Kai NRG

Another great house from you Cesbrick, that sloping roof is great and I like the blend of white and stone for the rest of the house! The little porch out back is a really nice touch as well!

Great to see you building in Kaliphlin, and you certainly did an excellent job! The various tree designs used look really good, and the bright peaceful look really adds to it! One of my favorite builds from you actually, although no doubt I have a bit of a bias!

The waterfall on the first module is superb! I'm also really liking your different roof styles, and the various architectural details are well done!

The Pastry Chief's cake and the Gorilla Mariner's lantern are both excellent!

The shape of those columns is great! Hope you don't mind if I borrow the idea someday!

A really nice little build here, I like the touch with the footprints and the smoke!

Thanks! You're welcome to use any of the details!

I know, I thought I'd never find a way to use it! Thanks! Thank you!

Thanks guys! Thanks! We tried to stick with accessory sizes that LEGO might have included but at the same time we didn't want to look like we were just reusing old stuff - kind of wanted to introduce "new molds" without going too far overboard on the piece count!

The roof of course is simply incredible, but all the masonry bricks are also fantastic and provide great texture! The various roofs at different heights are great as well.

Thanks everyone! (I'd let Garmadon do the honors but he's not available right now!) We were definitely aiming for that, I'm glad we got some everyday sort of people! Thanks! Thanks! I've enjoyed reading TLG's descriptions and wanted to make these as much in the same style as possible! Thanks! The Pumpkin pie suit guy is a take on Nocturnus's standard enchanted pumpkin pies. It's a bit of an old joke so maybe it hasn't surfaced since you got here. The Astronomer's torso is from kimono Jay in the Stone Army series of Ninjago (I think I just made the fact that I'm a Ninjago nut really obvious Actually, come to think of it, given my name it was probably self-evident already... ) Yeah, we have a tendency to drop by each other's desks a couple times a day and remark on the others' progress (or the lack thereof). I think it does help us to improve! Thanks! Myth busters? Umm... I guess that was an obvious no.

Well, LEGO is the one I would consider strictly a hobby. But I suppose music could be considered a hobby too, if so I certainly spend a lot of time on it, and reading as well (easily up to two books a week on average, usually one fiction and the other pretty solid non-fiction).

Well, I was planning on doing a Cat A entry but simply couldn't think of anything good (so it morphed into this). Actually, after the first deadline I felt like it might be slightly hypocritical to do another one myself... Anyway, Garmadon and I finished our collectible series: Hopefully I'll have a free-build in a few weeks!

A little vig using a fig I've had around for a while: Thanks for checking it out! Comments welcome!

Garmadon and I did a series together:

