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  • #6079
    Greg Schubert
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    http://lego.gizmodo.com/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-giant-lego-mothra-732204490

    “The things you see when you don’t have a gun.” Marian Hardy – WAMALUG

    #6082
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Not sure, but I think that quote came from elsewhere. I don’t know Marian, but I’ve heard my mother say this, and I’d wager she doesn’t know Marian, either.

    #6083
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    I don’t know Marian

    Here is Aunt Marian on an escalator with one of the 20 richest people on the planet. I convinced her to get his signature on her 50 year old box which had the man’s face as a blonde boy. He hesitated, but acquiesced. She was all smiles afterward.

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    #6085
    Matt Redfield
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    I see. Well, not really. The guy in the yellow shirt is rich, and was a child model for LEGO?

    #6089
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    You were close, the balding dude with the light blue shirt is the owner and former CEO of TLG, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. His grandfather, the original company owner, arranged for Kjeld to be on a LEGO set when he was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy. Marian got the signature of a billionaire on a 50 year old photo of himself at Brickfest 2005.

    #6100
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    That’s pretty awesome.

    Not sure if it’s as awesome as meeting Wyldstyle, but… pretty awesome.

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    #6102
    Greg Schubert
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    Not sure if it’s as awesome as meeting Wyldstyle

    I cannot top that … of course, Everything is … well, you know.

    #6106
    Josh
    Keymaster

    nice! that wyldstyle is so much better than the philly brick fest benny.

    #6108
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    that wyldstyle is so much better than the philly brick fest benny.

    Absolutely. Benny’s thin arms were so weird. And his hands stuck out of his hands.

    #6120
    Josh
    Keymaster

    http://lego.gizmodo.com/everyones-invited-to-build-this-massive-150-000-brick-l-1572107874

    it’s like that barnes and noble architecture event on steroids.

    #6125
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    it’s like that barnes and noble architecture event on steroids.

    AGREED! So 150,000 parts is about 125 sets which is roughly $19,000 not including tax and shipping. (I hope he got an artist’s rate on these … maybe more like ten grand.)

    But its actually brilliant if he can book art shows and get a return on his investment because master builders like Sean Kenney and Nathan Sawaya have to invest their own time to plan and build the stuff themselves! 🙂

    Now that I think about it, didn’t kids do this at the Pittsburgh Kidsfest with multiple colors? Of course, going all white makes it much classier. And if you leave it out in the sun long enough, you have Tatooine!

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    #6127
    Matt Redfield
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    And if you leave it out in the sun long enough, you have Tatooine!

    Greg, that’s almost as full of win as the comment on the article: “where we’re going, we don’t need roads” (actually, that guy didn’t capitalize or use punctuation, so… you win at winning the internet!)

    #6674
    Josh
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    #6679
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Gotta watch out on juxtapoz.com – some NSFW images came up in the sidebar…

    Those cylinders, though.

    #6681
    Dan
    Participant

    All of these are amazing! (Is amazing still ok, or does everything have to be awesome now???)

    #6989
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Do the biggest LUGs occur near LEGO stores or are the biggest LUGs near the most dense population centers which also happen to have LEGO stores. Well, the asnwer might be neither because VirtualLUG, which never meets in person had an amazing display at Brickworld in Chicago.

    The first frame of this video brought me back to where I started 14 years ago thinking that I would never be able to dedicate enough time, money or talent to build the truly amazing things that other people make out of LEGO. The only difference now is that I realize that I also don’t have enough room.

    Click in the top left hand corner of the screen below and watch the second video: Homer’s Odyssey in LEGO – Brickworld Chicago 2014.

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    #6995
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    watch the second video: Homer’s Odyssey in LEGO

    Water?! That’s not LEGO. “Custom decal”?!?! That’s not LEGO. “Blacklights”?!?!?! That’s not LEGO. Pshaw, this display is rife with problems.

    #6996
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Yes, but didn’t you like their giants, waterfall, wind in a barrel, swimming sharks, spinning vortex to the nether, DUPLO sheep, etc.?

    #7001
    Matt Redfield
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    #7158
    Greg Schubert
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    #7194
    Matt Redfield
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    Kinda cool. I feel like we could make it. But could we make it cheaper than them?

    #8774
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    found this image online … the pastels make it especially formidable looking

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    #8786
    Greg Schubert
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    #8791
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Square-tangular Minions?! Inconceivable!

    Are those Mickey and Pluto minifigs legit LEGO? I’ve never seen them…

    And the Disney Princess float I’m finding oddly disturbing…

    #8794
    Micah Beideman
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    I haven’t seen enough Sci-Fi or Bionicle builds here so, I hope these are awesome enough 🙂
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