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Figured I'd use this old photo of me to try and kick start another round of AFOL tag.
Since I've tried to tag newer AFOLs, and other folks I didn't see on AFOL Tag, I'll explain how it works. If you've been tagged, then you're next. Post a photo of yourself, along with ten facts about yourself that folks might not know about you. Then "Tag" ten friends by adding them to your photo. Last, add your photo to the AFOL Tag group. You can browse the AFOL tag group to learn more about your fellow AFOLs who've already been tagged.
So, here are ten more facts about myself
1. This photo was taken in 1982, between Second and Third Grade for me. My father worked for CBS, and that came with certain benefits for an eight year old kid. This was when the Dukes of Hazzard was at it's peak. My dad managed to wrangle getting a General Lee for a local car show, and took me out a few days before the show, to see it's arrival. Yes, this is one of the cars from the show. I got to ride around in it with one of the stunt drivers. Sadly we didn't go over any jumps, conveniently placed near construction sites, but he did peel out in the parking lot. He also let me climb in through the window, even though the doors weren't actually bolted shut.
2. In high school I had four girlfriends, one each semester starting my Junior year. Despite that, I only went to one dance, the Junior Ball.
3. My love of video games precedes the Atari-2600. My family's first video game system was a radio shack TV-Pong game with four slider controllers and a single light gun.
4. The most famous person I've met, outside of conventions like PAX and Dragon Con, would be Mel Torme. He's actually a really nice guy to strangers.
5. The most esoteric celebrity I've met would be Jim Self. Mr. Self is probably the world's most famous Tuba Player. He was the voice of the Mother Ship in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
6. The celebrity I am happiest to have met is Steve Smith, better known as Red Green.
7. I was born in West Virginia, where I lived until 1985, when the family moved to Fairbanks Alaska, where I grew up.
8. The first LEGO set I ever owned was Universal Building Set #402.
9. I was once Bartolo in a production of the Opera "The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart.
10. Despite my love of Superhero films, and my special affinity for Batman, I have red very few comic books.
You can see my original TAG photo here.
As a fan of Steven Spielberg's Jaws I took to making a MOC of Quint's boat "The Orca".
I have spent a lot of time on the design, on modifications and creation of the instructions.
Find the instructions on Rebrickable.com!
This is my interpretation of what part of an average AFOL/TFOL's room would look like. This Minifigure is not supposed to represent me or anyone else I know.
Builder: "I've recently built an intergalactic starship using several S.N.O.T techniques and some thruster bricks that were on sale."
Classic Legoland Space from 1978 through 1987.
Monorail layout on baseplates equal to 48 32x32 stud baseplates, or 192 by 256 studs, 49,152 studs total.
85 pieces of original monorail track:
19 Monorail Track Straight Long (2671)
16 Monorail Track Straight Short (2670)
5 Monorail Track Monoswitch (2774)
23 Monorail Track Curve Long (2672)
3 Monorail Track Curve Short Left (2892)
3 Monorail Track Curve Short Right (2891)
3 Monorail Track Point Left (2890)
3 Monorail Track Point Right (2889)
5 Monorail Track Ramp Lower Part (2677)
5 Monorail Track Ramp Upper Part (2678)
47 different Classic Space sets (plus several duplicates and one Futuron)
6991: Monorail Transport System
6980: Galaxy Commander
6985: Cosmic Fleet Voyager
6972: Polaris I Space Lab
497: Galaxy Explorer
6971: Inter-Galactic Command Base
6951: Robot Command Center
6940: Alien Moon Stalker
6929: Star Fleet Voyager
6931: FX Star Patroller
6950: Mobile Rocket Transport
6930: Space Supply Station
6780: XT Starship
6928: Uranium Search Vehicle
6927: All-Terrain Vehicle
6892: Modular Space Transport
6926: Mobile Recovery Vehicle
6891: Gamma V Laser Craft
6890: Cosmic Cruiser
6750: Sonic Robot
6881: Lunar Rocket Launcher
6882: Walking Astro Grappler
1499: Twin Starfire
6872: Xenon X-Craft
6880: Surface Explorer
462: Mobile Rocket Launcher
1580: Lunar Scout
1558: Mobile Command Trailer
6846: Tri-Star Voyager
6874: Moon Rover
1498: Spy-Bot
6848: Inter-Planetary Shuttle
6845: Cosmic Charger
6847: Space Dozer
6824: Space Dart I
6842: Small Space Shuttle Craft
6844: Sismobile
6825: Cosmic Comet
6820: Starfire I
6822: Space Digger
6826: Crater Crawler
6802: Space Probe
6805: Astro Dasher
6807: (Unnamed)
6823: Surface Transport
1557: Scooter
6803: Space Patrol
6806: Surface Hopper
This is the pencil down design on my new space hauler: The Empress
Last year I spent a good amount of time and resources designing and building the Asimov.
I was really happy with the result and told myself: Alright let's build way smaller from now and don't do it again.
But after the Brickomanie 2023 convention, I was so impressed and inspired by two large ships I saw there, that I immediately started designing this new ship the day after.
This time, no concept art were used, this is a fully original design (except for the containers shape). I love to think this ship could exist in the near future just like the Asimov.
It could fit perfectly in the sci-fi univers of "The Expanse".
It was design to be fully Plausible, with full maneuverability truster and even heat radiators.
I'm pretty sure some of you will recognize the influence of some of the best LEGO spaceship designer in it.
I started the design in bricks around the containers. Then I quickly move to Studio because, let's be honest, it's really hard to iterate with something that big.
