I have a question for everyone: What is your preference between hardback books and paperback books? And not just in general, but new books, older books, favorite books, read-it-once-then-donate books, etc. See, I work at a bookstore, and constantly I'll hand someone a hardback (because it's new or is still selling well even after being out for half a year or more) and they'll ask "Is it in paperback?" (Um, no, this new Dan Brown book came out yesterday. It's in hardback because they know they'
Happy Halloween!
Scary image #1
Scary Image #2
What's scary is that this stuff is on Brickshelf in the first place!
-CF
Quote of the Day: Pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity - The state or condition of not having the faintest idea what's going on.
SyFy has some good stuff...and some bad stuff.
But I'm willing to realize I may be watching something terrible, because the concept is too cool for me not to want to watch.
SyFy's upcoming "cheap"movie:
Sharktopus (Now with a picture!)
Just roll that around in your head for a few moments, be brave enough to check out my provided picture, and hopefully we can ride the ridiculous wave together.
-CF
Obviously the grandfather paradox (going back and killing your grandfather so you would not exist and therefore can not go back in time and kill him so then he doesn't die but then does give birth to your dad...) is messy and a no-no, but perhaps there are some other options if the power were possible.
I guess there is what happened in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where Harry and Hermione stayed out of the way when freeing *spoiler* Buckbeak and Sirius. But even then there's a m
That contest? Build a Glatorian and send it into LEGO and they choose 5 winners to get a $100 LEGO gift card? Yeah, that'll be like taking candy from a baby (well, from a 10 year old...). 5 grand prize winners. Five! Well now, if I just whip up a head like this (without back spikes) and put it on this guy, or put Ackar's head (assuming I can get him during October break) on this guy (minus actual flames) or this guy (why is he still built? That was 3 years ago!) (Raanu's helmet would also
BrickFair was great! I met so many people! The likes of which include Arpy, Nukaya Cloud Fire, xccj, Primus, Nuju Metru, ToM Dracone, Dablackcat, and Waffles, among plenty of other people who I can not remember (sorry! these are the highlights).
Arriving at the con, everything looks neat, and the Dulles Expo Center is so BIG.
The Bionicle Mosaic Project went well. We set up Onua on Friday, got pieces Friday night to build another Kopaka square, and set him up on Saturday before the pub
Hi all, I have a problem. I'm bad at making up names. You know, for fictional stories? So would you tell me, please, what you think some good names are? First names, last names, your best friends' names or those of inspirational 15th century world leaders. Whatever. Just drop them here in the comments and I'll find a way to thank you in my NaNoWriMo novel when I make it big. EDIT: I'm fine on guys' names now. I would really appreciate some for the awesome ladies I'll be placing in my s
Are you crazy in a sane type of way, or sane in a crazy type of way?
I'd say I'm crazy in a sane type of way.
-CF
Quote of the Day: Note: I do not compensate for injuries such as falling on the floor, dying of laughter, etc.
Quick*, what are some good Firefly pick-up lines? Something that uses a quote, of course--something recognizable.
Or I could just start with a question. Sit down next to her and ask if she knows what the Chain of Command is.
-CF
*Quick meaning in a day.
First, Ca' has some interesting notes on proporions.
Emphasis on wide-shouldered.
And ToM Dracone mentioned it in his review of Tanma:
Where I'm going with this is that I really think the designs in sets need some look at human proportions. Granted, the Bionicle aren't human, but their current 11 stud wide shoulders is ridiculous.
Look at the Toa Mata and Metru: their shoulders were 7 studs wide (once you put on the joints, where their arms moved.)
The Hordika were about 9 studs
If you look at it one way, I bought the set. If you look at it another way, it was a Christmas gift bought with Christmas money.
Nonetheless, I got Takanuva for $20 at my local Lego Store yesterday and built him promptly upon arriving home. I also bought three Slave I keychains for $2.50 each. All with my 10% discount of course. Sadly I did not feel it would be appropriate to squander more money on the $20 Droid Gunship. (I would have had the return of my Uncle's horrid gift to me resulte
Hey! I made instrucions for my Piraka Fusion MOC.
