Shadows

Which were you, oblivious or in shock? If you didn't know what was happening, why would you be in shock? Maybe you're just confused now, after such a scary night.

I haven't even mentioned Hello Kitty. What? It wasn't subtle.

Sounds delicious. I'm a little worried. The more I think about it, the more I worry about our hatchet killer. Yeah, he got one of the scum this time, but how? Did any of us have reason to suspect the cop? It feels more like he took a random guess and got lucky, maybe based on the idea that one of the cops had to be bad. I can certainly understand the thinking, but I'm not sure I would have bet on it. I also wouldn't use it as proof that our chief is or isn't bad, it may not have any connection at all. I will say that I trust the chief at this point, but that's just based on gut instinct. Basically, whoever you are, be careful, please. You managed to get it right this time, but be absolutely sure before you do it again, ok?

*sigh* Isn't this always the way of these things? Even when something goes right, something else has to go wrong. Poor doctor didn't see it coming, but at least someone managed to kill one of the scum. So what have we learned? It seems that the scum use a tommy gun for their nasty work, while the townies have a hatchet wielding killer. Assuming either side knew that they were killing one of the other. We can't really be sure of that, can we? I mean, a machine gun fits the scum pretty well, but a hatchet? That sounds like the work of a crazy person... I'm not sure what we get out of all of this, but at least we're a step closer to ridding the town of scum. There were probably only 5 or 6 of them to start with, so the odds are pretty good for us.

Be sure to get a really close look at the dynamite, I'm sure something is hidden there.

The LEGO brick is still in every set. Yes, the 2x4 is less common, but think about it, how often do you really need one? I don't build 2 deep walls like a little kid might, I need 1x bricks, and I still use lots of them. The modular series is a good example of this, they use tons of 1x bricks for the walls, which is exactly how they should be built. Creator and bucket sets are filled with 2x's just as they still include the 2x doors and windows, but they just aren't as useful. Does that mean that kids won't know them? No, it just means they won't have the same nostalgic connection to them that a kid from the 70's or 60's might. I know that as a kid of the 80's, I didn't use them much back then either. Castles already had prefab wall sections and most other themes used 1x's for walls. Plus they're rarely accurate. There are plenty of things on that list that kids today will know, just as I've read older lists from long before my time and still recognised some of the things they were talking about. Some of them are massively outdated, appealing to at least a generation older than most of us. I seriously don't see anyone my age longing for rotary phones. I still have a perfectly good Betamax. "The number of TV channels being a single digit. I remember it being a massive event when Britain got its fourth channel." I've never known single digit channel availability. Never. "Vinyl records. Even today’s DJs are going laptop or CD." Made a resurgence. They seem to come and go. I never liked them and honestly, never owned them. "Joysticks." What exactly are they calling those dual shock controls now? They're joysticks. Every system out there has a joystick as do most arcade machines and that isn't going to be changing. People can say what they want, but the vast majority of the stuff there just isn't important. I've seen lists in the past where it included things like "the family sitting down to dinner together" or "listening while grandpa tells stories" and thought that those things actually had some potential meaning to society. Most of this list is just conveniences that we have now that we didn't in the past, thus improvements. Personally, I would have included a whole section on people glued to their cell phones talking to themselves in stores and looking like idiots. That's one that wasn't a reality when I was a kid and I don't care for now. Someone coming down an aisle towards me while talking loudly, I think they're talking to me, and that's annoying. Airbags might be the same story. I'm never sure what I think of them, heard too many conflicting stories on that one.

Good to know that I've helped infect one more Fabuland victim.

Tree stumps? Gophers? Grillin' George?

No, HP will not come back, and if you make another duplicate topic like this, neither will you. Now cut it out.

