Comments on: “Micropolis” Micro City Standard

By: Piece and Quiet » Micropolis – little brick house

Piece and Quiet » Micropolis – little brick house — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:57 +0000

[...] to build”, it is GREAT for ideas and a very interesting book to read through. Inside I found the micropolis standard. This is amazing. A LUG had designed a standard so that several members could build seperate [...]

By: Francesco Spreafico

Francesco Spreafico — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Sure, go ahead!

By: Nathan Stohlmann

Nathan Stohlmann — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

No problem! Do you mind if I use a modified version of your question for the FAQ?

By: Francesco Spreafico

Francesco Spreafico — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:55:00 +0000

Got it, thanks!

By: Nathan Stohlmann

Nathan Stohlmann — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:35:00 +0000

The spec requires only a single hole, however some builders find it more convenient to use 1×4 Technic Bricks instead of 1×2 either because of parts available in their collection or a slightly simpler parts layout in the base.

I tend to use two 1×16 and two 1×14 Technic Bricks for my module bases.

The important point for the Technic brick is that there is that single pin hole in the middle of the base on each side.

By: Francesco Spreafico

Francesco Spreafico — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:23:00 +0000

Shouldn’t “1 x 2 Technic bricks with one hole are in the stud 8-9 positions on each side” be “1 x 4 Technic bricks are in the stud 7-10 positions on each side.”?

It does look like that in the images.

By: Nathan Stohlmann

Nathan Stohlmann — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:53:00 +0000

Alleys are always optional.

By: Nathan Stohlmann

Nathan Stohlmann — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:00 +0000

It’s a fair point.

By: buckyballs

buckyballs — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:03:00 +0000

I realize that as an American we initially prefer to use Imperial, but…for the purposes of scaling…don’t you think metric would have been a helluva lot easier?
Also knowing that LEGOs have an inherent metric ratio, that being (as I’m sure you know):
- plates are .32cm thick,
- the side of a 1×1 is 0.8cm,
- the height of a brick is 0.96cm

For a house blueprint I get it because the measurements are usually imperial, bit the dimensions of what we build are easily taken in metric and scaled.
Seems to save a lot of division guesswork.

Also thanks for the great template. Like everything else in this community, gotta give the props. And when someone sets a standard? Awesome.

By: sam

sam — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:42:00 +0000

one more question does the module need alleies