Folder Here
I would specifically suggest:
The Hand
and
The Staff
And since it seems that the Talkback Topic isn't properly linked at the time, go ahead and use this to give any comments you might have until staff does something about the link. (But, staff, please do fix it, and don't rely on this) (hey, Omi, how about you start one?)
I would also like this to be the place for discussion for my MOC in general.
(The News Article)
We need 5xN bricks.
Who's with me!?!?
-CF
Quote of the Day: A good friend bails you out of jail. A best friend is sitting next to you saying “Man that was fun!”
I just finished commenting in this topic. The one on brown. I have wanted to give my thoughts on this matter (brown vs. keetorange, bringing back brown, and making sure Pohatu #3 will be brown (and tan))
Here is what I said:
While we're talking about color schemes, I really want the green back that was used before Metru. I guess this is myself because all I have is Lewa, Matau, and some random bits of green Technic pieces, but I also don't quite like the darker colors on green, red, a
It's that time of year again. Unless the last local newspaper out of the four I applied to say they'll offer me a paid internship, I'm stuck at my movie theater again. Also, they probably will not give me enough hours, so I might get a second job. More on that later. For now, the movies I am interested in seeing:
(The * denotes the ones I'm looking forward to the most and would pay for if I did not have the job.)
Iron Man 2
Robin Hood (perhaps)
Prince of Persia (perhaps)
Toy Story 3 (
You know, like Tilius and his Who pictures...
(And he was right, you know. :angry: )
Also, my other favorite band is the House Martins. I don't know if anyone remembers the House Martins...
Also also: Bingle bongle dingle dangle, yickle dee-do, yickety da, ping pong, lippy toppy to-ta.
-CF
One where the main character finally wants to ask a girl out, one that will probably go out with him, only to learn they're heading to different colleges.
-CF
Quote of the Day: Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.
On the first day of class, teachers usually ask me if I prefer to be called Ben or Benjamin. I think from now on I'll say, "Actually, I prefer _______."
Possible names would be things like Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, etc, and, if I can buy a Sonic Screwdriver, The Doctor (and then pull it out if anyone recognizes the name).
-CF
Plenty of thanks to xccj for figuring out the Pic To Brick program!
He has made this image:
and it looks great!
Thus, the mosaic will be split into 6 sections as so:
[1][.___]
[2][.__3]
[4][5][6]
With each piece (1,2,4,5,6) being 32x32 and piece 3 being 64x64 (which Arpy will make)
Now, we need people to make these pieces on their own! Here's the list. (Click on the thumbnail for the mosaic image)
Piece 1 Claimed by Letagi
Piece 2 Claimed by Xccj
Piece 3 Cl
10 days until graduation!
Seeing the front page news reminded me to write this. This isn't about how TRU is increasing the prices on their Phantoka early, but more so how they increase all their Lego prices no matter what.
It sickens me.
I went there a few weeks ago to get some Lego for my sister's birthday, and everything except the Mahri were increased by a dollar, or two. I think some of the $15 Exo-Force sets were $20. What really sickened me was seeing the Avi-toran at $7 each.
I was going to write an entry on the differenced in definition for "geek," "nerd," and "dork," all in very loving ways that do not degrade anybody, but first I want your definitions, because I believe that it is greatly the opinion of everyone to make those definitions, as I have encountered many different uses.
So, define away, please!
-CF
Since I don't have time to give you a full report of what I did.
Yes I have a prototype, but I'll show that off later.
I met a ton of cool people who I will list later (for reasons a certain North Dakotan will know).
There were a bunch of other cool people there who I had already met.
I got a bunch of free stuff.
I bought a few things at a ridiculous discount.
I bought a BrickArms phaser and received a free, black, prototype Storm Trooper gun.
I now have 3 red and 3 yellow Bitil wings,
