Steel City LUG | Skipper Mike | Activity https://steelcitylug.com/members/skippermike/activity/ Activity feed for Skipper Mike. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:23:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 0b175fd037dc29d2b1da24abbc19fb80 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 1x1 with scroll in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/1x1-with-scroll/#post-67745 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:39:06 -0500 Thanks Ben, Melissa already reached out with the same plan. So, we should be good now. Thanks again for offering.

]]> 0 a71abdf6a158d414df74cef0e4bd552a Skipper Mike replied to the topic 1x1 with scroll in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/1x1-with-scroll/#post-67638 Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:38:55 -0500 Thanks for checking!

]]> 0 8b95b40cea9ea5459722e434886d904a Skipper Mike replied to the topic 1x1 with scroll in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/1x1-with-scroll/#post-67574 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:13:34 -0500 He’s looking to do Castle stuff, so any grey or stone color would also work.

]]> 0 0f863bf9e7ad9ec4bdf5276eda0cc7f8 Skipper Mike started the topic 1x1 with scroll in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/1x1-with-scroll/ Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:42:18 -0500 Hey everyone, a friend of mine is looking for some of the 1×1 bricks with the scroll in black. This piece:

He only needs 4 so he doesn’t want to pay shipping on a brick link order so I told him I’d ask here.

]]> 0 80800928acbb309a571691e4cfda6e96 Skipper Mike replied to the topic CMF News in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/cmf-news/page/6/#post-60345 Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:43:44 -0400 Can you put me down for a second set?

]]> 0 6eb4dd53ea7ea139de3c03322b59973f Skipper Mike replied to the topic CMF News in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/cmf-news/page/6/#post-60124 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:25:26 -0400

I’m ordering a box so I’ll have 6 sets at least. Should be at $50 or marginally less price.

If they aren’t all accounted for I’d like a set. Possibly a second.

]]> 0 f99f792dd6c047b6a643abeb30cafb36 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Winter Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-winter-display-patrolley/page/3/#post-56811 Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:46:18 -0500

have we done #TooManyMikes yet…?

]]> 0 c849fe0fdc9f17f080bfe21d3aab3545 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Winter Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-winter-display-patrolley/page/3/#post-56751 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:28:43 -0500

Mike(not sure which Mike this is?)

It’s this Mike

]]> 0 435ece14dea6c0d13a2d50fdb1c6099e Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Winter Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-winter-display-patrolley/page/3/#post-56305 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 02:01:59 -0500 I had an idea to make a ski lift a few years back, but never got around to doing it. I’d be down to help execute it.

]]> 0 d0c0b4b60dcec5e89a45ee545a1c034f Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Fall Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-fall-display-patrolley/#post-55289 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:29:10 -0400 Do we have a decision on setup Thursday or Friday? Also, is there a doodle for staffing?

]]> 0 ebec6bd682b391ab67f43da9edd59089 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Fall Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-fall-display-patrolley/#post-55268 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:36:58 -0400

If Friday evening would work better for set up we can swap to that.

Friday is about the same for me. I’m good either way.

]]> 0 ffb70f1acfb94718d88e3b3a838491cf Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Fall Display Patrolley in the forum LUG discussions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2023-fall-display-patrolley/#post-54910 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:15:47 -0400 I’ll bring the haunted house, of course.

]]> 0 d441c6b3d781fa4889d048714cfbc6c6 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Q1 build challenge -Micropolis build in the forum Build challenges! https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/micropolis-build/page/2/#post-51805 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:39:53 -0400 I have two that are mostly done. I could hopefully finish them up this month and could add them to a display.

]]> 0 827f6eef39f1ae926e3be7aa46078278 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Q1 build challenge -Micropolis build in the forum Build challenges! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/micropolis-build/#post-48763 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:15:52 -0500

Do we wanna do this as best Microscale City Block?

Specifically, it’s for the 16×16 quarter block. The idea is that they all connect for an entire city build.

