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Anyone remeber those old Lego Maniac commercials? I've seen them online and I like them.
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This, as you can see, is, as of this typing, is the center theme of the blog.
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After studying a pic of Krika for a rather long time, I've come to the conclusion that it isn't as wonderful as I originally thought. "Oh no!" I hear you all cry (well, I don't really, but I wanted to add something for dramatic effect). "But Krika is fantabulous etc!" Well, something was nagging me for ages about him, and I finally figured it out: his entire torso looks solid, whereas his head and limbs have the wonderful, translucent veiny texture. I am of the opinion that Krika would look far better if: 1. All white pieces used the wonderful, translucent veiny texture. All. Including sockets. Whilst this might not necessarily be practical, I think it'd look awesome. 2. Black could probably stay. I don't know what else to replace it with. And now for the other news. Video problems are sorted out, yay! Being an adult doesn't suddenly stop you from acting like a child. I've found out that my right arm is more muscular than my left; I think this is a result of hauling newspapers around every morning for ages and favouring my right arm. Especially as I'm left handed. -Seran
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Yup, I have NXT. Also, my internet is horrible right now. Also, I wanted to say something, but I forgot what it was now. MkII
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I've finally figured out the general look of all my Toa and what masks they'll have (very important) for my epic, so maybe once I make some names I'll be more reluctant to write the story. Here they are! I'd like your opinions (and please pay attention to my thoughts) on what I have so far: Brown Toa: With metal sash Without I'm thinking without. The sash would have been cool on a paper-thin body like the Inika torso, but not here. I've changed just a little more, and I think he's done. Storyline-wise, he's a weapons master. Toa of Water I think she's done. I might take off the left hand claw, which I call the "shark's tooth" for a reason: She's half Toa, half Hordika. Her transformation back to a Toa didn't quite finish, so occasionally her aggressive, Hordika side kicks in, usually in the water (her "natural" environment). It should make for an interesting character to not have a soothing Ga-Toa. (That's also why she has fins on her arms and a dorsal fin, as well as the bohrok eyes on her feet (maybe some bohrok teeth in the front) and that sharp silver thigh armor.) Lekia, Toa of Air. I'm pretty sure, but I think a wide shoulder might be bad. I've thought it over but haven't been inspired yet to make something thinner. But 8 studs wide isn't bad. And his body does look airy. (Oops, he has a green head. I better but the right head back soon.) Storyline-wise, he wields a boomerang. I don't think I've seen a Le-Toa with one of those yet. Toa of Earth With Huna With Pakari Originally, it was the Pakari, but that's "standard" and I wanted to tryout the Huna. (After having tried all my other black masks, including a black Ruru, which is also "standard.") I think this looks great. He's hunched, clawed, and I like him. I do worry about the long arms in relation to the short legs, but I've pictured various Onu-Toa with ape-like stances. (Note, he will have dark green eyes, I need to remember to switch that.) Kapyro, Toa of Fire He's done, except for the black (++) on his sword, which will be red. He has harnessed his power over fire so well, he has practically become it. (Picture The Human Torch from the Fantastic 4.) So he makes his own fire sword out of flame. (If he's underwater or something, he has crafted a small sword forged from pure fire.) Toa of Ice This one needs the most work. The body was made two nights ago, and refined, but I need to make it a little more straight (or not curved) to match the arms. That, or change the arms. But I really like the arms, so we'll see where I go with it. Also, the mask is grey, not white, so that's different. (As Omi said, the hat should match the shoes. Oh well.) I definitely wanted a shield on a Toa of Ice. I'm also glad I was able to use the Pridak foot for chest armor. How are they? -CF Quote of the Day from Nukora: Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I has it. Now be jealous. MkII
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*Sigh* BrickJournal #3 Vol 2 hasn't arrived yet. Neither has the latest Lego Mag or Catalog. But Star Wars Insider arrived a few weeks ago and I had a Breakaway waiting for me when I got back home from WorkCamp. I've got a lot of reading to do. I'll post a list soon. But for now I'm about to finish up the Death Note manga. (Speaking of which, ironically, I was able to read it every night at WorkCamp.) -CF Currently rockin' to some Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children music. Quote of the Day: from Nukora: An optimist thinks this is the best of all worlds. A pessimist fears the same may be true. - Doug Larson
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(Click for image) For the Storyline and Theories contest, obviously. Here's the entry post. Here's the MOC topic. And here's the bio in case you're too lazy to click the links above: Cheers, -BC
