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5. Cecilie - 5 To address this: I replied this in the story thread:

very good that you've found it interesting! As to it not being a 'real Fabuland story', I do not agree. See, the animation can have multiple backgrounds. One of them can be using Edward figure to explain someone else's occupation. But notice that Ed actually introduces himself in the video as 'Ed', and the credits also do not provide any other 'real' name. Have you seen the 'official' FABULAND clay animated stories? Edward is usually portrayed in them as a rather clumsy confused fool (albeit loved by others), and you never get to hear about his actual occupation (compare it to e.g. Wilfred, where you know what he is doing - he's a captain). Maybe this animation provides the missing piece, and shows you Edward might not be actually such tool as he is usually portrayed to be - and his friends assume roles of real-world characters/Ed's colleagues to help to convey the story. There can be as many explanations as there are viewers.

excellent idea/execution. What's your favorite Fabuland piece?

I am not sure if we are also expected to 'register' our contest submission within this thread. This is just in case: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=79714 Thank you for watching/comments/voting and good luck to other participants!

you posted the story in a wrong forum for the contest. Maybe you should delete it, and post it in the Comics and Flicks forum.

I edited the order of the original video sequence a bit: I guess it is better if there is a movement right from the beginning. The credits are at the end now. Thank you for watching/possible voting.

I agree with you about the color clash. It seems to fit a bit like a fist on an eye to me as well. I wanted to build the wall in that particular pattern, though, and I couldn't have done it with any other bricks than the tan ones (my parts selection is limited, I even had to cheat a bit on the pattern on the bit of the wall right under the staircase).As to the weather concerns, one of the prize sets in both FABULAND Building and Story competition contains fabulous FABULAND umbrella that would help Barney a lot in this regard. That's why I compete in both categories (click here for the Story entry) Please vote for us (me and Barney) in both categories so we have a chance to address and solve this urgent pending issue ;)! Thanks

As everyone could find out in recent review by Pandora, Barney Bear (3629) has a very charming car. I got my Barney (my first FABULAND set) with the beauty in 1981. But in order to protect that vintage car for many more years to come, he surely needs a garage! This is my entry for the FABULAND Building contest: Here is my take on what could Barney's garage look like (with small terrace/garden on the roof): Beside cars, Barney is a bit into gardening (on multiple levels!) as well in hopes of catching Bonnie's interest one day: The roof is removable in one piece to access and show how the car fits in. There's a space for Barney's wrench, car brush and vacuum cleaner on the shelves below the window (left side) as well. The garage has working doors on both ends (it is a public secret in Fabuland Barney is not particularly strong while going in reverse): Here's the illustration how the garage door open and close: Garage door closed: Additional photo(s) available at the flickr: http://www.flickr.co...s/93888144@N08/ Please note I am competing with the building, not with the car (it is only slightly pimped up). The car is used here mainly to illustrate how it fits in this custom garage. Thank you for your possible votes, and good luck to all other participants!

OK, added now. If necessary,turn the subtitles on by clicking on captions (CC on the lower control bar of youtube video) while watching; 'leaf angles - ENGLISH' should be selected.

thank you - yes, I had planned to include the transcript file, but then I forgot about it. I will do it. Thanks for reminding me!

Made for my daughter to help to explain what is papa doing out there and why. Please consider it as my entry into the Fabuland story contest: still: Thanks for watching, possible voting, and all comments/suggestions.

really catchy song, and the video really makes you feel compassion for the monkey. It is not as easy as it may seem to generate such emotions (beside entertainment/fun and jokes) through Lego movies. Good job.

