As many of you know, or will now learn, I am fascinated with music. What kinds, you may ask? (Either that or you're being forced with this question.)
I'm big into Classic Rock. The obvious connection from there is my Pink Floyd collection. My original Blog title was "A Momentary Lapse of Reality," an obvious play on words from the original title, which was "A Momentary Lapse of Reason," an awesome album from them. The current one is a more accurate portrayal of that, "A Delicate Sound of Blag
Oh man. I did not even begin to imagine how fun that'd be. I mean, dude. Thanks go out to TNU, MI, KZN02, Avlok and some other guy I just met who isn't from BZP for the awesome game. MANN CO WAS SAVED! NOW GIMME MY MONEY!
The Onyx Night, a pure black Emerald Night modified to look more American. I'll post more later, I suppose... work time. I just felt like showing off this one with only one photo.
So, I get to work today, and lo and behold I'm already slammed into work. That's fine, that's why I'm there. I had designed a model last year for Dan, a firehall based in New York (Hook & Ladder 8, also known as the Ghostbusters HQ) and we're not sure what happened, but it got damaged in a specific place. So the back wall is removable. On one side is a set of windows and (badly designed) fire escape. On the reverse is a blank wall, that way we can put it in any display where we have limi
First, I should add a Gaming category. I talk about games so much
Second, I think if they make a third game, the Turret King should be the boss. You know who I mean.
Imagine him crashing into a wall in a test chamber randomly. "I SEE YOU!" in a loud booming voice.
"ARE YOU STILL THERE?"
... "NAP TIME."
That would be epic to be chased by all game. I'd love to see his electronic eye point at you randomly in levels as he searches for you.
"THERE YOU ARE!"
And then, just for fu
We created a community calendar event for MakutaFest. Now you can RSVP and I'll get an idea of who's going Also I want to blog about a movie I just saw today, but I'll wait. Suffice it to say it was -amazing-.
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Your blog will be available until sometime tonight, so when you are able to use it again next year, if premier perks are again a part of the celebration, do no
So, as I mentioned in an earlier blag entry, I now work at a LEGO art studio called City Blocks. My first project for them is an event piece in which we are modifying the Green Grocer, a LEGO Exclusive set.
What modifications, you might ask? Well for one, the whole thing used to be 32 studs wide. It is now 31. Two, it has only one middle section normally. Now it has three. Also, it has tan stripes. Not anymore. And finally, it had a rounded front market with steps going in. The shop front is
Xccj had his, so now I should keep a log of what I want. 1) Weighted Storage/Companion Cube If I make a WSC, I'd make it light up. If I make WCC, it'd just be standard. I can find enough plate to make the stripes light up. 2) Microcity scale anything I am fascinated by micro, being that I personally have limited parts in system. I can envision a whole table layout, using 8x8 plate as my base, either baseplate or regular plate. Nearly anybody could submit an 8x8 plate of any standard color, a
Alright, I have mailed out four of the six prizes to the winners of MakutaFest 2012. I cannot (at the moment) afford to ship to the two Canadian winners, but I am making arrangements as I type this (I'm -very- resourceful). The four winners who will receive prizes within the next week are: TanmaDude (-TD-) who gets a TNGM Despair who also gets a TNGM Tekulo: Toa of the Breeze, who gets the silver masks and Kothra, who gets the mask bag (AND FORGOT TO PUT HIS ZIP CODE IN THE EMAIL GRAAAAAAA
I know many have already said to remember those who have fallen for their country, and those are truly those whose memories and lives we should honor. But I want to look deeper. I truly wish to remember and honor the families who lost loved ones in these wars. I want to remember every wife, child, mother, father, brother, sister, even grandchildren who lost those serving our fair country. Now you might ask me, why should we care about them? Is not today the day remember fallen heroes? An
So I get to work today, and my boss drops this bit of news on me: We need to clear out the space Xccj and I built the island of Mata Nui MOC in to make way for a birthday party in a few short weeks. That means the island had to move. Like now. So, it's now at my house, along with Green Lantern and Captain America (the megafigs we made). Any changes needed to be made must be made at my house now. In other words, I cannot fix the volcano nor the mountain. BUT! I can repair Po-Koro and ad
It's raining like crazy over here. Oh, and it's 6 AM. I'm still on PDT mindset. HOORAY FOR REDEYE FLIGHTS! I'll be in Detroit by 11 AM their local time. So 8 AM my time. I need a nap x_x
For no reason whatsoever, the Staff Survivor game got overrun by BS01 staff? That'd be hilarious. Also I just got done with a huge week of work, gluing a commissioned mosaic designed from scratch. I'm tired, but I still have one more day to work on the week alone, and I have to prep for a birthday party with a Technic theme. Yes, there's some Bionicle in the pack, but not much. We also have almost every Star Wars technic droid set going towards it, too. I've gotta finish repairing the Droi
http://www.bs01podca...utafest-prizes/ And these masks are already in my possession, ready for the winners. ALL PRIZES ARE COURTESY OF CITY BLOCKS, TACOMA'S LEGO ART CENTER.
Did I forget to mention we have grand prizes, too? These six go to ONE lucky winner. And this is only one of the two grand prizes. I didn't even photograph the second one yet. Details coming soon. Oh also, we moved MakutaFest to Aug. 5th. Same time so far. ALL PRIZES ARE COURTESY OF CITY BLOCKS, TACOMA'S LEGO ART CENTER.
Basically, I underestimated how many BZP members going to BrickFair would be interested in joining in on MakutaFest. Therefore we might push the time back to 7 PM EDT/4 PM PDT. (We're -still- discussing this internally, BZP reporting jumped the gun on us.) And yes, I realize the closing ceremonies is at 6 PM EDT. But if we push it too far back, nobody else could attend. Sorry folks, I'm really trying my best.
Sorry for the delay winners, but I had good reason. Two weeks ago my boss looked at me and said "I'm sick of these business cards, make me a new one." So I did. We just got them last week. And I need to coordinate with him when to sign 6 brand new business cards so I can ship them with the winning prizes. Basically, it's a logistics problem. It may take me another week or two to get it all out the door. But I am doing the best I can. Thank you.
MakutaFest 2015 is behind us. Now, it is time to look forward. ... But while we're looking forward, let's listen back to the past : D Again, thank you to all the listeners, and to my TTV and BS01 co-hosts. Let's never talk about this again. ... Until next year
Hey all. ... I haven't posted in awhile. Huh. ANYWAY. Coming up this Saturday, we've got MakutaFest 2015. Cue the one lonely dude cheering in the back corner. Not that guy, the one next to him that's quieter. I'll be one of the hosts for this upcoming event, and we have plans to giveaway a few sets on the stream via trivia questions and via raffle. For more details, view the video
. Likewise, we're also planning to review the Summer 2015 sets as soon as they arrive to us on BS01, and we'l
During MakutaFest 2014, we had a grand prize giveaway of a Lego sculpture modeled after the Legend of Metru-Nui Vahi. The winner was, of course, VoxuChro. When I posted the topic for signup, I mentioned I could only ship to North America, due to cost and insurance. However, to make up for this limitation to our non-NA listeners, I agreed to release the instructions to the public so anybody, regardless of country of origin, could get one of they so chose to make one. Therefore, today I publical
Greetings everyone! So, that image? Yeah, it's a link. Basically that's the only way (for now) to enter for MakutaFest's Random Drawing. I wish I had posted it back on Wed, but I didn't get that chance. ENTER TODAY! : D
