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The old macaroni bricks without inner supports were designed to allow some offset to strenghten stuctures by putting the the each other layers in 45 degree angle. I think that technigue was used on 2007 version of Y-Wing starfighter. Basically that means that there should be two layers of macaroni bricks between the 4x4 round bricks; the ones connected to 4x4 brick can be new type. This probably isn't crystal clearly said (it's late here) but this picture might help you: http://peeron.com/scans/358-1/7 EDIT: Actually only one layer of offset macaroni bricks is enough as they can be offsetted on the 4x4 round brick too.

Thanks all, even though this is a rather old MOC. Yep, see here. The tail consist of the shortest bone pueces with two balls (Whatever they are called) and two-toed claw feet. The feet are connected to the middle ball and they keep the tail on shape. It is not detachable. There's a better look of its construction here.

There was no need for smaller base units, and here's the entry for category A: http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=95034

Above the barren and obscure wastelands near the Imperial London rises an odd and huge figure. But it is not one of the giants of the old age. It is a machine and it is a house, in fact it is the homely home of Mr. Edward Higgs, eccentric inventor and gentleman who definitely respects peace and desolation. Higgs's home is a typical home of an bachelor (at least on some aspects). There isn't that clean as there's no one to nag about things. As Higgs's inventing projects take some room (one of the three floors) and the machinery of the house isn't that small neither (it is an old steam sawmill tower) he has his bedroom, toilet and the old boiler room all in the same space. Isn't that handy? He doesn't have room for chairs around his table, but fortunately he can sit on the stairs while eating. The sewer system is also very compact and helps Higgs to avoid the sewage costs. As it would be troublesome and time-consuming to climb all the 32 ladders when coming home, Higgs has built a fold-out ramp for his helipack on the first floor. There is also a big steamp-powered hoister above the ramp to make it easy to lift heavy objects into the house. Another of Higgs's homely inventions is the big propeller on the wall of the first floor. It is not an air conditioning system, but a wind tunnel propeller that helps Higgs to make his airs vessels as aerodynamic as possible. This is my entry on the Home Sweet Home contest, category A. The house fits easily on 48x48 baseplate. I'm happy to be able to take part on this contest as steampunk is definitely my favourite theme and contest allowing that madness are not that common. This MOC was built and photographed in two days; late bird catches a worm anyway. More stuff can be found on Cyclopic Bricks, Flickr and Brickshelf.

They appear in reddish brown in the upcoming Funfair Mixer set.

The rules say that the entry must be "a vignette or a diorama". Are non-solid bases qualified? For example, if my entry would stand on several long supports, do they have to be connected on a one base/plate/baseplate or can they stand on smaller units like in this extremely complex five-piece example:

Bricklink's price guide is the best tool for this. So, that's not the cheapest mask around here but won't make you rich neither.

Probably the new version of this piece will solve the problem:

Is it so? In Northern Europe LEGO is more expensive than in US and the sets are released later. Especially in Norway, where everything is very expensive due to high state of living.

DV: I sent you a personal message. It seems that the pics of the packages are European ones without part numbers, warning etc. I don't know if they usually appear on the first clear official pics, but might this mean that they have been chancelled in US but not in Europe, in similar way that minifigure series 11 wasn't released in Northern Europe of Benelux.

They are available in several other colors too. And when it comes to BZP as a news source, remember that that particular site doesn't allow discussing evolution because it is seen as religious topic... Wouldn't be that serious with them. I'm glad that the sets are released as there is some really great parts. Panthar, Laval and Cragger seem to be the most plausible one. Fluminox has some great stuff too but I think I will pass it because of the higher prize tag. Unsymmetrical limbs on the bad guys looks neat but kind of suck on a MOCer's perspective, as two sets of each are needed to get a pair of same limb pieces; there has been the same problem with printed shells for some time.

