HAGGAR

Thanks for your efforts on taking photos and write the details on the technique! I've always been amazed by the European building and landscape and wonder how they are made. Looks like this is going to be a long post where one can learn a lot - much appreciated and look forward to the upcoming details! Thank you, Derfel!

This is a very well-thought creation and fine use of commonly available parts! Never had in mind that Technic Liftarm can be incorporated seamlessly for a soft, artistic work. Really appreciated your sharing and do continue to post your other good works!

Although the new Bat figs could triggered interest on the old sets, but given the already high price and the recent economy situation, I guess only die hard fans could have afford the pricey figs? Moreover, I would expected most of the Batman fans would have bought their favorite figs/ set by now - after all, there have been over 3 years since the last release - and demands for these old set are unlikely to rise all of a sudden again in the near future. On the other hand, I hope the price of the Batman figs ain't fall down significantly (BTW, I don't have a single Bat figure on hand ) - cause this would be a signal implying how bad the economy is lying before us!

Thanks Cero and Kiel for you encouraging words!

It's really enjoyable to see you peel the Gotham City onion day by day during these few days - something that I've been looking forward to over this weekend. All the buildings have been constructed nicely in the classic Art Deco style - an excellent representation of Gotham! Please keep building and I think everyone is equally excited to see what the final outcome will looks like. Thanks again for sharing your great work with us!

It's a great honor to receive such compliment from the Grand Duke! Thanks Oky. This is actually my entry to a local LEGO competition on Classic Movie, a build with my own passion and love of Garfield and all my favorite Super Heros. Sadly they were banned from entering into the 2nd round - but never mind, at least I have given my full heart to it and I am pleased with my first attempt to LEGO figuer. Obvisously there is a lot of room for improvement and I do appreciate your frank comments on the work. Unfortunately grey have always been the more expensive color and it's also slightly difficult to source bricks in large quantity in Hong Kong without S@H, but I'll see what I can improve on it! Hee hee heeee ~ Pasta (especially Lassagna) is also my favorite food and this is probably one of the many reason I like the cat! You're right, Odie (as well as Nermal, Arlene & Pooky) is definitely a must for the Garfield family ~ don't you think it would be interesting to have Odie dressed as Robin, Arlene as one of the Bond Girls, and Nermal as Vadar against Yoda? The imagination is endless and I'd love to continue with this project!

Very exciting and nice creation indeed, Oky! The Toy Story series appears to be yet another movie lagger (together with Prince of Persia ) in Hong Kong and I'd never expect there is anything to do with this series. However, you totally amaze me by creating MOC form it - the Tank really inspire me and fuel me with ideas to continue seeking new ways to brick and build. Th tank is obviously most eye-cathing, however, I am equally impressed by the new Zurg blaster as well as the "Hornet" minions you create - the accurate reassemble does takes a lot of deep thinking, despite its small in size and limited number of parts. Thanks again for sharing your work to us! Think infinity... and Build beyond!

Wow...although the photo have been treated with a comic effect, it does shows a lot of details of Gotham and features of Art Deco buildings....can't wait to see your final pictures!

Great work - This can be use as a backbone to build some advance/ complex figuers. IMHO, this looks much smooth and better than some other method which leave a lot of stub in each surface. Thanks for sharing your great creation idea.

Thanks Maniac! (What a pleasant suprise while I am still editing the post....!) Cat under the mask is indeed quite difficult to build - but for a first time LEGO figuer, I am quite please about all 5 Garfield Heros. The bigger Garfield you see at the back is still work in progress, as I'd like to build a full size Garfield Cat with movable body parts (assuming I don't get lay-off by my Bank and have the money to continue buying more bricks....) The photos was taken in a nice sunny Sunday morning, where most of my neibourghs is either asleep or going to church, so it starts out OK, but once the model were reassemble and photo taking in place, more and more gather and start taking photos with their mobile phone. (Some of them even ask where is the set available!) But overall it is a happy conversation and I feel happy people general likes this MOC.

