Few Mocs in the Making...

I currently have a number of unfinished Lego projects on the go. Sadly most of these were SUPPOSED to be done last November for the Hobby Show but I just ran out of time, and then put them away for the holidays.

Well, Im back at it, and I have a bit of preview of one project.

BETA hand Version 1.2



This project is far from complete, and currently I am not even sure how I will complete it (by low tech or high tech means) but I am happy with my progress. Over the years I have seen many other hand models presented, and some look amazing, and others work amazing, but my goal is to find a middle line somewhere between those two extremes.

Upon completion I will post to Lugnet, but for now, we will just keep it between us, wink.

And now back to posting...

Well the Brickshelf disaster seems to have taken care of itself (at least for the time being) and things have been restored to some semblance of order.

Sadly I, as well as many others, are now looking for alternate hosting for our pictures, and in an offer I couldn't refuse (I love my hosting company) I decided to no longer rely on free hosting for my pictures and bought my own domain (as I stated last post.)

So most of my stuff (webpage, pics, etc) should be SOON hosted at JaneyRedBrick.com (nothing to see there yet, tho) and I will move from static pages to a CMS which hopefully will motivate me to update more frequently with greater ease. This domain will also be the new host of TeBAG (my online Lego Gallery of various related to the brick art items.)



Anyhow, summer has now ended and the kids are back at school so I find myself with a bit more free time during the day... so its back to posting.

Lets see...



First of all... I recently posted my FSM (you can read the post here)




Second of all...

I thought this vid was cute...

Some assembly required!!!



and thirdly...

if you have a few minutes, check out this amazing build that took the creator 4 years to build, I find it interesting not only for the amazing attention to detail but for the fact that someone from a different country built an American iconic building.

Still looking for more awesome lego creations???
Check out these builds.

Translucent Mosaic at http://www.pictobrick.de/content_en/gallery_system.html
Beautiful Micro at http://news.lugnet.com/announce/moc/?n=4016
Scaled Classic Space at http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=41172
Detailed Circus and Train at http://www.nelug.org/mediagallery/album.php?aid=302&page=1
and a Cool Transformer http://www.brickfrenzy.com/?m=blackout



And if you arent a total purist... you should check these new Lego scaled farm animals out
(Im just waiting on mine in the mail)
http://www.brickforge.com/

Fav icons Mosaic....

Circle, circle, dot, dot...

Blunty Youtube posting...

Awww.... Emo Fan/Fig

Posted by videoeditingmike at YouTube...

Cool Finds...

Thought this was cute... (its very short, but made me giggle)
by "BobBongo"



and this one too...
by "FlipGrashuepfer"

Folders not to be missed...

Posted by "cbolego", the walking dead stroll here... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=171418



Posted by "Moko" some awesome micro here...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=120709



Posted by " Jonathanlopes" very detailed streetscapes here
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=164943




and...
Posted by my friend Dave (aka "sparky"), a vid of his beyond cool pneumatic compressor train at Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1gQWdWjTmc

Another cool link...

Check this out, (from my fellow ParLUGgers)...

Incredible!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpINF5o1JDs

and the blog behind the vid...

http://www.outside-hollywood.com/

Cool You Tube Lego Related Posts....

While we are talking Lego vids... and yes, we were talking Lego vids...

Check out a few of my favourite Lego "You Tube" vids.

Posted by "poopster101" - Lego




Posted by "Joe Powney" - Spiderman




Posted by "Rohschinken" - Lego Beer Song
(and before you go looking for those bottles - they are not Lego!)




and Posted by for those of you that havent seen it...
the White Strips vid (posted by "clafm")

I pinch Lego Elements...

Another one night build....

Yesterday I mentioned to a friend, "Hey I should do that Honda - I PINCH - commercial in Lego." His reply, "Yes you should, it would be funny"... So last night, instead of working... I wanted to have a bit of fun, so I decided to go ahead and make the Element commercial out of Lego.

Mr. Crab and (not so loopy) palm tree would be too easy, quick search of the parts, and 2 out of the 3 needed props were done. The Element itself would need to be built. I do not enjoy building cars.... especially in minifig"ish" scale... so I decided not to worry about it in the least. Grabbed some orange, and black... 4 wheels... two car roof pieces... some trans black for the windscreen and the windows, and decided to call it "done". I guess it turned out looking somewhat like an Element, at least enough to pull off the commercial.

Now, I could have spent all night carefully taking pics and putting it seemlessly together into a smooth production.... but that is really not the point. So I banged off 20-30 pics, threw out a few of them, and using Windows Movie Maker... I finished the "joke". The soundtrack is "tinny" because I couldnt find a version of the sound track that WMM would take, so I played it, and just slammed my speakers up to the mic to make a second rate recording.

Again... the whole point being... this was supposed to be a fun, fast, easy build for a laugh, and not a real serious moc, or production.

Anyhow, here it is... enjoy it ... errr or not...
Oh yeah... "I pinch!!"