BirdOPrey5 Posted May 12, 2014 Posted May 12, 2014 Hello All- My name is Joe- I live in Queens, just outside New York City. I loved legos as a child- we had a basement with large tables that were fully covered in base plates and tons of my custom creations. I'm an adult now and suffered a serious illness a new years back that left me weak and paralyzed. I'm using Legos again to get strength and dexterity back into my hands and fingers. I've been busy with some of the larger sets such as the space shuttle. Have a few creator sets on order and one day soon will be starting on the remote controlled rock crawler. While re-discovering Lego I was amazed to see the Lego Digital Designer of which I've spent many an hours with over the last few days. Unfortunately I was having a bit of an issue and that was what made me find this site- I was able to ask my question in the LDD section. Looks like a great site, I hope to be a part of it! Quote
TheLegGodt Posted May 12, 2014 Posted May 12, 2014 Hi there! Sorry to hear about your illness and great that you have resparkled your inner child. I am sure it will help keep you young and (mentallly) healthy! Quote
Milan Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 I hope you will get strength into the hands back, and that bricks will bring you lots of fun! Quote
emilstorm Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 Hello Joe, sorry to hear about your situation, but it is inspiring to hear you lego'ing your way back :) getting stronger one brick at a time! I hope and pray you will recover fully, in the meantime, enjoy the building :) Quote
Dr Leg O Brick Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 Hi BirdOPrey5, I'm sorry to here about your situation. I hope you find the site as great as I've found it, and that you make a full recovery via some great plastic bricks! Enjoy the site! P.S I like your username and picture! Quote
BirdOPrey5 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Posted May 15, 2014 Hi BirdOPrey5, I'm sorry to here about your situation. I hope you find the site as great as I've found it, and that you make a full recovery via some great plastic bricks! Enjoy the site! P.S I like your username and picture! Awesome pics on your flickr page! Vic Fontaine! Quote
Dr Leg O Brick Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 Thanks, always nice to see another Star Trek fan around, particularly one who likes Vic! May I ask, what's your favourite series? Quote
BirdOPrey5 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Posted May 15, 2014 Well... I consider TOS on its own level- I don't think it's fair to rank it among the others. Of the sequels Deep Space 9 was my favorite. Oh how I wish Lego would have got the rights to Star Trek sets. Instead Keg-o or whatever has them and we get cartoon looking ships I wouldn't waste my time on. Some of the fan created Lego trek ships are amazing- I'm trying my hand and my own Bird Of Prey in LDD, still getting the hang of the software. Quote
Dr Leg O Brick Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) I'd agree with you there, in regards to TOS. Even so, TOS and DS9 are my favourites, followed by TNG, Voyager, and Enterprise. Then the animated series, which I count due to the original cast staring in it (bar Chekov). I must say it's nice to find a DS9 fan, I've found a lot of negativity towards it over the years, to me DS9 is the most relatable and the most realistic out of the sequels. That's not to say any of the others are bad, far from it in fact. I know, right? They've even branched further to TNG, DS9, TOS, and ENT with the "kerons", their minifigures, meaning they have the whole licence. Their alright, I guess, but if only Lego would make some...I've heard something awhile back, rumour and hearsay perhaps, the Star Wars licence has some kind of clause that states anything similar can't be made (I guess that includes Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica and anything else they deem takes place in space). That doesn't really add up, considering Hasbo has got both Trek and Wars, so I wouldn't hold it as fact (rule of acquisition 190: Here all, trust nothing). Sorry to go of topic! Edited May 15, 2014 by Dr Leg O Brick Quote
BirdOPrey5 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Posted May 15, 2014 Oh I hope Star Wars doesn't have an exclusive for Sci-Fi series sets. :( One of my hopes in life is I wake up one day and the Kreg-o contract has expired and someone at Lego wised up and bought the rights. I agree, DS9 fans are hard to find. I recently re-watched Enterprise in its entirety on Netflix and I was really enjoying it prior to the Xindi attack and subsequent transition to a "war time" series. I think it had potential to be one of the best if it had kept going. Quote
Dr Leg O Brick Posted May 15, 2014 Posted May 15, 2014 As I say, I don't know, but I seem to remember something along those lines. Even if it wasn't true, the fakes still have the license, so any which way you look at it, it unfortunately isn't going to happen, at the moment. Enterprise gets such a bad rep. I really liked it before S3, a nice return to the exploring strange new worlds feel. That's not to say S4 was bad, I loved in a mirror darkly, the WW2 episodes, the explanation of the Klingon ridges going and reappearing between ENT and TNG, and a few others. It was never given a chance in my opinion, and as you say, it had a hell of a lot of potential. Quote
Jim Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 I recently re-watched Enterprise in its entirety on Netflix and I was really enjoying it prior to the Xindi attack and subsequent transition to a "war time" series. I think it had potential to be one of the best if it had kept going. True that! I really enjoyed Enterprise....while it lasted. Nice cast, great story line. First ST series with a full season story line (if I am not mistaken) which really worked for me. And welcome to EB of course! Quote
BirdOPrey5 Posted May 17, 2014 Author Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) True that! I really enjoyed Enterprise....while it lasted. Nice cast, great story line. First ST series with a full season story line (if I am not mistaken) which really worked for me. And welcome to EB of course! Thanks! One might argue the Dominion war in DS9 was a multi-season story line but I think Enterprise stayed more on topic all season. Oh how I wish Lego would have got the rights to Star Trek sets. Instead Keg-o or whatever has them and we get cartoon looking ships I wouldn't waste my time on. Some of the fan created Lego trek ships are amazing- I'm trying my hand and my own Bird Of Prey in LDD, still getting the hang of the software. I don't want to be a hypocrite so I need to come clean. A family member purchased the Kre-O Klingon Bird Of Prey for me and I received it earlier today. Although this ship looks nothing like the Klingon Bird Of Prey we may know and love (I always remember that scene from Star Trek IV when the Bird of Prey de-cloaks in front of the whaling ship) it is actually a pretty decent set once built. It is a fun size to play with, not too big, not too small... I have to say it will look good among my Lego sets. Still never intend to buy the Kre-O USS Enterprise, however- that looks ridiculous. Edited May 17, 2014 by BirdOPrey5 Quote
StickFig Posted May 22, 2014 Posted May 22, 2014 ...As a child- we had a basement with large tables that were fully covered in base plates and tons of my custom creations.... Wow, I wish I had had a LEGO space that cool when I was a kid... who am I kidding, I wish I had a LEGO space that cool NOW! Welcome to EB! Quote
BirdOPrey5 Posted May 22, 2014 Author Posted May 22, 2014 Wow, I wish I had had a LEGO space that cool when I was a kid... who am I kidding, I wish I had a LEGO space that cool NOW! Welcome to EB! No matter how big your basement of Legos is, someone else's is bigger. One of my good friends (who i didn't meet until college) still had this setup in his parent's basement. I can only imagine... Quote
StickFig Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 If EB has shown me anything, it's how much I missed out during childhood Quote
Only Sinner Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Good to know another ST fan has joined us. Hope to have you recover quickly with the LEGO therapy. Quote
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