George G.

Excalibur Figures I created all the torso decals myself and printed them onto sticker paper. My favourite torso has to be Captain Britain's, but my favourite detail of all has to NightCrawler's tail :) Here are the figures in action, facing off against my custom Doctor Doom!

Thanks for you're comment mate! I've never read an Excalibur comic, just looked at some pictures on the internet, so I guess you're the expert . What I was going for was more of a stylised/modern version of the team. - I kept Captain Britain pretty much the same as the original, just without the mask which was decided because of decal issues and I thought he looked pretty neat without. And I'm sorry about the hair colour, I've never seen under the mask - For NightCrawler, I went for a near identical copy of the original just with a beard because that's what was on the face! - For Marvel Girl, I was basing it off this: http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/24500000/Phoenix-x-men-24518303-757-1056.jpg as I could make it seem a little more modern and "human". - For ShadowCat I was going for a traditional X-men outfit as shown here: http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/298/c/6/Shadowcat_by_windriderx23_by_Pinkypie1.jpg . I was using her hair as a filler and it just kind of stuck with the outfit, so I kept it. - And for Meggan, I used this: http://www.alandavis-comicart.com/images/Meggan.jpg , just with a little more black. The hair is the only blonde one I have, and you have to let me off for not knowing that she was very smiley

Congratulations everyone! I'm very surprised that I won, and it's a set that I really wanted! Thanks guys, great contest!

Back story ~ As a child, Barry grew up in Metropolis. On the television every day he would watch news reports on the evil plights lead by the Joker and his goons. He also watched how the mysterious Batman would always save the day, but there was never any good footage of the masked hero for everyone to see. At 16, Barry finished school and moved to Gotham City to become the Batman's new assistant and help him stop crime! Unfortunately, Barry was very poor and couldn't afford to make an outfit or buy his own Barrymobile. So he decided to take up a job at Channel 5, being a runner. When he was 19, Barry was offered a job as a reporter for the news station; of which he took up as he decided that the Superhero lifestyle wasn't really for him. On his first report, Barry went out alone with all the camera crew he would need to film. Then, in the shadows, Barry saw the fast-paced flash of Batman zooming past him to save the day! Barry was fast, agile, and was an amazing climber so could keep up with the Dark Knight as he chased down hooligans! Barry presented his footage to the Channel 5 producer, who promoted him to chief reporter! From then on, Barry would go out every night and show the World the next exciting adventure of the Batman! If it is unclear, the torso detail shows the "Channel 5: Gotham Tonight" logo, Barry's name badge and a sound recording device with wires going into his backpack. A small microphone is clipped onto his collar. Costings ~ - Spiked hair - £0.64 - Superman head - £2.25 - White torso - £0.32 - City Pilot legs - £0.28 - Backpack - £0.08 - Camera - £0.10 - 2x 1x1 round stud - £0.02 - 1x1 round tile - £0.05 - Printable sticker - £0.04 - Total - £3.78 Thanks for stopping by!

Ah man! I was just looking through all the entries for the contest to decide which to vote for, and realised that I had done exactly the same idea for this round as 'Ruslik' did, so sorry mate Great minds think alike eh?

Just wondering if the judges will comment on all the entries before the voting stage? Thanks guys this has been a really cool contest!

