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    Sorry for the delayed response: I only just saw the question. The answer is cost. It's cheaper to produce and assemble a single part for both legs than two separate leg pieces.
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    I knew they weren't real because I can (or more accurately, used to) read some Japanese. So right off, I had good reason to believe they weren't an eastern language. That led me to do a Google Images search for Ninjago fonts.
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    They don't mean anything in either Japanese or any of the Chinese languages. They're actually the western letters D, I, W and Y from a font that is supposed to look eastern:
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    I don't know about the Glasgow store, but other UK LEGO stores I've been to have a Build-A-Minifigure (BAM). You get a selection of heads, headgear, torso assemblies, legs and accessories/weapons. The idea as presented in store is that each minifigure consists of one of each of those elements and you create three such minifigures that you enclose in a blister pack they provide. But that's just what the sign says. In fact, you can create a single minifigure if you like; it doesn't have to be three. But the cost per minifig is higher if you get just one. Also, your 'minifigs' don't have to have just one of each type of element as long as each 'minifig' has only five parts. So, for example, if you wanted to get two heads, one hat, one torso assembly and a set of legs but no accessory or weapon (a total of five parts), you'd be fine. That would count and be charged as a single minifig. If you wanted to, you could get 15 weapons and accessories; that would be charged as three minifigs. The BAM parts change regularly, so unless someone has been to the Glasgow store recently, it's impossible to say exactly what will be in there. But you tend not to find extremely rare parts or any that are obviously from licensed ranges. They usually have a half dozen or so of each type of element to choose from (6 different head designs, 6 headgears etc).
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    This topic has been covered before: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=37499&st=0 Perhaps a friendly mod could merge both threads. Without repeating my full answer to the original thread, I got back into LEGO in the early 1990s as an extension of my interest in fantasy literature, games and toys.
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    I believe it's a Singaporean company. I used to have a mid-sized collection of their design (including a dragon) and MOC fantasy figures. But they're not well balanced, are hard to obtain/expensive and their production quality is variable. When I moved home a few years ago, I gave most of them to charity. I only kept a few weapons/accessories that might be useful for LEGO MOCing. I forgot to post this picture in my previous post. Samwise's lantern is a Stikfas part. I took the picture in 2006, a long time before the official LotR line was announced.
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    Probably not what was intended by the OP's question, but Stikfas ( http://stikfas.com/ ) weapons and accessories sometimes work with LEGO minifigs. Their tolerance varies quite a lot more than LEGO's, so sometimes Stikas parts fit snuggly in LEGO hands while other parts are loose. The eastern monk in this picture has a staff weapon made from three Stikfas parts: Another item that can be used with minifigs (and indeed lots of other small objects) are pizza tables, the plastic stands in the middle of pizzas to ensure that the box doesn't collapse. You can use them to elevate minifigs at the back of a display so they're easier to see. Of course, you can make your own elevated platforms using LEGO, but it's cool to use ones that are a single, pre-made piece.
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    Really cool! If I may suggest a change, I think you should put a black 1 x 1 plate under each of the Kurgan's feet to make him taller.
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    Nice bat! Is it a single creation in three different poses or three different creations? If the former, I can't figure out how you did it! You could use it as a giant bat to torment/be a steed for your minifigures. Here's a bat I created in 2006 that is still in my display collection. The head and wings are articulated, but the legs can only be posed by making a change to their construction using the same pieces.
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    A tiny army. Just kidding! I can't believe how many dwarves you have. They look amazing. I agree with Wardancer: the light grey helmets are perfect.
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    Thanks, CopMike, but I was after a list of the specific sets featured, not the ranges/decades the sets were from, and I can't find that on Amazon or anywhere else.
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    Great MOC! Extremely creative use of the separator. Good luck in the competition!
