Meatman Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 "I know that I'll never be a movie or rock star, but if I can inspire one child through my Lego work, then my purpose in life has been fulfilled..." You're a rock star to some of us Paul. Quote
timslegos Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Great post, where on Facebook did you see it? tim Quote
Lipko Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 He inspires us "grown-ups" too, if that matters Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Nice photo. Edited March 13, 2013 by Alasdair Ryan Quote
CisFran Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Paul inspires a lot of us here (child at heart)! Good job! Quote
Edwin Korstanje Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Great Job Paul . Not only an excellent builder, but what you do for all that kids can i only say :thumbup: Quote
Holodoc Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I feel like an alien from another planet. I have no idea who Paul is. , but I believe he is the designer of the black car in the child's hands? Please tell me. Quote
Alasdair Ryan Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I feel like an alien from another planet. I have no idea who Paul is. , but I believe he is the designer of the black car in the child's hands? Please tell me. Paul is just some builder that ocasanaly builds some cars,he is quite good at them. He also has a nickname called.......I forgot. Paul's website Quote
dhc6twinotter Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Who's he :)? I feel like an alien from another planet. I have no idea who Paul is. , but I believe he is the designer of the black car in the child's hands? Please tell me. Paul Boratko is Crowkillers. He is an excellent Technic car builder who has built cars like the Vampire GT, Porsche 993 GT3, and Lamborghini Murciellago. www.crowkillers.com Quote
Porty Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I'm shocked at the number of people who have never heard of him. Quote
1974 Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 Paul Boratko is Crowkillers Well, he is _a_ crowkiller, allthough he never actually killed one Fun and good story here : http://www.technicbricks.com/2012/09/tbs-techtalk-9-with-paul-boratko.html (Be sure to read part II as well) Seems like a sweet guy and quite talented, imho (allthough I'd luv to see him design something that doesn't use panels, and go full brick Model Team style) I guess Holodoc doesn't hang out much in this forum? Three cheers for PB and his efforts Quote
Lakop Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I would like to see that little car. i will be reading the story H http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakop Well, he is _a_ crowkiller, allthough he never actually killed one Fun and good story here : http://www.technicbr...ul-boratko.html (Be sure to read part II as well) Seems like a sweet guy and quite talented, imho (allthough I'd luv to see him design something that doesn't use panels, and go full brick Model Team style) I guess Holodoc doesn't hang out much in this forum? Three cheers for PB and his efforts Just had a quick look at his car models. I would like to see him go radical. In my brain I will do a concept style model at some stage. Once I get through my other ideas. I'm still in the early stages. H Quote
Bzroom Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 If i'm not mistaken Paul has recently auctioned one of his cars for charity. This may be the car that the boy is holding. Quote
Paul Boratko Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 I certainly didn't expect this when I opened this thread... Ok, here is the story here... I was at work yesterday(at my father's garage) and I noticed an older gentlemen and a young boy had come in and were looking at Lionel trains in the front of the shop(My dad also deals in Pre-war and post war Lionel trains/accessories) Anyways, they were in my dad's office and the boy, whose name is Elijah, had seen one of my cars on the wallpaper of our shop's computer and the boy recognized it and said "this is crowkillers car" and my dad said "That is my son" and he said the boys eyes opened as big as silver dollars... My dad came to the back and asked me to come up front for a minute and the young boy was laughing and very excited and shook my hand and said that he knew all about my cars and told me how he loved Technic and wanted to come to my house and build with me... I know it doesn't seem like much, but it was freakin' awesome to make a connection with a young kid like that, especially one that prefers Technic over minifigures... Elijah lives out near York(about 275km from me) and was in town visiting his grand parents... I also had just received a batch of my Vampire GT cards from Brandon Griffith who has started up a new series called "STUDS", and I had one down at the shop and gave it to the boy, which is the one in the picture.. The boy also wanted his picture taken with me so he could show his mom, and of course we have a camera at the shop for taking pics of damage to vehicles, so I sent him one and posted one up at Facebook because I was so touched by this young 8 year old boy... We ended up going to eat lunch with Elijah and his grandfather and of course Elijah wanted to sit next to me and talk about Lego... Funny thing is that he said that his mother didn't allow him to have any soda, but he then proceeded to order unsweetened Iced-Tea and put in about 10 packs of sugar... I looked at my dad and said "Go figure"... Quote
D3K Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 That is a pretty awesome little story! Keep up the good work, and continue inspiring the rest of us, adults and children alike! Quote
DLuders Posted March 13, 2013 Posted March 13, 2013 That's what it's all about -- being a mentor and an inspiration to the future: Quote
mo_ Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 This is just an awesome story and to have a person so young appreciate Technic is fantastic. Keep up the good work Paul! Quote
Blakbird Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 That's a pretty cool story. Did you ever find out how the boy had found out about you in the first place? I know you are pretty well known here on Eurobricks and in the fan community, but I'm a bit surprised a random kid knew one of your cars on sight. He must be on the Internet a lot! Quote
Paul Boratko Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 Well he got on our computer and went right to brickshelf and then to TechnicBRICKS... He said he got his mom to support the Vamp at Cuusoo because he was too young to join... The kid was pretty smart for just turning 8 a few weeks ago... Which would explain his interest for Technic... He told me that he built the 9398 Crawler all by himself, which would have made him 7 at that time... Quote
Lipko Posted March 14, 2013 Posted March 14, 2013 That is a cool story! I can imagine how excited the kid could be. To be honest, much cooler story than that slogan Quote
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