Okay, here's the answer to a question I posed yesterday.
What two sets did I buy for $18?
People guessed a canister and a Matoran.
Nope. Two canister sets. Specifically, two Phantoka.
The Phantoka were $5 off each, and they had the three Makuta and Kopaka. I already have Kopaka, but I never got the Makuta, and I was in the mood to buy. I couldn't decide between Antroz (with his cool mask and wings) or Chirox (his feet, thigh armor, and weapons). Vamprah, sorry, wasn't even a con
It could've been my entry into SSC#3, but I didn't write it all out until now. So, if you want to read The Departure, please do. It uses the song "Land of Confusion" by Genesis, and tells of Jaller and the Gang leaveing Metru-Nui to go search for the Toa Nuva. So... yeah. Enjoy.
And read / review. That's the main reason I'm adding this entry.
Everybody seems to be signing up for this lately. So I joined. Because, believe it or not, I'm a Harry Potter fan myself, and have reread the books more times than I would like to count. (Fav is still the 3rd one.) Anyway, I have a black cat as a pet, a 12.5 in dragon-core hornbeam rigid want. I'm in Gryffindor, despite me thinking my answers would lead me to Ravenclaw. And my user name is FangFeather22174 because of course they had to select the name and add a bunch of numbers to it. O
Do you own a Thornatus (2009 Tan Battle Vehicle) and plan on attending / sending stuff to a convention? If so, this blog post is for you. So the Thornatus has this one GIANT black, spikey, plastic wheel. IMO, it's kinda a lame piece; it doesn't make for a good wheel, and it's too large to really fit on anything else nicely. For me, it mostly takes up room in my Lego containers. I'm not going to assume that this is the same for everybody who owns that piece, but I'll guess that it's not o
As well as being one of my favorite emotions, it is also my real emotion right now. :annoyed2:
Yeah, this last week, we got a bunch of days off from school due to snowdays. And since our school just doesn't prepare, we have to make all these days up in the summer. So, what, we missed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday because of bad weather. (Monday too, but that was a holiday). For a one day week, it was bothersome. 'Cause on Friday we learned that our senior graduation (when I get to le
I think it's been about 6 years since I first got my PMship. Back then, I only got a years worth, but when that ran out I ordered lifetime. That was when there were rank images, but fewer of them, and the capability of attaching images loaded directly from my computer was the big plus. Of course, none of that compares to blogs, which is now my favorite thing about BZPower, much less PMship.
Yay for supporting BZP.
I thought it was just hype (and some extremely wishful thinking on some fan's part) but apparently it's a real thing that might happen. I'm trying to not let myself get excited, because I don't know how well they could pull it off with a single movie since the series was quite extensive... but all the same it's something to look forward to. (And hey, suddenly my Lego models seem a little more relevant.)
Animorphs-vs-Red-Skull-1 This is for a collaboration at BricksCascade. Basically, I had Animorph figs and I wanted to show them off, so I forced them into this set. I've had a couple ideas of how to incorporate the figs into some battle scene, and it's tricky. The characters are rarely in battle as humans, because they usually morph into animals. But even if I made minifig-scale brick build animals (or somehow used animal molds) I wouldn't have a need for the actual figs. So how wou
So I heard somewhere that they're revamping the Animorphs series. For those who don't know about it (and are thus that much more uncool) it was a late 90s book series about a group of teens who could change into animals who fought off a secret alien invasion. Real good stuff, but it ended like way long ago. So I heard that they're planning to re release the series, so a whole other generation can enjoy the stories. But... they're planning to change pop culture references to fit the current t
Wow.
I wish I'd learned about the Lego Universe version of Lego Digital Designer. Can finally make accurate mini figs of the characters since I can change the color of any piece. These four turned out nicely.
I've been on an unmentionable web movie site, watching taped episodes of anime for the first time. They're very weird. Some are funny, some are a bit too mushy for my tastes, and really they're all just crazy. I don't know what those Japanese were thinking when they made them (most of the ones I've seen either have english subtitles or bad voiceovers). i guess this is what I get for not having cartoon network, because I'm brand new to this form of cartoons.
