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As the title suggests, this topic is purposed for the general discussion of obscure and/or rare LEGO merchandise. In particular though I wanted to share some obscure Japanese Rock Raiders merchandise I acquired sometime ago via an online Japan shopping intermediary service. Included among them are the following: -11 Japanese LRR sticker sheets, all of which are duplicates -A green Rock Raiders CD case with the Chrome Crusher, a Rock Monster, ore, and Energy Crystals printed on the front -What's apparently a functional miner's headlamp in its original box -2 sealed Jet keychain polybags -18 Japanese LRR cards featuring a silver scratch-off area on the front, along with a telephone number and other information on the reverse What's especially interesting about this all is that the aforementioned cards seem to have been geared towards a contest of some kind given their contents. Further, on the back there's 4 prizes/items cited, and if I remember correctly, they were cited also in the auction's description, and when the page was translated by Google Chrome they were revealed to be the other items included in the auction. Perhaps hinting at the possibility that this contest never took place or didn't pan out exactly as planned. If anyone can help shed some more light on this please do so.

I guess it's about time that I posted something worth reading (in my opinion) here. I'll start with my origin story... Once upon a time, there was a thirteen year old boy who had been collecting LEGO since he was four. He loved his sets, but never knew what to do with them except have them sit around and look pretty. In February of 2013, this boy joined the website BZPower to take part in the discussion that went on there. Upon joining, he noticed a MOC by one called Chro named Karda. He was so inspired by this amazing MOC that he set to work making his own. The sixty-fourth BZPower MOCing contest rolled around shortly after and this boy decided to enter his first MOC, Insector, in the contest. Hoping to win. Sadly, he did not win, or even get past one vote. But instead of feeling bad for himself, this boy continued MOCing, and through his continuation of his newfound hobby, he improved and became more knowledgeable of techniques and textures. He still has a long way to go, but he is well on his way there. Some of you may ask "How can I apply this to myself?" or say "This guy's just bragging." I beg of you, bear with me. The point of the story was that I was never always this great, I still don't consider myself that great. Instead of giving up after I failed miserably at MOCing, I kept going and experimenting. Gathering ideas and advice from other MOCers who I considered more skilled than myself, I still do that, and you should too. As somebody once said; "A writer spends half of his time reading, and half of his day writing." This applies to just about anything in life, whether it be writing, MOCing, or working at your office job. In order to truly do something great, you need inspiration from somebody/something, they can be your family, friends, or even the online community. You also need to be willing to experiment. After you find your inspiration, you need to find out how to make that idea reality. You can go back to your inspiration and find a really cool technique or idea that you want to use, and reuse it, which is good. That shows that you are really inspired by somebody/something and admire their work. You can also go and do something that nobody has ever done before, like what BrickThing did with his Borris MOC. He used the Death Star container from the little microbuild Tie Fighter set as a head. A HEAD. He took something seemingly useless and turned it into something innovative and awesome. There are also those who want to do more with LEGO parts, but the parts just aren't right per se. Such as what some modifiers/non-purist MOCers do, like SteveTheSquid or Kyle Peckham. They customize LEGO parts and make them look even cooler. So go do what you want! While there will be haters along the way, feel free to create and build whatever you like. Also, don't make yourself feel inferior compared to what other people do or make. Use them as inspiration for your unique ideas, if you put yourself down, it will only make life harder. TL;DR 1. Get inspiration 2. Use inspiration and be creative 3. Take advice 4. Do whatever the heck you want to do with your ideas 5. Don't listen to haters and make yourself inferior. I hope that a lot of you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing this (a lot). Feel free to share this with your friends and anybody who you think could use it. Also, all you need to do is believe. I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it's true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bix44C1EzY True, it's not necessarily a song, but it's music to my ears... EDIT: Plus, I hear the EVANGELION music in the background.

LMS Explorer Hangar Bays [WIP] This is still very much a work-in-progress, but I just thought I'd share it with you all prematurely in case anyone felt ambitious enough to expand on it where we left off as it's unlikely I'll continue it myself for sometime in my current mental state. The aim of this project was to assist Arthuriel in recreating the entirety of the LMS Explorer to an even greater extent. This was/is a collaborative effort between myself and Lair in that I built the large majority of it and did all the numerically-intensive calculations whilst he helped me circumvent some issues I was encountering with the positioning of the hangar doors on either side, and incorporated the Small Transport Truck and Granite Grinder, and a few other elements into the scene. Before I continue I should also give credit to Daedalus304, who to quote PeabodySam "provided LXF models of the Rock Raiders sets and created custom replacements for the Rock Raiders cockpit, chassis, drill, and mining laser." Download