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Got some pieces in the mail today. I'll try to get a pic for you guys later. I was suprised how fast they came! And with that, I have some blue pieces for My self MOC. Anyway, I can't wait for BBCC 50! I have Seranikai almost finished too. Hopefully I get get him done withought having to use his pieces if the contest pops up. P.S. My favorite thing about Twilight Princess is the part where you open up Malo Mart in Castle Town. *Buy one* *Get one* *If you want one* *You can get one* Still have that song stuck in my head! Oh, and I have found myself watching the Gargoyles series again. Good memories! Later days! ~BD~
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Yay replacement parts. MkII
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Being in a LUG (LEGO Users' Group) has it's perks. Besides regularly meetings hanging out with AFOL's in one big room building Lego, we (as in my LUG, WAMALUG) get invited to events around town, to display our MOCs and talk to the community about who we are, what we do, why we're grown (mostly) people building with Lego, etc. Today was such an event. Reston, Virginia, has a certain strip mall called Reston Town Center. Each year they have the Taste of the Town, in which food vendors from the Town Center and nearby come out with some food samples and such. People nearby (and not so nearby if you think about my 35 minute drive, but as I always say it's worth it to get "out" to hang out with friends) come to enjoy live bands, visit the Kids Korner, and of course, taste the town. WAMALUG was there to be part of Kids Korner. We set up a small town (houses next to each other), put all my space MOCs next to it, and surrounded it with a train track (with train). It was also decorated with minifigs. Many minifigs. I put Spider-Man against Doctor Octopus on one roof. Some Jedi and Sith (and some custom ones) were dueling it out all over. I made a Boy Scout minifig recently, and he was found hiking around town. There were tons of minifigs and cars just adding to the whole scene. There may be pictures later, but right now there aren't any. I would have taken pix, but I didn't have a camera available today. Other minor details include that we get free food (tickets)! So who else was there? Well, two of my friends had other plans, but Heather showed up with a plane and two cars to show off, and a grey baseplate for me. (Can you say moonbase?) If anyone is in the WAMALUG area, I invite you to come to a meeting sometime. At 3:00 it started getting windy, then rainy, then windy and rainy, then it was pouring. By the time is was both, we were already half packed from the first big gust of wind, which just went through the town like a tornado. So we left in pouring rain and soaked, but it was fun. -CF Quote of the Day: "How long did it take you to build this?" -People today "Five minutes." -What I wanted to reply.
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Fun with lightsabers, I just had to do something out of the ordinary. More here. If that doesn't appeal to you, maybe my recent haul will. But that's not half of it. What I really want to show you is the Dark Orange! And it all cost me less than $7. And I'm having trouble finding Izzo's (or is it Moko's?) Japanese schoolgirl with the long pigtails and the school case that turns into a gun. Made of Lego, if you're getting dirty thoughts. It's really good and now I can't find it. Speaking of Izzo, I need to go make some Mecha soon. But I've still got a Toa project I need to finish up. -CF Quote of the Day: A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.
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1) The Panera job interview went well. They have a system of being interviewed by two managers though, so no news yet. So far the job would only be 20 hours a week. I also called Target and I'll have an interview on Wednesday. 2) I got the Indy 4 soundtrack as well as the Ironman soundtrack (since Ca says it's so good) for $22. Borders is having a 40% sale on all single disk CDs. With the gift cards I have, I figured I could do it instead of worrying about cash! Perhaps I'll review them in the future. 3) Current desktop. 4) My apologies for the recent blog entries that haven't lived up to my standard happy, random, at the least insightful entries that I wish to be the norm. I'll get through life and girls and jobs and all just fine, and it's great having you all here to support me. That's why BZPower is called a "community." 5) Anyone else see Slyowl's Dungmall? Lulz. 6) Alright! MOCs! I have a couple recent MOCs, so one a day won't hurt. Tell me what you think of the microspace Freighter! 7) What do you want to see next? Cruiser, Rorg, SaberShip, or some WIPs? 8) That's all for now, folks. I need to run off and finish LotR: FotR, because I've never seen it. (Because I strongly prefer to read books first. I finished it last summer, but the DVD player broke. I finally have time now after we got a new DVD player after Christmas. With any luck I'll finish the other two books before college (we have all three movies), but for me I prefer action (in which I mean plot movement) over lots and lots of descriptions.) -CF Quote of the Day: Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
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Everyone else is blogging about it, so I'd thought I'd say that I got Bionicle Legend's 10, Swamp of Secrets, last week. Yeah. Still need to finish it. And where is the code? I looked in the front, back, and skimmed through it all, but couldn't see it. -CF Quote of the Day: Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
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I just got Downfall.
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Long ago I had a need for this. -CF Quote of the Day (one of my favorites!): It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.
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Just got Icarax. 8D
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Pohatu Phantoka is WIN. But thin.
