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No problems with the spectre's chain here, nor with the FairyTale Princess as others have, although I did have the loose hair problem with her.

At first I was wondering how you had built the roof, and then the shape suddenly looked familiar! Fantastic and inventive use of that part. Definitely build in System more often!

Welcome aboard Ved! Great to have you building for us!

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This, completely. But how much demand is there for folklore? First of all, it is so unique to each region that there is not likely to be much of a market for any single character. How many people outside (or even inside) Russia are clamoring for a Baba Yaga minifigure? How many people outside of Brazil have even heard of Curupira? Even though I love the American Tall Tales I grew up with (Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Brer Rabbit, etc.) I am not sure I would necessarily want them in Lego form. Although there would be some creative possibilities, they simply wouldn't be marketable, so I think we will never see them.

And here I was thinking Fantasia, but I don't remember a pipe organ in it

Breakfast at Tiffany's. I don't see what all the fuss is about, it was a pretty terrible movie.

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You could try this piece and then a 1x1 plate and cheese slope. You could turn the slope in a couple of directions to get the look right, but I would try them turned out first. Cheers, and again, this is a great display piece.

43 credits to Engineer Dan, por favor!

I know it's a really simple detail, but I love the look of the floor being made of technic beams. Glad you put the logo to good use here

This has some very clean lines with a good balance of greebling. I like this sub quite a lot

I have realized I can't read your posts in public because I get too many odd looks when I can't stop laughing aloud! The interactions of your oddball mix of characters is always great, especially Pombe's wisdom. I love the microscale of the terrain and lava, and the nice use of colors.

Great clever vehicles, and so original!

That speeder is very slick, I might try and copy it sometime.

Everything here is great, from the grinder to the the interior, and those fat exhaust pipes on the back. And of course, Octansoft

Great micro, especially given the limitations (that pesky "real life" sometimes! Doesn't it know we are doing important stuff here?! ) There is some clever parts usage, well done.

Nice battle scene, lots of action My favorite is the explosion, though; that is some very creative building there!

That landscape! The speeder is pretty nifty, too.

Nice posing with all the figs, most of them need no explanation! Fun dialogue, as well.

I love the throwbacks to classic sets that you have every week, even down to the Spyrius control panels. Great robot, and I also like the cracked surface of the rocks. Oh, and I think laser beans just became a thing. Maybe Sal can do more food experiments, since enhanced larvae are officially off the menu?

I understand why Bricklink doesn't sell other brands. The funny thing is that they have used other brands in some of their publicity--here is a post I put up back when BL was going through site updates and such; an image they used clearly shows Tyco Super Blocks. (BTW sorry to post to my own thread, but it seems topical for this discussion). Is there a dedicated forum or marketplace for off-brands, like Tyco or MegaBloks? It's hard to envision an active MegaBlok community that wouldn't just be a Lego community with looser standards...

Woah, very cool micro builds! I love your smaller versions of sk and Sal's Cat B ships.

Location: A08 (Crentium) Tags: Science, Land Vehicle ***This entry takes place after Scorpio was rescued by SpacerSteve from Aeristus*** Back story for this week in the spoiler: Scorpio’s mission was not going to be fun, although considering he had just awoken from a month-long coma after being held prisoner by Octan, it didn’t really matter. Maybe some positive effect would come from it. He was being sent to Crentium, a relatively young planet. That was the problem, though; M.A.N.T.I.S. didn’t know how young. The more temperate regions of the planet were fairly stable, but the poles were extraordinarily volatile, being both bitter cold and occasionally volcanic. Scorpio was tired of volcanoes. But when he got to the south pole of the planet, there was not a volcano to be seen. In fact, there was nothing to be seen except a vast expanse of solid white. He was sent out to collect ice core samples, to help determine the age of the planet in its current state, and climate. Ah, good old science. Of course, he was also to keep an eye out to see if anything valuable could be found. The cold was so bitter that he was given special protective gear with thermal reactor, but of course his suit had a short in it, so it ranged from inoperative to blazing hot. Luckily the vehicle was more reliable, and chugged along the tundra at a respectable pace. He came to a place where some of the snow had melted somewhat, indicative of some underground volcanic activity. Here and there sinister looking trees popped out of a semi-solid ice floe. Scorpio had no idea how anything could survive out here, the cold was so intense. But, given the uniqueness of the locale, he should probably take another sample here, too. He climbed out of the vehicle, ambled over the back and down the ladder to operate the core drill, and soon had managed to extract a few samples. One of them seemed purplish in hue, could there be some trace amounts of awesomnium in the ice? More photos, including the landscape by itself This was a lot of fun to build. I really wanted to stray from the typical M.A.N.T.I.S. color scheme, and I think the polar look came out really well. I have been trying to get back to building Scorpio’s story up in order (the past couple weeks have been all jumbled), but finally had the chance today. Also, both car and trailer have working suspension on the skis. Here is a look at the mechanism inside: Thanks for looking, C&C always welcome!

60 credits to David FNJ, please.