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Also, is the fig on the far left meant to be Ice Planet or Aquasharks? If it's the former it needs more white, and if it's the latter it needs more black. As it is it's pretty ambiguous.

It's neither. I wanted to use the trans orange of the mask, the blue of the newly colored shell, and the gunmetal of the jetarangs.

-CF

That visor!

-CF

Random question: how many BIONICLE posters did you end up getting? And which did they give out each day? I know on Thursday it was Gali and Onua, but seeing as it was a four-day event and there were only six Toa I'm curious whether any got repeated or whether there were posters for, say, the Lord of Skull Spiders and the six Protectors.

DOZENS. O_O

There are seven in all: One of each Toa and one featuring the Mask of Creation.

-CF

Man, plant hangers seem really handy now. It does look good!

So true! Thanks!

Your room looks awesome, and the Milano just makes it moreso.

I agree! I made sure to get some background posters in to show off my nerdiness. [wink.jpg]

-CF

I hope it's not too low. Stepping on LEGO is bad enough that I'd imagine hitting your head on it wouldn't be too pleasant.

Haha, too true.

It's plenty high up. And above my dresser, so no chance of my head being under it.

-CF

Brilliant! Good luck at BC!

Reminds me of a button I have on a backback:

-CF

PortLUG wanted to do a Bionicle thing? Really?

This looks great, though! Nice way to display a Kanohi.

-CF

Wow that was fast!

I really like it. Great design, great colors! Reminds me I really need to start toying around with translucent colors and blacklights.

-CF

Foam perhaps! Crafted onto a construction hard hat?

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I think I'll stick to instruction booklets and catalogs, as opposed to printing out pictures, because the quality of the image is higher. It all depends on what I have on hand, but the visuals you've linked to are pretty cool and things I would use depending on what I have.

-CF

BIONICLE!!  Also maybe Ninjago.

 

I like how they went from $2 to $5 between the two paragraphs. 

 

At $2, $5 for 3 is a deal!

-CF

Price-fixing? I figure it's because of supply and demand, as Octodad posted. Maybe some price-fixing goes on at the convention vendors, but on Bricklink there are better chances of something going down because of more quantity available, otherwise everyone would have a specific fig at the same price.

-CF

I'm going to have to check out this Spacesuit book.

Two great sci-fi books I've read recently are Ready Player One and Redshirts, though I don't know if I'd read them again. Certainly fun, fast-paced, well-written books though, and worth the read! Maybe get them from the library instead of the bookstore.

I'm with you on trying to avoid trilogies currently and enjoy some one-and-done stories.

Single-stories I haven't read yet but are on my to be read list include the Star Wars book Scoundrels which is like Ocean's Eleven with Star Wars. There's The Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs which is the grandfather of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars (this might be at Barnes and Noble as a trilogy of the first three books, which might be a better deal than each one individually). I've heard Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is amazing.

Happy reading!

-CF

BrickFair VA happened.

You weren't there.

Again.

Anyway you're blog is great as usual.

Cool beans. I posted my own Brickfair haul on Flickr. Here's what I got from vendors and yard sales, and here's what I got from the parts draft. I still need to blog about Brickfair. Maybe I'll have an entry up later today.

So much cool stuff! This year my intent was to be more thrifty, but I'm realizing the downside to not seeking out great LEGO deals on the spot (because, aside from overpriced minifigs, there are a lot of deals). Next year will be different.

-CF

I'd love to play Smash Up! Haven't played before, but it looks awesome!
 

I'll be bringing Munchkin/Star Munchkin/Munchkin Apocalypse (All with various expansions), Settlers of Catan (with 6 player expansion), and Small World. In fact, I'm leading a Munchkin game at 1:30 on Thursday, with LEGO-Compatible Munchkin weapons as prizes! (Sign up on BrickFair's website.)

I am very open to starting games during down time.

-CF

While most of my West Coast BZP friends go to BrickCon, not all of them go to BricksCascade. That said, getting free sets sounds awesome. (And DV makes a good point on BrickCon's treatment of the Bionicle theme.)

If plans are being steered toward NYCC this year, I might make that my "other" convention.

-CF

New York Comic Con!

 

 I hear New York Comic Con is going to be awesome though.

Amended my entry to reflect this option I was unsure of calling attention to.

-CF

If I sold stuff as a vendor, I'd love to have a box of LEGO buttons (made from catalogs and instructions). Unfortunately a button maker costs ~$600 (which includes some button materials at the ready), so getting any profit off of that won't happen until probably the second convention (being optimistic my supply and demand price and inventory is good).

-CF

That A-Wing torso definitely won't work for GL. I might have to try my hand at waterslide decals...

As for Gambit, I'd love to make one of my favorite X-Men, but it's a matter of finding the right torso (and headpiece, though not necessary recently). I already have a 1x2 tile that is an array of playing cards waiting.

-CF

Last week I was thinking about how we need some aquatic Chima.

Nice job.

-CF

I hope they live up to the BrickFest name!

Have fun!

-CF

Didn't AL already happen?

No it won't be. This is a BFVA collab.

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Welcome! Always good to have another member go Premier! Such a grand account upgrade!

Have fun!

-CF

Oh man, I remember this! Had no idea where it came from or how to get it back.

Nice find!

-CF