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Oh yes. Chirox and Kirop, Pohatu and Photok, and Lewa and Tanma here I come! But still no Icarax. ~E~
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I was surfing through Brickshelf as per usual, and I came across Refuteku's folder of prototype sets. Some of them were vaguely interesting, so lets take a little stroll down the Road That Could Have Been... Kopaka Phantoka This is quite intriguing...I wonder if the colour scheme was actually meant to be grey and blue, or whether those just happened to be parts that were lying around when they made the prototype? The wings on his legs look pretty cool, but look - torso armour! The set designers actually tried to come up with some new armour designs! So perhaps we shouldn't be blaming the designers for the sets looking awful, but the people who simplified the sets? Hmm. Miru Nuva Phantoka Now some of these are just awesome. The top left looks neat, very helmet-like, which would've been a nice change. And number four on the second row looks brilliant, like some sort of spacey mecha head. Thing. Shame they didn't use those designs, really. Pohatu Phantoka You know, that's actually pretty amazing. The gun in the chest is a bit much, granted, but the colour scheme is cool, and that mask just screams 'make an evil alien MOC please'. Just look at it. Wow. And new leg armour? Why can't the final sets be as awesome as this? Hewkii Inika Now this is just silly. Ages ago, when we first saw Axonn and Brutaka, I was convinced that their weapons and masks had to belong to the Toa, because Lego hardly ever made new masks and weapons for the Titans, right? Just look at it. Axonn's mask used to be Hewkii's! I was right! And his axe - I was sure that Hewkii would use one of Axonn's blades for his own weapon, and again, I was sort of right - the designs are obviously related, as the prototype has those same incisions along the side of the blade. You know what the sad thing is? Again, that prototype looks far better than the final set. Amazing the difference a proper head, cool spiky mask, and shiny axe will do... Here endeth the lesson, you may go in peace. -Seran
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2 days until graduation! Got Chirox yesterday night, hid it outside (in Lego Store bag) before going inside so my parents wouldn't see. Took it out this morning because I got up after everybody left the house. Built it instead of eating breakfast, which meant I had to eat a quick (Entimens!) breakfast and got to school just in time. But Chirox is amazing and I'm so glad I got him! What's to love: Looks coolPoses OKSwords/wings on hands are sweeeeet!Wings are coolMoar black Piraka armsNew-design black double (7 length) joint (x6)Moar Hordika skullsSilver Nuparu Mahri armorSilver Metru chest armor (now I have 2!)Black Hordika legs (I needed)Mask is coolTwo words: Tridax PodPlenty of good MOCing stuffNice set for collectionIf anything not to love, it's his flimsy kneck (easily fixable with some advice from xccj) and his arms, which aren't easy to pose folded up like that, but you absolutely can't spread them out and expect to get anything from doing so. I really like him. He's cool to pose too, bending one knee and making the other leg straight. I couldn't find anything to make him stay like that though, so he just had to lay on my chair again.... Senior cookout was today, right after a quick graduation practice. They had burgers and chips and a snowcone machine for us, but I had breakfast only 2 hours earlier. But I got to hang with friends. Heather had to leave all too early to anyone's liking. A bunch of us are going to Joe's Pasta tomorrow after another graduation practice. (I get to take the van to school so I can drive 7 plus me!) That's that, I don't feel like a proper ending. Nothing much else to say. Oh! I watched the first five episodes of Chrono Crusade! Ok, that wraps up my day. -CF PS, feel like looking at some Black Fantasy? Quote of the Day: "E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business."
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5 days until graduation! Deliberately. I searched for them. I can find more if I really need them, but right now.... (Actually, I was thinking of immediately taking it apart for other MOCs, but the #2 rods are the only thing I'd need from it and I don't need them desperately. Like I said, I can find more. I'd like to display him publicly in June, climbing up a house or something. Now I know how Roa feels, not taking things apart. Except she'll just go buy more stuff.) Built it last night. I got inspired from the Stargate replicators (first kind). Speaking of Stargate, I saw Ark of Truth last night. Speaking of Arks, I'm watching Indy, Lost Ark right now. Immediately after, hopefully, we'll pop in Temple of Doom and tomorrow we'll watch Last Crusade. (Then on Monday I have a date to see Crystal Skull!) I've only seen Lost Ark, two years ago, so I'll get off once it's over to fully focus on the other movies. Back to Lego, I built that replicator Black Fantasy MOC today, given my free time since I don't have any homework due until the end of August, I took pictures of a set of MOCs I had built for a while. Here's a teaser. (I'll be making topics for the BF and micro space once the folders are public.) And here's a picture of my dresser, where I display my newest MOCs. Also an update of some Toa MOCs. (The infected Hau is just for fun. I might have him as a bad guy at a future display.) This is an arm idea for the Toa of Ice of my Toa team I'm MOCing. I doubt he'll stay sand blue, though, and instead get light bley. He has light grey rahkshi legs, so I need to keep with the grey (but not have either greys too close to eachother) but I really like how the sand blue turned out. But I don't have Vezok, so I'm stuck to six joints and a few other things. I wouldn't have much of a problem with it if I didn't want to give him a sand blue Akaku, because you can see that the Toa o Water has that. (And I can't give her a trans-blue noble Ruru because that's overused. All else I have won't work. Anyone care to send me blue masks to see if they work?) I think that's it for now on my MOCing/Lego happenings as of late. (I could have just given you five pic links, but where would have been the fun in that?) -CF Quote of the Day: "As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks." (Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, WA.)
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No. But I got Legends 1-7 and 9 all at once. But not 8 because Borders is phony. >
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Crisis. After the Great Spirit Mata Nui was awakened, the Makuta's true intentions were revealed. Spread throughout the world, the Makuta struck simultaneously, forcing the Great Spirit into a living death. Kept alive only by the Makuta's combined life force, Mata Nui now belongs to them - and so does the world. The stars have died and the sky seared with scorching black clouds, casting all into darkness. Light itself has been destroyed, giving over to Shadow - it is now, in the twilight of the universe itself, that new heroes must emerge...
