Oky

YAY! Clone Wars ON! Told ya it was a good idea! I will update my signature! So, does this mean that we can/should change our character? I'll get right on it! Now we are researching anything between Episodes 2 & 3, right? Oh, and Jim, maybe it would be good if you would update the first post of this thread!

Yeah, as I said, Clone Wars would indeed be a much better setting! I believe, it would attract more players as well! That would mean that I'd have to do my research all over again. Oh well. I like that kinda stuff! So, what do you say, Jim?

Thanks! Well, how many are already participating? I know you are, Mack, and JimButcher, too, of course, but who else is there, and how many do we still need? And, yes, anybody can use fleshie parts for my fig! He is a minifig version of myself after all, and my skin color is very bright!

My character: Meet Oky Wan Kenobi (again)! He lives on Coruscant and is an independent droid and starship designer. When he was young he was working for Baktoid Combat Automata to help them design the B1 battle droid that the Trade Federation requested. At that time, he had no idea that it would cause thousands of deaths throughout the galaxy. Now he feels guilty because he thinks that he was partly responsible for the Clone Wars and would do anything to support the Republic! Oky Wan is a little force sensitive which makes him a great pilot, even though he doesn't have nearly as many midi-chlorians as his cousin Obi Wan. He is quite jealous of his cousin since Obi Wan has become everything he always wanted to be: A jedi (a very respected one) who travels the galaxy leading troops into the battle against the seperatists. His favorite color is green and his favorite sport is podracing, even though this sport is slowly dying these days. Ever since he heard about the young boy called Anakin Skywalker who was the first human to win the Boonta Eve Classic, his secret dream has been to become the next human podracing champion with a homemade pod. Also, after he heard that Skywalker has become a jedi and is now fighting alongside his cousin, Skywalker is now Oky Wan's idol. Although he is pretty proud to be related to someone who knows Skywalker that well, Oky Wan's jealousy of his cousin is now stronger than ever... Usually, Oky Wan is very friendly, though, and he always carries a tool kit with him. His excellent technical and mechanical skill enable him to make a completely functional starfighter out of the smallest pile of junk. Also, Oky Wan has a big appetite! There you have it! My sigfig as a character complete with strengths and weaknesses who is directly connected to the SW universe of the CW era in many ways! I hope you like it!

Alright, I thought so, thanks! Well, my entry is posted! Hope you like it! I was going for a magical look as the only thing we know about the elflands is that it is a "deep woodland of mystery and magic", and I am quite happy with it, even though it ended up looking very belvillish. Oh well, it's my first castle/fantasy MOC after all (except for my Hogwarts MOC! ). Good job, everyone, there are some beautiful entries out there! I will probably not be able to compete with most of ya! Please tell me what you think and if my piece count is off!

Elf Queen's Flying Griffin Carriage Price: 8.99 USD Pieces: 82 This the Elf Queen's griffin-pulled flying carriage! It's being escorted by a brave elf guard. That's good because there is an undead skeleton warrior preparing for an ambush! Here is a side view of the carriage and a minifig line-up: And here is a back view of it: Here, Legolas and skellie are having a battle while Queenie is securing her treasure!

Hi everybody! I am about to post my entry and am counting the pieces right now. I need some help with that, though! How many pieces is a skellie? Is a treasure cove 1 or 2 pieces? And does a cape count as a piece?

Yeah, but a pain in the megablocks to make pics of probably!

Hm... happy vignettes?... how about a disney vig contest then? Or maybe not only based on disney, but any cartoon show you like! I would like that! You know what else would be interesting? A Pimp Your SW Vehicle contest! All well known vehicles allowed (not only TIEs). Or has there been something like that before?

Thanks, Jim! Now, how long before Ep.1 does this game take place again? 20 Years? So, that's like 52 BBY, right? (Before the Battle of Yavin) Sorry, I know it's just a game, but I like being accurate, so I'm doing some research right now. Oh, and can we have a droid sidekick? That would be cool!

