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Probably nowhere near anything like the game but League of Legends Arcane is one of the greatest animated series I have ever seen. A masterpiece IMO. The story is surprisingly mature….not in a graphic or sexual way….it just didn’t talk down to its audience and just told a good story.

Chris

Anyone notice they have kind of stepped away from Batman’s cape looking like bat wings. BvS, Justice League, and now The Batman the cape just appears to be a regular cape except for 1 or 2 CG moments. Kind of disappointing to me.

Chris

As someone who couldn’t  get past…I think Ep 3 of season 1 of Picard nor was thrilled with what I read and watched about the rest of the season, I have to admit I have liked the first 2 episodes of season 2 so far. Yes, there are things that aren’t great or that I personally don’t care for, but overall I like it. Since I didn’t really get too much of the new characters introduced in season 1, and thus missed most of the “angst”, they seem far more likeable now in season 2 and I kind of like them now so far. Now I am sort of concerned where the season will go…especially once they go “back” to 2024….as that is when Sir Patrick and co may start “Soap Boxing” but we shall see. STD is a lost cause for me. Stopped a few episodes into S3 and haven’t looked back.

Chris

14 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

This shuttle has a bit of a long story.  Shortly after the Saturn V set was confirmed in the LEGO IDEAS program (a fan submitted design, turned into an official set), a slew of classic NASA submissions flooded the IDEAS site, all in the same scale as the Saturn V set.  Most of these were smaller builds of things like the earlier Mercury and Gemini rockets, and rather easy to make if you had the parts.

One of the fancier ones was a new complete Shuttle, and it reached the required 10,000 votes for official consideration in record time.  Of course, LEGO got sick of all the NASA-themed submissions, and refused to do the set, so the designer took matters into his own hands and published the instructions and parts list on Rebrickable.  I've been gathering the pieces over the past month or so, and learning to navigate BrickLink to purchase individual groups of bricks to make it. 

It's unfortunately a more expensive prospect than if LEGO had made the set officially, but I've wanted an actual properly scaled shuttle stack set for upwards of 30 years, since I received the first LEGO System Space Shuttle set in 1991 as a birthday gift.  When LEGO finally produced the pieces for the booster nose cones and nozzles in white, I figured now was the time to build it, while those parts were plentiful.

Official site for his instructions are here, with a few sample photos.  It's surprisingly sturdy as a set.
https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-46228/KingsKnight/space-shuttle-1110-scale/#details

 

Wow that looks great! I’d love to have that too but Bricklink confuses the absolute crap out of me and is the main hindrance of me trying MOC’s. I have bought a couple instruction PDF’s but the parts just come out to ridiculous prices compared to what the “estimate” cost is. Unless I’m doing something completely wrong on Bricklink. I really don’t see how people do the MOC thing as it so confusing and frustrating. Not to mention expensive! I guess I’m just dense.

On 1/12/2022 at 3:32 PM, 505thAirborne said:

Fan made but very well done and clever. Lol

On 3/11/2022 at 7:30 PM, Tking22 said:

It happened on Star Wars Rebels, it was an absolutely brilliant moment and had tons of tiny details going on in it, it was beautiful. Easily one of the most meaningful and emotional lightsaber fights in all of Star Wars, from Obi-Wan changing stances from prequel to OT era, to Maul foolishly attempting to use the same move that killed Qui-Gon, it was easily one of the best moments in all of Star Wars. Rebels delivered some of the best moments in Star Wars period IMO, the Ahsoka and Vader moment was absolutely incredible as well. 

 

Actually Obi-Wan beautifully goaded Maul into that foolish attack. He switched from HIS PT stance and to Qui-Gon’s stance. You can see Mauls recognition which gets him to try the same attack that worked all those years before. I agree, so much going on here it was amazing.

Chris

5 hours ago, sh9000 said:

I’m fine with Inquisitors.  I like the one on the left a little more though.

Yes, much better. 
 

Chris

37 minutes ago, Thom said:

Cool image. One thing jumps out, is out fat Bales cowl is near the top. That always bothered me.

I never liked how small the mouth opening is on the Bale cowl.

