More on setting up Lego villages

First, a correction: the picture I used was not the correct one. A reader was kind enought to post a new comment on the last post "Integrating Lego into your Department 56 villages":

"Actually, that's not the set we're talking about. The set in question is this one: http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=5522&LangId=2057&ShipTo=US (and there's no photo of the box there). A fan uploaded some photos of the box and the exclusive "Golden Brick" onto BrickShelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=345682

...and if you're interested in seeing LEGO buildings designed for a more D56-type layout (I haven't mixed-and-matched with the D56 houses, but I suspect it would work), I highly recommend trying out the blog Brick Town Talk -- there was even a house on there recently that showed how to build snowbanks.

Also, do you have, by any chance, that magazine from when the LEGO North Pole house came out? If I recall correctly, it included building instructions for Christmas trees and a snowman. I don't know where I left my copy of that magazine, but I bet your readers (and mine) would love a scan of that."

I'm going to try to find that magazine for everyone. No luck thus far.

Coincidentally, yesterday I received the official Lego christmas catalog, which featured a few of the buildings which would go perfectly in a village landscape, including the "Green Grocer", "Market Street", and "Cafe Corner". Find these items and more at the Ebay Lego Holiday Shoppe

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