You are very observant guy indeed, David Pickett ;). I am so glad to see that someone took time to look at the video more than once and really think about what he/she might be really watching. I don't intend to give any full explanations. Let's just say that I really intended to create something that would work on multiple levels: simple straight-forward story for children with a bit of simple meteorological fact mixed in, and something to think about for more observant parents/adults as well. As to the Fabuland theme selection, I guess I can explain at least that. The reasoning was quite prosaic. I found out there aren't that many Fabuland stop motion videos after all, so if I do it with Fabuland figures, it's more likely the video would get noticed by people than if I would do it with classic minifigs. If it weren't for the Fabuland factor, it would hardly get frontpaged on Eurobricks. Second, I actually do not have that much experience with stop motion movies (this is only the second one), and I found out it is much easier for me to do little movements with Fabuland heads than with classic minifigs. Fabuland heads also offer much larger range of movements thanks to the neck design. Third, Fabuland figures are more children-friendly than regular minifigs. I checked your blog. The franky job video is great - it really makes you thinking. Just like what I hoped to achieve with this little Grimm story as well. BTW I like The Nightly News at Nine very much. I also read some interview of yours way back where you were explaining the stop-motion movie making process. It was very helpful to see what does it take - thank you very much for that!

Thank you. How much time it took - filming itself and editing (I only had to add the titles and align it with music, that was all) took me four nights (about 5 hours per night). Building sets (field, main hall, bedroom) took me one evening per set scene. However, please note that the main hall set is largely based on already existing MOC built by Nathan/oo7; ditto for the steampunk tractor design by SirNadroj. This greatly sped up the set creation, I believe. I don't think I could come up with such awesome works on my own. So you can kinda say that it took about 7 nights to create what you see in the video.Yes, I would like to do more Fabuland videos - it seems like a good niche, as there aren't really that many Fabuland videos on youtube. But it might take some time to find another script/tale worth re-telling. Besides that I have a normal job and all ;) Hah, now here's some material for alternative video ;)! Hi! I hope the indication was OK - otherwise please let me know the way you would like to be credited. I am much indebted to you - actually the other wall in the main hall (with Paradisa umbrella on the wall) was created following your wall building technique from Fishery Cannery as well - awesome work! Japanese theme - well, I was watching Ikiru by Kurosawa the other day and it came to my mind it might be great to set the traditional German story in some unexpected, exotic (well at least for me as I am from Europe) environment - that it might be more interesting/stimulating to people. You know like when Kurosawa was setting Shakespeare in feudal Japan - you surely would remember Throne of Blood more than if it were a 'traditional' Macbeth set in Scotland in the appropriate time period (unless, of course, you do it like Orson Welles). And then I came over your MOC which showed me how I could possibly do it. So I ended up with on the first glance rather wild mix of a traditional fairy tale/Fabuland/feudal Japan/steampunkish elements and Brahms music, but which seemed to actually work. BTW I also re-created your 晩鐘 bell. Unfortunately it was too big to fit fully in the frame view on the field :(.

Yeah, 'goosestep' might be the best word description. They (Fabuland figs) also look a bit like as if they would be afraid of some poop calamity coming into their pants if they got their legs loose a bit more in my walking attempts. Hah, the Technic figure is very clever!

Thank you very much for your kind comments and encouragement for further work. The frontpage listing is a real honor (obviously I am fully aware it wouldn't happen if it weren't for a soft spot for all things Fabuland in hearts of the respective moderators ;))! As to the lighting, I am much indebted to Maxime Marion who posted his Droits d'auteur movie in this forum. I got the same IKEA JANSJÖ LED lamps as well after watching that movie, and they really work great. I really would like to find a way how to make it look like that Fabuland figures can walk and do the full steps (including some sort of appearance of bending the legs backwards just like a regular Lego minfigs can do, as their legs movement is not restrained to 90 degrees as for Fabuland figs). So far I haven't been very successful with my own trials. If anyone has any idea or it had been already solved, it'd be much appreciated if you could let me know.

Thank you very much! yes, I did this. Doing it this way (using Fabuland figures in sets built with classic Lego bricks) came while looking at your creations - they are really incredible! As to your last Fabuland creation (the apothecary) - maybe I am wrong, but weren't those brown Fabuland chests you included recently revived in the Pirate Code board game? Maybe those five of yours are coming from these sets?