Now we're getting somewhere! *runs over to the crates of dynamite, grabs 2 sticks and 2 wicks. Who's up for a little fun? Ok boys, here's how the game works. We each get a couple of matches and a couple of sticks of dynamite. We take them outside and go out about 100 yards from the mill in different directions. Someone in the mill whistles to signal that the game has begun. At that point, our goal is to ... um ... I don't know. It sounded so good in my head, but now that I'm this far, I'm not sure what our goal is. New game! We each get 2 sticks of dynamite. We build a big pile of wood in the middle of the field and light it on fire. We each put one stick of dynamite about 40 yards away from us in opposite directions. We then hurl pieces of wood at our dynamite until one of us manages to get theirs lit. We watch the pretty explosion, then we keep going. The last one runs like hell and we light and throw our other stick of dynamite at him. Extra points for dismemberment. Who's ready?

It's interesting, I'd like to see a much clearer picture to compare some things, but at first glance I'd call it an underfill, a brick that didn't get as much ABS injected as it was supposed to. Can't really see any other natural way for that to happen. Unnaturally, someone could sand and polish, I guess. Am I that predictable?

Uh huh. Enjoy!

Well it's about time you joined us! Welcome! I'm not much of a MOC'er either, mostly for lack of time and space, but I can certainly understand the feeling. Great story! We're like the LUG you always have time for because we're always here waiting for you. You might also want to visit Classic-Town.net, the blog of our Town forum and a great source of interesting MOCs that you might miss otherwise (we post things from a wide array of sources). It's great to have you, thanks for joining! Tell the story!

Nice dolphin! Could you do a dragon at some point? A good suggestion!

Well, we do appreciate proper punctuation here.

Soup sounds good. Maybe we could cut up some toast into cubes and sprinkle it with seasoning and make croutons for our soup. Croutons are surprisingly good in there. And so ends our day?

I absolutely that one, it's classic no-conflict peaceful LEGOLAND at it's finest. Thanks for sharing it!

That is where you're wrong, it was something serious, it was a clearly stated rule that you've broken yet again, despite warnings. ANYTHING said in a mafia game is important, and editing is cheating. It's one thing to get away with it once claiming ignorance, but now you're making it clear you know better, you just think you're exempt because "it wasn't anything serious". Let's remember not to discuss strategy in here. Such things are better shared by PM, if they must be.

I'd like to slowly walk up behing the trembling Schmelt and place my hand reassuringly on his shoulder, then stepping in a little closer, I'd like to whisper, "it'll all be ok, baby, it'll all be ok, just hang on..." into his ear. Er, I mean... If the door isn't open, I'll pick the lock.

It's a little dark in here... does anyone have a lighter? A torch? A flamethrower?

This is always the dilemma we face on the first day of situations like this, how to make an informed vote. In this case, I can see a little bit of suspicious behaviour, and that's all we've got, so, to get things moving, I'll go along with the crowd and ... Vote: Vincent Forman/YG-49

I came out of my dark ages by buying the original 1999 releases, and in that case, it was the ships because I hadn't experienced the figures yet. I wasn't really a minifig kid when I was growing up, so I didn't think about it until I was building them. Then I realised how incredible they were and almost instantly converted to giving them the most consideration. Still, I've bought most of the UCS sets (all but the RBR and Snowspeeder, both of which I would have loved but couldn't afford), so I do have some love for the ships as well.

Every fine dining establishment in this lovely town is currently equipped with at least one of my toasters, so you can count on first rate toasting wherever you eat. That's true, and this is very important. Has anyone been acting suspicious, maybe overly aggressive? That's usually a bad sign. That, or not loving toast. That's practically inhuman.

Nothing brightens up the little tykes faces like toast. Who am I to deny them that joy? I've only done what any decent person would do in my position.

I was a priest when I was young, but one day I was out buying something for the church and saw a sign over a toaster reading "Buy one Get one Azufre", and I've never looked back. Fun Toast Fact of the Day: The first electric toaster was most likely invented in 1905, which is the year Albert Marsh developed the Nichrome wire, making the electric toaster possible. The first toaster had a colorful name: "El Tosto."