One of the last Saffron Giants, Tongu is the chief engineer and leader of Bio-Klaani's Airship Fleet in Finnish Bionicle-ish story project Klaanon. This is a mod of an old MOC. I got Chima set 70134 Lavertus' Outland Base as a contest prize on a Finnish LEGO exhibit and used those Bright Light Orange (or keetorange for Bionicle builders/ Flamish yellow something for Aanchir) pieces to bulk this guy up. I added mass mostly to the limbs, reworked on some weak parts (hands and the tummy) and added some details (dished on the knee joints). There's more on Cyclopic Bricks and Flickr. Hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks all, and nice to see this thread again! Yes! Well spotted. And now when this topic seems active again, here's some more: The bios can be found here as before - Enjoy!

...Wait, what? Have a serious misunderstanding on some English grammar issue or didn't Front just say that the line hasn't been chancelled? I mean, there's "no" right on the beginning of the post, isn't there?

Love it. Brilliant piece uses on the eye. The top could be better, but it's definitely hard to continue the tiled pattern there.

This odd building appeared into Palikkala Town's House fair on one misty Thursday evening. The origins of the house was unclear, but some thought it was from another time and century and somewhat associated with an odd incident of disapperaing house in 1867. An odd fellow with cardigan and trilby hat was seen on the stairs drinking morning tea... This house was build for Finnish LUG Palikkatakomo RY's contest on Model Expo (a big scale model show thing) where we had an exhibit. My house was third (on a ranking shared on two entries) on a visitor voting. Hope you like it! There's more on Cyclopic Bricks and Flickr.

Thanks everyone, glad you liked them! There's definitely a style difference there, as Izzy was the first one I built and I used a similiar style than on some of my Bionicle MOCs before coming up with a better standard on the second and the third figure.

I keep the boxes, and store the smaller boxes inside the bigger ones, and then minfig bags and polybags inside the small boxes. Don't exactly why, some of them look great of course, but probably mainly because human has natural attraction on material. Old boxes are best as they have those alternative model ideas; loved them as kid.

Great! The animation is excellent and voice acting good too, but the best part was the props (or MOCs, whatever). They were full of cool piece uses and details.

Firstly, I'm not sure if this belongs to the Sci-fi or the other themes, but decided the put on the latter as there isn't anything partciculary science fiction in the MOCs and they are not in minifig scale. I built these three steampunk girls partly inspired by the new ball joint system (ironically used only on one MOC). I have built many Bionicle characters and also SYSTEM Hobbit dwarves, so character building is kind of "my thing". These are in smaller scale than those, so it was quite fresh challenge. Miss Izzy Orchard is a coquette with adventurous mind and always useful utility belt. Gail Nealor Lyner is a heroine and adventurer. She always has her flinlock ready, and oh boy she's a fast puller. Cynthia Quegan Muskell is an engineer and airship pilot. She's the brains of the outfit and wears probably a bit more practical clothes than the others. Hope you liked the gang! There's more pics in flickr (1 2 3) and more stuff on my blog Cyclopic Bricks (1 2 3).

Wonderful! Can't get wrong with the top hat and monocle! The cockpit is nice touch too, and the base is well built - Those grid plates always add steampunk feel on a MOC.

http://aboutus.lego....tory-goes-green It looks like an interesting and modern building, so I would not be surprised if they actually released is as an Architecture set.

Using yellow faces will definitely be cheaper and there's more diversity if you are building a big sort of an army. There is a good yellow alternative to most of the fleshie LORT faces if you are not too picky (though there is of course some expections like Dwalin (tattoos) and Bombur (Flest print on beard/hair).

Great work, the cottage is lovely and the rabble inside the wall is a nice touch.

I want another thing like MNOG/Bohrok animations/Bohrok-Kal animations. Anything that Templar would do (except something like the bug monster MNOG II). I'm not especially interested in new bionicle sets. I'm not really interested on new HF sets neither. I'm mainly interested by new parts. And everything done by Templar, the real masters of Bionicle.