This weekend I had the privilege of going to KidsFest in Richmond. Even with my pilonidal cyst making it annoying to walk or sit, I had a good time. Sometime once I finish Toy Fair coverage, I'll put up coverage on The Chima Wiki. With permission from Black Six, since I reached my Flickr upload limit, here are all of my photos on The Chima Wiki's Facebook: http://fb.me/1x9zhik8M The Chima section was really fun. It seemed quite popular, though I suck with Speedorz (I'm practicing though), bu
Chima premiers tomorrow! And even better, I'll be able to watch it on my new 50" HDTV, instead of the little box I had before. It's gonna be awesome. Hopefully the TV show will bring lots of activity to The Chima Wiki. Any help is appreciated.
Guess I'll make a blog for once about my BrickFair adventures Day 1: Didn't really do anything at the con besides check in and help set up sound system Did not bring any MOCs. Bailed on the con to go take car pics (what else is new) and get free buffalo wings courtesy of my northern virginia friends Day 2: Did a seminar that I did not plan for ahead of time. Winged the whole thing and according to some audience members I nailed it. Starbucks "chill sesh" with Beyond the Brick and Kevin Hi
This isn't Bionicle or LEGO-related, but yesterday me and my car enthusiast friends got together to help a local boy's wish come true. Ryan, an 8 year old boy from my town suffering from a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, had one wish this year, and that was to take a picture with a Lamborghini, his favorite type of car. Through the help of the car community, we made this happen, and put together an event that gathered tens of Lamborghinis and multiple other types of high end sports car
Well, as you can see, I'm mostly inactive here on BZP anymore. Aside from BioniLUG, I've barely read a single topic recently, nor have I posted much at all. I guess it's three main causes for that... First, I really do not care one bit about Bionicle anymore, and it seems that any time people get the chance, they get all dramatic with "I guess this is the end", "I will wait for its return", etc. When I see that, I try not to be rude, but all I wish to say is "Grow up and move on". I know it's
not many people get hands-on with two McLaren P1s in one day... I guess I'm lucky in a way Quite an opportunity to see such a magnificent car in person and I just happen to have a LEGO set of it in a similar color! This McLaren P1 is a one of one in this satin orange finish and is chassis number 005. MSRP is $1.34 million USD and is easily worth much more than that already. Owned by a 21 year old here in Virginia.
So I spent all day playing the closed beta of Legends of Chima Online with some friends from Brickipedia. It's really fun and addicting and glitchy. Anyways, check this topic if you want beta access! http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=10010
As most of you know, I do professional automotive photography as my job/hobby outside of the LEGO community. Turns out I do more car-related stuff than LEGO-related stuff nowadays though, but some people asked me about my work while I was at BrickFair New Jersey, and while I had just bought 10248 Ferrari F40, I decided to try combining my two hobbies. You can see my other work (of real cars, not LEGO) at https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgebarnick/. This was the first time I've tried photog
The Ninjago Wiki has received confirmation of Ninjago to continue in 2014. The Ninjago Wiki will be bringing you more information and answering these FAQs shortly: Will there be more sets? Yes, there will in fact be more sets in 2014. [*]Will the TV series on Cartoon Network continue? [*]What will happen to Chima and Ninjago in 2014 being at the same time? Lemme hear your thoughts!
I don't blog enough I've been really inactive on BZPower lately My birthday is this month 20 days until Doctor Who 50th anniversary I got a job at Brickset as a news editor and database administrator today I left my position as administrator at Brickipedia for a while for various reasons I need a new phone (Nexus 5 pweaaaseee) I found this really catchy song by We Came As Romans I still don't understand why boys like My Little Pony Halloween was boring this year by the way Is it Christ
Hey guys, I've been going through all my old clothes that are way too small for me anymore and a few of them happen to be LEGO or BZPower related so I figured I'd see if anyone would like to buy them before I send them to Goodwill. None of them are torn and they're all clean and well-laundered over the years. I'll probably just ask $10 for each (covers shipping which is usually around $5 for a package and allows me to make a small amount of money off of it) unless you don't live in the United St
So jamesster and I were discussing LEGOLAND, and I realized how long ago it was that I was last at a LEGOLAND park. This is a picture of my most recent trip to LEGOLAND Cali: An while I'm at it, here is Aanchir, Lyichir and I at LEGOLAND Cali: (from left to right: My dad, Lyichir, Aanchir, me) Also, just if you are curious, here was my first experience with LEGO, at the age of 1:
So there's a beaver tribe now, in a video I can't link to, though it is on The Chima Wiki's video hosting site. Here they are. Also, I got a much better image of Plomar. Oh and a REALLY good image of Furty the Fox and G'Loona the gorilla, never before seen on TV or in sets (except Toy Fair). What do you guys think?
