Peppermint_M

Hi! It will be really cool to see some good old fashioned LEGO MOCs. Welcome to the forum. I hope you have a good time.

Cosmic Motors by Daniel Simon is my touchstone for SF racing. It makes things a little more ground based for racing. I also love this TV ad I suppose it is not as SPACESHIIP! as most would think of for an SF racing theme. However, near-future fantasy motorsport in fantastic environments is a concept I enjoy exploring. It adds the extra design challenges of integrating wheels into some colourful SF builds, considering how they could need suspension and steering or just look super cool. Cartoons like Hotwheels Acceleracers, with the "realms" of unique challenges and tricked-out cars or the gravity and reality defying action in the Speed Racer movie. The anime Redline is also an excellent example. Wipeout and F-Zero are cool concepts too, for the flying kinds of racer. Those would match up with your flying-wing suggestion.

No clue. Some used cylinder parts, others used dish parts. This official set has a drum kit.

Which set are these in? I had a quick look for Lego drum sets and can only find MOCs.

It is nice to see people making an in depth post and sharing it. While I may disagree with some of the opinions, it was fun to read. Thanks for sharing.

I'm not sure on that. They might get badgered by members and trolls? Sad to say, that is the case on the internet.

I must have missed it, I can scrap the vote or people can alter their voting?

Time to cast your votes for the best polybag. To choose who wins: first place is: Ninja Glider The winner and four runners up also get their pick of a nifty ninja tag: So take a look at the entries listed below.You have three points to allocate and anyone who has registered since 2/5/2019 can vote! Please post your votes in this format: Entry Number - Points Allocated This makes it easier to tally up the points. Voting Closes on 22/6/2019 at Midnight Take a look at the entiries: 1:Nindroid Battle Training by Takanuinuva 2:Shark Army Angler's Remote Control Junk by LegoMyMamma 3:Ninjarella's Kitchen by kritch 4:Ninjago condiment cart by marvelBoy123 5:Sky Ninja Bat Attack by TeriXeri 6:Underwater Scooter by kahir88 7:mini Rock Roader by Exetrius 8:Kai's Water Plane by Kristel 9:Ninja Glider Remake by Pirean_Grammaticul 10:Jay Walker by makoy 11:Llyod's Mini Monastery by Umbra-Manis 12:Ninjago City Hotdog Stand by badchriss

The entries are in! It is time to cast your votes and choose who will win the fabulous prizes! First Place: 70670 - Monastery of Spinjitzu Second Place: 70669 - Cole's Earth Driller Third Place: 70668 - Jay's Storm Fighter  And a cool profile Tag: - So take a look at the entries listed below.You have three points to allocate and anyone who has registered since 2/5/2019 can vote! Please post your votes in this format: Entry Number - Points Allocated This makes it easier to tally up the points. Voting Closes on 22/6/2019 at Midnight On to the entries! 1:Venomari Shrine by Bricknave 2:Mini-Scale Katana V11 by Lego David 3:Dojo Showdown by Pirean_Grammaticul 4:Kai's Fire Mech by _shaddow_ 5:Skulkin Mech 2.0 by Thedarkmaster2 6:Sensei Wu's Rickshaw by makoy 7:The Lighthouse Siege by kritch 8:Samurai Mech by Pate-keetongu 9:The Lighthouse Prison by Kai NRG 10:Condrai Crasher (Legacy Jungle Raider) by JJ Tong (zfogshooterz) 11:Stone Army Tomb Invasion by Exetrius 12:Skull Motorbike by kahir88 13:Dragon Forge by Garmadon 14:Kai's Fire Mech by samurai-turtle

I am working on the voting thread(s). Had a bit of home drama, so not got it done as quickly as I wanted to. Watch this space!

So long as the entry was posted on the 31st, it is fine.

I would have a bash at some more hero questing! One thing I was pondering once, while sorting parts: This part from Juniors always sparks desire to create a roleplaying dungeon. Each part is wonderful.

There are other architectural embellishments out there. Statues, stone features in interesting shapes (Like shields etc) or even unusual patterns of tiling or an old sign/symbol related to the historic use of the building. When I am sketching out a modular (forever planning, never committing to one idea) I want to think of a history for the building. From when it was built up to the era it is present in for the MOC. That way, I can make the fabric reflect that. That, or go out into a city/town that has been around a few centuries and take a look at the buildings. Edwardian, Victorian and buildings from the 1910's and 20's have visible features even if there is a lot of modern junk plastered on.

Everything can be filler. I guess I have more of the constraction parts than I would use, but even those parts work their way in.

Midnight Friday. So between the 31st and 1st. Heck, I close the thread on the morning of Saturday, so some can squeak in.

Gameloft are determined to get my money. Pepper Roni and The Infomaniac had better be there! Also I am hoping for Johnny Thunder, of course. Ogel and the Alpha Team would be great fun too. I am terribly bad at tactical games though. Hey.

Superb mecha there. I love the many amazing creations you have been sharing here. Keep up the great work!

I am taking my regular spot at Newport Leisure Center for Geek Fest, tomorrow and Sunday. Come say hi and see some brand new MOCs.

So by quality, you do not mean problems with the plastic, but with appearance of a figure and how much it matches the source material? I suppose this mostly matters if you are collecting the figures like any other bit of Pop Culture Detritus (from Pop Vinyl to Kotobukiya) kids are happy to see the characters they love and getting fun parts to play with. There are people who mourn the loss of the simplistic classic smiling face, there are those who "customise" a figure into some lumpy over-detailed mess. The current trend of turning known properties and characters into minifigures has created a demand for greater detail and closer matches to the source material. So, we face more printing and even more molds for parts. It costs money for the business to make the figures look "exactly" like they "should" Here is 2003 Luke on Degobah Here we have 2018 Luke on Degobah Same character, same place. Massive differences. Because people want minifigures to look like real people... I guess that it is all a matter of opinion.

Loving the inclusion of Clutch Powers. The designers love to mine the lore of LEGO and I really appreciate that.

The Kreo sets had some nice parts: A mandolin, trumpet and drums. I was a little tempted to get the set for them. If LEGO decided to make similar, as music is integral to the Trolls whole "thing" (I happen to like Anna Kendrick's vocals... so I listened to the sound-track....) so I am hopeful for more LEGO instruments. So, I like new themes and new things that provide me new parts to play with. I don't want stuff to be ended for no reason.

Only one entry, sorry!

Eh, trolls will provide me with colourful hair for my minifigs. It might even provide more musical instruments for miniigures as the focus is music.

Brilliant! I loved that original set and this is a great tribute. An entry for my contest It is a great start to things.

Nya's symbol is given out to people who helped out with Action and Adventure themes, not as a contest prize. Also, when we made the tags, there was no such thing as the ninja of water. It needs to resemble the original and cannot be significantly larger or smaller. I am not requiring exact part count matching, but reasonably similar.