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I'd love to one day go to Ukraine. Especially one a tour near the area around Chernobyl as I've read that since the retreat of humans twenty years ago the area has transformed into one of the least polluted wild life refugees in Ukraine. But that's another matter entirely - Welcome! Tell us a bit more about yourself, what kind of Lego do you like? - By any chance pirates?

Simple yet lovely. I must ask why the blue patches though? I would have used a grey tint for those. Also I believe it may look better with a small extra structure, nothing complicated though - just a shed or perhaps a tent of sorts. Why divine intervention of course, the godly fingers of the ultimate builder/creator god person descend from heaven upon the heads of oblivious minifigs.

'Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail - The Evolution of Fighting Tactics 1650-1815' by Brian Tunstall and edited by Dr. Nicolas Tracy (English Edition) Printed and bound in Spain by Bookprint, S.L., Barcelona (and if you'd like to know it's a comprehensive 270 small lettered pages ) One of the books I intend to read. But then again, I also 'intend' to read All Lord of the Rings and Lord of the Rings related books this holiday so I probably won't yet get round to doing it

Serious Sam was awesome - Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers! - The cartoony monsters, nice levels (at least I felt they were nice) as well as the mindless carnage provided for hours of fun. I've recently took up playing Oblivion for the 360 though never got quite beyond simply escaping the beginning prison. It (the game) would seem to contain some good elements I feel that could make for a good gaming experience but it's all buried under slow and tedious in game travel between towns as well as the most horrible and boring fighting experience I've by far ever have had to endure in my young life. Tell me it's not what I think it is and actually quite nice to play ... As far as Duke Nukem goes, I don't play it now but at least used to (forget which one though). I really enjoyed such a simple platform shooter - it reminds me of moonlander simply for the hours of fun I had playing it. Not bad considering moonlander is a game completely centered around landing a damn rocket on the moon.

I am not sure what to think of being a

That's amazing, I can't see a single thing that I dislike or believe could've been done better! Simply awesome, all those details. Seriously Somehow I find the mushroom collector a particularly interesting addition to the overall scene. Nice use of SNOT as well! The reparation of the hole in the bridge is also fun to see. What I don't quite get, the two guys at the pier, are they having a swimming competition or is one if them drowning? The fact that one head is almost completely submerged while the other guy is facing him + the cheering crowd would have me believe the latter. But to nitpick, I wouldn't call a three towers and a bridge a castle, I'm kinda wondering what such a construction would be called instead

Keep in mind that hobby sailing is something completely different entirely. Where as most modern recreational vessels nowadays make use of a so called bermuda rig, the vessels we aim to build in Lego are square rigged. Errorist has a good book on the subject called 'Naval Tactics in the Age of Sail - Evolution of Fighting Tactics'. The very first chapter concerning square rigged vessels at sea states that: "At no time could he (the admiral or captain) make use of more than five-eights of the sea around him, and when a calm prevailed he could not move his ships at all. [...] the remaining three-eights of the sea (situated in a triangle in fornt of the ship with the top corner located in the bow) were barred to him since his ship(s) could not sail directly into the wind. When close hauled (as close to the wind as possible) his ship could not keep closer than six points of the compass on either the starboard or port tack. Hence progress into the wind could only be achieved by tacking across from one side to the other." In Dutch this is called 'oploeven' I believe. Let's also not forget that the ideal square rigged wind would come slightly from the side and from behind. In Dutch that'd be called ruime wind. In spite of that little fragment, it also depends plain and simple on how you want to depict you ship. And all in all, this may be too complicated for just Lego after all.

Another work of art from you Slyowl. Lovely little mouse trap you have there, very simple yet it works quite well. The autumn tree is just superb too!

Glad to have you aboard! Would your name also indicate a possible interest in the diver's theme, or perhaps the hobby of diving? Ah, if you copy from others (like me, my proficiency is only moderate) you'll be sure to improve on your skills. There are geniuses lurking on these boards. Have fun!

