2016

Like everyone else, I'll agree 2016 had some pretty shitty times. A lot of famous celebrities passed away like Alan Rickman, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Kenny Baker, Gene Wilder, and David Bowie but of course the one that hit me the hardest was Carrie Fisher. What a shit way to end off the year, right? There's are a lot of bad events entangled in 2016, but I don't want to talk about those so I can talk about all the good 2016 brought:

 

Rogue One was pretty cool.

 

 

Joking aside, I think 2016 was great in terms of my progress as a customizer, and the customizing community in general. There's lots of improvement in the community with both skill and maturity, and I'm always grateful to be involved with awesome people like you all. Some notable good events this year are my graduation from High School/starting college, BrickFair (as always, I love actually being able to hang out with you all), Rogue One, and a badass season premiere for TWD.

 

So for this year's picture, I have all of my figures I made in 2016, which are actually all just Star Wars and The Walking Dead. I'm fine with this since I fuckin love Star Wars and TWD is pretty awesome usually. I did also make Captain America, Azrael, and Rick Deckard this year but they aren't in the photo since they were commissions.

 

Like last year, I'll do some Top 5's to share my favorite things from this year.

 

Top 5 Favorite Customs I made:

1. Darth Vader

2. K-2SO

3. Cassian Andor

4. Negan

5. Daryl Dixon

 

Top 5 Favorite LEGO Sets (that I purchased):

1. Krennic's Shuttle

2. U-Wing

3. A-Wing & Vader's TIE Advanced

4. Resistance X-Wing

5. First Order Battle Pack

 

Not much variation here, I'm trying to cut back on buying sets.

 

Top 5 Favorite Movies from 2016:

1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2. Deadpool

3. Civil War

4. Zootopia

5. Doctor Strange (I guess)

 

I really missed out on movies this year, so I have some catching up to do. Some that I really want to watch are Hateful Eight, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Jungle Book, The Nice Guys, X-Men Apocalypse, Star Trek: Beyond, The Accountant, and Sully.

 

For 2017, I have some dope stuff planned such as Friends (hell yes), Saving Private Ryan/Band of Brothers, ESB/RotJ, Episode 8, and a bunch more so hopefully I can get to all of that next year.

 

Let me know in the comments which of my figures is your favorite from 2016, I'd love to hear your thoughts! :)

 

I don't think I forgot anything, so thank you all for such a great year on YouTube/Flickr/Instagram and I wish you all a Happy New Year!

 

~Aaron

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