TheLegoDr

I voted for Bofur, but only because of the hat. I don't think he did much in the movie and I haven't read the books, so I know nothing of these characters. Heck, I can't tell them apart in the movie either. I had google each one to know who I was talking about.

That's a clever idea to get angles of leaves on the trees. I'm thinking now how I should incorporate that into my MOC. I'll come up with something to hide them a bit better though. Otherwise, the landscaping is awesome. Full of life! The stream looks like it is moving, so nice touch. I hadn't considered meshing old castle torsos with the newer torsos, but they look like they work well together. I may have to try that out to flesh out my troops. Keep up the good work!

eldiano - you get the serial numbers to tell TLG that you are "missing" the other heads. I don't know how much more unethical you could be. You are lying to Lego to get free pieces. Not cool.

I know they were both by the same actor. I just didn't find it as funny as the first two. Keep up the good work!

Neat build! I like the color scheme. I like the subtle wall texturing. The well is a nice construction too. I like the story that goes with it. Keep up the good work! I really need to make more builds/stories with my people.

First two are comedy gold. The third one... Great use of Medusa hair for Joker. And the Lone Space Ranger, very clever!

Would this head work for Sub-zero? It is a purist scar.

That is awesome. Very large. A lot of sorting to accomplish that. Are there any tutorials out there to make a sizable minifigure like your Superman? I wouldn't mind making one of Batman, or some LOTR figure.

Nicely done! I like the overall ground effect and the idea of a surprise hunt. I don't have any elephants, but they look awesome and useful. The only thing that detracts from the build is the colorful border (which I understand why it is there). Keep up the good work!

From one doctor to another, congratulations! I thought you were one of the top leaders anyway, so the title suits you. You've done a lot of hard work on here, so keep it up. You are the right person for the job.

Neat quiz. I am an elf. Makes sense to me. Now if only they could grow facial hair...

I really like the forced perspective in this shot.

I had similar extra pieces. It must be standard.

Nicely done. I like the scale and the scene it provides. I really like the water effect. It's very simple. yet effective and meshes well with the rest of the groundwork how you have it. This is inspiring because I now want to build a mountainside with a hidden doorway into it for one of my factions. Keep up the good work.

Maybe the people on the box are just really tiny...

Can't beat that price! Have fun restoring them.

It is very unfortunate that it happened. That is a lot of hard work wasted. I feel bad for the creator and bad for the people who did it (as in that someone would have that thought in their mind and want to act on it). They should know better. I hope justice is served cold.

I would like to agree with the notion it could be environmentally related. The transition from heat to humid to freezing conditions would be hard on anything. But I also can't get behind that argument, since my old LEGO bricks from the early 90s were in totes in a garage without insulation in northwestertn Nebraska (meaning 100+ F summers and well below 0 degree F winters) and none of those bricks are cracked or warped. A lot were actually still connected since I put them together in my youth, so going on almost 20 years now. No stresses noticed on them. Most of my LEGO is purchased from S@H or the LEGO store. Rarely do I pick anything up from retail stores other than a good clearance item. Those sets currently are in our basement. It is a very similar climate to my childhood climate, only maybe not as cold or hot. And being in the basement actually keeps them cooler in the summer. I am currently sitting on a stockpile of sets that i haven't had time to build, but then I also have other sets that I have used to MOC with. Every piece is coming from a brand new sealed set and within a short amount of time they are cracked or cracked straight from the box. You don't see the crack inspecting each individual piece until you put it on another piece to see the stress. So either that initial clutch causes enough stress to crack it, or it was already cracked and is only visible based on the clutch. Either way, it is unacceptable. LEGO does have millions of pieces going out all over the world and as far as I can tell, I'm one of the few with all of these problems. So maybe I do just end up with the faulty products, but it seems odd for me to get such a high ratio of damaged bricks or missing bricks. I've had quite a few sets with missing bricks too. I open all of the bags into piles on contrasting colored rugs/carpet or the like so I can see all of the pieces easily. So as much validity there is to a lot of opposing arguments, I still will combat it. I do agree with LEGO having to see receipts. There are many people out there that will abuse the system. However, as stated above, some people don't keep all of their receipts. And a lot of my LEGO are gifts from family members, so they keep the receipts for the short amount of time after they buy it then dispose of them. So that isn't always the best proof of purchase. And with that said, people could easily still abuse the system even though they bought the set. They would have a receipt, but still get free LEGO from the company based on a lie. I don't agree with that one bit and I would never do such a thing, but dishonest people can do a lot of things to get around the system. I'd love to be able to not have a single brick damaged, ever, let alone straight out of the box, but I don't think that is in the cards for me. Cheese slopes are a major problem for me, which is understandable since it may be thinner in a certain area of the mold, but then why do so many others not have a lot of cracked cheese slopes also? And from what I can tell, my 1x4 and 2x6 arches are actually more susceptible to cracking than cheese slopes. I'm currently building a miniature scale Hogwarts and with the tan pieces used, I have lots of cheese slopes, plates, arches, and 1x2 log bricks cracked. Just odd is all..

Great little build. I like the idea and execution, even if it is a ruthless blood sport... The hinged curve works really well here, especially since we see the inside instead of the outside per the usual tower. The railing worked well here too. To be honest, I didn't notice the man with the hat at all. I had to scroll back up to look at him. I wouldn't be too worried about it. Keep up the good work.

I love the wagon/shack. Without reading the story, I could easily tell what it was. But after reading the story, it intrigued me more. I really like the gold 1x1 round tiles used. The tilting effect on much of the shack adds to the age. Are those mushrooms non-LEGO? The smoke from the chimney is neat. I've seen that used before and it works really well, so I can understand why you would use it too.

The same thing happened to me. As frustrating as it is, I do understand why they require receipts or other means to prove you bought the set so they aren't just handing out free pieces to people. It became such an ordeal, I quit asking for replacement parts, even though I still require many. From the group of people I've talked with recently about cracked pieces, none of them have experienced any. I seem to experience many in every set. So odd that it happens, but maybe we get the bad batch.

Great build. I like the overall wall effect, including the broken bits. The trees are a nice interesting design. I should copy that sometime. Nice little scene with some story involved. Keep up the good work!

I agree, use a wipe. Maybe a scented wipe. Or on the lego website it starts what temperature you can use to clean them.

That's a little upsetting. I had to separately order that figure since I didn't want that set. But chances are I won't find this poly either. Thanks for sharing though.

That cake is awesome. I like the house design too. Keep up the great work.