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By the time these first few volumes were shown on TV 40 years ago, I was then an elementary student in Hong Kong. I still remembered many details of these volumes. Too funny.

IMG_5975 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr My tribute to Akira Toriyama, who suddenly passed away on March 1. Probably the most popular manga of Toriyama san is the Dragon Ball. However, to me it is Dr. Slump which gave me so much joy in my childhood years. Dr. Slump was created in the early 1980s. So, you may be too young to have heard this famous manga that had since then made Toriyama san a top manga creator. Hope you would be attracted to watch this manga. 博士 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Dr. Slump (Senbei Norimaki) He is a creative scientiest/inventor in the Penguin Village. The main character Arale Norimaki is his creation. He is extremely erotic and is particularly so when he meets his lover Midori Yamabuki. 山吹老師 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Midori Yamabuki, teacher of Arale Norimaki Lover of Dr. Slump and they finally are married. 英俊博士 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Dr. Slump could be very handsome and tall when he feels such a need arises, particularly when he is in front of Midori. However, such a handsome look usually lasts no more than 2 seconds. 小雲 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Arale Norimaki the main and most popular character. She was a robot invented by Dr. Slump. She was kind and innocent to the extent that she hardly know about the dark side of reality. She possesses mighty power but she misuses it and creates trouble. She likes to play with poop. 小吉 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Gatchan. He is hatched from an egg which Dr. Slump brings from the prehistoric ages. He is then adopted into the Norimaki family. He likes to eat anything including even metal scraps and he likes to follow Arale no matter where she goes. 宇宙大王 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr King Nikochan and his servant They are aliens from an inferior race. They come to conquer the earth on the assumption that it is a planet weak enough to conquer. However, they meet Arale and Gatchan and their spaceship is eaten by the latter. Since then they have to stay in the earth and search hopelessly for another spaceship. The most obvious feature of these characters are their buttocks are grown on the top. 太郎 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Taro Soramame A high school student of the Penguin Village and a friend of Arale. He has a trendy look and seems to be a bit arrogant. However, he has a kind heart.…… 小茜 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Akane Kimidori A good friend of Arale. She is a bit rebellious and looks for small advantage. She often takes advantage from Arale. However, basically she is kind-hearted. 小雄 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Peasuke Soramome Classmate of Arale and little brother of Taro Soramome. His height is always mocked about by his friends and Taro. 馬斯特博士 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Dr. Mashirito Villain of this manga. He keeps thinking that Dr. Slump is an obstacle to his evil plan of conquering the world. So, he wish to defeat Dr. Slump, Arale and Gatchan. He created several robots in an attempt to achieve this, the most notable one is Obotchaman or Caramel Man 004. 小寶寶 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Obotchaman / Caramel Man 004 It is created by Dr. Mashirito in order to destroy Arale. However, he turns out to be a kind-hearted robot and they become friends. 春夢婆婆 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Grandma Spring, a supporting role in the manga. She often appears in the manga suddenly. She has been playing hide-and-seek with other spirits for the whole life. 草菇妹妹 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Kinoko Sarada A lousy little girl and she enjoys being alone. She always rides a tricycle and asks other people to perm their hair. 史谷 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Skop. This character is modelled after Spock of the Star Trek. He is a classmate of Arale and the top student of the school of the Penguin Village. He prefers to concentrate on his studies and he never has a clue why everyone in the school is not studying seriously. 鳥山明 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr The self-portrait of Akira Toriyama He often appears in the manga when the author feels the need to make an explanation of what is happening in the cartoon. The author portraits himself as a bird because his name contains the word of "tori" which is "bird" in English. 酸梅乾超人 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Suppaman When in disguise, he works as a reporter. He changes his clothes in a phone booth and eats a pickled plum and rolls around with his belly on a skateboard. He lies to himself that he is going to protect the world. However, neither he has a sense of justice nor real superpowers. He doesn't care much about the safety of other people but only about his reputation and is being regarded as a hero, and is easily offended when others make fun of him. He's a coward in front of enemies, and mean and violent towards innocent villagers as he usually launches grenades at people who annoy him for some reason. 豬 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Pig-copter He makes minor appearance in the manga. Usually he makes announcement to the people of the Penguin Village, such as to say good morning. 警察 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr Policemen of Penguin Village They actually have names. The taller one is Pagos and the shorter is Gala. They appear frequently in the manga but they are doomed to be played trick by Arale and Gatchan. Their car is squashed completely every time.