This time, I designed it in module for two reasons:
This way it is way easier to transport (The Asimov is a nightmare, requiring a custom made plywood box that barely fit the trunk of my car).
And could be expanded as long as you have the budget.
In this current configuration the ship is:
24 050 parts
228 studs long (182.4cm)
19.6 KG
It took nearly four years (mostly due to a three-year hiatus in the middle), but I finally finished the interior of my custom City Hall
As a fan of Steven Spielberg's Jaws I took to making a MOC of Quint's boat "The Orca".
I have spent a lot of time on the design, on modifications and creation of the instructions.
Find the instructions on Rebrickable.com!
Blue Striped House is a U-shaped house inspired by contemporary Scandinavian architecture. Blue, tan and grey stripes. Small windows form irregular patterns and let the sun light create life in the living room, guest bedroom and dining area. All rooms have clean and modern furnishings. The house has three entrances through the living room, kitchen and laundry room. A windling staircase lead to the master bedroom upstairs.
Outside you may notice signs of late summer or early autumn. Brown, green, orange and red colours.
Inspiration comes from the strangest of places sometimes. Usually a picture you see in passing, or an idea in your head, this for me was a song. Dark and unknown Vide Noir comes at you from the shadows of your mind wondering, what if I never come back again? Sadness comes to the forefront, but what if their is hope beyond the veil, the satisfying end to a life well lived?
-Philip
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Many nights have I heard her voice
Whisper my name without making a noise
Calling out from a pure, black void
Tears of sorrow or tears of joy
Drops in my cup as my mind is destroyed
Staring into a pure, black void
So what if I'm living out past the edge?
So what if I never come back again?
Many evils have I enjoyed
Prowling the night raising hell with the boys
Getting high on a pure, black void
I am only an aimless soul
Heading into a pure, black void
So what if I'm living out past the edge?
So what if I never come back again?
Vide Noir - Lord Huron
It took nearly four years (mostly due to a three-year hiatus in the middle), but I finally finished the interior of my custom City Hall
Comments welcome!
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This is my build for Rogue Olympics 2021 Round 8 the last one* roguebricks.de/forum/index.php?thread/3115-rogueolympics-... this week theme is "Upside Down".
I present to you My creation "The Pirates Bar"...
IAnd so ... The Bar of the Pirates, and their old captain, drank too much rum for another night. It's time to clean the floor, the empty glasses are turned upside down so they don't get dusty, the chairs are turned upside down and placed on the bar and this is the moment when also the luck of the old captain can turn upside down and a new captain of the pirates can appear, why not be a woman?
*In each round builders must use maximum of 101 parts to make their creations. 75 parts are used for this MOC.
Еnjoy it.
Sorry Schrödinger: Teal'c doesn't share his frozen bovine lactose produce with anyone.
96%, folks! My LEGO Ideas Stargate project is less than 400 away from reaching it's goal.
Check the link below to add your support & it could become an official LEGO set!
ideas.lego.com/projects/075d3c43-d693-4373-a55f-33a12492577d
AFOL problems. Must have spent 3 hours today sorting out these two stacks of bricks, which I normally store together. 2,000 bricks 2x1. For the first time since 2008 I'm building a castle without the old gray.
from CONTACT 1: The Millennial Celebration of the Eternal Choir at K'al Yne, Odan.
This approximately 450 piece kit is available through World of Odan.
Kit includes:
- LEGO pieces
- Building instructions (pdf)
- SMALL ARCHIVAL PRINT
- Signed & numbered certificate of authenticity
- Copy sheet on the history and function of the building in context.
See this and more at:
This beautiful mountaintop structure is the oldest functioning building in K’al Yne. Dating from the end of the reconstruction period – only a few hundred years pre-Si – the retreat has been expanded on twice. In each expansion, the entrance hall was retained and is currently the only original section of the building.
The akashic shows this ancient structure functioned much like Issis Elb’ien – the Sanctuary Gate – currently does. Originally built on one of Odan’s energetic lines, the building served as a powerful monastery of the time. As Odan’s energy lines shifted to the current position of Issis Elb ‘ien, the status of the famed mountain retreat also changed.
For a brief period, Mal Jin (stripped of its monastic title, Issis) served to house the Tagi clan*. This marked the first large expansion of the building. From Mal Jin, the clan enjoyed beautiful views of all of K’al Yne and the bay. As the city grew, Mal Jin no longer suited the clan. Their move out of the structure 850 Si later marked the second and final expansion of Mal Jin.
Now, the historic building serves as a healing center serving the greater community. Here, patients not only enjoy the healing power of the specialized Seers, they also can take advantage of the quiet mountaintop retreat’s meditation centers where emotional trauma can be addressed. While formally known as Ara Mal Jin or ‘healing center’, Mal Jin is still referred to as Issis.
Most healing is taken care of either by individuals or family members through a form of meditation/prayer and hands on healing. Trauma accidents along with interplanetary and galactic disease must be dealt with outside the community’s basic healing powers. In such cases, expert Seers known as Araitals are consulted here, at Ara Mal Jin. Their powerful techniques keep K’al Yne a very healthy and happy place to be.
*The population of K’al Yne is divided into 18 clans or family lines. Each clan specializes in an array of professional tracks. Generally, members of clans reincarnate back into their clan. In this way, skills refined in previous incarnations can be intuitively accessed and built upon. Over time, the clans have evolved their practices into highly refined specializations. The Tagi clan is known for their physical and motor skills. They make excellent pilots, craftsman and builders.
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