Backstory ~ Heja Dayoo grew up in the deepest part of the Amazon Forest, living amongst the trees with her many sisters. Heja lived a very sad life, as her sisters constantly bullied her for not being as strong or fast as them. One time she was so upset, she ran away from her home up into the mountain where the deceased tribe leader was buried. She prayed to the leader, wishing that he could rise from the grave and protect her. Heja was astonished as, as she had wished, the tribesman rose from his deep grave, a horrific zombie! The zombie had no feeling of it's own, but could be controlled from Heja's commands. She sent her new warrior back to the village to kill her sisters, and re-summon them back to act as her servants. Word spread of Heja and her powers through many adventurers and explorers, until it reached the firey grasp of The Joker! He new this now-woman was exactly what he needed in his army of wicked villains who could take down the Batman for once and for all! The Joker took Heja back to Gotham with him and turned her into the villainous NECRO! NECRO summoned an army of the dead and took control of Gotham. She made sure that she summoned two corpses to act as her personal body guards; Batman's mother and father! Will Batman be able to kill his zombie parents? Will he be able to save Gotham? How does NECRO know the identity of Batman's parents? Find out same bat-time, same bat-channel, on the next exciting installment of Batman! Fact File ~ - NAME: Heja Dayoo - VILLAIN: Necro - GENDER: Female - HEIGHT: 8ft 1" - POWERS: Raising the dead Costing ~ - Plain Dark Red Torso - £1.60 - Geisha t Head - £0.26 - Black Helmet - £0.01 - Black Knights Visor - £0.97 - Dark Red Cloth Awning - £0.20 - Dark Red 2x2x3 Slope - £0.06 - 10cmx3.5cm printable sticker – £0.04 - 4L Black Pole – £0.01 - Total – £3.15 The decals were designed myself on Microsoft Office Publisher, and I'm surprised how well the print came out, even if the colour is a little off I'm not too familiar with the in depth Batman story line, but I gave a guess and if there is a character with the same name/powers then I am sorry. And if you're wondering, the background is a painting of a red butterfly, I thought the colours worked well Thanks for stopping by!

I have added the image you have asked for, and it comes after the back-story text. Thank you very much for the suggestion LuxorV!

If there's any spare constructive criticism floating about that the judges are able to give me on my entry, I would greatly appreciate it thanks

I see your frustration but I don't see contests as prize-bagging events, but ways to build together as a community and see what every one else can come up with! But yes, prizes are pretty awesome when they come as an added bonus

B-M-04D The Antique Shoppe I'm a fan of micro building and when I saw the category I thought I'd give an entry a go. I've built a stucco-and-timber style building before in Minifigure scale (http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/289339) but couldn't work out a way to get the diagonal beams. Now, in microscale, I developed a way by sandwiching a 1x1 tile between 2 oppositely-facing cheese slopes. The whole building interior is filled up by the SNOT reinforcements and the sides were difficult to build due to half stud offset on each floor to make the overhang Another difficulty was trying to fit all the SNOT onto the 8x8 base, but after much fiddling and redesign I got it on there.

I've just returned from watching Marvel's "Avengers Assemble" and I have to say, it was an amazing film All throughout the film I was looking out for when the new LEGO sets appeared, but couldn't help noticing the vast amount of mistakes made. I know most of them were designed in the way they are to be more appealing to buy, but a lot of the problems could be changed really easily (mostly figure arrangements). And if you're super-duper paranoid about any tiny little things getting spoiled before you watch it, I suggest you stop reading now I'll try my best not too! 6865: Captain America's Avenging Cycle Problems: 1) Captain America never once avenged on a motorbike (although Steve Rogers did, but that was just to go home and was on the screen for a second. It certainly wasn't a bright red one covered in stars though!) 2) The alien creatures never used those ground base turrets. How it should have been done: I believe they should have scrapped the cycle and the turret and used those pieces to add another one of the one-man flying vehicles, as these were fairly prominent in the scene. Furthermore, I believe the aliens could do with their lance-like weapons. 6867: Loki's Cosmic Cube Escape Problems: 1) Iron Man didn't feature in this scene at all. 2) Hawkeye didn't have his bow with him and was wearing more of an army style outfit, not his Avenging attire. 3) Loki wasn't in his "gold" outfit and hadn't produced his helmet yet. How it should have been done: The truck is fine and is also very accurate. However, I think Iron Man should be replaced with Black Widow as she was the only one actually trying to chase down Loki and Hawkeye. Also, a slight change in costume printing would be appropriate for Loki and Hawkeye. 6868: Hulk's Helicarrier Breakout Problems: 1) Hawkeye never flew one of the Shield Jets, and when he was in scenes on the Helicarrier he wasn't in his Avenging gear. 2) The set is far too small for the scenes it featured. How it should have been done: LEGO really missed a trick with this set. In my opinion, this should have been the flagship set and the Quinjet should have been shrunk (more info later). The whole middle sequence (I'd say 45mins-60 mins of the film took place on the helicarrier and included many crucial scenes. If this were the size of the Quinjet (perhaps a little bigger) then everything that happened could be included. I would add Dr Banner and perhaps one of Loki's goons to fly the jet instead of Hawkeye. 6869: Quinjet Aerial Battle Problems: 1) Thor never rode in (or on ) the Quinjet. 2) The set seems a little oversized seeing as they only really sit in the cockpit and jet off to a new location. I believe that the set is true to minifigure scale, but I do believe LEGO could have got away with going a little smaller How it should have been done: As I said before, I think this set should have been smaller, being reduced to the £50 kit. Also, I think Loki and Thor should be replaced with Captain America and Hawkeye, as they both ride with Black Widow to the battle. Well what else could be done? I think an amazing set from "Avengers Assemble", and one which could sell quite well, is the large robotic flying snake which can be seen in the film's trailer smashing through tower blocks. It would probably retail between £100-£150 and contain Hulk, Thor, Loki, Iron Man and perhaps 2 of those alien goons from the Quinjet and Avenging Cycle sets. So what's your opinion (If you've seen the film of course)?