thank you very much

Escape: Return to Innocence and Tranquility Ink Painting is a very special form of traditional Chinese art. Usually it is in black and white only. Other colours would be a rarity. More than 95% of the bricks used in this MOC are 1x1, 1x2 trans-clear and trans-black bricks. IMG_5353 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_5355 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_5358 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_5357 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_5356 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr

Feb 10 comes the Year of Dragon. In Chinese custom, people will visit their relatives and friends on the first few days of the Lunar New Year. They will be presented with a candy box. Picking candies from the box is believed to be a good wish of making fortune in the coming year. So, here comes my candy box for the Year of Dragon. You may find dragons playing with a golden pearl on the sides of the box. In Chinese proverb, 'two dragons playing with pearl' means great love between husband and wife. IMG_4784 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4783 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4785 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4786 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr

I tried, but cannot find the way to do so.

Frankly speaking, this is a quick build. I have a strange idea of building a Christmas tree out of trees. I need to finish it quickly because such an idea came only in the afternoon of Christmas day. Christmas tree by SK MOC, 於 Flickr

Up... When Carl and Ellie first met. This is the same house in the movie. They renovated it after they married. In the movie, Carl wandered in front of the house and was attracted by noises created by Ellie. Out of curiosity, he stepped into the house and found that Ellie was playing the game of imitating her most admired hero aviator, Charles Muntz, who later appeared to be the villain of the movie. What a good start of love. IMG_4096 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4097 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4094 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4080 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4082 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4098 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4084 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4083 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4091 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4090 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4088 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4086 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_4089 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr

It all starts from my displeasure with the little balloon of 43217. Three months to finish. I first start to enlarge the balloon to the size that the house below cannot give support to its weight. So, I shrink its size. Later on, I think that to build a complete house with interior decoration would be a better idea. Then, I think of the deceased wife of Carl (Ellie). I decide not to let him be alone. So, he is now blessed by Ellie. Lastly, I decide to build the early scene of the movie -- Carl annoyed about the presence of construction workers. IMG_3843 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3846 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3837 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3838 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3831 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3830 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3825 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3827 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3821 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3816 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3812 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3836 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3842 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr IMG_3847 by SK MOC, 於 Flickr

The well-known drawing of Edvard Munch in 1893. I don't know there are 4 versions of this drawing until I start to build it. Obviously I make reference to the most popular version. IMG_8125 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_8128 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr

I didn't realize it was going to be like him honestly speaking. I won't erect a statue for a warmonger. No way.

a replica of a bronze statue I saw on internet. I desire to make it look like stone which is a lot easier than to make it look like bronze. A challenging build, definitely. So challenging that I endeavour to spend however long the time to build it. The process of planning to the actual building takes about 3 weeks. As usual, the longest stage is the planning, wherein I have to do some practical tests to see how TECHNIC parts to be applied so as to keep the whole body upright and balanced. I am not good in Physics while I am a student. But, you know, knowledge is gained usually not in school but in practices. Luckily, this creation is sturdy and without doubt it can be carried to different brick shows. Assuredly this creation is my most-favoured one. Of course I would like to have it replaced by another MOC which I like more. I don’t know. IMG_7325 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_7336 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_7362 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_7364 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_7334 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_7339 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr

Very impressive, the precision of the architecture thing in particular

The year of bunny is almost to come. In Chinese tradition, every family will prepare a candy box which will soon become the gravity of candy-hunting children. Every year I build a new candy box. I think that is way better than to buy the standard boring box available elsewhere. For the cover design, I am inspired by traditional Chinese paper-cut art. IMG_5584 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5585 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5590 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr

Founded in 1912, St. John's College is the oldest residential hall in the University of Hong Kong. I lived there in the early 1990s and by that time the third wing did not exist. Thus it did not appear in this build. IMG_5272 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5273 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5274 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5276 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5275 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5290 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr IMG_5289 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr 5000691 by skcheung730, 於 Flickr