We ought to create a Eurobricks inquisition. We need to track down the heathens and give 'em a spanking they'll never forget! Onwards men, For God and forwardism I believe, despite the logical factor, that anyway the wind blows simply looks better as well.

You may get tired of the constant repitition of hearing this but damn, that's gorgeous! The building and the shop underneath both have a very neat, very clean look that I like very much. Perhaps one of the most boring details of all - but nonetheless I especially the little stone plate that protrudes between the two white windows. You are as skilled a town builder as you are a military one. Keep it up I say

And here I thought Lego's slogan was "Just Imagine" Welcome to EB btw! Have fun in your building time as long as it lasts.

I see, kinda lame of me to ruin the joke by asking for explanation My fault, I'm rusty on internet language

I thought I was the only one. In spite of the awesome play factor I believe the set itself looks ... simple almost.

Nice to meet you, Judging by your pub alone you must be quite the builder. Enjoy your stay!

Welcome to Eurobricks! Don't mind the euro-, everybody's welcome here What is a RATTC though...? Probably one of those dumb questions of me

It would definitely seem interesting but an opening bid of €120 (US$186) is already pretty high up. (Though I guess such prices are to be expected with Pirate Lego)

NO! First the European Championship, now this. Why is it we live next to one another? Ah the pain, the pain of it all (and the horrible flashy orange) - make it stop, go away! Nice ship you have there, the curve is especially wel done.

Now that my brother's ship is taking shape it reminds me more and more of a picture of a beautiful French ship I once saw as a toddler and which made quite an impression on me. Later it turned out that it was a picture of La Boudeuse. The famous exploration vessel of Louis Antoine de Bougainville between 1766 and 1769 - the French equivalent of James Cook, if you will. They (onboard was a woman too, subsequently becoming the first woman ever to do so) circumnavigated the globe, visiting islands such as Tahiti in what is now French Polynesia, the Solomons (though it is not clear to me whether or not he actually set foot on them) and Batavia (now Jakarta). Standing as a testimony of Bougainville's capabilities as a commander and leader only seven people died of around 200 men during the expedition which lasted nearly three years. Here's a pic I found, though it isn't the one I was looking for: Here's the wikipedia link: La Boudeuse And here's a small extract from what I believe is a modern translation of his (de Bougainville) log: Louis de Bougainville - Voyage autour du monde par la frégate Boudeuse et la flûte Etoile (just for fun) Just felt it had a right to be in here, kind of overshadowed I feel by James Cook but an impressive feat nonetheless. Their journeys were almost at the exact same time too with James Cook leaving port in 1768, when Bougainville was already two years on his way.

And here I thought it was a reference to some computer game ... Teachers say letting it build up to the deadline gets you into trouble but as long as I manage to pull it off I see no need for change

The first part of the title - at first glance - confirmed the 'nude swoosher' title, the second part filled me with fear. I guess it was done intentionally Nice army, where are the weapons though? Or do your army commanders plan to lose many in the attack?

LOL! I can imagine Bonaparte's army with these! I sadly have no suggestions, absolutely no experience in that area. Still I wanted to ask, does the custom hair piece come off easily? I'm very impressed if that's your first try. I'd end up melting and/or mixing my fingers instead of or with the plastic.

The link doesn't work for me, however I can definitely tell from your pic that that's an extremely well done replica. As I am used of you, you are the one who makes all the military aircraft replicas right? (excuse me for my potential ignorance ) Brilliant, that's the exact shape of the plane. As far as I can tell the wings don't have flaps - am I right in this assumption?

That would be a legitimate argument were it not for the very specific FAQ provided as well as thirty topic pages full of people either trying to get a title or asking questions because they were too lazy to read the FAQ.

It feels weird to welcome somebody who was on EB long before I ever was. In any case, (it's getting repetitive after four pages I think ) Welcome back! Though I don't know you really well I was definitely surprised to see you banned and am glad you're back. The staff is the driving force behind EB. Also (even though I didn't post there) I was very interested in the outcome of your space ship project, the one with the dome.