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I kept my list as is, even though I didn't get any of the confirmed figs. I'm really hoping for the Anime Fan-girl and Pulp Spaceman.

Congrats on the engagement. Who proposed, you or her? Will Stedor be seeing a wedding soon?

Plants? Swamp? Could it be possible that Lego could create something close enough to make a Swamp Thing minifig?

Incredibles 2 isn't slated to hit theaters until 2019. Tinkerbell could easily come as a microfigure with Pan.

The full text is up. It may take you quite a while to read. @Garmadon: The pics were taken outside, but with bad lighting conditions. Today's weather was worse, so I wasn't able to do a re-shoot. I am limited, for the time being, to my cell phone camera. Yeah, the build is difficult to discern as part of a ship if you don't read the story.

The History, Faith, and Present of Dearji (and others) I gedren_y I Eslandola Anchored in a Dead Calm I gedren_y I Eslandola

I have finally finished the story for my first BoBS freebuild; The History, Faith, and Present of Dearji (and others). I also added a link to it in my entry post.

I'm doubtful it would ever happen, but I would really like it if they included Zorro (the original Guy Williams version). Lego need only produce his caballero hat, give him a whip, and a rapier (maybe printing on the hilt).

This is Dearji the Windsong. Dearji is one of the Truachesh neh Triuri (People of the Triple Goddess), and a citizen of Eslandola. She has just been ordained by the Crahaish neh Triuri (Ministry of the Triple Goddess) as a Wandering Acolyte. Her mission is to spread the faith through story and song. ------------------------------ About the Truachesh neh Triuri (Truachesh for short): Where? Approximately three days ride from the center of the Corrington/Eslandola border is Dun neh Saogh (Hill of Worlds), the holiest of holy sites for the Truachesh. The last remnants of this ancient culture lie in the fertile farmlands to the east of Dun neh Saogh. A view of Dun neh Saogh, as seen from the south-southwest. (More images can be found here.) Dun ne Saogh, the grain silo to the southwest, the uisge (whiskey) distillery to the northwest, and the Owan Tree east of the main cavern entrance are controlled by the Crahaish neh Triuri. Faith? (large block of text, important but you can read it later) Dun neh Saogh The hill is the most holy of places to the Truachesh, or more accurately the caverns within it. It is beleived that the caverns, carved with innumerable lines of Cymgrii script, connect this world to all the other planes of existence. On the solstices the Truachesh practice their other worlds experience rituals by first drinking uisge (whiskey) strained through a rare mushroom found in the caves, and then dancing to a specific drumbeat. This is believed to create a heightened state of consciousness that will allow one to see into the other planes of existence. A person of pure faith may even physically traverse the planes of existence through the caves in this state. The Owan Tree More than a thousand years ago a strange man from a far land came, he called himself Owan. He planted a strange purple fruit near Dun neh Saogh, watered it, and then promptly died on the spot. There grew a purple fruit bearing tree. The fruit of this tree was found to keep the men who ate it aroused for hours, even after spilling their seed, And that seed would be highly potent. It was decreed by the Crahaish that the fruit will only be eaten at the fertility celebrations on the equinoxes. To ensure this, the Owan tree is guarded and maintained only by ordained priestesses. There have been attempts to reproduce this tree (some with stolen fruit). While the trees grown from the fruit of the Owan Tree do bear their own fruit, none has had fruit that has the same effect. There is some belief that the death of Owan may have given the tree the power of virility. ------------------------------- Recent History Before the Mardeirian Intervention the Truachesh lands were a part of Corrington. At the time, the Corrington crown saw the Truachesh as little more than barbarians, to be taxed like foreigners. The Truachesh chose to hide rather that resist the Mardierian advance, many taking refuge in Dun neh Saogh. The Truachesh had barely acknowledged the Mardierian government before it's fall and the founding of Eslandola. The new government's more lax policies have allowed the Truachesh to flourish and grow at thier own pace. Truachesh life today Most of the Truachesh neh Triuri live an agrarian lifestyle, but they don't eschew modern conveniences and knowledge. Most homes are oriented to magnetic north using compasses. They have little use for currency, operating mostly on a barter system and usually paying taxes in crops and livestock. The Truachesh neh Triuri are mostly a female dominant culture, but men do hold positions of power. The Crahaish, though they prefer the governance style of Eslandola, still hold respect for the Corrington crown, especially the current Queen. Today many of the Crahaish will offer a blessing for Queen Annetta when they encounter Corlanders. Upon learning of her corronation, the High Priestesses gifted her with a masterwork tapestry depicting the Consort's fertilization of the Triuri's womb. It was tightly rolled, and those delivering it were instructed to only unroll it in the Queen's presence. It caused such a