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I built it. Yep. I know, I have no life...but it's so beautiful... Okay, so maybe not from the outside...but you can't tell me that THIS isn't a sight. All credit goes to Arthuriel for his awesome LDD bridge model which I followed down to the brick. Until I realized how many things couldn't be done with real Lego that is. I had to make several modifications in order to allow the windows and the elevator section to connect to the main bridge. I also had to lower the floor by the elevator doors in order for them to fit correctly. All in all, I made at least 35 Bricklink orders over a span of the last five months, and it took at least 15 hours to build the sections and connect them in a way that would insure that they were all on the same level. I know that if Lair ever sees this post, he'll give me a bunch of crap about not having Chief's chair in the model, but in my own defense, I didn't feel like painting a chair in a color that wouldn't quite match Dark Turquoise. I'm also considering adding a Brickstuff lighting kit for added effects. Anyway, the gallery with more photos is here. Oh, and I apologize to anybody who wanted a decent quantity of Dark Turquoise 2x2 tiles off of Bricklink...because they're almost all gone.

fixed it

I was really curious about the number of people on LEGO Island in the GBA Port of LI2, so I ripped the sprites and grouped characters together. Rhoda Hogg, Technician Bob, the injured guy, and vehicle drivers were also counted. UPPER SECTION (34): MIDDLE SECTION (50): LOWER SECTION (38): MISCELLANEOUS (10): Boney Hawks/Gnarly Bones is also mentioned, but never seen ingame. With him included, the estimated total is 133. It interests me how IXS and this port of LI2 depicted LEGO Island more as a small town.

Now seems like a good time to bring up this sheet of LEGO Loco character designs, some of which obviously... got revised: Yep. Those are legitimately 3D busty minifigs. That (almost) happened.

This was bothering me so I dug up my old let's play to check. After a long (and fun) description of the patient's accident, Pepper refers to him as "Lucky." So there you go!

this just in at least in this case it's less inherently a matter of sexualization but I mean, come on guys

EDIT: HEY LEGO MESSAGE BOARD MODERATION TEAM, ELIMBIER IS ONE OF MINE. IT'S NOT PLAGIARISM, OKAY? A few years ago, I tasked myself with a writing exercise to expand on the LEGO Universe origin story, told in a dramatic and engaging narrative. It was exceedingly dark with embellished descriptions and edgy dialog. Up to now it hasn’t been published… I’d personally like to keep it that way. Excessive purple prose, said bookisms, and unrealistic diction are just a few of its infractions against the literary hobby. Thus, I buried it and eventually exhumed it a year or so later, incinerated the corpse, and built something completely different atop its remains. Hopefully this one is comically serviceable. I’m also planning to post this incrementally on the Elimbies, just to see what extent of scatological subterfuge the moderators will tolerate. I may share my results in a blog afterward. Feedback is appreciated, provided that it only reinforces my narcissistic outlook. Criticism, constructive or otherwise, will be overlooked in favor of glowing reviews by the mindless masses. New chapters will be published every Friday, and the accompanying vignettes will be posted in a separate topic in the LEGO Creations forum. LEGO Nexus Farce: Ingress of Imagination Written by Brigs Chapter 1 - Johnny Thunder and the Quest for the MacGuffin Chapter 2 - Typhonus Chapter 3 - Albert Chapter 4 – Albert’s Abode Chapter 5 - Assembling the Build Alliance Chapter 6 – A Gratuitous, Tangential Lesson in Imaginary Physics Chapter 7 – K.O.I. Chapter 8 – The Smothering Interlude 1: An Excerpt from Typhonus’s Journal Chapter 9 – Space is a Figurative Ocean Interlude 2 – Another Excerpt from Typhonus’s Journal Chapter 10 – Templar Chapter 11 – Executive Meddling Interlude 3 – Yet Another Excerpt from Typhonus’s Journal Chapter 12: Gallant V Interlude 4: Yet Again Another Excerpt from Typhonus’s Journal Chapter 13: Traversing the Reaches of Space and Time Chapter 14: The Ingress To whomever the poor sap is who decides to write up a TV Tropes entry for this monstrosity, you have my deepest sympathies.

As the title implies, these are the vignettes which accompany Nexus Farce: Ingress of Imagination. Below are alternative views of the models and a brief description. Chapter 1 - Johnny Thunder and the Quest for the MacGuffin "Johnny Thunder and the Quest for the MacGuffin" Much of this model's inspiration ostensibly comes from classic Adventurers sets and the slightly more recent Indiana Jones sets. The eponymous MacGuffin is a Voltstone from the Insectoids theme, which is called an Imaginite Crystal in LEGO Universe. Includes one Johnny Thunder and one affable dismembered skeleton. The symbol behind our hero is a simplification of the insignia seen inside the Nexus Temple in the story cinematic trailer. The elevated region is also shaped after the insignia. The First Builders and Mythran apparently have a penchant for triangular geometries. A dozen of those useless flick-fire projectiles are embedded in the wall, and to their right is that one conspicuously protruding brick. A couple friendly swinging blades are suspended to the left, and the obligatory lava pit sits beneath. Skeleton.

