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I wasn’t going to get another Steve Trevor doll but I saw him on Amazon for $17 which was a pretty good price for one working doll. The seller took longer than expected to ship out so I’ve been waiting to swap parts around so I didn’t take any before pics.

Anyway, as you know, swapping his legs with Wonder Woman was super easy, but I really like Steve’s head on the Batman body so they swapped heads.

I’m a bit annoyed he came with an eyebrow rub but I can fix that.

But hey, welcome my twins Steve and Trevor.

Amazon by Clifford Sax

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An imagining of an Amazonian twilight.

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Amazon: Destruction by Full Plate

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The third installment in mine and Bartu's Amazon collaboration: Destruction.

There are many threats to the Amazon forest, one of them being small illegal gold mines that both destroys and poisons the forest by ruining the soil and dumping mercury waste. This build portrays such a mine.

This is a more somber theme than the previous two, as is the intention. Colors are more muted, with more olive and dark green. The dark tan ground is mostly exposed with vegetation struggling.

The whole setup is very makeshift and temporary, and nothing here is made to last. People are here to get what they can and then move on, giving no care to what state they leave things in. I tried to portray this by making things rather messy and cluttered.

One of the things I was pondering for a while was the inclusion of minifigs in the build. I've had many interesting conversations on whether it would be wise to include them or not. It was important for the build that the issues were not trivialized by making it childish or less natural. With a medium that is often seen as a toy this can sometimes be tricky. For this purpose I went with flesh heads rather than yellow ones, and made sure to avoid any polarizing facial expressions, like the standard "bad guy" faces.

Though certainly not innocent, the workers are not the main culprits in this, but rather other people who are far away from what is actually happening, bear the biggest blame. Often these people who are the main cause of this are not even found in South America, but may reside in Europe, Asia or North America, and this was something that was unfortunately not possible to portray in this build.

When it comes to Lego techniques, much of the focus here was on the man-made parts, which I don't build that often. The nature is not really something new, but I do like the staggered wedge plates technique for a varied incline.

On his side, Bartu created some fantastic sounds, made by on his violin, mimicking the sounds of ongoing destruction of the forest.

Hope you like the build, and that you feel this issue has been properly portrayed.

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Amazon kingfisher by Christian Sanchez Photography

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Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)

martín pescador amazónico

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Amazon Spheres 4 by David Reams

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Amazon Spheres and pedestrians in Seattle

Amazon '23 by faun070

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Cobalt-winged Parakeets

AMAZÔNIA Sebastião Salgado by Jose Luis

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Gran exposición en Madrid.2023

Amazon: The Rainforest by Full Plate

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The second theme of mine and Bartu's Amazon collaboration is 'The Rainforest' :)

This was a fun build as I love to build trees and vegetation. I knew I wanted at least one very big tree, surrounded by some thinner and possibly shorter ones. This lead me to try out something I've not really tried, a tree with a square base. I generally think these trees don't turn out as nice as more organic techniques, and it seems hard to overcome the square frame and make it look round in a natural way. However, since I felt stability might be an issue with the more experimental techniques, I decided to go for it and see if I could make square trees look good :)

Another area where I went in a slightly unusual direction was the color of the trunk. I've seen images of more pale-ish trees in the rainforest and I decided to try one out. I was actually considering using light bluish grey at first, but settled for tan in the end, though in hindsight, LBG would probably have been a more interesting choice.

Vegetation is mostly pretty standard though I did try a couple of new techniques. Went with a bit more color here as well, compared to the first build.

Lastly I added quite a number of animals, to make the jungle come alive :)

Hope you enjoy the result! :)

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Volvo Amazon by crash71100

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1966 Volvo Amazon at Amsterdam

"Amazon Boat Stop" by Fernand LRJ

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Les bateaux qui remontent le fleuve amazone sont une vraie aventure à vivre ! Endroit rêvé pour faire de superbes rencontres.

when you are the atraction, Iquitos by thomas reissnecker

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Harbour in Iquitos, Northern Peru, Upstream Amazon. People are taking sefies with our ship

The Amazon River by European Space Agency

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This Kompsat-2 image, acquired on 6 July 2012, shows the Amazon River in the heart of northern Brazil’s rainforest. The false colour makes land vegetation appear pink, while water appears green and dark blue. In the upper-right corner, we can see some sparse clouds. The shades of pink vary – the bolder colour representing thick vegetation with lighter pink showing where trees were possibly cut down. In fact, in the upper-left portion of the image, there’s a clear line between the two shades, showing where vegetation was cut. The white dots show man-made structures. With their unique view from space, Earth observation satellites have been instrumental in highlighting the vulnerability of the rainforests by documenting the scale of deforestation.

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This image is featured on the Earth from Space video programme: spaceinvideos.esa.int/Videos/2013/10/Earth_from_Space_Amazon

Amazon reflections by -Walt-

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Time to head home.

Amazon: Full Diorama by Full Plate

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Here is the full diorama of all four Amazon builds created for mine and Bartu's Amazon collaboration!

First of all: Be sure to check out the Full Video of this build! This includes Bartu's masterful compositions, which is how this collaboration really comes alive! Don't miss it! :D

Hope you've enjoyed this collaboration! It has been quite a different one, working in two separate mediums, but I really want to thank Bartu for initiating this! It's been a very fun, interesting and intense month! Thanks!

One last thing: You seriously need to check out the VIDEO result of this collab to see how the music and lego builds work together. If not, you will just be seeing half of it :)

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Amazon play by keithhull

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X This is from Brazil these two boys were enjoying themselves swimming in one of the small channels off the main River Amazon . They clearly had no fear of piranhas

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Galashiels Alien Amazons by Jim Goodyear

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