This is my 1st MOC post of Movie theme, hope you like it and do share with me you views and comments. ========================================================================================= Front view, from right to left: - Jedi Garfield - Superman Garfield - Batman Garfield - 007 Garfield - Spider-Man Garfield Right View Left view Top View Back View ========================================================================================= Garfield has always had an unique place in me since childhood. I was always very curious to find out how the fat, lazy and cynical cat would looks like if he puts on the costume of a super hero? So this is it, a cross-over between the most famous cat in the world with some of the iconic Movie Heros: 1. Jedi Knight from Star Wars Memorable Quote: "May the Force be with you" The Star Wars series revolves around the rise, decline and revival of Jedi Knights. Yoda is definitely one of the most famous Jedi Master in the series. For this reason, I have incorporated Yoda's pointed ears in the Jedi Garfield. Boots, loose-fitting pants and a cloak typically accompanied the Jedi garment. The non-elaborate outfit mirrored their attachment-free philosophy, as well as showing their requirement to live almost devoid of luxury and also their devotion to service. Three Jedi in variations of the traditional Jedi robes. <Photo sourced from Wookieepedia> 2. Clark Kent/ Kal-El from Superman Memorable Quote: "Truth, Justice and the American Way" Superman is an American cultural icon and the character has appeared in various media aside from comic books. He is commonly seen as a brave and kind-hearted hero with a strong sense of justice, morality and righteousness. Superman adheres to a strict, traditional moral code (attributed to the Midwestern values with which he was raised) can be rather rigid in this trait. My design make reference to the classic style of actor Christopher Revee: wearing a red cape, briefs, boots, blue pants and yellow belt, reflecting "Truth, Justice and the American Way" <Picture sourced from www.capewonder.com> 3. Bruce Wayne from Batman Memorable Quote: "I'm Batman!" To the world at large, Bruce has created an irresponsible, superficial playboy persona to the public. Nevertheless, this is just an aid in throwing off suspicion of his secret identity as Batman. The driving force behind Batman's character is from his traumatic childhood, having his parents murdered before his own eyes. Dressed as a bat, Batman deliberately cultivates a frightening persona in order to challenge his own fear of the night animal. The figure design comes from the 1989 Tim Burton Batman movie starring Michael Keaton. This pose is based on the final scene, where Batman stands on the top of a building with the spotlight shining the Bat logo behind him. 4. James Bond from 007 Memorable Quote: "Bond, James Bond" Bond is a secret agent who held the rare Double-O prefix – the licence to kill in the Secret Service. He is probably the most famous British Secret Service Agent and always like to dress in his favorite black tuxedo. This figure concept celebrates 007's classic pose: standing in an elegant British gentleman's posture with his right hand holding a Walter PPK. 5. Peter Parker from Spider-Man (a.k.a. "Spidy") Classic Quote: "With Great Power, come Great Responsibilities" A scene from the first episode inspired me, where Peter sad alone on the Eagle Gargolyes of New York's famous landmark Chrysler Building showing his "Web-Shooters" The Eagle Gargolyes of Chrysler Building, New York Legendary writer-editor-publisher Stan Lee, illustrating the famous "Web-Shooters" pose ========================================================================================= Many friends have offer their help to me during the production: Peter Reid for sending lots of orange bricks to me, Arzlan for giving me a lot of special and unique orange parts to me, Any Bear for also giving me a lot of plates in order to finish this MOC.....the name list could go on and on for at least and other thousands word but do let me express my heartfelt thanks to all of you. And, last but not the least, I'd like to also thank everyone who like this MOC and your comments and encourage is fueling me with new energy to carry on this project. As you can see, there is actually a 1:1 Garfield version work in process - right now I only have the face completed and there is much more to work on - but I'd like to build this progressively and share my love with the Orange Fat Cat with you once it is completed, so wish me luck and I look forward to talk to you all soon!

Hi Hinckley, that is a FABUlous wonderLAND ~ excellent work! I am a new member joined recently and are currently writing a series of essay to introduce and promote FABULAND in Hong Kong & Taiwan. Seeing such wonderfull work of yours, may I ask for your permission to quote and use your picture as examples for high-quality FABULAND MOC? (I'll definitely mention that's a "Hinckley Production") I am sure fans from Hong Kong & Taiwan will fall in love with you amazing work at once. (BTW, is there a name for your works? Kindly tell me so that I can include both the name and your pictures in my essay.) Thanks again and I have already noticed a lot of buidling techniques by simpily looking at the picture - I do look forward to come to CA and watch your works in person.

Dear Zenn/ BrickClick/ Milan/ KielDaMan ~ Thanks for all you warm and kind welcome. Let me go through the guideline in detail and start contributing!

Thanks WriteMakesRight for you detail review on the set - I like the way you present with a ninja! A nice little touch on a simple (IMHO somehow boring) set! To be frank, although USD125 may sound expensive, but 125 for 133 piece, it's still less than a dollar per brick, which I think it's in much better value than the creation by the Famous "Dee & Ricky" brother MOC product line (http://www.deeandricky.com/) This cost USD50!

Thanks and note LuxorV sir! Sorry I havn't read the guideline before making my post. I shall resize them ASAP. Dear KielDaMan and LightNingTiger sir, thanks for your kind encouragement ~ and I have also made a few other FABULAND-figs size MOC. I'll post them (with proper photo size this time) and share with you all.

