Hey, heres a short review of 75040 General Grievous Wheel Bike. It's short cause I want to talk about the set, but am too lazy to draft up an official one for the front page. If you hate repetitive building, avoid this set at all costs. Like seriously, there's a lot of repetition in this build. But while its annoying, it makes sense. I mean, you're BUILDING the wheel, not just using a pre-made tire. So embrace the repetition, from the two similar bases on either side of the wheel to the fou
And I left the LEGO Store with the Batman Steamroller set, the X-Men Blackbird, Friends Tiger polybag (FINALLY they had it) and the TMNT Shredder polybag. Oh, and a PAB Cup with medium lavender and dark azure 2x4 plates, which was the primary reason I visited. (Also a few ladder pieces, cause why not. No horses though... they sold out of those within days, sadly.) I was only going to buy the PAB cup... but then they had the Friends polybag, and then I wanted to get something non-girly, then I
Click here for full review Hey look another Hero Factory set review! Just pulled an all-nighter getting this one uploaded. Partially because my internet has been off all day and only came back on around 10 PM. Like, seriously, I'm paying monthly and the Internet provider just can't give me service in the middle of the day! I called em and they said they're working on a "service issue" on their end but it's still lame. (And I've already complained about this elsewhere. A lot.) To be fair, I d
Gosh, I had this excellent idea for a sequel for one of my stories, and now I can't get it out of my head! The stories and characters just keep expanding in my head, allowing me to create new character dynamics while also retaining some of my originals and stuff and I'm kind of really excited for it. The problem is... the original isn't finished. And like, this is a story that I've been working on since... well, let's say 2000. The basic premise for it developed back then, and I didn't start
Soooo... I just probably spent too much in the span of 15 minutes, including a couple of first-time ever purchases. To begin with, I registered for BrickCon. (This is the not-first-time purchase) Yeah, everybody else is getting excited for Brick Fair, but I'm not going and I've already sent in my MOCs that cost $20 for shipping. So there's not much for me to do but be envious. Instead, I need to start planning for my next big convention, and hopefully I'll have a cool MOC ready for it soon. An
Click here for full review I know this shouldn't be the most interesting part of the review, but I'm proudest of throwing in the word "spelunking" in the intro. Also, I tried using gray baseplates as a background, to give it a more Lego-y feel. I think it works, but I could potentially see it as being too busy. Thoughts? Or lack thereof. I also expect to get a lot of flak about my hatred of the hand design, but I stand by my opinion that they're terrible. Okay, I might not have worded my
Oh wow. It was good. Very good. Lots of dragons, lots of good flight (and fight) scenes. Dang, it even got emotional, far more than the original. I mean, it didn't have the same awe inspiring scene like the first flight in the original... but that's a special scene, and they didn't try to replicate the first, but rather make an awesome second. I'm probably going to see it again. Yes indeed. Not without issues. The music was great, but maybe it's because it's too much of the first? Which isn'
I find it ironic that not only have I created some mechs, but I've already sent one to BrickFair! I would almost argue that it's valid, because even though it's been on the front page for three different convention photo steams, I haven't actually posted any finalized pictures of it on the forum. (But as it stands, I DID post WIP pictures in my blog, so it doesn't qualify.) Just thought it was kinda funny how that worked out. And I probably won't be able to enter because most of my Bionicle piec
(Click for Review) I have to say, out of all the Mixels out so far, I think I like the Frosticons best. It's not just their cool designs that are full of character, but also the good color scheme and especially all those medium azure pieces! I have a habit of reviewing sets that I really like. Maybe I should start reviewing sets I dislike? Except I don't buy those sets cause I dislike them... and yes, these Mixels were purchased and not freebees. (And this review may have been delayed by a f
So for the last two hours or so, I sorted and tallied how many 1x1 and 1x2 cheese slopes I have. I've been separating them for a while from the rest of my collection, and I've done a count years ago, but this is in need of updating. And I thought I'd post my statistics, just because. This isn't quite everything I own. I have a bucket full of MOCs and sets that are using a fair amount, including models like Helms Deep and Temple of Doom. Plus, I used most of my dark green cheese slopes on my ju
I don't know if everybody watched my review on the Friends polybag set Penguin's Playground... because they should. But instead of potentially having to deal with music that Youtube claims has some sort of copyright to it (did you know that some random band apparently owns some of the mnolg music, because when I put that in red flags went up) I decided to cover the build section with some interesting facts about penguins. Because everybody needs to know more about penguins. Unfortunately, I
