aska0278

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    Not even sure where to start.....

    Thank-you very much! We were going to try and get started on the Bionicle tub. The comment about the heads being the most expensive part was definitely interesting. LOL I was wondering if there were specific marks or designs that would indicate specific series or sets. If we get stuck with identification I'll post in that other thread. Thanks for the link. :)
  2. I am hoping this is the correct place to ask this question. My husband just recently bought a huge lego collection from a friend. We got an amazing deal. These legos survived 4 boys and several sets are 100% complete. One of the tubs is filled with bionicle figures and we know pretty much nothing about them. I don't believe we are planning on keeping them, (our girls don't really seem interested in them...) but where would be a good place to start to find out which ones we actually have and the actual value of the ones we have. I know ebay is sometimes a good place to look, but I need to know which bionicle figures we have first. Appreciate any help. Thanks. :)
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    [MOC] Imperial Star Destroyer Tyrant

    I'm not sure I can come up with any thing other than a stunned and delighted silence. :) This is amazing!
  4. Well first let me say I joined these forums as a mom trying to support my two daughters (7 and 10) who LOVE to build with their LEGOs; especially my eldest's. This is my eldest daughter's THING. (some kids have sports, some kids have dance, she builds LEGOs) Every year our school district holds a LEGO building competition for the elementary students (K-5) They have ONE hour to build from the ground up. There is no pre-building and all pieces (including minifigs) must be disassembled. The kids are divided into grade levels. Each grade level has a "Most Creative" and "Most Realistic" award. There is also "Overall Creative," "Overall Realistic," and of course "Best of Show." My eldest won "Most Creative" for 2nd grade level, "Best of Show" last year (in 3rd grade), and "Most Realistic" for 4th grade level this past weekend. We (mom, dad, and girls) have been planning, prepping, learning, redoing, and practice building since early January. My eldest and I have been pouring over building tutorials, pictures, youtube videos, and some of the LEGO building books. (It's how I found the eurobricks forums.) She came across CesBrick's Wizard cottage, fell in love with the green water and the water pouring trick, and used that as inspiration for what she wanted to do. We used Derfel's guide to building a medieval village to learn some new techniques. They were the two biggest contributors I thought I'd share some pictures because I think she did a fantastic job, and since the forums here have helped her create what she wanted to do. So thank-you eurobrick peoples for all the inspiration. You helped my 10yr old daughter achieve her vision, and win a prize for the third year in a row at her LEGO building competition. Side view of the side witht he wizard's house (he lives under some ruins in the hill) and the pig pen: wizard6 by asuka0278, on Flickr Side view of the waterfall, and other castle ruins: wizard8 by asuka0278, on Flickr Head on view of the waterfall. She ran out of time and didn't get to put the translucent blue pieces over the water: wizard5 by asuka0278, on Flickr head on view of the wizard's house and the water pouring trick. (She thought that was the coolest trick ever and was determined to use it.) wizard9 by asuka0278, on Flickr The next day she was allowed to display her creation at the school district's STEM festival. So she was able to add the translucent water pieces to it. A head on view of the ruins: ruins by asuka0278, on Flickr Frog Pond (this is my favorite part, with the waterfall coming in a close second.) frog_pond by asuka0278, on Flickr
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    Some positive feedback please.