Dear brothers at Eurobrick, this is my very first FABULAND MOC. I was inspired by the below works of Karf Hoolu in 2008: (Mr. Hoolu, please allow me to re-invented the above works of yours!) So here it goes: This is a 10x10 MOC. The reason that triggers my creation is that I was too occupied with brick buildings recently and somehow ignore my wife. Looking at the back, there were hearts on both level! OK, at the bottom level: Piggy and Kitty is kissing at a street corner with red and white squares~ Oh~ Piggy is sending nine roses to Kitty. She is so touched and therefore having a kiss right at the street corner! Well, let's silently hide ourself to the back instead, don't you think it's impolite to distibute couples that are in love? I friend of mine ask, "Why is this name as 'The Kisz', instead of 'The Kiss'?" Ha Ha Ha ~ The obvious reason is that I only have one letter "S" on hand! The alternatives would be using "Z" as replacement. I was also thinking maybe this strange word carries a little bit of Latin/ European feel, that add extra classy and romantic feels (maybe I think too much!) One more point, the label "The Kisz" itself is also in a heart shape ~ can you also see the little circle under? It looks like a lips waiting to be kissed! The upper level The Big heart is a combination of 6 hearts in total, can you count them all? Back View Lovebird in the middle! You can also see a heart from top Let me present this to my Mrs. I hope she would like it and forgive me for ignoring her for the past 2 weeks! Thanks for watching!

Dear fellow of Eurobricks, This is HAGGAR from Hong Kong. I have been visiting the Forum for some time and finally decided to join the family! Let me do a quick introduce on my brick experience: I received my very first Classic Space set 928 ("Galaxy Explorer") as a Christmas Gift and start to fell in love with LEGO ~ and become so obesessed with it which I started skipping classes and homeworks. My parent (my mom in particular!) have no choice but hide away (but told me all have been thrown!) all LEGO for me. It was only late last year around October that I discovered the hidden treasure of my mom, which have been powered by my brothers addition sets. Although none of the boxes and all of the Classic Space instruction booklets are available, I treaure these vintage and decided to reunion after almost 30 years! I am a fan of Town/ City and very fond of FABULAND collection and PARADISA theme. I also have a rather huge parts and collection of the Castle set, which I am curently researching/ start appreciating European architechure and would like to build MOC castle. My long term project is to create a motorized Theme Parks with a blend of FABULAND, PARADISA style and Classic European architecture. Although this sounds like a huge and agreggive target to do, but I am progressively enhancing myself towards this goal. I hope I can meet new friends and quickly get used to here and contribute myself to the Forum and share my MOC with everyone. Anyway, thanks for reading such a long introduction (in case you are still reading! ) THank YOU! Cheers, HAGGAR ================================================= Hotel Paradisa A MOC tribute to Miami South Beach and the PARADISA series Dear friends and follow of Eurobricks, This is my first post in the Town area, hope you'd like it! Cheers, HAGGAR ============================================================== "Hotel Paradisa" is a MOC created for Brick Adventure 2011, Hong Kong. The hotel is constructed in the Moderne Streamline Building Style, a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the 1930s, to resemble a Miami South Beach-feel resort hotel. <To be continue> =================================================================================================== PARADISA and Streamline Moderne: As the name suggest, this is a MOC tributed to the PARADISA series, of which, set 6416 (Poolside Paradise) is my all time favourite. You can probably see the similarity of this set and my MOC (Picture courtesy: BrickLink) Unfortunately, the series have appreciated a lot in recent years, a set of reasonable conditions is often on sell for 3-folded or more. The trend is likely to go on with the termination of the series - which is pity for oversea die-hard fan like me. So I've decided to create my own version of PARADISA for the 22 Century. The first task is to find out the kind of architecture style. After a bit of research in the Central Reference Libary, I learn of the "streamline Moderne" artistic style: a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the late 1950s at US. Some of you might find this familiar to the screenary saw in an old Holywood movie. Common characteristics of Streamline Moderne (Original post by Rafael Fabre on October 26, 2010) * Horizontal orientation * Rounded edges, corner windows, and glass brick walls * Glass block * Porthole windows * Chrome hardware * Smooth exterior wall surfaces, usually stucco (smooth plaster finish) * Flat roof with coping * Horizontal grooves or lines in walls * Subdued colors: base colors were typically light earth tones, off-whites, or beiges; and trim colors were typically dark colors (or bright metals) to contrast from the light base. Below are some of the remarkable Streamline Moderne architecture that touch me: (Source Wikipedia) Normandie Hotel, in San Juan, Puerto Rico Greyhound bus terminal, Cleveland, Ohio USA Club Moderne, Anaconda, Montana USA - Don't you think this remind you of the screenario in the movie "Back to the Future", where Martin (Michael J.Fox) travel back to the late 50s/ early 60s? ================================================================================== Design Reference/ Inspiration Although this will be an American building style, but it's no good if it is yet another Miami Hotel replication. I've always considered myself to be an architect (for LEGO only!), so the MOC need a personal touch to make it one of a kind. I'd like to fill the Hotel with my own feeling and experience:. Naturely everyone has their best time and their own remarkable memory - mine is probably at the late 70s/ early 80s when I first met LEGO.