]]> 0 35b8fd09d2722788477e8fd69ec5635c Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2023 Q1 build challenge -Micropolis build in the forum Build challenges! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/micropolis-build/#post-46911 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:15:14 -0400

Sounds like we have a 2023 Q1 build challenge, yeah?

Works for me. Are you able to change the thread title?

]]> 0 44184cace444361cd69b0c4f15a4dd93 Skipper Mike started the topic 2023 Q1 build challenge -Micropolis build in the forum Build challenges! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/micropolis-build/ Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:36:28 -0400 I was watching JK Brickworks’ live stream today and he was building on a micropolis scale. I thought it could be a good build challenge to kick start a collaborative micropolis build for display.

Micropolis Standard

]]> 0 4d26856b6b2135d9852914ffd8eaf327 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Target VIP Points in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/target-vip-points/#post-45875 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:35:23 -0400 I managed to snag one as well. I have to wait for it ship rather than head to the store tomorrow to pick it up. But the $50 savings are worth it.

]]> 0 328058c03596870c2d916d11e78a3b88 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Target VIP Points in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/target-vip-points/#post-45863 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 15:04:33 -0400 My gui is that rather than telling them at target you log into the Lego site and enter them with the receipt from Target.

]]> 0 38b9f7d6d87c4880a479d881d893de53 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Pick a Brick Wall in the forum LEGO Store http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/pick-a-brick-wall-2/page/13/#post-45862 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 14:53:20 -0400 Color Correction Card

I was also hoping just getting more colors in front of the camera would help it

What you need is a color correction card for cameras. You take a picture under the same lighting and in post processing you tell the software which color is supposed to be white, for instance.

]]> 0 e6ebce74509389cc0c51fbcf34263f52 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Lute guy, CMF series 22 in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lute-guy-cmf-series-22/#post-44824 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 01:13:28 -0400

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Disneyworld, but I don’t remember there being a Lute Guy on the Jungle Cruise.

They just completed a refresh a couple years ago.

I’m building props for a musical next year and one is a lute. I’m still looking for a second to give to the director.

]]> 0 d4a1ea729f626757413808fec18ef04a Skipper Mike replied to the topic Lute guy, CMF series 22 in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lute-guy-cmf-series-22/#post-44822 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 23:50:46 -0400 Thanks, that will help. I’m also in the North, over in Hampton. If you want to message me we can work out the rest.

]]> 0 109ebd7d899bb01078b208ae6b2cff0b Skipper Mike started the topic Lute guy, CMF series 22 in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lute-guy-cmf-series-22/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 16:03:06 -0400 I’m hoping someone has an extra bard/lute guy from the Series 22 CMF. I’ve had an unexpected need for one pop up recently and they’re hard to find in stores now.

]]> 0 c31b671100afc68af24b8b9132998ba8 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/47/#post-44493 Sat, 21 May 2022 23:48:26 -0400 Define “Mt Washington” I don’t go anywhere near there, but I wanted to play too

]]> 0 d6355f624705bd950786c0654e20a30f Skipper Mike replied to the topic URGENT - 450lb Goodwill Auction ends TONIGHT in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/urgent-450lb-goodwill-auction-ends-tonight/#post-43755 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:43:52 -0400

that sounds chaotic.

and the more people that use that logic when placing bids, the less benefit the logic has…and maybe even to the detriment. where is the line??

You’ve seen eBay before, right?

]]> 0 15a7cecd4d8f106f28137d4ccaea5bd4 Skipper Mike replied to the topic URGENT - 450lb Goodwill Auction ends TONIGHT in the forum BUY / SELL / TRADE! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/urgent-450lb-goodwill-auction-ends-tonight/#post-43743 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 01:42:23 -0400 Oh man, if I had $1200…

]]> 0 722efaaac41067b05785151390330174 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Lego Has Killed The Vidiyo Star in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lego-has-killed-the-vidiyo-star/#post-42455 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 03:29:58 -0500 I’m only here to give my approval for the thread title.

