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To make up for my not very topic-related post earlier I just wanted to tell you that apparently somebody at hothbricks dug up an ebay-seller who already offers the 2014 Grievous, from the wheel-bike set.

Why? This is not the "Oh look, I can fool around with MS Paint to make the figs look like I think they should"-Topic, but the Pictures and rumors Topic. There is no rumor that the figs will look the way that republican faked them in his MS-paint, or is there? those things belong to the customization-forum, or whereever, but certainly not here. Everybody is waiting for new pics, and it really is annoying when this post is misused for some "look what I did"-stuff, that actually nobody cares about, but everybody is forced to look at, because everybody thinks ist actually something new. And now Grogall (or who, go ahead with the Pictures, pretty pretty pretty please!

Happy birthday Brickwarriors! I have bought your products through one of your resellers and must say that I'm really satisfied with them! I hope those single items will hit the stores in Europe soon, too. Need a bunch of those nifty looped javelins (and the bear-traps of course) :-D Have you thought about designing some clip-on kind-of-helmets for your Minotaur heads? That would be great to add even more variety! Have a nice party and all the best of luck for Brickwarriors future! C*

I ordered a bunch of packs and some more items (some of them in silver) from one of your resellers in Europe and am looking forward to recieving them! Even though I really like the idea of the packs, I support the opinion of some of the earlier commentators and admit that I probably would have ordered a bunch more stuff (especially armor and shields, as well as the new neat and shiny javelin) if they had been available outside of the packs. Regarding the price: I think it is not out of range for something as rare and special as your items. I have ordered from multiple custom-producers, and your prices are well within the usual range I think. Keep up the good work! C* p.s.: I would love an armor that has a sort of leathery lightness to its looks, to fit in with your Ranger- and Assassin-helmet!

This is a quite famous surfing spot in Munich. You might want to check out this video to get a feeling for the speed. And of course, the farther up you go, the faster down the streams and rivers flow. Cheers, C*

Well, I don't know how much this german site is to trust. In the little text above it says that all the listed "sets" below are based on pure speculation based on rumors from the internet and key scenes from the book "The Hobbit". Plus, set numbers are weird, prices seem incorrect, there are no prelim pics and all those other little hints that would make it at least seem legit are missing. I wouldn't put too much hope in it and rather wait for comic-con. Cheers, C*

Hi guys! I just got back from my vacation in Denmark, and I had the oppotunity to talk to some LEGO Star Wars Designers at the LEGOLAND Billund Star Wars Days (which were rather disappointing, really). One of them told me about the B-Wing, and even tough it wasn`t much he revealed (I actually hoped for a sneek-peek or something), he told me that it is not going to be motorized and will hit the shelves in late August/early September. Cheers, C*

Is it just me, or does the imperial office have a different head than the battlepack one? I like the chin-strap, and hopefully it is dual-sided, with snow goggles on the other side No matter which head it is, I still think that the range of minifigs is better than last years.Only thing I'm not so sure about is two christmassy figs. One would have been enough imo. Cheers, C*

First of all, thank you for the review! In my opinion, this set really is below average, even scratiching the below border to poor. The fighter may be very nice in its new design, but the rest is just unimaginative, and the pricing is ridiculous. I really, really liked Mace Windu's Starfighter and the added play-value of the command-droid and the two STAP's, and back then I thought they did a step in the right direction. I'm always willing to pay more, when I've got the feeling that I'm getting something for my moneys worth. This in comparison is just laughing stock in my opinion. They didn't even go through the process of thinking something up for the additional figure, an Speeder or whatever. This set feels to me like: "Ok, we can't go with 25 buck-sets anymore, cause we already have two of them this year (droid escape and geonosian cannon), so what can we do to get this set up to 40 bucks?" Answer: "Well, since everybody at TLC who ever thought about pricing, price-per-piece-ratio and play-value seems to be on vacation we throw in a new minifig and call it a deal." I really hope that this will turn out as one of the worst selling LEGO Star Wars Sets ever, just to stop the Company from having any more funny ideas like this one. Cheers, C*

I would totally try to build my own if somebody invested the time for instructions and a parts-list. I saw it before, and it always unleashes this little bit neckhair standing up, due to pure awesomeness. And to cusoo: Why not? Lego's designers have been inspired by MOC's a couple of times in the past, be it the Imperial Shuttle, the Super Star Destoyer or even Obi Wans UCS Fighter. So why not give a shot at this awesome AT-AT, if the fan-base signals a need for it? You have got my vote cavegod, keep on brickin'! Cheers, C*

Hello Legostein! Finally someone takes on the challenge of those curvacious Mon-Cal capital-ships. I really like how this one came out, thank you for sharing it with us! Would it be possible to bulid it in tan/dark tan, or are the needed bricks not available in those colours? I'm just curious how that would turn out. After you took the first step I hope someone takes up the challenge and starts one in midi-scale! Always a pleasure to turn on the computer in the morning and see a new creation from you! Cheers, C*

My prize D arrived today, and I had the Admiral as the mystery figure, which is a great enrichment of my collection. I really have to stock up my stormtroopers now, because I now own almost all of the chiefs but almost none of the indians. It was really great to come home and find this in my mailbox, thanks to all of you who made it possible! Cheers, C*

Thank you all for your kind compliments, I'm glad you guys like it! It's Brickforges Tribal Spear. I would really like to build it into a complete tree, but at the moment I'm a little scare about static. I'm not really good in physics, but since the whole construction is hollow and the top section (albeit sturdy) is pretty heavy already, AND its only half a tree,so the weight isn't spread out equally around it, I don't really know how much more weight the bottom can take without tipping forward or crumbling into itself. If anybody out there has experience with this kind of problem, I would be glad for any hint you could give me, I could upload a shot from the back if it helps. The trans-green cheese-slopes were more of a coincidence, I just grabbed a handfull at the Lego Store when they didn't have any plants aside from flowerstems. And having not as many "real" plants I added them to give the leaves more substance. I think the next thing I'll have to add is a thinner tree on the left hand side, since the platform tends to bend a little under its own weight. Happy new year to all of you! Cheers, C*

I was so fixed on uploading my pictures, that I forgot to post the link here. Anyway: Here we go. Cheers, C*

Hello all! On the last day of the latest Community Build I would like to present my entry to you. Truth to be told, I was already into the process of designing in LDD when ACPin made the official call for entries. As it turned out this was my luck, since I started into a new job in 12/11, with 10 hour shifts on six days a week and all. So this didn't turn out as big as I would have liked, but I managed at least one tree with house and platform and all, so please, enjoy! The whole thing from top down, complete with minifigs. A little closer now, unfortunately not very sharp. I still need to setup a little Photo-studio to fit my needs and create the proper atmosphere. A shot of the top, this one without figs: This one with different lighting and figs, but not a good background unfortunately. Wait, whats going on below? This is what keeps the whole thing upright: And this is how it looks set up on a very narrow shelf right up to the wall: As I mentioned before I didn't have the time I wanted this month, but I won't stop now and keep building on it in future. Hope you like it! C&C welcome! Have a good start into 2012! Cheers, C*