Actually very difficult to match stripes like that in real life. The angle of the seam on both the collar and the facing has to be exactly the same. Also, the collar has to match at the centre back and the facings ( the face of the lapel) go on first. Thirdly, if the customer has one shoulder lower than the other the collar will have to be shorter on that side. Most times it happens by accident, although it is possible to manipulate it if it looks close. Best not do that though, because there is always the nut job who will expect you to be able to do it every time!
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I made him a Bordeaux coloured velvet tux with a black satin shawl collar though, so no matching issues!
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Surely theyāve caused enough foot pain to justify buying cheaper elsewhere. Anyway isnāt the whole point of lego to just give them loads of bricks and they use their imagination to make stuff?
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My Grandpa was always a sharp dresser and had a beautiful dark grey pin strip suit that had matching collar stripes and I was always amazed by the workmanship in it.
I wore his navy blue Crombie overcoat for years as an indie yoof until it finally gave up the ghost - snagged a beautiful older camel Crombie overcoat recently 
Do you know where he bought his clothes?
According to my Dad he used to get a lot of stuff hand made by a small family run Tailor business in Glasgow but donāt know the name sadly.
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Jesus I thought hifi had its share of anally retentive nerds but fucking hell that guy needs to get out more. Does he know that girls are out there, I mean just everywhere?
Maybe thatās not the way his tone arm swings
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Aahh, āThe ethical dilemma of fake Legoā.
Rick Wakemanās finest album, Iām sure youāll agree.
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So whoās bricking it then?
Yeah for the technic I think youād really want to go real Lego
Yesterday a package from China arrived, containing a Lepin Grand Emporium, rather similar to this:
As far as I can tell itās identical apart from a small change to the roof, and cost about Ā£50, whereas the (now retired) original cannot be had for less than Ā£300.
Took ten days to arrive and less than a day to build. Heās now staring at it lovingly.
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Did you get it from Nobsound ?
VB
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Bastard! I didnāt know much about this Lepin stuff. I want one of these now:
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I was reading this thread aimlessly but now I want one of those 
6 yearsā¦could be a record 
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All power to his elbow, itās the correct thread for the post, nāest ce pas ?
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