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Sorry let me say that properly for this forum: @joshhall, I sent you some pics a while ago of the Lego work I done and now it needs posted but I can’t because I’m on trail. Can you post it so yinz can admire Castle Eveningland?
Ok ok you flushed me out. I’m hiking the Colorado Trail (taking a rest day in Fairplay CO). I hope to try to finish all 485 miles before I run out of time but it’s iffy bc I only have 32 days. Got married last year. Got tenure. Working on a book about human rights discourse. (I actually wrote an anecdote about the LUG in there!!!) Been getting serious about backpacking. Did just under 800 on the AT last year (got knocked off by injury). Hoping to make another attempt in next few years. As for Lego, I’ve spent about five years working on a mega castle. Will try to upload pic…
Alas my phone can’t do it and I’m hundreds of miles from my computer. Josh, I sent you some pics by text, could you post those?
Sounds like the folks that wanted a 5′ tall elephant sculpture to put outside their building.
So I just read the elephant forum and it made me laugh and miss you all even more. When they asked me to do a commissioned build here, I didn’t know what price to offer. So I called Jessica Rigney (Imagine’s former manager and current mother) and asked what they charged for a build. She gave me numbers that, um, surprised me (and the admin who were asking me!). Imagine had done a 3×3 baseplate build for the alumni center that I used for comparison. She warned me “don’t give away your time; don’t underestimate how much the parts will cost.” Oh, gosh, am I glad I listened! They had sticker shock but came around. And the cost ended up being pretty much right (text me 4192715057 and I’ll give you the final price if you like). Point being: if they don’t get sticker shock, the number probably isn’t right. People just don’t know how f’ing much this stuff costs. AND she warned me never ever to take a commission with Kragling. I didn’t know that you need special ventilation equipment to even use it. It’s a whole other skill. It’s also a volume thing: someone who does commissions for a living has the infrastructure. Someone like me has to develop a whole new set of skills and spreadsheets and stuff. Maybe not Josh, given his spreadsheet skills.
I’d love to visit. It’s a little tough right now because I’m budgeting for a year-long sabbatical (at half pay). If I’m in Pittsburgh, and can give notice, maybe folks’d like to get together? It’d probably be December…
Great build Doug! Good to hear from you. I see you used the light flesh color, perfect choice, but not easy to come by.
It’s medium dark flesh (Lego calls it Medium Nougat). I was shocked that they have just about every basic element in that color! I had to go and look at another building in an obscure corner of campus that they said had the same color of brick. There are shockingly few color photos of the building for something that burned in 1970!
@Rich: yes, some period (late 1880s) and some contemporary!
I assume a full interior to, yeah?
Heck naw. Says no in the contract. No one would see it bc it’ll be behind plexi anyway.
I’d like to see the video still-maybe a private YouTube vid or something?
Great idea: https://youtu.be/On9m3D4ULeM
Oh, it won’t let me upload the video (too big a file). Here’s a pic of the original building for comparison.
Definitely went off the deep end by buying 16 Lego movie larry the coffee guy sets just so I could have 16 coffee cups to stage in everyone’s hands…
Are they just regular coffee cups? I find it hard to believe that you didn’t have 16 regular Lego mugs sitting around already…
Love this build though. What green is that?! It’s such a nice choice there.
How do i have 4 just from unsorted lots???
Are they from the Fire Brigade?
I’m a doctoral candidate in rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University. I teach courses in composition, professional writing, non-profit advocacy and, starting this semester, language and culture. Also, I have a side job at Ikea, to make a few extra bucks which were supposed to go entirely into savings but, hey, brick is a form of savings right?! Right?!
Oh, and since others mentioned their background too: I have an undergrad degree in journalism and an MA in rhetoric.
Speaking of storage systems, I’ve bought a bunch of great storage furniture for my Lego from IKEA. I have a discount there if we ever wanna buy something for the LUG, or if individuals just want to buy something, I’d be happy to take your money and buy it for you at a cheaper price.
