[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by ludovicotek

Snowflakian, I love your idea of inter-connecting playsets and rooms. I think that would be the best thing to happen to action figures in a long, long time. I don't, however, think that having to buy multiple build-a-sets would work. The fans would eat it up of course, but having to buy all the different sets to complete a building would be a hassle. I would love the sets interconnecting, but not necessarily be part of the same playset.

For example, you could have an underground sewer/tunnels playset and have another building interior that could stack on top. Or another building type, warehouse, that could connect to the side of the previous building. You could construct and build your world any way you see fit. And you wouldn't have to buy every single piece to complete a building or playset. Most of us would buy them all, but you wouldn't have to.

Right, like cubed sections almost. That way let's say you did build the avengers mansion. Each room could be which ever you chose for the exterior to even look whatever way you wanted. You wouldn't have to build stark's tower per se either. Or could give Rhodes an adjoining tony like office etc.

That way if you had the morlock tunnels it could connect to the bugle, or the x-mansion, or even the avengers mansion without being needed outright. You could do it of your own accord. As the pieces could just build on each other. The shield helicarrier this way could also be revamped to whatever style you chose. Whether you favor training rooms, holding cells, or even just a massive command room, it's in your hands to choose how it comes together. The exterior panels could just be like sliding pieces that lock in and out based on where you want them even. So that way you wouldn't have to worry about having the right exterior to your sewer, helicarrier, millenium falcon, or even Flagg. Just slide out the piece, stack or attach the next, then slide in the new exterior plating that you wanted. =D

Or as you suggested even a random storage/warehouse cube, it could fit in the avengers mansion, X-mansion even stark tower or the flagg, or even be it's own warehouse, but where it goes and what it becomes is in your hands. All the while still compatible to the sewer ones too, or the above shop street panels, or what not. Every cube is universally compatible this way to build on as you see fit in any way you see fit. I wish I could find pics of the dollhouse already like this that's made out of plastic instead of wood for an example. The warehouse one with I beams could also be used for the numerous times the Avengers mansion or X-mansion have been rebuilt too. So now you've just expanded one cube from a warehouse idea to numerous amounts of ideas, whatever your imagination can come up with for it.

So this way if you only had enough room to display one floor of let's say stark tower, you would only have to buy maybe 4 cubes if even of whatever you wanted. Or one cube of each just to display them or have kids play with them, but then the more you buy you also have the option of building a full on world. But's not needed to enjoy them. They could be enjoyed by themselves too. The interconnectivity just creates more reason to buy the mundane random ones. Like secretary offices, etc. This keeps products moving, while still bringing in the better ones like stark's office, or the avengers board table for meetings, etc. The avengers mansion could have a danger room. Or the lizards could use the morlock tunnels to break into the bugle building and more. Even a punisher tech room, that could double as a deadpool or cable safe room for them and their weapons.

Or for the safe room, you could lower the beams, so it'd fit in a van enclosure, and voila, not only do you have a safe room piece with punisher armanents, but you have a piece that'd condense itself to fit and work inside a punisher style van. The possibilities are endless. And the part usage is mostly repeated barring a few paint apps, or detail pieces that could slide in and out on a whim. That same safe room could have a slide in panel to make it forge's workshop too. So now we have one cube, just one, that covers 4 characters outright. Add in an XSE portal panel, and you've just covered Bishop and shard too. And now not only does the helicarrier have an armanents room, but also a development room, or negative zone portal room, etc. Aim invention room, Hydra room, and the list goes on. This way you could build not only the shield helicarrier, but even the hydra ship used in the X-23 X-men Evolution episodes. It's only limited to what you want to build. Each cube is self contained but also compatible to each other on all sides. Like starks armory piece could have 2x2 armory slots. But if you keep attaching those 2x2 slots to each other, now you have a massive 2x16 armory, or even just a simple 2x4 stane one of stolen armors. Or one for 'shield' concept armors in the armory, or 2x2 vault guardsmen charge stations. The same could be said for all the pieces. That avengers boardroom, could double up as just a stark board meeting room, or the Dark Avengers conference room.

You could even build the weapon X facility from Danger room pieces, or 'development lab' safe rooms. The pieces needed would just be adjust beams, and removable crossbeams maybe even one panel that has a clip in spot for the two pack wolvie chamber, don't have the chamber? Well don't use that panel for the ground piece =D . So you could have a massive development lab, or a tiny little safe room. It's all in how you put them together, and then build on it. So you could even create your own buildings, or massive badguy goodguy aerial carriers or vessels. Wanted to make a millenium falcon mk II? Why not? And so on down the line. Make the entire line cover everything from star wars to joes, to marvel, with full compatibility to each other, and you've got not only hydra and aim vessels, or even shield, but also a star destroyer, or dare I say it, a massive death star or Cobra Submarine. Then they could dock to let's say a cobra island you built, or stark tower, or death star, or whatever you please! Helicarrier holding cells could even double up as say the vault prison cells. Or hydra holding cells, it just all depends on where you want it or how you want to use it.

Stability would be the only question, but once all the pieces are locked together for your vision, it should hold itself completely stable for play value. About 8inchx8inch cubes should do it. But that's minimum height, I'd almost recommend 10x10 to be safe with ratchet able vertical beams so they are adjustable to lower or raise the height as needed then with the panels you'd just need to include a few, maybe with horizontal cuts for various height changes at key spots, this would include interior and exterior panels, floor and ceiling too. You could then create MJ and spidey's date alley with just two cubes using building exteriors for interiors and no crossbeams. Even add the tinkerers lab underneath it if you chose. This way extra filler pieces could be used to each as well from previous to expand on what you already have parts wise if you so chose. About 4 ratchet verticle beams, 2 removable, and the open side crossbeams removable with whatever interior and exterior removable panels for each set. Though that starts putting the rooms at about 30 bucks or so a pop, this could be alleviated with other more creative means as I'm just running off the top of my head as is. Oh and the ratchet beams let you have sloped ceilings if you need em too. =) Cause helicarriers, hydra etc all use slopes to various degrees at different points.