You know what? I'm just gonna go for it! I'll join! Pics & background of my character will be posted soon. I just have a couple more questions: Does our character have to be our sigfig? Mine doesn't look very Starwarsish (it's not my avatar, it's the one I used for the EB Neighbourhood Contest). If yes, can we at least "dress" them in SW "cloths"? Also, I was wondering if there is any cheap way of interplanetary travel in the SW universe. I mean if you are an average guy on coruscant and don't have the money to hire a smuggler to fly you and don't have your own ship either like all the main characters in the PT seem to have , what do you do? And, just out of curiosity, would it be alowed to post a stop-motion film instead of pics once in a while?

Hey that's not bad, not bad at all! Even better than just having yet another contest in the same style! This would be about revenge, which means it would be building on the previous contest and result in even better entries! Also, it would be a nice challenge as the jellies don't have posable arms! We should totally do that! That's a good one too! It's always good to combine two themes!

Hey, Jim! Whasup? I can still not decide if I should join. It sounds so much like fun! Can you please help me decide by answering these questions: When is this going to start and how long is the first chapter gonna go? When will the next chapter begin? And what is the minimum amount of posts required per week? Cool background story btw, Jim! So you're like a force sensitive SW version of Batman? Sweet!

I don't think we should even limit ourselves to Nintendo games only! Make it any videogame! And yes, different sections are a good idea. Here are some other ideas: Kill the Jellies Contest! How do you kill a creature that is made out of glowing jelly and can survive with unusable arms and a gapping hole in his stomach? Abominations Contest Based on this gallery, we could have a contest to create some LEGO abominations (minifigs with multiple or animal body parts, etc.) ourselves! who ever makes the most hideous or strange one wins! A rule against actually ill-treating your LEGO would be nice! Post-Apoc Contest This is not your usual post-apoc contest - it's actually a time twister! The situation is this: What would the world today be like if Ole Kirk Christiansen was never born and the best toy in the world never invented? Pretty scarry, huh? Also, some kind of zombie contest would be fun; something like "Zombiefy your sigfig" or so perhaps?

Sounds kinda like fun, JimButcher, but I fear I wont join for two reasons : 1. I am so busy with college that it will probably be too much stress for me to build and post something all the time, even though I visit this site multiple times a day already. Midterms are coming up and I am getting a major eye surgery done on May 8. 2. I have no clue what the heck life was like before Episode 1! And what I have seen in comics so far, I didn't like. So I don't even care. Only thing I care about outside the movies is the Clone Wars! HEY! How about we change the setting to that? The CW would be a much more exciting era to tell stories about and make comics for! I would seriously love that! Also, I ddidn't follow (and therefore never understood) the TIE Army game, so I have no idea how such a game is like. Sorry! But if I should understand the game and find enough time to participate, these would be the kind of characters I would want to be: 1. A bounty hunter. :skull: 2. A Podracer driver. (There were podracers back then, right? ) 3. Somebody who works on some kind of high-end technology, like a droid or starfighter engineer. Who ever he would turn out to be, he would live on Corruscant!

NIIICE! Such detail! I love it! Even though it doesn't make sense whatsoever how this monstrocity is supposed to stay airborne with just 2 engines! Gotta love air pirates!

Well, there aren't many techniques I didn't already figure out myself, but stacking bricks to make walls of one kind of bricks isn't such a bad idea actually. It will be a pain in the megablocks to seperate them, especially when building something made mostly out of bricks, but at least it will be easier to find the brick you are looking for. Then again... Isn't that kind of the beauty of building with bricks? Stroking your hand through a box full of bricks in the search for a particular one while listening to the soothing sound of rattling plastic? Wow, I have problems, haven't I?! Or does anyone else have the same brick fetish? Btw did you notice the other lego related articles on that website? They include a review of a book that has instructions for automatic LEGO guns, and a collection of some hideous LEGO Abominations! Those abominations give me an idea: we should have a contest about making some ourselves! In that case I would like to have a rule against actual mistreating your lego like they did at some times! What do you think? Wouldn't it be fun having a contest about making minifigs with multiple or animal body parts? Anyhoo, thanks for posting this!