Description: Two friends were transformed into identical flowers which grew in the field. Bonnie can set free only one of them. Who will get saved and how she will recognize the right one - her husband Ed, or her lover Barney? Music by Johannes Brahms (Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80) as performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra.

Hi, I hope this is the most appropriate forum/thread. I made a short Fabuland animation based on motives of Brothers Grimms' 'A Riddling Tale', where I also tried to re-create (available parts permitting) and include the original Steampunkish tractor design by SirNadroj posted in this forum. Screenshots of the scenes with the adapted tractor: The whole video can be seen here: I hope this animation can be considered as my application for a membership in Fabuland Builders Guild? Thank you.

How did you decide to place the windmill in this location? It is surely nice from an aesthetic point of view, but otherwise it doesn't make too much sense. I suspect the first thing the miller would do would be to cut down that tree, as it must surely hinder/affect the coming wind. The tree could also interfere with the mill's perimeter, if the strong wind blows from the waterbody and bends the tree crown the other way. Also, wouldn't it make more sense to place the mill on the local highest point, rather than next to a rock/hill? Please don't take it in a bad way ;)

Thank you very much for the feedback. And I am very glad you liked the epilogue! This was not the last fairy tale I've done - let's see if it can get even darker! Hey, can you actually tell me - what are the fairy tales in Australia like? Are they the same like in England or from wherever people came, or can you tell there are some Australia-specific ones? I would be really curious

thank you very much for encouragement. You're right about the music issue - the second half was originally done with Aphex Twin 'Alberto Balsalm' track in mind, which truly works much better, but then I found out I would need a proper licensing (150 pounds at least) for featuring it in the video on YouTube, so I had to find an alternative solution. At the same time I wanted to keep the contrast between the two halves of the story, introduction/dinner set-up, and the dinner itself. I intend to make it public in about two weeks. We have some family gathering coming up, and we plan to entertain the children with it. They already saw the first part, and now they are all curious about the second part. I am convinced that they would find it out on YouTube if it were listed already now, and we don't want to spoil the surprise for them.

Hi, here's the link to the finished film: http://www.youtube.com/embed/xlBJ6Zkmt_8 thank you for watching! Any suggestions/criticism would be much appreciated!

See, the whole throne area is coming out of the Martin Luther MOC I found posted in this forum - I pretty much replicated it except few details because I don't have the necessary bricks. The stuff posted in this forum was very helpful for getting ideas how to arrange/set up the scenes. Thank you very much for the encouragement :). Yes, it's something I was thinking about while reading all these fairy tales for my daughter these days. I am just not sure what would be the most appropriate/suitable format, being it primarily for children. Maybe no-words-only-sounds and self-explanatory story through actions would work the best (just like Chaplin grotesques), but it seems to me it is not something you can achieve with every fairy tale (not mentioning I am a total stopmotion beginner). With this story I was kinda thinking a child (that can't read yet) would watch it with a parent/adult, and the parent can read/translate/explain the storyboards for the child. If I had included dialogues (let's say in English), it might interfere with the child's reception, especially if the child doesn't speak English. So this way the silent storyboards don't disrupt the story the parent would deliver on his/her own. But again I am still not sure if I am right - any suggestions/experiences would be appreciated! I just wonder - is it common for people to come out of their Lego Dark Ages because of/with their children? You know that if I wouldn't have the daughter, I don't think Lego would ever come on my mind on its own. There seems to be an absolute Lego vacuum in my head for the last 15 years or so. Thank God I didn't get rid of my childhood Lego sets, though!

Hi, we made a short historic Lego film for our daughter: I hope this is the right forum to post it in. The throne area design was based on the folllowing MOC I found originally in this forum: (author's flicker username: wunztwice). This was my/our first stop motion Lego try - any advice/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for watching!