I did the same for my Captain America figure except I used the spare round trans-clear tile from the Cosmic Cube set as the headlight

After a week of patiently waiting, my Avengers sets finally arrived in the post I am slightly disappointed by my Iron Man's helmet as the left side looks as though its been attacked with P60 sand paper I'll have to file for a replacement piece. Any-who, photo time!

Over on MOCpages I'm taking part in the 2012 MOCathalon and had to build a creation in the category: Alternate Star Wars - Build a MOC showing an alternate history in Star Wars. IE: Vader kills Obi Wan on that lava planet, Vader kills Luke on the Death Star, the separatists win the clone wars, anything you want! Everyone knows that Ewoks are small, cute and friedly. But what if they were big scary and angry? This is what I came up with: And here's the Speeder Bike I created for the event: Just thought I'd share him with you guys

Well, kids these days are all "want want want"! I'm pretty sure a lot of them do have the full range

I see where you're coming from, but I think LEGO could have done with some variation in figures because most of the figures appear twice in the same wave of sets which will leave kids having duplicates of characters which, unless you're playing cloning , can't be too much fun for playing with. But I do understand that they did have to keep some costs down.

But the PoP sets were so nice! I ended up having all 5 kits, and still haven't watched the film

I had forgotten about possibly combining the truck scene with the bowing scene, a wise observation sir I swear Thor literally just jumps on the Quinjet and jumps off again with Loki. About the size of the Quinjet (I think I should have made myself a little clearer), it's a very accurate size in minifigure scale but I think that they could have gotten away with making it a little smaller like many other licensed sets.

I get where you're coming from my friend, I just think there were some easy minifigure swaps they could have made to make the die hard fans and perfectionists a little happier. There's probably reason behind it all though

I'm pretty pleased with how this picture turned out. The background used is a piece of sci-fi concept art I found (and tore) out of a book

It's actually Captain Darthbeard Thanks for blogging my creation guys, it means a lot! I'd nearly forgotten about this since I'd built it in June last year. If anyone is interested in seeing all the pictures and the comic-video in one place, they can be found on this page: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/275895. Thanks again guys!

I've never watched Batman Begins or The Dark Night, but I've still been interested in the Batmobile from the film, The Tumbler. And I've also been interested in starting micro building. So here are my results - enjoy! This thing is really dense and strong but can still be zoomed around on the carpet Thanks for stopping by.

Since so many people have asked, I think I will have to work on some instructions Once again, thank you everyone for your kind words!

The whole build actually only took me about 2 hours - I was very surprised that everything I wanted just came together so well Thanks everyone for your kind words!