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Brickfair 2014

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So Brickfair was pretty amazing. We arrived Tuesday afternoon, and hung out with Andrew once he arrived. We did set up Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I won the Batman Ultrabuilds set in a door prize raffle. I talked with Peter Espersen for awhile. I manned a mean mean check-in desk. Maddison won TLG's convention Batman's 75th contest. Played a mean game of Cards Against Humanity with Andrew, Maddison, Aaron, David, Gabe, and Jamison. Trisha and her friend Andrew showed up and played too! Without Friar Tuck, I dominated Laser Tag and placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each of our games. Trisha placed first in both of the second games, but 13th in the first so technically I did better (I am going to cling to that). Missed Ray. Missed Bryan. Ate a lot of chicken. Had an odd fancy dinner. Hung out with a set designer. Geeked out with Retinence. Wore cool shirts. Took some photos. Dinner with Andi. Seriously there was so much that happened!

 

And so many streetpasses!

 

Also, I won a trophy.

 

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4/10 for almost assembling my gundam properly

I did assemble your gundam properly, nerd. I was not the only one who moved it and handled it, though. It fell apart a lot. If you used legal connections....

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4/10 for almost assembling my gundam properly

I did assemble your gundam properly, nerd. I was not the only one who moved it and handled it, though. It fell apart a lot. If you used legal connections....

 

 

Out of curiousity, does shoving pins into the bottom of a brick like you did count as a legal connection?

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4/10 for almost assembling my gundam properly

I did assemble your gundam properly, nerd. I was not the only one who moved it and handled it, though. It fell apart a lot. If you used legal connections....

 

 

Out of curiousity, does shoving pins into the bottom of a brick like you did count as a legal connection?

 

Technically, no. But while it might damage the pins in the long term, it's a lot sturdier than some connections you see in MOCs.

 

I don't avoid illegal connections like the plague in my own MOCs (the way Kit Martello's side shells are wedged between her chest plate and back plate is pretty dubious), I often try to avoid them. Illegal connections can be creatively liberating, but usually with enough time and effort you can come up with an elegant legal alternative.

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Have you ever built actual gunpla model kits? The lineup is very custom-friendly.

I haven't. I keep debating getting into it... But I'm not sure I want to add another costly hobby to my life.

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