And the best anime work I've se
I'm ticked. I got my car rear-ended today. Sure, it was at a stop sign and it was at less than 10 MPH, but I'm still ticked, because the guy tailgated me all the way down the road, which was congested enough from school being let out. The damage is hardly there, but it's the thought that counts.
If I could, I would like all tailgaters to have to walk on their hands and knees everywhere and be banned from ever, EVER, using cars again. :angry:
After thorough searching and plenty of dead ends, I finally founds a pair of headphones that worked for me. They fit over the ears (I hate the little iPod ones that you're supposed to shove into your ear, never been able to get those to work) and have a bar going around the back of the neck. They're easy to take one and off, and they don't have a distorted sound. They're Phillips brand.
And today they broke.
They didn't even brake in a place where I could duct tape them together; they
Man, this concept is just too cool. I'm not exactly treading new ground here: I only know about this technique because of Arthur Gugick's Anakin/Darth Vader and Batman/Joker mosaics. But although the idea seems basic enough, I haven't seen anybody else do this, but I want to experiment with new methods. So far he's covered the whole two-opposite-people-in-one-mosaic deal, but there are other things you could do. Day/Night. Before and After. Any two images that would juxtapose each other wo
I have come to realize that anger is a selfish impulse. You get angry at people for doing something that restricts the action of your getting something. Think about it.
Anger at bullies for stealing your lunch money- you get no lunch.
Anger at somebody cutting you off in traffic- you can't get to where you're going that much longer 'cause they're getting ahead of you now.
Anger at people for releasing pollutants and causing global warming- you don't get to lvie in a clean world
I am writing this blog entry while I watch the latest episode of Heros: Angels and Monsters (or something like that). All you Brits who view my blog... wait for a week and then join into the conversation.
» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «First off, Mohinder doesn't get the introductions anymore? His character is just going to Krazahni.
I like Hiro's methods of negotiations. In coffin... out coffin.
Wow, Linderman is alive... and not just to Nathan. I wonder how th
This week hasn't been exceptionally great. But it turns out I write better when I'm depressed or angry. Maybe my year's been too good lately, so I haven't had the right conditions to really write stuff. Anyhow, I wrote a chapter...
Chapter 9
And
Chapter 43
Its up to you to decide which I already had written and which I finished this week.
I made some custom category blocks for the side of my blog. I'll see how they work... they add a nice bit of color, but are probably a bit too big. (In case you haven't realized it yet, I've reduced the size of my side bar to 200 pixels, because the standard one [is it 300?] always messes with people's sigs and stuff, giving me posts that I can't completely read in my entries. [And those longer posts are also the ones I want to read too! ] Unfortunately, setting the pict size to 200 wasn't
I have a couple of cool blogs I want to write up, but I have no real inspiration to do so. Thus, I am posting a blog to talk about the weather.
But it's cool weather. And not in temperature. This week has been a real hot one. Up to 103 degrees F (I'm not even going to try to spell Farenheights...) Although, at one point, the thermometer recorded 107, but it was probably also picking up heat off the cement. I don't know the conversion to degrees F to Celcius... but it's been hot enough.
Did I just get the opening to write an epic fight scene? Why yes I did. Tis a long chapter, but it was fun. Hopefully we can finalize the story in the next few days. There's still lots of potential for it, and I eagerly await to see what the other authors are gonna do.
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
So I was looking at one of those newspaper work puzzles, where you have to rearrange the letters to get a word.
And I saw one was "lowalt"
Obviously, it's an anagram for "LOL Wat?"
Either that or tallow. But I digress.
Okay, here is the new Lewa in which I redesigned his armor. Actually, I think it's rather nice myself... it makes him look slimmer, which fits a Toa of Air (boo on you, Kongu Mahri) Although it is kinda too thing, and the blue friction pins don't help... but I went with what I had.
I was actually planning on following some members advice and returning it to Target... I need to go to Target again anyway. of course, it had to wait until after my classes were over for the week. But then, a
The irony nearly killed me. I have been checking my dorm mailbox regularly for weeks. (On the off chance that my parents send me something... they hinted at it but haven't followed through. And why does it matter... I'll be going home this weekend) Anyway, I checked it about once every day, sometimes even twice a day, and even at illogical times like Saturday night and the following Sunday morning (they don't deliver mail on Sunday. ). So I was kinda annoyed when my roomie came in and sai