Just wishing everybody in the BZP community a Merry Christmas! And I guess I can post my loot. A picture, not counting what was in my stocking: Now the list: A new computer. Sweater (soft and floofy) Button-down shirt Socks (yay?) Agenda with a hoers on the cover Mega-Bloks Lamborghini Hobbit thingamajig Some Ninjago stuff Flash Drive (8GB) Steam Money (thanks Aanchir and Lyichir) Google Play money Wireless Mouse Chocolate and other candies A LEGO City set Money Other
Here you go guys: Cragger and his sister Crooler: http://chima.brickcraft.me/wiki/images/6/66/Cragger_and_Crooler.png Eris, Laval, and a gorilla: http://chima.brickcraft.me/wiki/images/0/00/Eris_Laval_and_Gorilla.png GORILLAZ: http://chima.brickcraft.me/wiki/images/2/26/Gorilla_Tribe.png An adorable Laval holding Chi: http://chima.brickcraft.me/wiki/images/0/03/Laval_With_Chi.png Crug, with his metal jaw of glory: http://chima.brickcraft.me/wiki/images/6/68/TV_Crug.png Razar: http:
I believe all of the judges have sent in their votes at this time. Hahli Husky will post the winners when she gets the chance. Since I'm in charge of prizes, there may be a delay in shipping the 2nd and 3rd place prizes (spinners). The reason for this is that they are in heavy demand this holiday season, and I can't find a single spinner set anywhere. NRG Jay and NRG Zane seem to be some people's favorites, so I'll try to look for some of them. If I have to though, I'll order them online. I'
I swear we have the weirdest conversations. Half of the conversation yesterday is our top-secret troll plan that we might be able to do at a certain time of year in 2013. No more details. The other half is an agreement that hashtags and swag makes everything better, so we are... Making a charity called #hastags4swag that guarantees 1 swag donated for every hashtag. All of my posts on my profile feed will now be hashtags because why not.
Okay, so Toy News magazine predicts that Legends of Chima will be the must-have boys toy in 2013. Also, an interview with a LEGO employee has confirmed Chima constraction (Hero Factory-like) sets and Chima board games for late 2013. Also, the Gorilla Clan is now confirmed. From the interview: This is a good day.
Look the policy changed! So I can actually link to sites like Facebook without having to annoy Black Six on AIM now! Well yeah so LINKS: Facebook (mostly posts about my personal life, but some LEGO-related stuff too) Twitter (same as Facebook) Tumblr (mostly just bands and fandom stuff) Instagram (my boring self and pictures of where I go) Oh and I changed my blog name
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmasssssssss Ehem. So for those who have already been celebrating, yay. For those who will be celebrating tomorrow, I know how you feel; I can't wait either. I have my eyes on one present I know I'm getting. My new computer. So this is the last night I'll be posting from this little guy. And thank goodness my phone is so amazing because I'm running a USB LAN connection from it's 4G signal, because there is usually no Wi-Fi here at my nana's house.
Oh my goodness I love this thing. And yes it has Windows 8 but it's awesome. I can actually play games now! But since I've been at my grandma's house which has no wifi, I've been running a LAN network through the USB connection of my phone (4G speeds yay), but I have to wait to install my newly bought games like Max Payne 3 because that would cost me over $300 in data overages.
I got a 3 minute long preliminary video for LEGO Chima today. It's really funny. The minifigures were terrible. Laval looked like a hedgehog, and the eagles looked like something that would have been found in nuclear waste. The gorillas look more Planet of the Apes than they look LEGO. The constraction sets are cool though. And the Speedorz concepts were pretty sweet. It also had some gameplay of LEGO Legends of Chima Online, the MMO coming out later this year. Sadly the video was in Russi