Chris

Saw it last night and loved it. There are a few things I didn’t care for personally or thought was kind of ridiculous (motivations or supposed sins) but still a fantastic movie! The beginning of the movie and Batman’s first appearance was so awesome and the Batmobiles reveal……holy crap….it gave me goosebumps, it’s sound was incredible!

Chris

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

US$1699

https://blitzway.com/product/bw-ums-11901-ecto-1/

 

However, they do have notice regarding order restriction on their homepage:

 

Well darn….and I was about to jump right on that. $1699 was such a steal, now what am I going to do. 🙄

Chris

Is ThreeZero and the Robo-Dou line a good company and line? I’m not familiar with them.

Chris

That was pretty good.

Chris

I know it’s likely impossible, but I would just really like to see a better proportioned black LION. It always ends up looking like a Bear to me. Too much anime magic I guess.  Also for the largest lion it always has the smallest head too.  Probably the main thing that throws off the proportions to me. But if it is enlarged then Voltron’s head would look too big .  Damned if you do damed if you don’t.

Chris

It really does surprise me that there is such a market for these things. The cabins/houses look pretty I guess but……

Like William said, it appears  the audience has changed and we aren’t it.

Chris

Yeah, nothing I’m even remotely interested in. 

51 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I don't remember that from the show. I thought it was on her dads space yacht monstrosity when they came in contact the first time. Was it different in the books? It's been sop long since I read those first few books I can't remember.

I’m pretty sure you are correct. It was in the Hangar of Mao’s ship. He couldn’t part with his daughters favorite thing. 
 

Chris

16 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I haven't seen anything else.

Thank God

I was wondering if there where any more reviews and/or issues with breakages.

Chris

6 hours ago, M'Kyuun said:

There's something fascinating about lived in spaces that aren't your own; I think it comes down to how we're all more alike than not. This could be a kitchen in just about any country. 

I see him hanging out on top of the fridge.    I mean, where else would the King of the Monsters hang out? 😄  Digging the oh-so-subtle dentist's card there, too.  

So, Chris, I'm guessing, if your wife is like mine, the kitchen counter is merely a tolerated resting spot for your gargantuan LEGO set whilst seeking out a more suitable permanent residence. I assume you're keeping it together for display; that's a lot of work just to tear it back down. Where do you put something that, uh, Titanic? 😉

There is actually a dinosaur up there too bowing to the king, you can BARELY make out the top of its head! Lol

Titanic is on my work bench in my basement. Just brought it up to show my daughter and take a picture of it. Also wanted to see how big it was on the table behind my couch. Nearly as long

you’ll notice the “in-scale” Lego Statue of Liberty just behind the bow, and the Lego Bouquet at the stern. Most people think it’s just a nice floral arrangement until I point out it’s actually Lego.   Makes a nice decorative piece while still being sort of playful or quirky.

Unfortunately, I divorced a few years ago….didn’t see it coming, so starting over in a new place allowed me to decorate how I want. Didn’t want to be all  “bachelor pad” looking so it’s very homey but I still put some of my stuff out while not letting it overwhelm the place. Lots of stuff either in my basement or in my bedroom though. People are generally surprised when they come over seeing how my place looks considering I’m a middle aged single man, but I want a home for both me and for me kids when they are here too. 🙂

Enjoying my kitchen eh? Lol 😀

Chris

No it’s a racing ship. Meant to break speed records. Like a racing yacht. A civilian vessel and favorite “play thing” of a rich girl.

Chris

“F you..

“I’m so sick of that F-ing rumor. “

Lol

I finally completed Titanic. My God is it BIG. I knew the measurements and seen pictures, but it’s just something else to actually see it in front of you. Like the Imperial Star Destroyer I just couldn’t help but giggle at its sheer presence. As much as I love the Star Destroyer this set is my new favorite. I really hope Lego will build an updated Venator Class Star Destroyer like the new UCS that was made recently. Anyways, Titanic really was a beautiful ship. Much more elegant looking than the colossal floating buildings of today, IMO.

7 hours ago, sh9000 said:

Lol that confused the crap out of me for a  second!  I was thinking they were cosplayers at first 😄