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Greetings, and welcome to the inaugural entry in what is certain to be an edifying and scintillating program. I suppose you're wondering why I've called you all here tonight. The reason, good sirs and madams, is birds. A most vital and compelling matter, as you can no doubt see. Neither of these things is a bird, and yet they're nearer birds than any non-avians alive today. Whatever one might say about archosaurs (and there's a lot to say) they were no slouches. Not content to have produced the first vertebrates adapted to flight, they opted for an encore, conducting themselves with no small amount of style. Stick this in your fancy sails, synapsid freaks! There was a lot of tweaking over the eons, but eventually the familiar form emerged: Sans tail, sans claws, sans snout. Aerodynamism incarnate. Still, it was not so definitive an avian that it overpowered its beakless-breathren. Rather, it coexisted with all manner of feathered beauties. Look ma, no wings! Alas, the cosmos is a cruel mistress, for the age of reptiles was coming to an end. Between the Chixalub asteroid and the Deccan Traps, Aves, birds as we know them, watched their dinosaur brethren vanish from the Earth, in what was not even the worst mass-extinction to date. While those puny mammals were getting their act together, Aves was flourishing, getting up to all manner of outrageous hi-jinks Flight! What is it good for? It should be noted that while no other dinosaurs escaped, there was another lineage of archosaurs that survived.... And while it was those pesky hominids that ultimately reached sapience, one can hardly deny the impressive cognitive faculties of certain birds... Not bad for a lineage that lost its hands millions of years ago! In conclusion... Well.... What was the point of all this? Oh! I know! BIRBS!

While reading up on some old MOCs I bumped across Phantom Terror's Makuta entry for a Lego's "Build your Makuta" competition. A short bit of googling later, the winner of the competition was thus: It took me several minutes to grasp the size of that thing. (For your convenience, the competition entries are all conveniently archived here.) Bonus: I thought this was rather amusing: Makuta, Master of Spaghetti: (oh, and is it standard practice in this topic to put images in spoilers, or not?)

Because the Web Archives didn't get even close to everything, and there was tons of invaluable information on the history of LU on these sites before they went down... Lunibook forums - A prominent place to discuss LU back in the day, some of its members were people officially involved with/working on the game. By far the biggest of these archives, and AFAIK, the only archive of this site beyond a few broken pages on the Web Archives: https://mega.nz/#!M4wHSYoB!rcsAUrT85rkFJa1mqWN_AS9xaqQG3KG3CqgAFZM6wQM Bradford Rant (there's several archives of this already available but another can't hurt): https://mega.nz/#!klpTFLxD!nkqBZBgLDvDqt96Jkv2RL_-Bqg5XOT4uLqRJHa2mPxQ Portions of the official LU site (mostly focused on the News Network): https://mega.nz/#!R14SnD7Q!EmORTfPwgp6cbQxVzMky_EJTvZfu88lXZlVDhe4o8zI Moonbase.lu - The official website/forum for the Moonbase world in LU, made by its LUP team to discuss its development and ideas for future expansions with players. Many forum topics are missing but the important stuff on the development of the world is all there (and you can at least get a short preview of missing topics by hovering over their links): https://mega.nz/#!41gQiLjT!a9Kz9KxnFXxBK-JG3Xh2lomexImJgacumwyu3KRMzW8 There's a readme file included with each that has more info.

...then a landslide of red bricks occurred! Oh no, I was promised a fun time but then...

...while you can check out any time you'd like, you can never leave. I thought I was ready to Le, but...

'Seleave' can be broken down into 'se-leave.' As 'se' generally makes the verb reflexive, so 'seleave' means 'Leave yourself', where 'yourself' is an adverb instead of a noun. It could be better thought of as 'Leave in person,' or 'You must leave.' So, the solution: Alt+F4. Make sand fall upwards in a sand-timer.

The Ultimate Question... Doctor Who? Explode without making a mess.

You receive thousands upon thousands upon thousands of various Lego bricks in all colors. *inserts a RADIO and some FLOWERS*

The Infomaniac pops out: "WHOOPS! You have to put the CD in your computer..." *Inserts LEGO Adventures magazine Issue 6*

You get sarcastic laughter. *inserts a rainbow*

Is that Marble Blast Gold? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You got transported to a different galaxy in which you must control a bunch of orange jumpsuit-wearing dumbasses to mine for pointy green things in order for them to get home. *inserts a goldfish*

The machine spits it back out and explodes due to Peanut Butter buildup. A new machine is put in its place. *Inserts an engineer loadout consisting of The Widowmaker, the Lugermorph, The Gunslinger, the Humanitarian's Hichibaki, and the License to Maim*

You get the delicious taste of Coca Cola. *Insert a flash drive*

You get pain. *inserts some C4*

You get John Freeman. *inserts fire*

You get a very burnt companion cube, but there is no other visible damage. *inserts pet slime*

The machine rejects you on the grounds that you are not legal tender. *Inserts a slime, a box of Morton salt, and two blue spiny shells*

You get a nail file. HAHAHA back@u. *inserts Google*

ERROR: PLEASE INSERT AN ITEM OF VALUE. *inserts dog*

You get arrested by Detective Gumshoe, and the censor unit on the board apparently can't recognize context. I blame Freud. *Inserts a single LEGO brick*

You receive Threadception. *inserts his MP3 player, running a Game Boy Color emulator and Lego Island 2* ((NOTE: Just to avoid accusations of software piracy that have arisen on other forums when I have mentioned GBC emulation: I have not downloaded any software illegally. The above is not intended as a statement of fact. While my MP3 player COULD actually run such a thing, I staunchly refuse to download any ROMs for games I do not own.))

You receive an empty lip balm container, along with a note reading "Thanks. I needed lip balm." *inserts a Rubik's Cube*

You get five green energy crystals and come under fire from Nintendo fans. *Inserts five energy crystals and a level 1 Super Teleport*