I've been at my current job for over 6 months now, which is the longest I've held a paying position. I have some pretty great co-workers too, so I really lucked out. (Even if I'm still not quite sure on the best way to describe my job outside of "computery-stuff.") But one of my co-workers is a toy collector too. He isn't exclusively into LEGO, but he collects them too. And he's into it enough that when I mentioned BZPower's new member raffle to him, he signed up right away! Now the ques
I've made a few nice purchases recently. I went ahead and preordered the Lego Movie EVERYTHING IS AWESOME pack with Vitruvius and everything. Not that I need Vitruvius; I got President Business's Evil Lair, and then I took the figs from that and put them on top of my computer at work. So now I have Emmet, Wyldstyle, Batman (2012 verson), Vitruvius, Business Kitty, Bad Copy, and President Business hanging out with me at work. Back to the movie preorder... I also threw in the Lego LotR and M
And stayed up too late watching it cause I had to be in to work today, gut jeeze traffic was mucked up and made my evening commute 2.5 hours so I had to stay up late to watch it anyway. Anyways, my thoughts below, and some spoilers, I guess? Reader beware. ... So I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I like the socially awkward princess; Disney needs more of them. I mean, I'm all for confident female leads and stuff, but there was a more realistic feel of Anne compared to others. (Or maybe I jus
Is Backordered!!??! It's like everbody wants to get it just for Business Kitty and Vitruvius. (And double VIP points.) Oh well, I'll have to wait, but at least it tipped me over the limit for free shipping. I also made the presumed online order after visiting the Lego Store, where not only did they not have the Business Kitty set, but they had also already sold out of the Friends animal sets... in ONE day!! I mean, first they delay the US release by 3 months and then sell out ultra fast..
So I know lots of y'all have already heard about this, but I'm just going to officially say it. Kakaru recently moved to the Portland area, and we're going to move into an apartment next week to share rent and stuff. Our rooms will be full of Lego... and not much else because we spent all our money on Lego. Yep. ... ... APRIL FOOLS!
So I got the Evo Walker. Mostly for the mini Kaiju, but there are some other pieces. But then I thought, what if I could make this build more of a challenge? Is that even possible? The answer is YES. BUILD IT IN A BAG!! You can totes do this. A big pain is that there's a little bag inside the big one with small parts, so you have to open that one inside the big bag. And for me, anyway, it kept getting stuck on the model. But yeah, if you want a challenge, build your Evo Walker in
A lot went on at Bricks Cascade this weekend, but it's not over yet so I'll blog about that later. For now, I have other news; I'm moving into a new apartment. I've been commuting to my job in down town Portland from my parent's house, which is 1 hour one-way on a no-traffic day. Basically, it's a pain, so I looked into moving closer. I found a place that's reletively affordable (assuming I don't blow all my income on lego) and also close to the MAX line (light rail public transportation),
So I visited the LEGO Store today and made some purchases, in which I got a Martian Manhunter fig. The fig itself isn't that interesting to me (I'm not that big a fan of MM) but I figure there'll be others out there clamoring for him, so I could trade him for another rare figure that I would want. But the highlight of my purchase was the 21103 Cuusoo Back to the Future Delorean. I finally committed on my purchase after I voted for that model... what, two-three years ago? I've been keeping a
So with the convention looming in the near future, I had to think about what models I was bringing. For Bionicle, I don't have a lot of new stuff. I've got the remnants of my Rahi project and Takanuva. I also built a few Bionicle trees for the BioniLug display, and I have this new Pohatu Phantoka model that I've been working on for a while, but not a lot new. For Space, I have my modular ships (which I'm keeping track of in a sidebar.) I have 8 completed, but six more colors that I want t
I saw it in 2D this time, and honestly, I think it might have been better. Some of Wyldstyle's scenes where she's jumping around seemed too fast and jarring when I saw it in 3D, and they seemed more natural or something this time around. I swear, 3D just never works for me; maybe my brain just can't process that extra dimension. I took the time to enjoy some more details, and spotted some more figs and models. I saw Johnny Thunder a second time too! Also, I bought the soundtrack and
Hey guys so yesterday I finally saw The LEGO Movie! Everybody: We’ve already seen it! Okay, so much for just bragging. Anyway, I was planning to do a short review of how well the various sets were incorporated in the movie, since previous movie tie ins (Iron Man III) were pretty bad. But there were so many Lego Movie sets that some would surely get more screen time than others. Except. . . well, Brickset already posted an article on that. So instead here’s a not-exactly-comprehensive lis
Because The Lego Movie came out and I can't see it because the entire city froze and all the theaters seemed to have closed down. Stupid snow storm and freezing rain. Oh, and I lost my phone. But tracked it down, and a co-worker picked it up for me. So it's not that distressful of a situation anymore.