Hehe! That's pretty good! It's so ridiculous that it's funny! I just watched that movie the other day, so I know which scene you're talking about. Yeah, those Supers can be quite a jerk! You know, something like this would be a great entry for the Chamber Contest! Something like "What happens to bad kids droids" or something. I feel like having some chicken droid legs myself now Any other example you can provide?

I think this has something to do with storytelling. I think it's about what something is meant to be or represent. So my theory is that anything that was designed as a character (something that has a personality and interacts with other characters) is a minifig, everything else is an object or vehicle. So, to answer your questions, aliens, robots, and even mouse droids are characters and therefore can be seen as minifigs. If you need proof, look at the box, they're being listed among the minifigs on there. I am not sure about spider droids as they don't really seem to have a personality and hardly interact with other characters (except for shooting at them), but I am sure it's safe to say that Vulture and Hailfire Droids are just smart vehicles. Does this make sense? I hope I could help.

Hey, don't be embaressed! I am 20 and I play with it too! Although I usually have it on display, I can't help it to pick up a car, airplane, or starfighter MOC or whatever and swoosh it around a little bit whenever I get bored from doing homework!

Well, that sucks, but it was just a tip anyway. As I said, the EF head works just fine, but if you would like to have a scared face like the one in my entry, the cheapest set it comes in is the Knights BP as far as I know. About your entry in general: Now that you know the new deadline, why not replace it with the other, better one you're talking about or at least post better pics of this one? I don't care about the fate of the banned member; I just wanna see him suffer! And yeah, after the deadline, it is not only illegal, but also impossible to change your entry as the admins close the thread.

Yeah, those look freakin tight! Can't wait! Anyway, this is what I got: 4 old-school Endor bikes 2 Clone BP bikes 2 Dooku bikes 1-2 old-school Darth Maul thingies 1 Anakin bike WOW!!! WHAT THE HELL do you do with that many bikes??? I think that was supposed to be an escape pod!

I like the sound of that! Yeah, that is crazy! But I think, I really need to get an MTT and some more clones and/or stormies! I don't like rebels for some reason. Btw, what kind of clone is the one riding the Scout Walker???

Even though it does look a bit rushed, your vig is pretty decent, Wilhelm! The smoke is recognizable as such and the story is pretty funny and easy to comprehend! Still, here is a little tip: If you have enogh of them, use ice cream balls for the smoke effect! It will make it look much more cloud-like! Like in this moc (it's not from me): Also, in most of the pics you can't see the bad kid's face which is not good as it is an essential part of the comedy. Maybe it's because of the helmet, but maybe you should try having him look over his shoulder at the missile or something. In that case, a more scared than angry looking face would be good, but if you don't have one, it's o.k. ; the EF head will do just fine! My entry for this contest is my second or so vig ever, too, and I am quite happy with it. Any tipsI'm looking forward to seeing your other vigs!

OK! I think, it''s a no-brainer that this is a must-have for pretty much anyone who likes LEGO! It's cheap and a great minifigs & parts pack! I'll be getting at least 1 of these! Here is what I like about it: 1. Great minifigs with nice torsos, sweet faces, and awesome hair! (Gotta ask 'em where they get it done! ) 2. Golden katana! 3. Chicken leg! YUM! 4. Nice campfire! And this is what I don't like about it: 1. Dark bley knife! Seriously, they could have at least made it silver like the sword, if not chrome! 2. Rehashed tent. 3. Spiders with 6 legs!!! I actually don't really care about the tent and the multi-legged creatures. Those go straight into the sorting boxes. Perhaps I might use the tent someday for a steampunk MOC of some kind, or a stop-motion film, or maybe some kind of contest... Anyway, what's up with that thing that holds the katana, the sword, and the saber? It's in the airplane set too! Is it perhaps one of the treasures of the new movie or is it something Indy takes with him everywhere in this film? 44However, nice pics, nice review! Thanks, dude!