"NEW" Advent Calendar

I was surprised to find that Lego repeated their advent calendar idea from last year... and kept it in the "City" theme. Of course, the theme and feel of the calendar is identical, the parts are a wee bit different, so while it may seem like deja vu, rest assured this is 2006 and not 2005 and this indeed is a brand new set.

Of course, I never would have even realised it, unless my friendly neighbourhood Lego store manager had not pointed that whole fact out to me.

AND of course, being the greedy and impatient soul I am... I bought two and ripped right into it them, instead of waiting to open door number one on the first of Dec.


*Edit*

Shortly after posting this entry... Andrew B left a comment asking for pics. I was just about to do that when I noticed this folder at Brickshelf. Looks like someone (user "UHAUHA") already did a wonderful job of photographing the new advent calendar.

From "Uhauha" pics...

This guy was my favourite fig out of the assortment, due to the fact that his shirt is a new print, at least new for my collection.


This was my favourite "day". The vice is very convincing looking and I look forward to using it in a MOC. This one reminded me of my last years favourite (the drill press) and nicely complements it.

I just love these little tools sets.




Lastly, I think this one qualifies for the worst "day"... what it is, I am not entirely sure... since it followed the cop, I assume is some sort of radar device... I think it's a poor excuse for a town/city creation, and I do think Lego could have managed a bit better on this day.

Oh well, they have 24 days next year to try, try again.

Amazing Fig Scaled furniture ideas....

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=56938

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=200171

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=199668

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103753

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=133999

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=83707

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=43111

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=147113

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=151755

Head and ObGyn

Had a few spare moments so I thought I would get the "ball" rolling on the
Dirty Bricks' 06 contest... and posted my first two entries at JLUG.

Here is the quick link to both...

Joe Gets Some Head



Telling Chat at the ObGyn


Im sure the rest of the contestants will totally out do me. For for now, this is the BEST of the BEST... Wink!

Dirty Bricks '06, all ~THAT~ and a bag of chips!

Well, the time has come again to have a nice friendly competition...

There are contests that showcase a builder's skill.
There are contests that showcase a builder's creativity.
There are even contests that showcase a builder's sense of humour.
This contest is all that and a bag of chips!!!

Want to win.... well how low can you go???

"Dirty Bricks ‘06" brought to you by a combined effort between
REASONABLY CLEVER and JLUG.

There are two sets of judges!
Two sets of prizes!
And that means double the chance to bring home some swag!



Check it out, cool prizes to be won, and lots of dirty fun to be had!

Bring out yer dead!.... errr I mean, bring out yer dirt!

Big bold and beautiful Brickshelf finds...

Posted by "torgugick" here.




Posted by "Marwede" here.





Posted by "oppienokki" here.

Hey this isn't Rocklands...

Posted by "deborah higdon-leblond"... folder here.


A friend of mine made this great MOC regarding the fate of our free time while at BF this year. This "posh" bar is the example of where we might end up, instead of our normal watering hole, Rocklands.

I had seen this MOC in person, just before she had finished of the last bit of detailing. I love the "bling" on the bar and the attention to detail, ....and who can resist a MOC, when they are the "star"????
I must say, I am pretty honoured, and very impressed. Thanks deborah.

Hey wait a minute, are those one by one by two chrome rounds from my diner???

I think I am in love....

How much is that doggy in the window??? I sure hope that doggys for sale!


OMG he is so cute!!!!

Cosmodog has to be one of the cutest Lego creations I have ever seen....
Posted by "fabianhh1", a 37 year old builder from Hamburg.
Surprisingly low piece count of around 600 for so much "function" (walking, head turning, head lifting and lowering, ears moving and wagging tail). Clean looking construction and just an overall "Cuteness" rating of 5 stars. Well done!

Check out his vid of Cosmo.

Lego Graffiti...

WOW... while checking out some of my favourite blogs...

The "Brothers Brick" posted this... http://dunechaser.blogspot.com/2006/07/street-art-appreciation-101.html
and all I can say is WOW!

While they state they don't endorse vandalism, and I will agree with that in theory, (just as another posted added) those bits of graffiti fall into a category of street art that I am glad exists.

Colour me impressed and hide the spray paint, 'cause I am feeling the uncontrollable urge to go paint the town red........ brick.

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!!"