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I like your Wonder Woman! Nice paint job. Sure it's not perfect, but it's still better than anything I would do.

Welcome and enjoy your stay!

Welcome! It's sad news about your LEGO, but no worries, rebuilding your collection may be fun too!

Another great find SirSven7! I like the design of the prison tower and the 'Icarus wings' a lot. Expect it to be blogged soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

I think that time in the LEGO universe flows about as fast as in some comic book series. I mean Peter Parker is currently still less than 30 years old, despite the fact that Spider-Man comics have been around for almost 50 years now, so technically he should be about 70. Alhough I must admit that some of my Redbeard minifigs have aged significantly over the years, so perhaps I'm wrong.

This is inspired by a similar discussion in LEGO Friends topic. There's not much sense to it really, but it's just for fun and speculation. How old do you think the main characters from the Pirate theme are? I mean people like Governor Broadside, Captain Redbeard, Captain Ironhook, Captain Brickbeard, Admiral Woodhouse, King Kahuka, Bo'sun Will and so on... Ever since I was a kid, I thought that Broadside was the oldest of them all, between 50 and 60 years old, an almost retired guy if you will. Somehow I also always imagined Woodhouse to be ten to fifteen years younger than him - a younger competitor of sorts. As for Redbeard, I imagine he would be in his 40's, about ten years older than Ironhook - a possible successor of his. Does anyone know if the age of any of them was stated anywhere in the comics that were released back in the old days? I read the 6255 Golden Medallion a few years ago and I don't remember anything like that. Anyway, feel free to share your thoughts!

This is my first post regarding the Friends line, but better late than never. I must admit I dig those minidolls, they're a hundred times better than Belville figs. And what's even better, they're minifig scale and with some imagination can be mixed with traditional minifigs, as some reviewers have presented. I don't have any of them yet, but I've already ordered Stephanie’s Outdoor Bakery and Olivia’s Inventor’s Workshop and I'm waiting for them now, eager to be able to experience this new line first hand. So perhaps this line is not so sexist after all, as it managed to get me - a 30-year old male - interested. Although I must admit, I mainly got it for the cool parts, not for the sets themselves. As for the minidoll characters' age issue, which has been discussed earlier in this thread, I think they're at least 16 and in fact may be in their early twenties. They design fashion, do other adult stuff, and drive cars! The age from which you can drive differs from country to country, I think it's currently 16 where I live. Granted, some of them may live with their parents, but hey, I lived with my parents until I was 28, and some people live with their parents for their whole lives, even after getting married - the wife/husband just moves in. I look at it this way - in Belville we had kids that were about 10 - 12, and we had grown up dolls that were at least 30 (they were the parents after all). The girl characters in Friends are somewhere in between.

I've never heard of a rule that a MOC has to be tiled to be good. I've seen many amazing tiled MOCs, and many great MOCs with studs visible. Like anything else, it really depends on the MOC you're making and your desired effect.

Well done sir! Very realistic, I'd love to have it standing on my shelf, must be an amazing view!

I like it! It is kinda like an upgraded version of Brickbeard's Bounty, but it's original enough to work as a MOC on its own. Too bad there's no interior (as I've read on MOCpages). Anyway, I still think it's worth blogging, so expect it to happen soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

[pid][/pid] 203C Thanks to our News Scout SirSven7 who found this, I decided to share this beutiful MOC with you. This is a scene from the movie Time Bandits and was built by Flickr user V&A Steamworks. I must admit I have not seen the movie, but here's a poster I found online: Note that the giant's head is built with Duplo! And even without it, it's a fine medium-sized ship we have here! FLICKR LINK [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] soon!

I'm a little confused, I don't see any extra space in my post. By the way Bjornu, if your camera makes colours look too cold or is in another way inferior, you might try to use some free image editing software to boost the quality a bit. This is the picture I'm going to use for the blog, I used IrfanView to improve it a bit: All MOCs get indexed, just be patient and don't ask for it yourself right away, Big Cam will do it when he has the time. If a MOC has not been indexed for a long time, then you might ask for it to be indexed, because it might just have been forgotten, but your thread is new so no need to rush things.

An interesting build, I agree that it might be simple technique-wise, but playability was always the main factor for me and it looks very playable to me. Expect it to be blogged soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

Wow, it's perfect. I've been a Star Trek fan more or less for as long as I've been a LEGO fan, and I always wanted to build one of those ships, but never have so far. Yours is truly amazing.

My jaw just dropped. Excellent! So realistic and full of life. Although if I had to find a minus here, I'd say it's not so good that those buildings are just empty shells, nothing inside, or at least so they seem. Play value has always been one of the top things on my list and I'd love to see some interior there for the minifigs to interact with. However I understand that it might have been too much, and you definitely focused on the outside. So once again, a great MOC!