stir that the tapestry was promptly rerolled and stored in the royal treasury. In this new era of exploration, a badric revival of the Crahaish has begun. The High Priestesses have reinstituted the title of Wandering Acolyte, and many young vocally talented priestesses and priests are heading out into the wide beyond. ------------------------------------------------------- Today's story: Dearji the Windsong finds herself for the first time on a ship out to sea. The trade ship Captain Daffyd "Splattersquawk" Prows, who as a Truachesh boy of thirteen went off to sea, still held his faith in the Triuri. Captain Prows was glad to be her ferryman as Dearji spread the faith. The blessing and protection from sea beasts she brings to the Dark Narwhal and her crew is enough payment to the captain's mind. ------------------------------- Captain Prows was finally able, after a hard morning, to take his midday meal in his cabin. The cook had finally managed to make a good shark meat pie, and Daffyd wanted to savor it. Not three bites in, though, he felt something wrong with the ship. A quick glance at the compass, and the captain knew they were off course. With his compass in one hand, and cutlass (for gesturing effect) in the other, Daffyd rushed up to the top of the sterncastle. Another look at his compass, to be sure of the proper bearings, gave him the confidence to shout, "Starboard you idiots. Thirty-two degrees starboard, now!" Down at the wheel, crewman Potts was pushed aside by First Mate Tolan duBroise, who efficiently set the course. As the Dark Narwhal listed slightly with the hard turn her sails were able to catch more of the wind. "Keep us on this course for two hours," Captain Prows called down, "Then bring us back to port seventeen degrees." While he was attending to righting their course, the captain didn't notice the cabin boy, Frink, come up behind him. "I made ye sumthin', Cap'n," the boy exclaimed. Frink has carved a fish out of some driftwood for the captain. -------------------------------------------------------- Later the captain returned to the helm, and First Mate Tolan was able to spend some time atop the sterncastle with Dearji. Dearji is singing of the Triuri mating with the Consort, in the old tongue. Even to those who couldn't understand the song, her voice was clear and pleasing. -------------------------------------------------------- Dearji isn't the only passenger on this voyage. A Corrington 'Political Officer', Byron Messuir, is on his way to Terreli to settle an important 'legal matter.' The odd thing is that while the Dark Narwhal does make berth in both Belson and Terreli, this voyage she will be making numerous trading stops along the Eslandola coast. If the 'legal matter' were truly important 'Officer' Messuir should have gotten passage on a ship bound directly for Terreli. Dearji passed Byron as she left the sterncastle for the galley. Frink had called up to tell her that the cook had finally agreed to let her bless his crockery. Even though most of the crew didn't share her faith, all but the cook has asked for a blessing on the tools of their trade. Today the cook has finally bowed to the pressure from his mates. ------------------------------------------------------------- About Captain Daffyd "Splattersquawk" Prows: (Lots of text, but a good read.) -------------------------------------- First Mate Tolan duBroise: Tolan duBroise was once a Corlander who's family was well liked at court. In some way (he's not telling how) Tolan ran afoul of one of the Fraternities of Science. To avoid a major incident, he was asked to leave by the Queen herself. Tolan is quick witted, and joyous in much of what he does. From his time at the Corrington court, he has great skill with a rapier and is well versed in the navigational sciences. But his time on the Dark Narwhal has forged him anew. Tolan is quite fervent in his new faith in the Triuri. When Dearji came aboard, Tolan promptly offered his private bunk, adjacent to the Captain's study, for her use. (This is the only image I could get to show the detailing under the windows.) Dearji has enjoyed her time with Tolan, and is considering bedding him. After they make port, of course, because she is running low on supplies to make pregnancy prevention potion. --------------------------------- About the Dark Narwhal: She began as a moderately sized caravel, but has been customized to suit Captain Prows' tastes. The sterncastle was increased in height and width to counterbalance a giant brass spiral horn that was added as a bowsprit. A fourth sail was rigged to the new bowsprit. She has only two long guns mounted near the bow, one port, one starboard. She has four small guns on swivel points, also split port and starboard, in line from the long guns. Most of the wood of the Dark Narwhal has been stained black. Along most of the railings are brass and pyrite (fools gold) details. Captain Prows has chosen not to fly the Eslandola standard on his main mast, but instead flies a small tapestry with an image of Dun neh Saogh to proclaim his faith. To comply with the laws of Eslandola, Captain Prows had a wood and gold approximation of the common Eslandola flag placed prominently on the sterncastle. The Letter of Marque plaque found its place under the 'flag' nearly a year later. ----------------------------------------- That's all. Thank you for your patience in waiting for me to finish.

