Dino’s Comics and Games/Dawn’s Dance World

I finally FINISHED another lot for Whimsett Cove! It feels good. :D I’ve been very off and on with my Simming lately, and when I do work on it, I jump around and don’t get much done. I had given myself a goal of getting WC to a playable state by November 1st, and it was looking like an impossibility given my lack of focus, but after finishing this lot, I’m feeling more optimistic! OK, so maybe I won’t get the whole town done in 6 weeks, but I think I can get the main core finished, and that will feel like a huge accomplishment.

This new lot is a combo lot: Dino’s Comics & Games and Dawn’s Dance World. It’s across from the village green, next to my Business lot (bank/real estate/newspaper/diner cart — which I just realized I’ve never shown here, I guess because it’s not completely finished yet *facepalm*).

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

The lot is owned by a husband-and-wife team Dino and Dawn Fortman — Dino (pronounced “Deen-o”) is a comic book artist and also runs the comics shop, and Dawn is a dance instructor (who also performs as an Acrobat). They have a wonderfully nerdy teenaged daughter named Alyce, who likes to cosplay as a superhero.

The comic book shop is on the ground floor, with a large room dedicated to gaming — mostly board games, but also RPGs. Basically, it’s one big nerd haven. (No video games, though — they’re too noisy.)

Some shots of the comic book shop interior:

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

This pic is a bit similar to the first one, but it shows the “wall of wands”, perfect for budding young wizards.

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

The games room has vending machines in case the gamers get hungry or thirsty, but otherwise I have no food on this lot! (This may be the first community lot I’ve built in a year that doesn’t have a food register or coffee bar on it *lol* ) There’s the diner cart next door (which sells seasonal yummies) if people need some real food.

Anyhoo, there are plenty of games here to keep my nerdy Simmies occupied: Monopoly, Go, Chess, Clue, Trivial Pursuit…

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

…and of course, the RPG corner!

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Alyce helped me test the shop – she bought a comic book from the register (Llama Man #67 or something like that) and sat down to read it.

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Saving the world, one crappy vending machine at a time.

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Here’s a streetscape scene (with Dawn and Dino in their classic car), showing the comic shop/dance studio on the left and my business lot on the right. After a year, this is finally starting to look like a real town! :-p

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

Here’s another view of the two lots taken from the village green across the street:

Comic Shop and Dance Studio

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9 thoughts on “Dino’s Comics and Games/Dawn’s Dance World

  1. Wow, looking good, Jen! Dino reminds me of someone, but I can’t place just who. I got everything working brilliantly now, thanks to my external HD, but I ditched University. The gameplay didn’t do much for me, made my system whine like my mother’s dog, and the items were, with the exception of the science station doodad, pretty blah. I am having fun with all the rest though, and some of the field trip notices from Generations make me laugh :-) I saw some pics from Sims 4 yesterday, but, well, nope, don’t think I’ll be adding that.

    • Hi Scally!! Glad you’re still having fun with Sims 3 despite University being a bust for you. Heh. I haven’t done much with Uni gameplay, but I do like the objects (good cheap furniture and great clutter!). I haven’t played enough to have my Sim kids go on field trips — I’ll have to remedy that. I’m intrigued by Sims 4 — I’m definitely going to try it out, but it remains to be seen whether or not it will make me want to ditch Sims 3. Although I wasn’t all that impressed with Sims 3, and I left Sims 2 for it, so…I guess I’m easy to please. :-p

  2. Wow, Jen!! You might think you’re a slow builder, but even after YEARS of work, I would build anything so lovely as your town! Awww! That comic shop is so adorable! I love how it contains everything to please a geek’s heart, including the “silly plastic dolls”! :D
    Oh, hello Alyce!!! Aahaa, that’s so perfect for the daughter of a comic book artist to be in cosplay!! That’s too funny! (and you managed to use the last Stuff Pack, then? Congratulations! :D)
    Aww, that street view!!! It does look a movie! The park is so beautiful! *sigh*
    The dance studio is amazing! I love how it’s very artsy and yet very chic!
    AWWWWWW, Dino!!!! (dee-no is absolutely the way I pronounce it in french!) I love him already! Dawn seems to be a pretty cool lady!
    Ohhh, le swoon at that last picture!
    You never fail to amaze me, my friend! *sigh*

    • Sandyyyyy!!! Awww, thank you so much for your lovely comment, but you know that Sandy Valley is my biggest inspiration! *nod* Half of my ideas are stolen from you, and my lots just wouldn’t be right without your creations in them! And LOL about the stuff pack…I wasn’t going to buy it, but then I watched LGR’s review (which was pretty negative, actually), and I got the idea for Alyce’s character! So it’s her fault that I bought it! ;-) Thank you for stopping by, my friend!! *hugs*

  3. Oh my !! A Comic Book Shop!! Wait…where can I drool safely? Wouldn’t want to spoil any of the goodies in there. That is such an AWESOME store!!!! <3<3
    Love the mix of dinosaurs, toys, tee-shirts, comic books, doohickeys…….. The T-Rex on the wall is perfect – ROOOAAWWR to it and to the super cute one on the counter <3-
    Oooh is there even a bell near the cashier to call the clerk? How cool is that! Lol I love the Teddy-bot and its flashy eyes and the Voodoo doll! And how adorable is Alyce in her costume. Oh she is reading Llama Man # 67 ….wait…you mean it's already out! *puts on costume and flies to nearest Comic store* ;P !

    Such a pretty view from the street. I love that picture from the Town green with the lovely bench and the very autumnal colors *sigh* . The building is super nice too. That's such a great idea to have divided the place that way with the inner windows on the first floor, and that gorgeous dancing studio upstairs. Halloo the 2 Dancing Ds ! The lighting is so pretty in the studio and I adore the different mirrors !

    Waah so much cool stuff, I wanna live in there!! In the comic store I mean because as I have two left feet I'm not sure the mirrors of the Dancing Studio wouldn't break just 'reflecting' me 'dance' *rolleyes* ;D!

    • TEDHI!! It’s awesome to see you! :) I see you’re back at TSD, too…I need to get caught up! :D Thanks so much for your lovely comment! I’m so glad you like the comic book store! :D I thought of you while I was decorating it! Hehe. And darn, I should have named it “Dino’s Doohickeys”…although with “Dawn’s Dance World”, maybe that’s too much alliteration…*hmm* Thanks again for stopping by! *hugs*

  4. I hate you. I’m all green. I hate green. It does not look good on me. I’m not talking to you until you send me your save game. That is all. :p