Phillip keeps telling me that I should stop building vehicles and build something architectural. So, I decided to build an espresso shop. I thought I should start with the details and build out. I built a nifty espresso machine. Then I built a cash register. Then I put a coffee grinder together. (I’ve seen a lot of espresso shops.) I was very pleased with the results.
However, it wasn’t until I started building the counter (complete with a refrigerator) to put those things on that I realized that I had completely neglected to consider that scale of them. They were almost twice minifigure scale. I considered building people to fit the espresso machine. I considered building the espresso shop devoid of people. The problem with both of those options is that the rest of the espresso shop would have to contain the same level of detail, it would be too large, and I just don’t have enough room for it.
I consider this espresso counter a happy mistake. Lesson learned: Layout first, details later.
