Battlegorilla

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Hey. I'm Battlegorilla, and I'm an AFOL from the Pacific North West in the USA. I became a member of this site way, way back in 2010, but haven't actually been on here in years. I currently do a weekly LEGO podcast (The Battlegorilla LEGO Podcast), available from the usual sources (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, etc) as well as at www.battlegorilla.com. I plan to be around here more often this time around!

Hey, all. I posted about this in the LEGO Historic Themes forum last night, but thought somebody here might also be able to answer my question. Basically, I'm looking for a post/thread or several posts/threads pertaining to an online draft that happened for the Mill Village Raid set (the infamous goats set) back in 2011 or 2012. I don't know if Eurobricks periodically deletes (or archives) their older posts, or if my searching skills are simply too sub-par for me to find what I'm looking for. But I'm currently working on an episode of my podcast about the whole LEGO Goat situation, and being able to access that information would really help me out. Does anyone have any ideas, or a direction they could point me in? Any and all help appreciated! Thanks, Mike Snethen

Well, I never did find the thread I was looking for (thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions), but the episode I needed it for dropped this morning. (It's "The Battlegorilla LEGO Podcast - The Quest for LEGO's Rare Goat - Collector's Dream or Nightmare?", available in most of the usual places, just in case you wanted to listen to it.)

I realize this is probably a huge longshot, but... I'm in the process of putting together a podcast episode on the LEGO goat, and in the episode I talk about something that my notoriously faulty memory isn't giving me enough info on. Way back in either 2011 or 2012, someone organized an online draft for the Mill Village Raid set. Does anybody remember this? Are there any current members of the site who actually participated in this? Is whoever went home with the ziplock bag full of goats reading this post right now? Is there a chance that the thread (or threads) pertaining to this are archived somewhere that my meager searching skills just aren't able to find? Any and all help here would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Well, I never did find the thread I was looking for (thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions), but the episode I needed it for dropped this morning. (It's "The Battlegorilla LEGO Podcast - The Quest for LEGO's Rare Goat - Collector's Dream or Nightmare?", available in most of the usual places, just in case you wanted to listen to it.)

Yes, that certainly is a bag of goats. Yikes! I doubt that the parts draft I'm currently trying to chase down would have resulted in that many goats - I suspect I'm looking for a smaller bag of goats. But thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Thanks for the fix! And as for that engraved brick... so kind yet simultaneously aggravating! Now stuck with that underscore for all eternity! LOL.

Oh, that's good news! After several days of unsuccessful searching here on EB, I was starting to wonder if my stupid brain had just made the whole thing up. It sounds to me like you know a lot more about this than you're saying...

Okay, I will try there then. Also, I want once again reiterate my appreciation for you checking into this for me! You're awesome!

Yes Toastie, that's the set I'm talking about. I've still had no luck finding anything here pertaining to the parts draft, but I continue looking.

I wish I remembered some of the names, but sadly, I don't. I have found the search filters, so I'm trying my luck there. Searching for the keywords "Mill Raid Draft" from Jan 1 2011 through Dec 31 2012 have turned up 52 pages of posts, so... I suspect I'll be at this awhile. I appreciate the help so far, and I second your nomination for a chin scratch emoji LOL!

Yeah, I'd appreciate it if you could remove the "_" from my name. Back then I was unsure if I wanted to be Battle_Gorilla or Battlegorilla. Turns out, I definitely want to be Battlegorilla. I'm trying very hard (well, moderately hard) to build the Battlegorilla brand. I've got a podcast and everything. So PLEASE make me Battlegorilla here on Eurobricks. Thanks!

Hey, all! I'm attending Bricks Cascade in Portland, OR next week, and my hotel roommate and I are looking for a third to bring costs down to $177.00 each for the room. We're booked for Thursday the 12th (3:00 pm check-in) through Sunday the 15th (11:00 am check-out). The room has two queen beds, and I'll be sleeping in a chair (medical issues), so you can have your own bed just a couple of blocks from the convention center for less than $180. How can you possibly afford to pass up such an awesome opportunity?! First come, first served. Mike "BattleGorilla" Snethen zeitgeist_the_clown@yahoo.com

Only when I'm sleeping. (I'm guessing that's a dealbreaker?)

Okay, 2015 fast approacheth, and I'm trying to find as full a list as possible of LEGO theme months/build events. I'm aware of SHIPtember and Nnovvember, but what others are there in that vein? Also interested in the big yearly contests like FBTB's MOC Madness, Classic Castle's big end-of-year competition, and the like. All help appreciated.

I'm going to be announcing a contest shortly after the first of the year, and as I sit here typing this, I have no prizes to give to whoever wins. So I asked myself, "Where do prizes come from?" I didn't have a satisfactory answer to give, and so I'm now asking you, the fine denizens of Eurobricks. Where DO prizes come from? I've never run a contest before, and I just don't know. Do the people running these various internet build competitions usually buy the prizes themselves? Does LEGO supply them sometimes? Is there a contest prize fairy that I'm supposed to sacrifice a goat to? I need some expert advice. Any and all help appreciated. Battle_Gorilla

Best Set: I don't actually own it, but I'll put in a vote for Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! Worst Set: The Simpsons set. "Yeah, let's do a popular licensed theme, and release ONE set... with a $200 price tag!" Best Minifig: Rocket. (Come on, how could it not be Rocket?) Worst Minifig: ANY of the Simpsons minifigures. When I heard that LEGO had the license, what I pictured was what we eventually saw in the Simpsons LEGO episode, not the ridiculous mascot-headed abominations we ended up getting. Yeesh! Best Theme: Got to give it to The LEGO Movie sets. (Although if we're talking about best potential for a theme that we were merely teased with... I'd give it to Ghostbusters.) Worst Theme: The Simpsons. The set was unavailable to people on a budget, and the figures were hideous. And I know that this wasn't among the questions asked, but I'd like to categorically state that the Series 13 Hot Dog Man minifig is definitely the WURST figure of 2015. (I'm so sorry. I'll go away now.)

CopMike, you're a class act -- thanks for another year of the Advent Raffle! This year for Christmas, I'd like a LEGO Room (or at the very least, a LEGO Wall) with a nice surface to build MOCs on, and plenty of storage for bricks! Eurobricks Advent 2014 by BattleGorilla, on Flickr

A Christmas Tree Ornament...in more ways than one!

O.K., thanks for the info.

Something I'm curious about regarding this piece and this piece: If you build them into a MOC using SNOT techniques so that the open ends of the arches touch, do they form an actual circle, or just a general roundish shape? I'd like to know for sure before placing my next Bricklink order. Thanks for any and all help!

JUST five? Seriously? (Sigh.) Okay, I'll narrow down my list of obsessively needed LEGO animals to just five then. 1.) Bison 2.) Gorilla 3.) Giraffe 4.) Turtle 5.) Walrus

If you've got time, I'd hit some of the Muppet fansites and Twitter and whatnot and discuss the following: You've got a Muppet project on Cuusoo, and Wednesday (May 16) will be the 22nd anniversary of the passing of the Muppets' creator, Jim Henson. Try and milk the whole, "Vote for Muppet Lego Sets, in memory of Jim" vibe.

Representing the Countship of Kandarvale and the Tribe of Ezyla, the half-orc archer prodigy Ylda. 01 by BattleGorilla, on Flickr The Lady Ildis "Ylda" DeSet 02 by BattleGorilla, on Flickr Here we see her at practice. Bored with targets and dummies, she prepares to shoot an apple off of Thuk's head.