Well, the clip I saw was not from when the tourists were inside the building, in which case the ROK soldiers simply guard the door, like you described it. In this case the two ROK guys were actually doing something with the door on the North Korean side - perhaps just closing it, or perhaps locking or unlocking it, I'm not sure, I guess it wasn't a typical situation, and additional precautions were required. In any case they were holding hands and it was explained to the viewer that they did it so the soldier standing closer to the exit would not be pulled outside the building into the DPRK territory. Anway, I really envy you experiencing it first-hand, hope to go on a trip there sometime.

Well, I have not been there, I'm sure it must've been a powerful experience for you. But I wish to go there someday - somehow I find visiting such eerie places fascinating, for example I've been to Chernobyl, a strange place too and it's much closer to where I live than Korea. I know about those buildings too, also I've seen a movie clip in which two South Korean soldiers approach the door on the North Korean side and they're holding hands, just in case a North Korean opens the door and tries to pull one of them into his country. That's true, the whole border between the two Koreas is basically a giant minefield, with high voltage fences and guard posts everywhere. The Joint Security Area is the only place without the landmines, where the two sides are in direct contact. Also, the North Koreans have been digging tunnels under the minefields, I think 4 of them have been found by the South, and no one knows how many more there are. And BTW, check out this website - these are LEGO-like bricks made in North Korea: LINK

The gorilla captain is definitely an original idea. I like the table and chair too. Looking forward to the next installment!

Thanks for your comments, ideed it is a simple thing to build, but sometimes "less is more" and this is one of the cases where I decided that it's not the MOC itself and building techniques and whatnor that matter, it was just my way of expressing the character of that particular place on Earth, and doing so in simple terms. Although I admit it would be nice to build a full diorama of that complex - who knows, maybe one day I will.

[pid][/pid]203B Christmas is long gone, but our news scout SirSven7 has come across this funny little MOC, so I've decided to post it for you. It was built by flickr user Azaghal Gabilzaramul. As the creator describes it: Legend has it that this shark-driven dinghy sails seas the world over in search of treasure, but - the captain and crew will gladly share the loot with those they deem worthy. FLICKR LINK Also expect it to be blogged soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

It's a rather little MOC I made here, but I admit it might be found controversial by some users. First of all, I used both LEGO and clone brand bricks. I did it on purpose. So if a moderator decides to move this to Community, I see no problem with that. Also, the theme is pretty serious. But I believe that sometimes you need to be controversial in order to send the desired message, so I'll proceed anyway. This is my recreation of the real-life place located on the border between North Korea and South Korea - the two countries which technically still remain at war. It is considered one of the most dangerous and also, IMO, weirdest places on Earth. The Joint Security Area, lying within an ex-village of Panmunjom, is the only point along the otherwise virtually impenetrable border, where soldiers of the two opposite armies actually stand face-to-face and are literally a few meters away from each other. Some real-life photos first: The actual border between the two countries is marked by a concrete slab running between the buildings: I used clone brand bricks for the ground on the North Korean side. I also used clone brand minifigs for North Korean soldiers. It was a deliberate action and I don't mean to offend anyone by this. My sole purpose was to emphasize the difference between the democratic south and the communist north, which are indeed two completely different worlds. I used it as means of showing the weight of this place to the viewer in a direct, perhaps even a bit shocking way if you will. So there it is, South Korea on the left, North Korea on the right: When the North Korean soldiers guard their side of the border, they stand like this: The two soldiers right next to the concrete slab watch each other so that neither of them defects to the south. The third soldier makes sure that no one else approaches the border. On the other side both South Korean and US soldiers are present. South Korean soldiers always wear sunglasses in order to look more intimidating to the North Koreans. The US soldier standing next to the border: The South Korean soldier: Both sides often use binoculars to look closely at the doings of the opposite side. There are also cameras everywhere. The place is also used for official talks between the two countries - they sometimes meet inside one of the blue buildings at a table located half in South Korea and half in North Korea, so that even then everyone remains in their respective country. They also have a phone hotline they use for urgent matters. However, sometimes when the South tries to call the North and no one answers the phone, they use more direct means of communication: Some more random photos: BRICKSHELF GALLERY So that's it, that was my most unorthodox and perhaps one of my strangest MOCs so far. Let me also add that I'm Polish, not Korean, but I think I can understand the tragedy of what was once one country, but now is divided in such a manner. Thank you for your time!

This reminds me of the time when my mother said she couldn't buy me the Black Seas Barracuda, but she bought the cheaper Caribbean Clipper instead (which I loved anyway!). If your MOC had been a set back when I was very young, I probably wouldn't have had the money to afford it, but instead I would look at its picture in the catalogue for hours (just as I used to stare at pictures of Eldorado Fortress and other big sets back then, studying their every detail and regretting not having the real sets). Makes me feel quite nostalgic.

I like it! It has a very classic feel, and would definitely work as a very big official set from early 1990's (except for new colours and new parts of course). Expect it to be blogged on Classic-Pirates.com soon! [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

I prefer the Brickbeard's Bounty myself. It has more features to play with, such as the accessible cabin and so on. However QAR has much better sails. But overall BB is still better.

A great find! Definitely deserves to be blogged. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]...soon. Seems a bit too peaceful for a pirate house though.