the opposite.

Varick