Nocturnus: Alchemist “Just wait a second while I dissolve… ouch! Why do my pants feel hot and dry?” The crazy Alchemist is ready to show you anything, if you’ll just give him a minute to wrap up his experiment on the universal solvent and mix up that last concoction that he’s sure will end up in the philosophers’ stone. Oh, and he was really busy trying to find the elixir of life, but he’s sure he’ll be free soon and can help in just a second! He may be a Nocturnian and he may be an alchemist, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t friendly and willing to help out… until he gets distracted. You might want to pull him back on track soon though, or you could end up listening to a long discourse on how close he is to finalizing his theory on the quint essence! And do keep flammables away from him. He just isn’t good with them! Black Spire Captain: “Your wish is my command!” The black spire may have suffered some reverses, but this Captain is sure that his leaders know what they are doing. His loyalty knows no bounds, and his pride in his dragon shield and the faction it represents will take him to any lengths. Enchanted Pumpkin Pie Suit Guy: “Would you like some cream with that?” The Enchanted Pumpkin Pie suit guy always was a huge fan of his mother’s pumpkin pies and especially of the cream. In fact, he spent so much time in school thinking about the cream that some of his friends said it had turned his head (either that, or it was the enchantment). But far from being offended, he instantly recognized the genius of the comment, and now he walks around with his own private stash of cream on top of his head! Fortunately, as long as he stays away from volcanoes, the Nocty climate keeps the cream from melting. Some people are a bit turned off by his offer of cream on their cow head soup though – particularly when he scoops it generously off the top of his head. Hangman: “There’s nothing like chopping the problem off at its trunk!” The Hangman has a vicious reputation, and no wonder. He’s always the first to advocate tying loose ends with a blow of the ax and starting off with a fresh slate. But he is full of a witty sense of humor and wise if rather blunt maxims, and to the few who befriend him he is very reliable. Like everyone else, even this super-tough guy has his weakness – dental hygiene. Ever wonder why he wears a mask? Avalonian: Little Brat: “No! I need that toy! Or I am going to stay up all night crying!” The Little Brat never fails to get what he wants. One threat to stay up all night crying and his parents will do whatever he asks. He’s only had to make his threat good once, and that time the neighbors, whose chateau is a mile away, sent a servant to make sure it wasn’t a fire alarm. Despite his selfishness, however, the Brat can be very witty and always does his parents proud in the miracle plays at Christmas. For some reason though, it usually takes his dad three months to earn back what he spends at that time of the year. Knight: “I don’t understand you people! How are you going to defeat the enemy if you pay more attention to the color of your tights than the sharpness of your sword?” The Knight is constantly being exasperated by his squires and trainees. He just doesn’t understand how anyone can expect to succeed in life if they’re always worried about the latest in tight fashions. He’s never worn tights himself, and is proud of it! Whatever his squires may think though, the Knight is really an excellent warrior and one of the best teachers they are ever likely to have. For years his dark green plume and deer shield have been in the front of the battle, and wherever he goes, victory always follows! Bumpkin: “The hay’s in! Party time! What’s that? Oops, well, party time anyways!” The Bumpkin is always ready for a party, whatever the occasion. Maybe it’s because the hay’s in, or maybe because it’s still out, the reason doesn’t matter as long as there’s a party anyways! He’s been known to celebrate the cows’ birthdays, and since between them all the villagers own 247 cows… Be that as it may, once he does get settled down to work, everyone admits that the Bumpkin works three times as fast as anyone else. And he’s always generous with anything he earns. Whenever he hosts a party, the whole village is invited! Lady: “Did you want me to iron your tights for you, dear?” The wealthy and cultured Avalonian Lady is always thoughtful and kind, but even she is sometimes exasperated by the tree hugging habits of most of her kin. Still, she is always willing to iron her husband’s tights and make sure they’re just right for tomorrow’s fancy ball. But as soon as she’s back home, she’ll insist on him doing some fencing in the back room to work off all the frog legs and cupcakes. With all her common, down-to-earth sense, she still has something of the tree hugging partiality for flowers – especially red ones. Kaliphlin: Astronomer: “You know the poem; Cintilæ, cintilæ, orbül vivific. Vain would I fathom thy nature especific Loftily poised in the eastern capacious Vaguely resembling a jewel carbonatious. You don’t? What do they teach you in kindergarten? It’s Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – obviously.” The Astronomer is passionate when it comes to his science. To him, there’s nothing better than a night spent with the stars. And there’s nothing worse than a nice, peaceful night like that being interrupted by rowdy students! Fortunately, that doesn’t happen too often. It didn’t take long for the students to learn that a telescope can have a very down-to-earth use if necessary! But when the students aren’t goofing off, even they are able to appreciate the beauty of the stars as described by the enthusiastic Astronomer. Perhaps they appreciate his strong arm more, but as long as they’re quiet and learn a little something, the Astronomer doesn’t much care! Cabin Boy: “Oh no! I’m sorry sir, I’ll clean that right up!” The well-intentioned but sometimes careless Cabin Boy is always looking out for messes and spills to clean up – and once in a while creates more in the process! He’s been coasting up and down the shorelines of Historica ever since he can remember, and has been to dozens of ports all along the seaboard. Once he caught a flying fish in the deep southern sea, and he’s taken his part in a few brawls all the way up in Thorshaven! But although he loves the salty breeze, the Cabin Boy always looks forward to getting back to Kaliphlin to see his parents again. He’d be the first to agree that there’s no place like home! Female Warrior: "You didn’t see that coming!” Born and raised in the Kaliphlinian East, the Female Warrior’s skill with the katana is so great that she has been known to carve fantastic shapes out of watermelon with a few quick slashes. Said to be versed in the way of the Ninja, she has often given her friends a bit of a scare by suddenly appearing behind them. Although reserved and taciturn, she always has a sympathetic ear. She herself has said that her life’s goal is peace, but some have wondered if she doesn’t have a secret quest of her own… Merchant: “I know it probably hasn’t occurred to you in this light before, but you most definitely need a poncho. And it has to be green and tan and red, or it simply won’t go with the lines of your face.” The fabulously wealthy Merchant is adept at convincing anyone that they need exactly what he has to sell. However, he can be very generous especially when it will place him in a good public light. He was foremost in the magnificent Kaliphlinian endeavor to deliver much needed heating oil to the Mitgardians, and has often generously supported candidates for office in various guilds. Perhaps he has a sharp eye to the main chance and number one, but no one can claim to be more patriotic than he! Mitgardia: Serving-man: “To the world’s end, if you’d like!” Loyal to a fault, the Serving-man will do whatever his lord wants. He makes an excellent waiter, but can saddle a horse, hang up draperies, or even defend his master from bandits with the best of them. Much to his regret, he’s occasionally had to change masters, but he’s always been highly recommended, and everyone is favorably impressed with his prompt willingness! Dwarf Scribe: “To – build – or – not – to – what? That’s so cliché. Can’t you come up with something better for me to write?” No one excels the Dwarf Scribe at speed writing, but for all that he can’t help but make comments on whatever is being dictated, sometimes out loud and sometimes just written in. Occasionally he gets a bit carried away and has interrupted some pretty high council meetings, but it is true that his suggestions generally improve the literary style. Once though, he wrote out a receipt for the Merchant and changed “superfine purple silk” to “styrofoam purple milk,” under the impression that it would be a good joke. Needless to say, he wasn’t hired again. But it must be admitted that reading minutes he’s written can actually be rather enjoyable! Hunter: “Here, cutie, cutie, cutie! Here my precious little.. gotcha!” The Hunter never lets his soft side interfere with his job, and as a result he’s always got plenty of food on his table. In his spare time, he’s constantly trying to perfect his weapons. He’s always ready to show off all his improvements – the improved connection between the spearhead and the base, the brightly colored feathers that help him to spot it far away when he misses – which he never does – and the extra slim, extra light material that lets him get the greatest distance and force possible. He does sometimes get a bit absorbed in his hunt, and it’s not a good idea to pop suddenly out from behind a lump of ice unless you want a spear in your gizzard! Cook: “Old MacDonald had a farm, e–i–e–i- eh? Two chickens? Coming right up, sir! …and on that farm he had two chickens, e–i–e–i–o…” Whether it’s a simple dish of carrots and broccoli, or an elaborate course of roast peacock and fish eye soup, the Cook can make it all! To the inexperienced, his procedures may seem a bit amateur or even dangerous – like singing Old MacDonald or like the time he flipped a knife in the air and cut his pants – but the end product always justifies him! Guests have been known to eat so much fish eye soup that it started coming out their own eyeballs, or to try to stuff in so many of his delicious twisted pastries that their tongues start becoming twisted. Even if that’s a bit of an exaggeration, there are never any left overs for the servants to do away with! Garmadon and I both felt that we could make a much better series if we divided it up, so (with some help from a younger bro as well) we decided to go halves on this one. I had a lot of fun writing the descriptions; tried to incorporate some hints from recent (and not so recent) events - hopefully you enjoyed them! Thanks for looking! C&C always welcome!

