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Theme Name: The LEGO Wrestling Federation (LWF) Characters: Pro-wrestling has been popular across the world for decades, and now LEGO enters the fray! A group of bad guy wrestlers and a group of good guy wrestlers (heels and faces as known within the pro-wrestling industry) vie with each other for the LWF titles. The bad guys hold all the titles and the good guys are trying to win them back for the fans! The groups (aka stables) would each have five wrestlers: The Brickhouse Bandits (bad guys): Dash Dallas: The flashy leader of the bad guys who insists his good looks and amazing wrestling ability make him better than everyone else. Do his skills actually back up his words? He is LWF Heavyweight Champion. The Crimson Crusher: The "giant" wrestler of the LWF (who could be made utilizing the Hagrid body from Harry Potter). A fearsome opponent who adds weight to the Brickhouse Bandits' dominance in the LWF. He is one-half of the LWF Tag Team Champions. Straight-Laced Larry: His technical wrestling skills are second to none and he likes to remind everyone of it. There is a rift within the Brickhouse Bandits because Larry feels he, not Dash, should be the Heavyweight Champion. He is the other half of the LWF Tag Team Champions. Silver J. Cash: Silver is not only a master at cheating in the ring, he is the LWF owner's son and almost always gets his way. He holds the LWF Light-Heavyweight Title. Monica Hollywood: She is the LWF Women's Champion but is very clear that the LWF is just a stepping stone to the movie career she deserves. They are challenged by... Renegade Revolution (the good guys): Johnny Titanium: Perhaps just past the peak of his career, Johnny is determined to have one more run at the top, energizing the fans. He has just returned to the LWF after Dash Dallas put him on the injury list for a year and plans to take back the LWF Heavyweight Championship he has held many times. Mark Motion: He is the face of the next generation of wrestlers - he shows respect to those who came before him but plays by his own rules, with his own style. With some guidance from Johnny Titanium, he is on his way to becoming the biggest star in the LWF. He has his sights sets on taking down his literally biggest obstacle, the Crimson Crusher, and becoming LWF Tag Team Champion. Frederick the Black Falcon: Frederick comes from a long line of warriors stretching back to the dark ages and he is continuing that tradition by fighting with honor in the ring. He wears the traditional garb of his ancestors, the Balck Falcon knights. He is on a quest to prove his skills against Straight-Laced Larry and become LWF Tag Team Champion. Dragonfly Ramirez: A high-flying Mexican luchadore who dresses like a superhero. He hopes to dazzle Silver J. Cash with his amazing moves and win the LWF Light-Heavyweight Title. Polly Studbreaker: She looks innocent and harmless, but is like a hurricane in the ring and even presents a formiddable threat to the male wrestlers. She wants the LWF Women's Title. A selling point of these sets could be features that let kids live out some of the wrestling aspects with the minifigs. Perhaps the minifigs could use some spring-loaded parts for special moves, or traditional minifigs could be launched off the ring ropes and turnbuckles by spring-loaded pieces that simulate high-flying moves and allow the figures to crash into one another. Title belts would be a necessity. One interesting addition could be the addition of a LEGO folding ladder that could not just be used in the wrestling sets for ladder matches, but in other LEGO sets that call for a ladder. Conflict: Just like actual pro-wrestling, this is a classic battle of good vs. evil between men and women who want to win and become champions. The Brickhouse Bandits have the LWF and its fans in a chokehold, having captured all of the titles. Renegade Revolution has emerged to challenge them and put the titles in better hands! Setting: This play theme would be set up similarly to the Football/Soccer sets that were produced a few years ago. The action would take place in a professional wrestling arena, with that the largest set. The smaller sets could be attached and incorporated into play with the arena, with each other, or by themselves. Here are some ideas for sets: The LWF Arena: The center of conflict between the LWF wrestlers. It would have a ring at the center and include a pair of wrestlers. An audience area (and possibly audience members) could be included, as well as a cameraman. Annouce Table: The play-feature of this set could be that one wrestler could put the other through the table, breaking it in half. It could include one or two (surprised) announcers. TV Truck: This mobile TV studio would not only allow kids to pretend their matches are being broadcast to the world, but could include a couple of wrestlers who decided to have an impromptu match there! Various parts of the truck and computer equipment could be designed to break apart when wrestlers slam each other into it. Backstage Area: This would be similar to the TV Truck, but on a smaller scale. Two wrestlers could battle in a backstage room with a breakable table and objects to throw at each other, like garbage cans. Wrestling Ring: This could be an alternate ring to the one included with the arena. As a special feature, it could include a removeable metal cage that the wrestlers could fight in and on. A referee figure could be included. Stage: This would be the flashy entranceway and ramp from which wrestlers appear before heading to the ring. These could be on a small scale, with a different entranceway design for each wrestler. Wrestler Training: An impulse set that would feature a wrestler with some weights and such. Fight in the Crowd: A smaller set that would have two wrestlers burst through a dividing wall into the crowd, where they continue their match.

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 16: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=497089

Wow, Batbrick. That's dedication!

It's been almost a year of making at least three Lego: Space - The Comic installments per week and I'm mighty curious as to which comics were your favorites. I've gotten an awesome response to everything and have enjoyed discussing the comic with all of you. But I still wonder which comics were the funniest and which stories were the most interesting. So, please help me in my future writing by letting me know which stories appealed to you the most. You can pick multiple choices in each category; I've broken it down into one-shots, stories of 2-4 comics, and stories of 5 comics or more. I also welcome your comments about the comic's first year (almost) and where's it's going. Thanks! K.