]]> 0 39b13c4c2f67bccf3ece15d746f50b05 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/45/#post-42360 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:54:09 -0500 It was at 11:30am so might already have been awake. I didn’t feel it, but my Southern California wife who is attuned to the earth moving felt it. It was southeast of the city so up here in the north we didn’t hear it.

]]> 0 f2a68c5d25b2d16d8993d265f6be0c94 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Winter Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-winter-display-pa-trolley/page/2/#post-41966 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 18:27:39 -0500 Not to be picky, but the day to ask for that is Friday, not Monday. (Lol)

]]> 0 f18b330ad9e1f40fdcc024b380614997 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Winter Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-winter-display-pa-trolley/#post-41831 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:54:14 -0500 As I am just realizing that setup is Wednesday, I’ll probably need to send my stuff with someone.

]]> 0 bc96b6b3e5826d4cca8335a5e2d3e185 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Winter Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-winter-display-pa-trolley/#post-41815 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:08:34 -0500 Quick reminder that I need to have the table with the hole cut in it for my fire pit.

]]> 0 2987a57990027fa8ef3f61bed78b4c2b Skipper Mike replied to the topic Wildlife sets in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/wildlife-sets/#post-41779 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:42:03 -0500 Just as an update on this. The adult elephant heads, tusks, and trunk are available now. The connection is basically a technic pin so they can be attached to a brick built body. Useful if you need it to be sitting under a waterfall or something.

]]> 0 3bddce13efd3402c367ae466c5be3dc0 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/43/#post-41750 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:47:30 -0500

Does anyone have a few thousand light blue 1×2 bricks?

I have a few thousand 1×1 plates…

]]> 0 e48f84049e94e537680f416d4e635a29 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Winter Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-winter-display-pa-trolley/#post-41551 Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:15:09 -0400

So anyone working Trolley will miss the Q4 meeting, unless we can come up with a way to combine them.

I can do a zoom link and staffers can join virtually.

]]> 0 1e320fca2731ac42ae2a8988fbc6df4f Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Fall Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-fall-display-pa-trolley/page/2/#post-41297 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:09:53 -0400 I’ll head down after work, probably won’t be there until after 5:30.

]]> 0 2ecf7f602ce2007eca8c808f05c15503 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Brick Fest Live Pittsburgh 2021 Sept 11-12 in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-fest-live-pittsburgh-2021-sept-11-12/page/6/#post-40786 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:46:15 -0400

scare up a minifig-scaled assortment of vehicles,

Saw this just in time to add Ecto-1 to the builds I’m taking to Krista.

]]> 0 3de75a8e1a51078f5e673c9c1c4cf94f Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Fall Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-fall-display-pa-trolley/#post-40641 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 18:43:49 -0400 @knb112 No, mine is a MOC, I think maybe @tfdesigns had a Monster Fighters house that he modded up a bit.

]]> 0 1a2910632e45550351fccb4532f81936 Skipper Mike replied to the topic 2021 Fall Display - PA Trolley in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2021-fall-display-pa-trolley/#post-40622 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 03:23:16 -0400 Haunted house has been upgraded with a see through ghost and I have the fire pit ready for a winter display.

]]> 0 bcbb4066501c7dab4db8ca029b69183b Skipper Mike replied to the topic Brick Fest Live Pittsburgh 2021 Sept 11-12 in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-fest-live-pittsburgh-2021-sept-11-12/page/2/#post-40293 Wed, 11 Aug 2021 19:52:22 -0400 I can for sure send the Jungle Cruise I have now, it’s 2 baseplates. I’ll try to get the ride building done which would be another 1-2 baseplates. But don’t count on that, because life.