    Hello fellow LEGO builders. I am hoping I am posting this in the correct forum. If not please let me know so I can put it where it belongs. This is going to be long, so please bear with me. I am a mom of two little girls who LOVE building with their LEGOs. For the past three years my girls (7 and 10) have competed in the school district's LEGO building competition. You bring your own LEGOs, everything must be disassembled, and they have ONE hour to build their creation from the ground up. They divide the kids into grade level (K-5) and each grade level has a "Most Realistic" and a "Most Creative" award. Then there is "Overall Most Realistic," "Overall Most Creative," and finally the "Best Of Show." My eldest has received a prize for her builds every year she has competed. In 2nd grade she won "Most Creative" for the 2nd grade level, last year she won "Best of Show," (she was in 3rd grade) and this year she won "Most Realistic" for the 4th grade level. (I am going to post some pictures of her build in the Historical section.) My youngest started competing last year. She was in first grade and did not win a prize. She got over it pretty quickly. This year we (mom, dad, and both girls) have been working since January on planning and preparing for the competition. We've learned new techniques (thank-you eurobricks! :) ) We've done building run-throughs to make sure they could get their creation built in under an hour. We revised, changed, discarded etc. My youngest was very proud of her LEGO Friends grocery store she made. She worked really hard. Once again, she had to watch as her elder sister won a prize and she did not. As a mom my heart broke when I saw her little face just fall as her sister's name was called for one of the prizes. Even my eldest told me it was hard to be happy about her win, because her sister didn't get anything. My youngest tried to be positive and said "It's about having fun, not winning." But, I could tell she was having a hard time believing it herself. And, she made some very disparaging remarks about herself in reference to her loss later on in the day when she thought she was alone with her sister. I want her to learn to accept defeat and disappointment as part of life, but I don't want it to kill her self esteem, or her sense of self worth either. She has some mistakes in the build but we've always told the girls when they're building if it doesn't go together like it did when they practiced, make it work, improvise, and move on to the next part to build and come back to it later because they only have so much time to build. She did that, when she came to find some of her pieces were missing. (we found them sitting on the table when we came home) So here's what I'm asking, I am going to post some pictures of her little Friends grocery store. Would some of you mind leaving some positive feedback about her grocery store that I can read to her? It's one thing when your mom and dad and grandmother tell you they think it's wonderful, but a whole different thing when someone you don't know complements something you worked hard on. I would really appreciate it. Thanks. :) TL;DR: My youngest daughter who is 7 had to watch, for the second year in a row, as her elder sister won a prize and she didn't. She needs a boost of confidence. Side view: (The broken jelly jar was 100% my youngest's idea.) grocery2 by asuka0278, on Flickr Produce section: grocery3 by asuka0278, on Flickr Front of store: grocery6 by asuka0278, on Flickr Cash register, peanut butter and jelly jars, part of the dairy section: grocery8 by asuka0278, on Flickr The bakery section: grocery10 by asuka0278, on Flickr
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    Hello!

    I do have pictures. I will attempt to upload them. The kids are divided into grade levels (K-5th) and they have one hour to build from the ground up. All pieces have to be completely dismantled. We make her practice building in the time limit just in case she finds something takes too long to build or she needs/wants to change how she builds it. Each grade level has a "most realistic" and a "most creative" prize. Then they Have "Overall Creative" and "Overall realistic" and then finally "Best In Show" She was pretty bummed when they moved past her grade last year and she hadn't won like the previous year. But the moment they said her name for Best of Show she was up off the floor and to the front in a flash. It was a great memory to have. This was the first year she entered. 2nd grade. She did a zoo. We practiced building within an hour the week before. I helped her a little I figured if she used separate plates for each section of the zoo, it would give her the failsafe of leaving out a section if she ran out of time. This is unfortunately the only picture I have from my old camera. :( From left to right: The Ostrich Pen, Wolf Pen, Woodland habitat, Reptile House and Aquarium, and in the far right corner the Bear habitat. The snack cart is in the upper right corner. LEGO_zoo by asuka0278, on Flickr This was last year's Best of Show. She wanted to use the Minecraft LEGOs she got for Christmas. (Minecraft is another favorite of hers) She wasn't sure how to go about it initially, so i suggested she try and recreate each of the biomes and this is what she came up with. Again, we made sure she set it up so if she ran out of time, she could leave off a section if she needed to. Overhead shot of the whole thing: Full view by asuka0278, on Flickr Grassland scene, complete with horses, (which had just come out in our version of Minecraft) house, pig pen, and garden. HOuse, grassland, and of course, horses by asuka0278, on Flickr Cave with creepers, skeletons, lava source, water source, and ore: Cave with lava, water, and ore by asuka0278, on Flickr Desert scene with end portal. (It's hard to see in this picture but the grey section is supposed to be a temple covered in sand.) Desert and End portal by asuka0278, on Flickr And finally her Mooshroom Island. Complete with mooshroom cow. :) Mooshroom island by asuka0278, on Flickr Thanks for asking to see them. She was very proud of both her creations. :)
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    Hello!

    Hello! new to the forums (obviously) Both my husband and I love LEGO but we're more casual fans and just love to see what amazing things people come up with . (Though the Millenium Falcon my DH got for Christmas completely brought out the kid in him. ) In truth though it's our two girls (10 and 7) who are the major LEGO fans, especially my eldest. Last year she won the Best Of Show at our school district's LEGO building competition. Proud parent moment. (And yes, there were tears of joy!) The year before she won Most Creative in her grade bracket. This is her third year in entering the contest and we've tried hard to remind her, she won the TOP award last year....there is only one way to go. However, she still is working to create something amazing. My youngest also entered last year an unfortunately didn't win anything. She wasn't upset about it for too long and decided she wanted to enter again this year. So, here I am joining the forums to look for building techniques the girls can learn and ideas that may spark their imaginations for this year's competition. They only have an hour to build from the "ground up" so to speak. Anyway, as usual I have written a book, so I'll stop there. If you made it this far in Thanks! for reading my ramble. TL;DR Hello!