I don't think anyone gets it. Instead of explaining it now, I'll address it in a later comic, because I think I'll get the most humor out of it that way. :) All I can say is, when you realize it, you're going to go, "Ahh, I see." And hopefully laugh.

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 15: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=496437

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 14: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/index.php?p=496266

That's epic. And very Gotham City. I think that's where Bruce Wayne and his parents went on that fateful night!

I'm so happy LEGO has finally seen fit to spring for printing on the back of torsos. About time!

I just walked into a TRU in NEw Jersey and found Droid Escape Pod and AT-ST w/Chewbacca on the shelves. Those sets are like 8 years old! And they weren't in the TRU computers, so I got them both for under 10 bucks, total. In my case, I think there were a couple sets that were lost in the storeroom for that time, perhaps behind shelves. In your case, maybe there was a case of Knights Kingdom II stuff sitting on top of a shelf somewhere for a couple of years.

Awesome! My minifigs would go in there and never want to leave, just like me in a real LEGO store! ;-)

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 13: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=495719

Darth Yoda, it's neat to see that people are still discovering this stuff! Algernon, I can see the ambiguity with Ice Planet, but I can't agree that Futuron is hard to classify. The uniforms are just updated versions of the originals in the same colors. Even more telling, you can view the transition happening, as the old-style astronauts began to have predominantly white and blue bases and ships, like Futuron had. There's even a couple sets that seem like they should come with Futuron astronauts but include minifigs in classic spacesuits (Polaris-I Space Lab being a prime example). And both styles of astronaut shared the shelves for a period. But as you suggested, there may be no right answer this, as LEGO was rarely very clear about it. Anyway, I am currently pining for the Deep Freeze Defender after reading your review! I had no idea it was that modular. I've been needing a place for the Ice Babe to live in my comic...

Maybe our ideas can be reconciled if you consider the original Space Agency to be civilian (although they were better-armed). I saw you listed Futuron as civilian, and I think they're pretty clearly a revamped form of the original space explorers. I think LEGO intended Ice Planet to be related to the original astronauts through the logo. By that point, they had already made space explorers without it.

Here's interesting and somewhat disturbing proof that the Ice Planet team can hold their own against Blacktron II. Or maybe they're actually rescuing them, who knows? EDIT: Looking up again, I see there's another shot of Ice Planet guys carrying around frozen Blacktron guys in the catalogs shots you included. And one Blacktron agent seems to be hiding! Ice Planet freezes their enemies? Freaky!

Great, thorough review. But you do carry over the misconception a lot of people have that Ice Planet was a civilian group like M:Tron. Look closer at their logo. They're an extension of the Classic Space Agency, just like Mars Mission is. Unless Space Agency is considered civilian and not the good guys, which I could see as a way to view it. "You know you want to hit that." LMAO

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 12: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=495600 As always, all the compliments are appreciated! Batbrick, yup, that was my intent. Cheryl and Bruce have a lot in common. :-) I remember that when I first showed those two making out, people thought they were a gay couple. I think many of us just tend to see the plain Space astronauts as male.

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 11: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=495247

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 10: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=494821

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 9: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=494425

I may or may not do a New Year's comic. I was serious when I had Colin McNewsbreaker say I was taking a break between Dec. 24 and Jan. 3. I have a lot of ideas I'm anxious to shoot and post, but could use a small vacation from the fun. Can you get the new Pirates in Tasmania them from LEGO S@H? I imagine the shipping ain't pretty. I'm now looking forward to Rock Raiders II... er... Power Drillers showing up. I'm iffy about them, but there are two mid-size sets which look good. I love the rock monsters, which remind me of creatures in something else but I'm not sure what. (And no, I don't mean the rock monsters in Rock Raiders.) Good eye. Red appeared so far in the training flashback (which I've shown like, three times), in the 100th comic as a faux Stormtrooper, and as one of Schwartz's guards in the possible future. Her appearance in the Advent calendar (as well as a few others) are a way to remind myself to use them, and to tell readers that these are characters they should look for. Red has a BIG role in something I have planned way down the line, but that could be six months to a year away, who knows? I do have plans to use her more in the near future, though.

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 8: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=494169 DJ Force, I don't have an extra white suit torso, but you can probably get one for pennies on Bricklink. Carter and Robot appeared in the crowd at the Indy premiere. They were due to be in another story I didn't have time to post before the Advent calendar started, though. And I have another planned for them. Yes, the clavicle is the collar bone. The funny part is that I was actually thinking of the scapula when I wrote the comic. There's not an actual Christmas comic planned, although sorta. One purpose of this storyline is to spend some time with the minor characters and provide profiles that convey some backstory I haven't been able to get to otherwise. I'm liking the new Pirates line a lot. I want that ship and the Soldier's Fort a lot, but I've reigned myself in and just bought the three smallest sets. Although I did grab a few of the minifigs from the bigger sets off Bricklink. As for that comic, I meant it to show how human nature hasn't changed. But the language deterioration idea came off more strongly, I think. Which is fine. I hadn't planned it and only realized it as soon as I typed it.

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 7: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=493676

Lego Space Advent Calendar - Dec. 6: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lego_Space/?p=493419

No, just a surreal beach background.