The Huntsman

saw Snow White and the Huntsman recently.  Couldnt resist and had to make the awesome drunkard the Huntsman. lucky for me, the resemblance is striking as the Huntsman's actor is non other then Thor from the Avengers. Max knife count is two instead of 3-4 like in the movie.

i tried to make snow white with a paler skinned minifig part, but that only made her look like a mini zombie instead. so thats that.

RC Rover. (in technic)

wow... thats so cool.

Hulk SMASH! (Loki)

yes, i saw the avengers movie and decided to build this.



here is a better view of the action.

i wanted to build the scene, but i did not want to be just some hole that fits any minifig. i built this to accommodate Loki's oddly shaped helmet.  The platform has connecting studs in the back to add on any buildings or backdrops as needed. the structure, unseen in these pictures, actually has an uneven tiled floor with leveling edges. it was probably one of the better things i had ever build aside from custom minifigs.

The hole that held Loki is actually closable with the movement and help of a few hinged pieces that swing   out and then slide perfectly in place concealing the spot for pre-smashing scenery.  i had never thought about using the tiles that much, but i can now see that it brings a cleaner look to MOCs.

LOTR & Monster Fighter release

i was thinking that it would be a June release.... but Lord of the Rings Lego and my highly anticipated Monster Fighter sets are out in stores already. i was just going to the store for more of the series 7, and on the end cap, right under the avenger sets....was all....this.....

i'm most likely going to wait a little bit before i buy anything. the prices at the store here is marked up 12-25% then retail.  i'm not that desperate to grab the new sets...but wow so many zombies. i may pick up some LOTR sets afterall.... now why did i even bother picking up those dinosaur jurassic park sets?

That ghost train doesnt look like it can accommodate an engine much less look wide enough for a train track. i didnt want the castle before... but those bat creatures look promising. i know i will pick up a merman set when the time comes.

Real BALANCED Cheer Pyramid!

I've been wanting to do a pyramid of cheerleaders for a while now. but i didnt want all the girls to look the same. so i waited until i had enough heads and hairstyles to make a cheerleader troupe. The group currently has 17 members. (some of them were made after girls i knew that looked like them, and did dance/cheer. LoL) a few of them, such as Megan and Erika were in "Black STEEL." Pepper, Ava, Dani, and a few others were in an unfinished, so therefore unreleased film. and then.... a couple of them spent spring break in Rio hanging out with Arthur Curry.

This was no easy task as when i stacked these girls, i didnt use the hand that fits into bottom of the foot method, anyone can do that. i balanced them that would demand what these girls were.

CHEERLEADERS. they are acrobats that can form feats using balance, agility, and strength.

the first row was obviously easy. and they had to be positioned so that they would support the full balance of the girls above them. the second row was also simple, but the third proved to be somewhat a challenge. the girl on the left was easy, and stayed put, but the girl on the right, had to be positioned tactfully, to ensure that the last girl on top would not topple. (i appreciate cheerleaders even more now, as if these were real girls, i can almost hear them crying as they fell from the top repeatedly. yikes!)

there were two different times, where i was not satisfied with what i had. one, was the top girl was standing ontop of the other two girl's heads. balanced, but not realistic... second, i had it the way i thought i wanted, but having the top girl standing on top didnt do it for me... finally, i decided that i wanted the two girls near the top to hold the top girl in a "leg up" position, which i liked the most.

214 tries, 26 photos, several dis-encouragers, and nearly 5 hours later.... i was able to make this balanced pyramid.

Mighty Thor

haha...^_^  yep, i'm having fun with my Thor minifig. I'm working on a few pics, which is taking a break on working on the films. i think i had a specific deadline in mind, but with the rate things are going with production... i dont think my 6 month release date will be made at all. i'm hoping that it won't become a hiatus... because those aren't good at all. =(

He's the movie Thor, but if i know my marvel comics...Thor had a viking helmet on. (i have two that fits... now which one shall i place on mine is the question...)