There are a decent number of spam blog posts here on RRU. 'The truth about how to be great content-marketing' is one of those articles. The truth is, the key to content creation is to steal other people's work. For some people, ideas are created from the heart or the deepest parts of the creator's mind. For others, ideas are the 20 floor extension to what was a well constructed house. Here are some other truths about creation creating all creators should create. You don't need an original idea in order to create something. Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to ask 'what am I doing stealing someone else's work?'. To this end, I steal people's work. Yes, big companies tend to hire big teams to dig amongst the strings of the World Wide Web and unveil good ideas to stupidly "build upon". Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I reach out, with my free hand, to grab the revolver on my coffee table. I am the "loser", and I must be rid of quickly. But then my stolen-but-repurposed ideas are loved by many people. Even small acts of thievery can have success too, even without teams of writers, researchers and editors. Even good companies like LEGO can of one can find that blatantly copying content is successful, but my local donut shop isn't, and hence wasn't worth bringing up in the first place. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and my body of flesh and blood is genetically inferior. I have hypothesised that, as a content thief, I have no place on this earth. The BBC reported "0% of the BBC's content was stolen from other sources in the past twelve months", and yet they are as 'successful' as ever. You don't have to go viral to get great ideas to steal, but it doesn't mean it is good to continue. As I type this up, stealing Jamesster's pointless story about crushing M&Ms, I can't help but stare at the sleek cold metallic surface of the tool that'll soon bring me to my demise. When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, representing I am the only one who can end this practise of stealing original ideas. Since it would be ridiculous for me to continue, it makes my choice to leave the world as soon as possible plausible. But you shouldn't focus on the companies only available, or located, in the United Kingdom. Google has confessed six months ago that they stole the idea of some Google doodles from Bing, one of their competitors. The more often you steal good quality content, the more people will like you, but the more people will accuse you of taking other people's work and passing it off as your own, even if it's not the case. Either start small and stay small or go big and experience the consequences. As for me? You won't hear from me after this. As soon as I prism the button I'll be nothing more that a lifeless pile of bones, blood and flesh. As soon as I build up the courage to stop spell-checking, stop stealing the ideas of others, and to press... …'Submit Entry'

Haha. I see what you're doing there. Nice one!

Chapter 3 - Albert "Pants Party" In all of its glorious inebriated splendor. This one's my indisputable favorite of the batch. Notion Potions are actual consumables in LEGO Universe. I represented it with this obscure piece in trans-medium blue, which works surprisingly well. Anyway, this acid trip is the spawn of the progenitor to this story, which was originally titled "Expedition". Albert had a really depressing and cliche-ridden backstory that surpassed the nebulous PG rating back then, which this parodies in an only slightly less objectionable form. But enough of that; the morality police may be surveilling us!

love your writing, haha. not to mention it's always fun seeing your vignettes alongside the story, too.

It would be nice to have a patcher that can do this automatically with selections on what to patch. It's a bit confusing doing it manually when you're not sure how to use the tool.

Longtree guy also has a house in a park-type area and was obsessed with the color green, IIRC. I remember the game had some good jokes about how the firefighters never do anything because there are never any fires on the island. Oh yeah, isn't the miscellaneous bandage guy Lucky Larry? Like, he had a little cameo before his proper introduction in IXS.

There are a lot of cure-alls circling your mom all claiming to be able to solve all your content marketing problems. This is one of those articles. The truth is, the key to content marketing success depends a lot on the nature of content marketing success. For some products, content marketing will be your marketing bread and butts. For others, it will be a side market but not your main market source. Here are some other truths about market marketing all marketing directors should market. You don't need a team of specialists to make market contenting work. Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Yes, big businesses tend to hire big teams to run their marketing and they're able to see correspondingly large returns on their investment. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. But small businesses can have success too, even without teams of writers, researchers, and editors. Even marketing departments of one can find that content marketing is successful, but my local donut supplier warned that you shouldn't compare yourself to businesses bigger than yours. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world. BBC also reported, "60% of BBC small business marketers plan to increase their content marketing budget over the next 12 months, knowing that it can be a very effective strategy for increasing their content marketing budget over a period of 12 months." You don't have to go viral to get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment. Viral market marketing can be very profitable and really good viral infections create great intestinal discomfort. When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 07840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes." But you shouldn't focus too much on the numbers. BBC said that some publishers, like Google, "discourage their writers from even looking at traffic numbers so they don't get too caught up in the numbers and forget the goal they initially set out to achieve, which is to deliver high numbers." Ignore numbers, focus on the massages It's tough to ignore the numbers when it seems hard to measure your success in any other way, but an important thing to remember about content marketing is that its success is always quantifiable. This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion. Sometimes it's just another exposure in a customer's purchasing journey and they haven't made up their minds to buy something yet. Sometimes it's what introduces someone to your brand for the first time, but they're far from loyal customer as of yet. Set realistic goals The more often you can create good, quality content the better, but if you have a small team of marketers, don't force yourself to come up with over 9000 blog articles a week, a daily pill, along with several marketing markets. Start small and don't try to do more than you can maintain while high. There can be only one. Marketing News brought to you by JK Rowling Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1vY1-Fqm8I

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2016/05/03/ben-fogle-modern-lego-is-harming-childrens-development/

Actually, all those characters and lines are in the PC version. The only thing that differers here is Steve's line. In the PC he says "Woah! Surf's up dude!"

Unless anybody knows of more, I'm pretty sure Steve and the Beach Troopers in LEGO Star Wars 2 are the only minifigures to have nipples. (They were changed to have more clothing in The Complete Saga.) What an amazing piece of trivia.

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^Love that noise around 1:06.

...lolno. Everything we've seen so far suggests this is a big bang theme for 2016, with masses of merch, it's own TV series, a 4D film and an app connecting all of the individual promotional strands together. How does any of this hint to NK being a one-and-done theme, other than you not liking it?

This whole "Lego isn't about creative building anymore!" is a rather tired bandwagon. No one is forcing you to build anything you don't want to. Besides, oldschool sets still involved following, y'know, instructions if you wanted to build whatever's in them.

Chapter 3 is up. Let's just say there were pants.

[8:39:16 PM] Will: Palms are sweaty, knees weak, hearts are heavy, there's coffee on his sweater already, game developy [4:10:54 AM] Will: Also help im listening to LinkedIn park [4:11:02 AM] Will: OK AUTOCORRECT SRSLY