Over the years I've amassed plenty of bricks that say my BZP name and the city I live in. Anyone have any more whimsical ideas for a brick badge? -Letagi
I might actually make it this year. It's never really been an option in the past, either because of the cost or because I was too young to travel that far on my own (or to register for a conference, for that matter) and would have needed a parent with me - which would have doubled the already high cost. I'm twenty, so obviously the second problem isn't a problem anymore, and I have some good job prospects so I'll be able to pay my parents back for at least part of the trip in the near future.
Last entry I mentioned I had picked up LEGO Marvel Superheroes from Steam. What a fantastic game. Not only that, but it's gotten me into the recent Marvel film and television literature; I'm particularly enjoying Agents of SHIELD. I've never been into superheroes; I always thought the concept was a bit silly. That perception is definitely changing. I mean, some of it still seems kind of silly, but a bit of silliness isn't a bad thing. In other news, I managed to slam my head into a concrete
I've never been much of a gamer, but I've always enjoyed the LEGO games. Recently I've also gotten into playing Smash. Anyways, I just picked up a bunch of LEGO games on Steam. Star Wars Complete Saga, Clone Wars, Marvel Super Heroes, LotR, Hobbit and Indiana Jones 2. Good thing I don't have much important stuff to do this summer. -Letagi
For some reason I've really been enjoying spy/espionage/secret agent movies lately. Aside from the Bond, Bourne and Mission Impossible films, what are some other good ones? (MI 2 excluded from list of "good ones" because it was terrible.) -Letagi
Some of you may know that I'm a musician. My instruments are flute and string bass, but I also do a fair bit of arranging and transcribing for fun. My current project - and one that I just started a few hours ago - is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLByq36ENg I'm sixteen measures in, or about 30 seconds, not counting the brief intro because I don't like it. Since I have no sheet music at all to go off of, I'm transcribing every note by ear into a music notation program called Finale.
So I go to all the trouble of moving my BZP images from Majhost to Brickshelf, and right after I finish telling Makaru that Brickshelf is usually pretty reliable, it decides to stop working. Brickshelf, I am disappointed. Now my blog is back to looking utterly ridiculous. In other news, go and join The Toa's Hideout. It's what all the cool kids are doing. There are cool things like custom member titles and blogs after 100 posts, and the membership is currently tiny. There's just one rule in
Majhost is working again! ... Kidding, I just uploaded all my BZP images to Brickshelf. In other news, I finally joined BioniLUG. Which is really cool, because I've been wishing there was a LUG in my area for like seven years and I'm finally in one. -Letagi
Time for a short debrief of the weekend. BricksCascade was my second LEGO convention in Portland, the first having been BrickFest 2009. Since that was the last year of BrickFest, Cascade has taken its place as the biggest con in the area. The organization of Cascade was in general somewhat lacking. One of the great things about BrickCon is the many seminars, discussions and roundtables; Cascade didn't have much in that department. What Cascade did have was lots of free and discounted sets. E
I think it's fair to say that BricksCascade 2015 was the worst-organized con that I've been to, but the social aspect more than made up for it. Shoutouts to (pictured left to right below, excluding myself on the far left): Jason (xccj), Trisha (Kayru), Rene (EmporessWhenua), Riley (Based Goomy), Ben (ChocolateFrogs), Adrian (Emzee), Micah (Kakaru), Pat (DeeVee), Calen (The 1st Shadow), Jen (Tufi Piyufi), Bryan (Makaru), Nate (GSR), Rob (Janus), Becca (Hahli Husky) and Breann (Roa McToa, not pi
The fact that half of the (very few) members that follow this blog are inactive and have been for some time now makes me feel old. ANYWAYS Just registered for BricksCascade. Hotel is confirmed. Just have to book my flights. This will only be my second time in Portland, the first having been almost exactly six years ago for BrickFest 2009. I didn't spend any time exploring and don't remember much about the city so it'll be nice to see it again. I hear it's a lot like Vancouver or something?
Okay, it's been a few weeks. Time for some updates. Not expecting a ton of response here, but I might as well put all this out there. Actually, a bit of recent history first. Last year, I went to university in Edmonton, Alberta. I took the summer and last semester off, and spent those eight months living with my parents again in Vancouver. The reason was that, having developed severe anxiety in my first year of university, I badly needed a break from the stress of school. Around August, I be
Found some Protectors at a TRU today. I bought Water and Stone. They also had LOSS, but from what I've seen I'm not impressed with LOSS. It's pretty cool to be buying Bionicle again after half a decade. I didn't get any of the Stars so it's been since 2009 for me. And the only HF set I ever got was a free one at BrickCon this year, so it's really been five years since I've gotten a constraction set of any kind. In other news, I'm moving to Edmonton in a few days for university. -Letagi
Everyone go read Pomegranate's blog entry. I've been thinking along those same lines. In a way, I get where all the negativity comes from; the fact is, this is a community of mostly adults, and wherever there are a bunch of adults there will almost always be conflict. The fact that this is a forum about a children's toy is irrelevant. But at the same time, adults should know how to handle that conflict when it arises in a mature and effective way. Conflict is natural, but when it turns into dr
Yup. Both Vancouver stores and the Edmonton store are hiring so I'm applying. As for why I'm applying in two cities, I'm thinking about going back to Edmonton in January for university. If I get hired in Vancouver, I probably won't go back to Edmonton, and vice-versa. -Letagi
I spent the morning conducting a theoretical physics thought experiment. An effect of general relativity is that the closer you are to a gravitational source (an object with mass), the slower time flows. Near a black hole, which has infinite density, this effect is enormous. In fact, the result of this effect is that, as you approach a singularity, as you look towards the black hole you see its entire history, and as you look away from the black hole you see the entire future of the universe
I think I'm going to make it this year. Anyone else? Now, if they could just update the registration page on their website, like they said would be done in late November, that'd be great... -Letagi
It's been a good long while since I was involved to any degree in an Internet debate, but here goes. I like canonizations. I like world-building. I've always thought of the Kanohi mask as being the primary emblem of Bionicle; it was a symbol that captured the mysticism and tribal feel of the early years, the science-fantasy feel of the later years, and it was one of the few constants that remained throughout the entire story. Wherever the story went, there were always Kanohi. So masks are so
So I actually finished my entry and submitted it on time. The feet and upper legs were just built a few hours ago and are not quite how I imagined them, but I'm pretty happy overall, especially considering I haven't done any real MOCing in a few years. Here's the entry picture, and here's the gallery when it's public. -Letagi
Once again, I am reminded of how fantastic Flintsmith's work is. For any non-ancient members, Flintsmith makes custom pieces, especially Kanohi and other collectibles, in both plastic and metal. His pieces are virtually indistinguishable from official pieces, and are quite highly sought after by collectors. Thanks again Flintsmith! -Letagi
There's less than a week left in the entry period for the BFTGM contest, and I'm starting to run out of useful pieces in the correct colours. Unfortunately, I still have a pair of titan-sized legs to build. It looks like I may have to take apart some MOCs that have been together for a few years. But all in all, I'm pretty happy with my entry. Here, have a picture, and another, and another. -Letagi
