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11/20/09
It doesn't look THAT different from the Elite except the disc tray is matte black and it has random grey strokes and numbers on it. *shrugs*
11/19/09
11/19/09
Still, though. I've bought some DVDs for the hospital closest to me, and I encourage everyone else to donate as well.
Kids are awesome!
11/19/09
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11/19/09
...I'm definitely going to that one, can't wait!
11/19/09
#speakup
11/19/09
11/19/09
I'm so jealous of people who are attending!
11/19/09
I hope that the fundraiser doesn't end up like this.
From the website of the venue.
11/18/09
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11/18/09
Stephen Totilo sent along four more boxes of goodies to add to the mix.
His contributions include ... doodads, inflatables, costumes and masks.
11/17/09
11/17/09
:D #childsplay
11/18/09
11/17/09
Edit: Actualy, are those lego pieces that color or did they just go back and paint them those colors? Some don't look like whole lego pieces. Either way, it looks nice but it takes away from that Lego Pixel effect =/
11/17/09
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11/17/09
Pfft, back off, it's awesome. It's lego, all lego. Insult the statue again and you'll get a shoryuken! #childsplay
11/17/09
11/17/09
Still, have you noticed they placed the blocks lengthwise, along the z-axis?
I think it's legit.
11/17/09
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11/17/09
In my point of thinking, and this is going to be different for everyone, had those pieces been painted it would have taken away from my perceived view of the concept of building Ryu out of Lego as in my view creating the shape and then painting it wouldn't be as honest as building it out of appropriately coloured blocks in the first place.
However, if those block colours are not lego colours that are available then I would have no problem with the artist first painting the blocks those colours and then using them in construction, as this would be somewhat different in my mind to just going back and painting them afterwards, that to me would be akin to telling someone you had completed a rubix cube by peeling all the stickers off.
In my view making Ryu out of lego, is completely different to making a Ryu shape out of lego and painting it to look like Ryu. I guess that's where its legitimacy comes into it, and really that's going to be more a case of each to their own really isn't it.
Personally I'd like the blueprints to this design as I think it's brilliant. #childsplay
11/17/09
When I have a bit of spare cash I might make something similar myself. #childsplay
11/17/09
Ryu is made from black, white, light bluish-grey, red, dark-red, tan, and either dark-orange or reddish-brown (all legit LEGO colors).
Baby Mario is made from black, white, light-bluish grey, dark-green, green, lime-green, red, dark-red, orange, dark-orange, tan, and reddish-brown (all legit LEGO colors).
The Tentacle is made from black, green, lime-green, and two shades of pink. I'm not that well-versed in the various shades of LEGO pink, but I think it's dark-pink and either pink or light-pink (again, all legit LEGO colors).
In the last couple decades, the LEGO color pallete exploded, to the point that Peeron.com has identified at least 127 unique colors (some colors appear to be intended to look the same, but vary a bit based on what material the part was made from (they make parts in at least ten distinct materials). Some of these colors are extremely rare, with the rarest color that I know of having only been used on one part (that being trans-neon red, which was only ever used in the original BIONICLE Toa eyestalk). A few years ago after Kjeld Kirk turned over control of the company to someone outside of the Christiansen/Kristiansen family, it was decided that the color pallete needed to be seriously cut back, so a lot of those colors have been permanently declared off-limits for future sets. The current color pallete is probably closer to 50 unique colors, and all of the parts used in these mosaics appear to be on the list of active colors.
Oh, and these appear to have all been made four studs thick. Not only does it significantly improve the travelability of items like these, but some of those parts aren't as easily obtainable in 1x1 or 1x2 bricks. Building this way, you'd only need to be able to buy 1x4, 2x4, and maybe 2x3 bricks. #childsplay
11/17/09
All the pieces are legit LEGO bricks that I got from the giant stock of LEGO bricks we have here at Netdevil that the company was super cool with donating to the Childs Play cause.
[www.netdevil.com]
And no, none of them are glued together (I would be blacklisted!).
Glad everyone likes them, and I hope everyone who can will be able to make it out to the party to try and win them! #childsplay
11/18/09
Um...you do realize that the real LEGO Master Model Builders glue nearly everything that they build for work, and most of the LEGO Certified Professionals probably glue their commissions as well.
Gluing MOCs that you plan to keep (even if you never plan to disassemble them) is a no-no. Gluing LEGO sculptures that are meant to be permanent installations, or that you're building for hire gets special dispensation. I've even helped build a model that eventually got mostly glued together, and it's also the only model that I ever received a paycheck for (everything else I've done for fun and un-profit). #childsplay
11/17/09
11/16/09
Hell, Robin Williams might be willing to show up for free and do some MC-ing. #childsplay
11/16/09
If you're willing to come up to San Francisco, come to Ümloud! [umloud.org] #childsplay
11/16/09
11/16/09
Seriously all that loot, plus the dagger is amongst them! #childsplay