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    That's a really cool MOC! You have captured the look of it using some very clever techniques. I especially like the use of the handcuffs. Here's the original:
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    I was thinking of getting the Great Lego Sets: A Visual History online. Apart from the Classic Space set shown on the cover, what other sets are featured in the book? Apologies if this question has already been answered on EB. I searched but couldn't find one.
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    {mock sarcasm}Now everybody is a vampire. Next you'll be telling us Unicorn Girl and Grandma Visitor are vampires too.{/mock sarcasm} Seriously, that's a good point. This head: would work as Vlad the Impaler.
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    Sure I will. Like several others who posted above, I always thought of Count Batlord as a vampire. There was never any doubt in my mind. I suspect that TLG didn't describe him as a vampire because at the time they wanted to keep it very young kid friendly. I reckon they knew - or at least hoped - that older kids would realise that he was supposed to be a vampire. The 2002 Studios "vampire" wasn't a vampire. He was supposed to be a costumed actor in a vampire film. But I (and probably a lot of other people) always thought of him as a real vampire. In my display collection, I count both Count Batlord and the Studios vampire among my vampires (along with the MF, CMF and some MOC vampires). I don't have the Scooby-Doo "vampire", but if I do get him, I will consider him a vampire too even though in the SD story he's *SPOILER ALERT!* just a person disguised as one.
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    Indeed. Here's mine pictured in early 2008 and still in my display collection: I can imagine ways in which it could be improved, but it really isn't bad as it is.
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    I sometimes MOC accessories if what I'm after doesn't already exist. The eastern monk's staff weapon in this picture: This wizard's staff: This enchantress's staff: This goblin's axe: The zombie girl's basket:
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    It's not the same. The hydrogen peroxide is a whitener. The sunlight just locks the new colour in. You can speed up the process if you add Vanish Oxi Crystal White to the hydrogen peroxide. What normally takes hours can be achieved in minutes which is handy if you live in a country like mine where the sun only shines three times a year. It's very important that you use a glass without a lid if you add a catalyst like Vanish as the mixture will get hot and release gas.
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    I don't have names or stories for most of the following MOCs but they're all inspired by D&D and fantasy literature/gaming/telly more broadly. The two that do have names are van Helsing and Xena. Shouldn't be hard to find them among the following... And some monsters...
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    No, not for the Netherlands and Germany. The UK, Netherlands and Germany are all EU countries so there are no customs checks. It's a different matter if you're receiving LEGO in the EU from Canada, the US or other non-EU country. While I have no love for customs authorities, in the case of the five weeks from the Netherlands and seven from Germany, they're not to blame.
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    How much trouble have you had getting LEGO by mail? I once ordered a few parts on BrickLink from a seller in the Netherlands. He sent them by airmail the day after receiving payment. They took five weeks to reach me in the UK. Five weeks! It's hardly any distance at all. What took the Dutch/British postal systems so long? I thought that was bad until today. I received a BrickLink order this afternoon that was sent airmail from Germany. It took over seven weeks to reach me. Seven f"([<!~9 weeks! Unbelievable. What do British/German postal workers do all day because it certainly isn't collecting and delivering mail? In both cases, the item was addressed correctly, had sufficient postage and was going from a major city at the sender's end to a large, easily reached UK destination.
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    Great MOC! Brilliant design. I'm pretty sure you're right.
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    I like your suggestions though I don't think I'll be replacing the hairpieces I'm currently using. I do have some of the ones you propose and may create additional female zombie minifigs usings those hairpieces. I can imagine that zombies might get their hair disheveled from the zombification process. I'm not sure I agree that having your hair up or tied is modern: female hairstyles involving bunching and tying have existed since ancient times. Thanks Since I took the photo, I've tweaked the girl zombie. She is now as she appears in this picture:
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    I think it's one of these: http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=30208#T=S&C=22&O={"color":22,"ii":1} I also feel that the OP owes us images of the MOC in LEGO. Otherwise it's just a digital image and should be marked as "LDD" in the thread's title.
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