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    I bought a few bulk lego parts from ebay. I thought it would have all the pieces I needed. So very wrong. I still like doing that because it avoids my collector brain saying must keep set together. A lot of what I do now is build with wrong color bricks, build it digitally, and order the right bricks. Lego store employees are bad. I needed a particular color part. I searched recent sets. Every one that had the set were out of stock except Rivendell. Manager said it sounded like a good reason to get the set. They feed the addiction.
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    Every time I try to build a landscape, I find I don't have enough bricks in the right colors. Amazing work.
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    I decided to make a game for PocketQuest 2023. One of my dislike of games using Lego bricks is the lack of building. For my game I made knocking off pieces and reattaching them one of the game elements. It's still not as much building as I'd like but simple enough mechanic to explain in a small page count. The characters are all in power armor. I have a basic build in the book and various variants as artwork. Most of the basic design comes from Space Marine by Chubbybots https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/443720/Brick-Exoframe
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    I haven't yet. I sometimes make scenes with a little story for kids. My oldest wants me to do a story for this build so I'd need more for that.
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    Our LUG did a challenge to use an obscure piece. I don't have a lot of old weird pieces but I did have this old C battery pack. Initially I tried to a pillar with a walkway spirally around it but it didn't work well. I noticed that it looked kinda like the trailer of a tanker truck. So I started designing a post apocalypse tanker truck. (It didn't even occur to me to make a regular Lego City tanker truck.)
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    Very nice program.
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    Brick Monsters: Eye of the Deep is complete. The first version I posted to a different thread a while ago. I had created a beholder but it was big compared to minifigures so I decided to try to make a smaller one. Rather than just build another beholder I made an eye of the deep. Unfortunately that decision killed my goal of making it smaller. Sure the body is smaller but the arms sticking out make it about the same width. The plant piece on the bottom was the inspiration for this build because I thought it would work great for the tendrils under the eye of the deep. For the second version I was thinking about the fiddler crab and how it has one big claw. I've never seen eye of the deep artwork like that but I thought it would be interesting.
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    I saw the Ultimate Mech contest and immediately thought of this build. However, I felt it was missing something. Ultimate Lavaria has bat wings. I thought it would be cool to add a bat attachment for the mech.
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    Brick 101 did an excellent Minecraft Iron Golem. My son originally wanted it for the mini build for his birthday party. It was too expensive and he changed his mind to a Nexo Knights theme. I thought this was great. Since Monstrox has gone digital, I figured you could have the knights looking for old magic to defeat him. They run across an old golem guardian a site and convince him to join them. My son requested moving legs. The part count is reduced. A spot for a Nexo Power is added to the chest. (I included a blank blue piece and a random Nexo Power in the party favors.) Instructions are provided here.
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    Ultimate Lavaria
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    My LUG did a BrickHeadz challenge for a meeting. I had thought about doing Ultimate Lavaria but decided on Mer-Man instead. About an hour before the meeting I quickly created Ultimate Lavaria as a BrickHeadz. I feel like I cheated a little on the wings, weapon, and legs by using the pieces from Ultimate Lavaria set.
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    Great build. Looks like the R2 unit is just the head piece. I'd try to make it removable but instead of using an R2 use more of a classic space robot. (Maybe not an exact classic space robot but something that fuses it and the design of the R2 together.)
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    Lego BAT-AT

    dulsi replied to Gusseteer's topic in LEGO Licensed

    I've built a few Batman vehicles for my kids. I find red easier to work with. Yellow sometimes makes the vehicle look more bee like that Batman. Great build. My oldest has a Robot Command Center redone in Batman colors because he liked mine but wanted it for Batman. Wayne Technology piece seem a little odd. (Although not entirely so for the Lego Batman Movie.)
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    Alternate builds are hard to do. This one is very nice. You mention that the body is very heavy when talking about the legs. Does this mean you can really pose it because the weight of the body will force the legs down?
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    6 - 1 point 9 - 1 point 12 - 1 point
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    I took a look at the builds. They are very nice. I was hoping to enter but didn't find the time. I was planning on doing a walker of some kind. Looks like no one went that route.
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    The first post in this thread has how to purchase the instructions.
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    We have a rather large house. My wife wishes they weren't strewn about as much as they are. She has all her castle sets setup on her dresser. She envisions having shelves to put completed sets on so they are more contained. Not sure how well that will work with two boys who complain about picking up. Some LUG members were surprised that my wife encouraged purchasing more sets to do the BrickHeadz challenge of our group but I refused and wanted to use what I had. I would recommend setting up a personal budget. Basically I look at it as each spouse should have a set amount of money they can do with as they please per month. If you want to use it on Lego sets (even if you have to save up for a big set), she can't complain. You still will have to discuss how everything is stored at home but I don't think there is a simple answer to that. (I'm sorry if that is not very helpful as you have already mentioned money isn't a big issue.)
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    Survey

    dulsi replied to philyvm's topic in Community

    I would never reply to a survey like this without knowing who is conducting the research and why.
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    Mer-Man from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as a BrickHeadz. I ended up quickly putting together a BrickHeadz for the ultimate version of Lavaria from Nexo Knights. I don't have a picture of that one yet.
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    As a fan of the Masters of the Universe, I decided to try to make Mer-Man as a BrickHeadz for the local LUG challenge. The BrickHeadz design has grown on me after building one.
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    Very nice. I especially like the air elemental.
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    Not what I expected. I thought it was going to be a resident of Duckberg. While the build is nice, it wouldn't stand up. I think it would be better if you had someway for it to stand up when built.
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    Very nice build. Much more active than most BrickHeadz. I didn't like the BrickHeadz either. My local LUG decided to do BrickHeadz for the building challenge this month. Unlike you I haven't bought any of them. My wife said I should get the Go Brick Me set. When I mentioned how Aquaman's prints would be good for my idea she said I should buy that. I decided to stick to not buying anything. I will admit the designs have grown on me after building one. When I get a chance I'll post my build up.
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    Brick Monsters is a project I started working on to make a Monster Manual for Dungeons and Dragons using Lego builds for the artwork. I don't have a particular plan on monsters to do. The first release I did was the Brick Monsters: Otyugh. I've been trying to do two builds for each monster. The first otyugh build was colored similar to the bendable toy released a long time ago. The second has a coloring more consistent with the monster description. It also has a movable mouth unlike the first. Brick Monsters: Aboleth became my second release. I tried several builds which I didn't like. Eventually I noticed the Guardian from a Lego Minecraft set and built something similar to it's core. The tentacles on the second build aren't are good but I didn't have the tail pieces which would have been better. But aboleths aren't red you say. Maybe it lived around a hydrothermal vent which gave it the unusual color. I prefer the veritcal eyes of the first. I gave the second version a three fin tail to make it feel more alien.
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