]]> 0 c00b9298fc2f794d4892b237016dbf6c Skipper Mike replied to the topic Brick Fest Live Pittsburgh 2021 Sept 11-12 in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-fest-live-pittsburgh-2021-sept-11-12/page/2/#post-40165 Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:17:40 -0400 If I say now I’ll show some Jungle Cruise stuff I’ll have to complete some builds for it

]]> 0 283c529e5b2d1bb4b89ab5945eb80dfa Skipper Mike replied to the topic Brick Fest Live Pittsburgh 2021 Sept 11-12 in the forum LUG discussions http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-fest-live-pittsburgh-2021-sept-11-12/page/2/#post-39980 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 21:09:46 -0400 I’d like to participate somehow. I don’t think I have anything to display, I might be able to staff Sunday though.

]]> 0 d251dda4fc4227325598649e3a1980fd Skipper Mike replied to the topic Legoland in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/legoland/#post-39786 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:10:32 -0400 Ok, I do have an update. When you redeem points they give you a ticket code. You then use that to enter your reservations on the website.

]]> 0 e46d2aa2ef107701f5f8267ebe526f85 Skipper Mike started the topic Legoland in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/legoland/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 18:36:58 -0400 My in-laws live in Oceanside CA, about 15 minutes from Legoland California. We’re planning on trying to make it there this year. Has anyone converted VIP points into tickets before? I’m looking at it and there are some confusing parts. Most probably because of Covid restrictions.

]]> 0 09527dbc458adce5fd6bded48eb0c4f0 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Wildlife sets in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/wildlife-sets/#post-39252 Sun, 02 May 2021 21:16:35 -0400 Oooh, if you see elephants, please let me know. #ElephantsforLugbulk2022.

]]> 0 80d50c725401143d29b5c71150495fa6 Skipper Mike started the topic Wildlife sets in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/wildlife-sets/ Sun, 02 May 2021 20:43:03 -0400 Anyone else see the new City Wildlife sets? Lots of new animal figs. Lions, new monkeys, and maybe most exciting of all, new elephants. I’ll definitely be getting the lion set and probably a bunch of elephants. Either in the set or off bricklink.

]]> 0 8da826a931b1d45d9d25017ff13e9f2d Skipper Mike replied to the topic Looney Tunes minifigs in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/looney-tunes-minifigs/#post-39133 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:04:38 -0400 So what I’m hearing is we should each go buy 12 and then sit in the food court to trade around for the full sets…

]]> 0 417a12feca44b44b8de029b9376befda Skipper Mike replied to the topic Looney Tunes minifigs in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/looney-tunes-minifigs/#post-39091 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:53:17 -0400 I saw that too. I also saw on another blog that was a mistake that affected a few boxes and has been corrected.

]]> 0 d6005b050ed5de28d84f511bf1352c2c Skipper Mike replied to the topic Looney Tunes minifigs in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/looney-tunes-minifigs/#post-39066 Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:17:06 -0400 I haven’t looked at all yet. I was trying to get out ahead of them.

]]> 0 f1a2fcdd30b1be022e4ed25e4dc6c2f3 Skipper Mike started the topic Looney Tunes minifigs in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/looney-tunes-minifigs/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:51:19 -0400 Looks like the Looney Tunes collectibles are starting to appear in the wild. Is anyone planning on buying a box? I’d like a complete set as I definitely grew up as a Looney Tunes kid. (“Shoot him now!” “You be quiet, he doesn’t have to shoot you now.”)

]]> 0 81ea183d9ae1907152e865c44db2fafd Skipper Mike replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/40/#post-39037 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:24:40 -0400 Speaking of glow zone. I was shopping for lighting effects for my tiki bar and found these. I bought one to play with, but they also have a 3 light kit that is battery powered or can run off a power supply.

UV LED lights

]]> 0 64a2fdc1f9f2035ccb0d78b6cc683fd1 Skipper Mike replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/39/#post-38266 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:14:48 -0500

Anyway speaking of huge projects, @skippermike is going to have to revise his life’s dream: NPR story on Jungle Cruise

Yeah, I saw that when it was announced. It’s almost like Google knows…

I won’t have to build the uncomfortable African headhunters section. One of the concept art pieces shows a minor change to a set piece I already built.…Read more

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