Ah, it is there! +1 for lighting then!

I believe I read somewhere on here that bags are checked for accuracy by weight, so since the parts that usually have spares are very lightweight there will generally be a couple of extra so LEGO errs on the right side. So it could easily vary by set. Occasionally I've found some rather large pieces as spares, pieces that I wouldn't be likely to loose but that are rather lightweight (eg. samurai sword), which would seem to corroborate. Edit: Rather coincidentally I just ran across this on the Brothers Brick (not where I originally got the info): "Why do so many LEGO sets have extra pieces? Because LEGO loves you and wants you to be happy. That and the extra pieces are generally the smallest ones. The bags in the sets are not packed by hand, they are packed by robot (how cool is that?). The robots are programmed to know the weight of each LEGO element and which elements are supposed to go in each bag. The smaller elements can be problematic in regards to the margin of error. In order to ensure that the correct pieces get into each bag, they tell the robots to put in one extra of most small pieces to ensure the weight is correct. Since the smaller pieces are most likely to be lost or fall out, this keeps the buyer happy and resolves many customer-service issues before they begin."

Thanks you all! Well, that wasn't the initial idea although it is a good one! I'm afraid though that I built each section to about the limit of my bricks right now! Yep, red is supposed to be the electrical conduit. They use orange here, but I didn't have any orange poles so I settled for red!

Both of these sections are very unique, the idea of a zip line is great and the SNOT rockwork on the bridge is excellent! Really like the combination of green and olive green leaves growing on the rock as well!

+1 for the UoP rock credit! I'd ask for sideways rocks rather than studs up, since most of your rock pieces are SNOTted. Edit: +1 for the fig posing as well.

+1 on the Raising Livestock UoP credit! As for the trees, I feel like this is too similar to your other tree claim. I'd be happy to give you one or the other (obviously this is the more impressive one), but for your second one I'd like to see something that uses a different sort of technique!

+1 for the UoP credit, for stonework and trees. Not sure about the lighted build credit - are you hiding something? because it doesn't quite look to me like it lights up! (Under normal circumstances you should probably edit the claims into your first post but since the deadline already past it's too late on this one, but for the future!)

Great work SK, I like the gently sloping path, and that tree is really nice too! As I said on Flickr, the contrast between the white snow and light blue water is great as well!

It's been far too long since I built a town MOC, so I decided that had to be remedied! And yes, I'm aware that this isn't the order in which things are usually gone about, but I wanted to show a little bit of several different jobs at the same time... A close-up from a slightly different angle: Thanks for checking it out, comments and criticism welcome!