Lego Maleficent

Grand opening of one of the 3 local Lego stores finally finishing their remodeling.

i'm wondering if that this is permanent or just a temporarily display. i'm thinking of the local birds perching themselves onto the dragon from sleeping beauty's wings and laying their wastes onto its now dark but soon white gooped body.

i havent been inside yet.... but there seems to be an impossible wall of pick a brick, thats pretty cool as the selection at this location was fairly lacking before. however, i am thinking that only the first 8 of so levels of bricks will be for sale. i highly doubt that the old fashioned library sliding ladder is for patrons usage.

The black dragon seems at home with the current dark sky.  i've got my fill of series 7 as well.  i wonder what series 8 will have to come.

Summer Releases '12

Aw shoot! its official! these sets are coming out for the summer! even if i pick up the ghost train and the jabba's palace, i wont get to build them till later.

summer...is for being outdoors this year, and maybe do a lil traveling. i will however still fit some Lego related things in there. i dont like gungans. so that gungan sub isnt something that i would pick up. but the queen amidala figure makes it worth the buy. i may just very well pick it off from BL instead. save me the trouble of paying more then i actually want to for my minifig army.

This year... i will try to finish more films, i have a few in the works, but i keep running into snags in the production. one of them i should have finished last year...but didnt, because coordinating with other people for sound and voice recordings....wasnt easy to say the least. everyone is busy with their lives, and i can't blame them. aside from finishing up that video, i have 2-3 in the works. whether i finish them at all, or get them off the ground to make interesting will it then be brought to youtube. (one of them actually needs to be shot done in a specific place...and being rather busy with other things... and again coordination... has made it rough.)

i'm also actually going to put a production team logo in front of my newer films. which would feel more fresh. (but not so much the one that i should have finished last year.)

(pics from Grogall)

Star Wars Summer Sets

There's been such a HUGE amount of infomation going on with new sets to come and i haven't had the time to go and just write about the new stuff i'm anticipating... i wonder if there's an app for blogging...

so finally, there's going to be another twilek besides aayla. its the slave dancer in jabba's palace this time. i've had two of the twileks in my jabba's barge set as it is. a green one and a white one. now this scared one here is scared, mostly because she's not comfortable with so many younger kids playing with her. (well, the fanboys will have something to play with as well...)

JAbba, and salicious crumb from the palace set.

an actual queen amidala figure. crazy head dress and a bell shaped new piece just for her dress. i'm expanding my minfig collection quite broadly here...

the new sae sae tin characters.
oh my, the new vadar with breathing apparatus. kinda like the space marine in series 7, or if you're old school.... an aquashark.


i should update more often...even weekly...but swamped with adventures. maybe i'll add another blog. (its actually more work to run more then one theme at a time. i'm very much behind on zach and squad526. lots of pictures....but not yet on the blog.)

Colorful Wildlife

Thats nifty! makes me want to make a bunch of these and put them at the local tide pools, so that we can have a more colorful, art exhibit by the sea. i'm sure it would cost a bundle, and the wild life activists would come to my house... so no. i won't. but so cool. =D

Taxes.... no $$$ for new sets...-_- (avengers & s7s)

these guys are out! its a bit steep for what i'm getting... and wolverine is a nice addition to have. altho, i am ecstatic about having a deadpool and a magneto figure soon....hmmm wonder which set will have the black widow figure? (they are currently showing three sets, one with steve rogers, one with logan, wade, and erick, and one with hulk, hawkeye (?), and loki) i'm noting that they have not brought any mention of the sets that will contain tony, sasha, and dr blake)


lastly, i got this in an email. i dont know if thats alot of sets sold or not, mostly because my own pile from that year alone towers over 24 ft high easily. and the local LS sells ALOT of Lego sets. easily 600k-2 million worth in a month. are they referring to my LLS or statewide, or nationwide, or worldwide or what? where do they get these statistics from?

(as mentioned... series 7 is out. i'm not going to rush. i'm going to wait a month before i pick mine up this time around.)

