How 2 mocs can vaguely or closely resemble each other unintentionally!

How 2 mocs can vaguely or closely resemble each other!

Early in my blog I had 2 mocs that I had thought were 1 of a kind in appearance, but now I'm not so sure!  I think that 2 mocs I did resemble (obviously not as good and unintentionally) professional versions of mocs done by others.  1 moc I did looks like the other moc up close; the second moc looks like the other moc but only from a distance.

Example 1...Lego's new official botanical set:

Below is My lego moc that I made before I saw the formal one above: (I'm not sure if lego had their model in the works when i made my moc, but I don't think it was??)

In summary this is a case where 2 mocs are so similar but created by 2 different people.  I think they look alike when viewing each up close and next to each other.

An example of 2 mocs that appear to be similar (from a distance), but are in actually completely different side by side is in the moc below that I had made in a previous blog from random pieces and with lego pick a brick pieces.  At the time I thought "who would make something that abstract" with the appearance of long legs on a skateboard.

Below is a moc by Sean Kenney that I saw in his book "Building Amazing Creations" in a piece...titled "here kitty kitty".  From a distance the picture below shows legs on stilts and platforms that vaguely resemble the appearance of long legs on my moc above. 

Pic above is from the Sean Kenney book below

I think that the similarities in the 2 mocs can be seen from a distance. 

 

  In summary I think it's so interesting that 2 different mocs can resemble each other either from a distance or close up.

As a side note to the Sean Kenney pic "here kitty kitty" shown above, my Kitty found interest...

Lego 60355 set 

I saw this set at JCPenny and I have never seen it anywhere else.  2 of these same sets were on clearance so I bought both.  Below are the 2 mocs I made with the combined sets.  Genius in my mind!!

The above pic was my favorite view of my moc...would like to see in all gray.

Above pic shows windshield come up in a reverse way compared to others.  It's the DeLorean of lego space vehicles!

The yellow satellite dishes and the blue tinted windshield are new colors to me; I don't have these in my collection.  I would love to see these mocs in classic space colors vs a mishmash of different colors!

Tonights moc

 I took a bag of 3 lego police cars I bought and made an moc.  It was an el Camino and station wagon Combination.

Classic space feel present also.  What I'm most happy with is using a locking technique with the gray 1x4 as it fused 1/3 parts of the body.

 Dumbest lego moc but I liked it...

I hate green pieces but I had a bunch of them so I started messing with them and came up with this model...it's the oasis found in the midst of knockoff building blocks.

I added a sky background too (below)

So that's my desert oasis...I used to hate green but I'm warming up to it.

Where to get ideas for MOCS part 2

 I forgot to put some other places that give ideas for mocs (I had done another post recently on this topic, so I'm making this part 2!)

1) Board game boxes (box art)

At target there are board games with good art and ideas.  Last year there was a Pan Am board game with a really neat car idea 

The Hasbro u build connect 4 above kept appearing at thrift stores.  I was able to build a great collection of the blue beams.  They have good clutch power and are good for making a model base or I'm hoping to make a neoclassic space building..even though the blue is lighter than I would prefer

2) Similar building sets..(non Lego)

3) puzzles/box art for puzzles

4) paintings

In being out to furniture stores, hotels, nursing homes, there are multiple paintings I've seen with potential ideas in them

This painting is taken from a model seen at Hobby Lobby.  It's a good view of a cockpit from the side.

 

5) toy aisles...hard to do with TRU (toys r us) gone!

 

I like the style of levels/different rooms and levels!

I think the use of small wheels on the giant truck is a good concept

6) kids books..mainly seek and find or encyclopedia 

Below is a pull out poster from an encyclopedia..love the bus and tanker truck!

7) seek and find computer games subway airport

8) cross section books

These give great ideas on the inner structure of objects...i.e. for the Titanic released by Lego

My favorite cross section came from a book when I was young...it is from Richard Scarry's book "What do people do all day"

9) The Nasa channel 

10) model train or airport layouts

11) Towers or unique structures in area

12) Encyclopedias or children encyclopedias...often in thrift store books i.e. trains, aviation

13) seasonal displays or inventory 

Every year, Menards has cool o scale buildings...my favorite is a salt factory and power plant.  Love the colors and rails!

14) model toy catalogs 

15) Playmobil 

I like their airport sets for the open parts in the back i.e. hospital and the airport designs

I love the observation deck idea!

So all of these pictures show my favorite places to get ideas!

And be a kid again!!!