Syndrome's hair is a little bright. I have watched my copy many times, and his hair would me more accurate in dark orange. The Peter Venkman hair from the Ghostbusters' Firehouse might have worked for Mr. Incredible, but this one looks more swoopy. The Shaggy hair could work for Hercules, but we haven't gotten any confirmation of him. I'd love to have Hades for a trans-blue fire hair.

That spiky hair could easily be for Series 16. Mickey could have a standard head with an added on headgear piece for the ears, though I think that would be too small for his normal proportions. This would give the possibility, though, of using that top piece as one of the "ears hats" that Disney parks visitors inevitably get photographed wearing.

I don't know if it had been mentioned here, but the Daily Babbler newspaper printed tile from the Mystery Machine set will also appear in the Modular Brick Bank set. It is shown decorating the wall of the laundromat.

Dearji the Windsong is a citizen of Eslandola. Today Dearji is celebrating. The High Priestesses of the Crahaish neh Triuri (Ministry of the Triple Goddess) have bestowed upon her the title of Wandering Acolyte. Her mission will be to spread the faith of her people with joyful story and song. (OCC) Sorry about the poor image, but I wanted to get my character going. Read more about the start of Dearji's adventure here. Maxim, where on the mainland is Stedor located? Dearji will want to go there at some point.

Winnie the Pooh Duplo sets have existed as recently as 2011. While Eeyore might not make a CMF bag, Christopher Robin, Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, and possibly Piglet could all be CMF characters. If Lego goes the same route as the Simpsons, a Hundred Acre Wood set including Eeyore wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. I would expect the set to be Rabbit's house and garden, as he has been shown with hat, gloves and apron attire when gardening, to have a set exclusive version of a character.

Brickforge already makes a centaur body which is a near exact duplication of the Boudon sketch, but I don't know which came first. In any event, if Lego ever produces a centaur, I doubt it will be a CMF. The size and production cost would probably be prohibitive for the CMF blind bags. As to the angel possibility, the Flying Warrior IMHO makes a passable Archangel Michael. If you want a more peaceful angel, females could be easily MOCed with existing designs. Males might depend on your idea of what an angel looks like. The ancient Greek god Eros is unlikely. The cherub version of Cupid could be a CMF, or in a Valentines Day set.

They are most certainly not. According to John Rhys-Davies as Prof. Maximilian Arturo, in aerial combat, the falcon will always best the hawk. I may have butchered the line from Sliders (and I don't know if it is true), but there is a significant difference.

My question was about not having to worry about licensing. I don't really have any interest in the game mechanics.The ship would just be a means of getting from place to place.

Would it be acceptable for me to create a sort of opposition religion to the centralized Oleon faith? The idea is a Triple Goddess religion with a wandering ministry, belief in mystical creatures, reincarnation, and other worlds, with a cave system in northwest Eslandola (near the Corrington border) as a holy site. Also, would partial deck vigs be covered under the ship license web form? My character would only be gaining passage, not owning or operating the ship.

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Here's how to do a Flickr image. On the image page scroll down to the bottom of the image, and all the way to the right. The arrow pointing right is the share button. A screen will come up for the type of sharing. Choose BBCode. Then it will give you a size option. To see all the options you may have to use your keypad arrows. Be sure that your shared image size is under 800 x 600, as stipulated in the site rules. Copy the text and paste it into your reply. Flickr no longer gives you the line break in the code (it used to), so if you want to have the image name link and the account holder link below the image you need to hit enter after [/img][/url] (or you could delete the rest of the code after it all together). Here's how it looks with the direct code copied. NPriest Detail 04b by gedren_y, on Flickr Here's how it should come out if you add the line break. NPriest Detail 04b by gedren_y, on Flickr Again without the extra code.

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I really want to see those squirebot torsos as plant parts. think of the applications.

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Hoping for a bell dress in this series? Don't think the princesses will show up? Consider one of the fairies at the beginning of Sleeping Beauty. It would work, and I don't think there would even need to be a new mold at all.

How did I beat out these guys? It couldn't have been my storytelling, could it? Or maybe they just competed in more crowded fields? That has to be it. GOH really got turned upside down there, didn't it? Now I feel like playing some music. Dancer in a Daydream by Ace of Bass. "What an odd situation."