DC Universe was OK. Avengers look Better!

yes... the previous post was a joke. =D altho those figs should be coming soon.


these figs however, are NOT a joke, and are coming soon to a toys store, target, or Lego store near you. there's alot of chatter about how iron man's helmet is too big for him, but how else would TLG be able to make a moving visor for tony stark? if the helmet is made to show his face... why isnt there a suit for him to remove, and why is steve roger's mask stuck to his face? where are the trademark ears on the side of his head? side note... black window... that hairpiece looks like the new standard for all the pretty ladies (eg serena, hawaiian girl, and dr. pamela lillian Isley).

series 7. nice.

and they are out already? i had barely finished my fix of series 6...

almost every figure has a large piece in it, so that they can no longer be felt like the minotaur in the last series or radioactive suit guy. the sea king has no feet, and a triton, the lil red riding hood has tiny feet. i dont recall enjoying any of the minifigs with short feet. this one i DO like. the bagpipes are the most interesting hand held accessory to date, and to hold it in likable varies positions, the hands must be turned around several times.

and just like the pot of gold guy from last series was perfect for st patty's day... there's a bunny suit guy ready for easter... he reminds me of the winnie the pooh keychains they have in the slotted machines at the japanese supermarkets. i'm already ready to paint one grey... and add some ninjago items on it ...so to speak. =D

Still kickin' + series 6 guide

kind of, but didnt drop off the map. i've been busy... but still doing the Lego thing. now old news...but aside from the LOTR sets to come, TLG has also decided to come out with avengers and such sets. here is the link for good pics of the marvel minifigs. i'm glad to say that they do have a black widow minifig...but she comes with the blackbird. yet another aircraft i dont need in my collection. hope it has some cool stuff that makes it worthwhile as my favorite spacecrafts so far ( slave 1, M. falcon, agents copter (8971) ).

series 6 minifigs.. too many have i picked up already. and yet i still need more! hee hee hee! =D
here's my way of "feeling the packages" to know whats what.

ALIEN- his head is pear shaped, there is a rod as well
HIGHLANDER- has a round shield, but usually i feel the tobogan shaped hairpiece
SLEEPY- the bear doesnt seem like a bear, but more like a chest piece. his hair is prickly
LIBERTY STATUE- blocky feet, telescope, and hairpiece is bendy
BANDIT- fedora, his bandana is unique in this series
FLAMENCO DANCER- block feet as well, hair piece similar to ice skater in series 4
ROBOT- box for head
MINOTAUR- largest one piece for the torso/head combo. easy as finding radioactive guy in series 4
POT OF GOLD SHORTY- short feet. top hat. the pot of gold feels like an acorn
ROMAN- square ish shield, bendy spear, gap in helmet
SURGEON- shower cap feels like a ridged bowl, square 2x2 smooth piece
PUNK SKATER- large board with curved edges
PINK RANGER- helmet with sinkable gap, hair piece just like aerobic dancer in series 5
BUTCHER- has cap like the guys at in n out. hard to miss steak with bone nubs on one end
MECHANIC- tool box, wrench has a gap where it can click onto other poles
GENIE- unique legs piece. turban is a bubble with a notch in it.

Happy Love Day! (2012)

Yep, some guys are just THAT clueless. At least she got some big diamonds...

mid to late 2012 sets

they're making a jabba's palace! but not out until christmas this year. =[ it will come with ten minifigs, a more detailed multi-colored jabba, and have a new twilek (aside from ayla).



new monster fighters minifigs! i like the swamp monster. the rest are very normal as Lego minifigs go. crossbows on hunters, and the monsters are mummies, ghosts (new blanket), vampires (and vampresses), werewolf, and frankensteins. no zombies to be seen tho, i could use some more of those. there will be a ghost train...i wonder if that can be modified and made space to run on tracks? the count's castle will have spiral staircase and even a trapdoor that opens onto a pit of spikes.



new ninjago sets... i see an airship, a samurai mech, and even a 4 headed dragon. i didnt like the early ninjago sets...but they seem to have gotten better over time. i will pick up a mecha samurai suit to battle lex luther in his power suit. =]

Jack Sparrow in Wonderland

Where is Alice today?
Its time for a tea party!
SHE is going to be late!
...and what's this? NOT tea, but rum?

