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I remembered getting screenshots of these as a kid on an old laptop, but that laptop is long gone. So I tried getting new screenshots, and as you can see I did - but for quite a while, they didn't show up. I reloaded and rebooted the game several times, and one time, they suddenly started appearing very frequently. The rest of the time, nothing. So I'm not really sure what's up with that... Are they an easter egg that only has a chance of appearing? I also noticed that changing the resolution of the game messes up the size of the particles in the currently loaded area, making them too big or too small, depending on if you're increasing or deceasing the resolution. I doubt it's related to whether or not these show up but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

you did it, pepper

Beware!

"Hurrah Pepper, you have won the game! Now you shall be forever be stuck in my house where you will be forced to watch us dance for eternity!"

Tried to figure out any patterns in when they show up - no luck. But I did notice that the pterodactyl can be seen flying around one of the volcanoes when you're not flying on it. (Used the debug mode objects list to verify there's only ever one pterodactyl in the level - when you're in a helicopter, it flies around on its own, and when you're flying on it, it's still the only one in the level.) It's hardly visible in this screenshot, but here:

It was a very slow process for whatever reason, as they had to bring it up with the entertainments team (who aren't really related to their position at all) who then apparently had to really dig to find the videos as they had "been in storage for years", not to mention they were wary about just handing them out to a random fan. This was in March and when I messaged them after a long period of silence in September, they bluntly said that I had to contact someone more directly related to the ride. I've yet to contact said person, but the impression I get is that entertainments were looking for it when the videos were taken down from YouTube and were told to leave the matter to more authoritative figures lest something like that happen again, I may be wrong. I'm not blaming you per say as I should have been more explicit about them being sensitive material (I originally intended for them to be distributed in private, hence why I didn't upload them to YouTube myself), but equally a heads up would have been nice.

I finally revised my recreation of the L.M.S. Explorer. Here is the picture and its description, that I uploaded yesterday: Finally I managed to fix the problems, that I have found in my older version of the ship. Due to having a faster computer it was way easier and much faster to work with LeoCAD (loading the file takes ~ 5 seconds), though I recommend saving all the time since the program can crash (I have two saves in case, that the program crashes during saving. That way I always have another save). I fixed quite a lot on that ship: -added teleporter/radar dishes at the bottom -added elevator shaft to the back of the bridge -changed the outside of the bridge a bit -modified the front to make it look more like in the videos and the magazine (thanks for uploading that picture, Ringtail ) (it means, that it is more narrow now and that I changed many elements on it) -changing the width of the whole ship a bit (reduced by 4 studs) due to the changed front -the upper layer is a bit wider due to the changed front -flat side walls (+adding black lines) -changed the antenna on top of the front -changed the dark grey structure next to the antenna on top of the front -changed the colours of the sidewall windows (although I probably have to change them again) -changed those dark grey openings/windows on top of the teal stripes etc. (they are one instead of two types now and they contain transparent elements now -changed the dark grey pit in front of the bridge -added Power Miners -changed the structure with the eleven domes, that you can see behind that top antenna -changed the area between the bridge and the dribes -changed many grey areas to dark grey ones after checking the sources again -removed useless bricks inside the ship -stuff, that I have forgotten to mention There is still room for improvements on that ship, but I like it more than the older version. The next thing will probably be a poster with pictures of the ship from different angles. I think, that I will also upload the ldr-file (can be used for LeoCAD and LDView. Mabye other programs, too). P.S.: The extended intro of Rock Raiders was also helpful for improving stuff like the front.

do you remember brickulator? I remember brickulator. He made good posts

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.