"rum not gone? NOW THAT'S MY wonderland."

Even More lil Pea-ple

ooooo. caught sight of the whole LOTR minifigs. i wasn't expecting it, but besides frodo and sam, the two brothers will be made in minifig form. funny how the dwarf is pretty much the same size as the halflings. and there's aragon, gandalf, lego-las, and the other kind guy. still hoping for ring wraiths. c'mon Lego, you had dementors in Harry Potter, how about some ring wraiths for Lord of The Rings, hmmmm?



I'm also starting to understand why TLG has made minifig series. i am seeing the trend here for some time, and this confirms it. they are merely testing the waters, to see what people like. they are coming out with a "monster hunter" series of some sort. they will feature a werewolf (similar to the early movie set years ago), a vampire (also from the movie set...but with the minifig CMF torso), and a frankenstein. i have noticed the lego on the fig on the right side. beats the cyborg's leg from earlier sets.


on a side note, does Lego have their eyes on me or what? i also have a team of paranormal chasers/demon hunters group. here clearly in my team, i have a person that lost an arm, but in its place not only a mechanical arm, but with armaments as well on that arm. i hate how groups always have some new girl that gets added to the group because the last girl was eaten by some monster or had an "incident." my girl is a survivor, and a mechanic. strangely enough, note the clothing selection, a vest over a normal apparel. then i got my basic old fashioned slayer, and ....i'm not showing what my third and forth guys look like. because anybody that reads and/or loves this stuff knows...one member of the team isnt always what he appears to be. he isn't human.

Gilbert Almost Gets Shot

So a amusing thing happened to a guy i talk to every now and then. we'll refer him to Gilbert.

First off, he's Chinese. and it just happened that the Chinese New Year was this weekend, altho from what i understand, this holiday lasts for about ten days.

So Gilbert decides to surprise his parents this weekend, he's trying to be independent, and rarely comes back home. so that day when he got back to his parents house, he was surprised that nobody was home. so he was like ok... and decided to go inside the house. Only once Gil was inside, he found out that security system won't accept his password, so of course the security company calls and asks for the secret code. he doesnt know it that neither, so the dispatcher said that they were going to send a cop to his house, and he was like "ok.... i'll wait in front of the house." "yeah, you do that," said the dispatcher.

So when the cop pulled up in front of his house ten minutes later, Gilbert was standing out front, and was playing with the dog to pass the time. he was making light of the situation because he was thinking he wasnt guilty of any crime, which he wasnt. then he sees the officer get out. it was a small young and pretty officer. he wasnt fazed. he was like, "oh, thats cute."

And then she started to ask him questions about why he was there. he casually explained that it was his parents house and he didnt know that they had changed the password. the officer wasn't moved. "how do i know if you aren't lying, and your 4 buddies are cleaning out the house right now?," she said.

At this point, he had to think what to say to the officer, so he was being thoughtful and put his hands in his pockets, and the COP PULLED HER GUN ON HIM. "HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!!" she said nervously, "and put away YOUR DOG!" it was about this time he realized that his tone of voice was too casual and he had to slowly pull out his wallet to show her that his address matched the house. She told him that he was an idiot for not knowing the password.

the image that formed in my head was something like this... but a lil more...animated.

Dangers to Customizing

I wasn't all that stoked about customizing figures in general to begin with. mostly because it veered off into a different kind of Lego hobby, and the fact a customized minifig parts can never really be recycled to make something new again. So today i went off again in an attempt to make my own minifigs. i soon found out that not all paints were safe for painting or coloring minifigs.

i thought at first that i had an inferior or old lego piece, but as it turned out after my second try on a newer piece and some examination....that some of the paints out there, hobby paints at that.. combust and eat their way through the Lego plastics...yuck.