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I checked my local store (Dallas area) yesterday, and they just had a whole endcap full of Krusty--literally, hundreds of them. Unopened cases of them behind the ones on display. In amongst them were maybe 4 Samurai X, so I bought one of those. Disappointed there wasn't more variety, but 99 cents fo...

We missed out on this one, and we love mech suits. Thanks for the chance to win!

I'm part of a group that's doing a weekly photo challenge this year. Each week, the leader selects a theme, and then we take photos on that theme and post them to share with the group (I'm collecting mine in this Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjQWTb6W ). Last week's theme was "black and whi...

I wouldn't buy it, but would be interested in looking at it or having a free copy. Lego books like this always seem like a lot of shiny packaging and not much content. Also, I don't like it when these books have a really thick cover to hold the free minifigures, but once the figures are removed the ...

Thanks, everyone! I really appreciate the kind comments. Neo - that is a great idea to do a stop-motion video of this! I'll try to work on that with the kids before the setup is dismantled. For everyone who is interested in seeing Chaplin films, I recommend the ongoing Criterion Collection series, w...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/9170622531_4b5dd5176c_z.jpg NRC Gold Rush 1 by ethnosax , on Flickr The Gold Rush (1925) "I thought you was a chicken [suit guy]" approx. 300 pieces The 1925 Chaplin classic has a special place in my heart because it is the first silent film I remember s...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8602390700_7e90cef789_z.jpg NRC Caligari 3 by ethnosax , on Flickr The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) I'm a big fan of silent films, and Caligari is one of my favorites. So I thought it would be fun to recreate one of the classic scenes in Lego--especially when I ...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8509/8573842402_bc6371317e_c.jpg NRC Rear Window 1 by ethnosax , on Flickr Rear Window (1954) "That's a secret, private Lego world you're looking into out there." I was almost finished with this vignette and was excited to enter it into this month's contest ....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8563129995_cfb795e92b_c.jpg NRC Modern Times 5 by ethnosax , on Flickr Modern Times (1936) "A cog in the Lego machine" 244 pieces; time to build: most of a Saturday Modern Times is full of classic Chaplin moments: roller skating on the brink of a chasm, ...

JEC Star Wars 1.jpg Star Wars (1977) "We're all fine, here, now...Thank you...How are you?" My oldest son (age 11) was disappointed about the 14-and-up age restriction for the movie vignette contest. But he's happy to share his vignette here. JEC Star Wars 2.jpg The pieces: all obvious, e...

NRC Metropolis 1.jpg Metropolis (1927) "Rotwang Builds a New Maria" I wanted to build a 14x14 vignette that could be photographed to look as much like the movie scene as possible--which means from other angles it doesn't work as well at all. But that's just like setting up for a movie sho...

I'm enjoying the movie vignette contest too much. I've made three, with a few more in progress. I have no idea which one to choose for the contest entry, but I'll post them all here for comments and suggestions. Thanks! http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8515532478_dbf9531e68.jpg NRC Oz 1 by ethnosa...

A Green Guy Lifts A Spaceship For CMF, I added the artist. The artist is sopposed to draw the picture of the event. Approx 200 pcs. Um, I'm pretty sure there is no painter in this scene in the movie, Darth Vader (or the thought of him) is hiding in a low frame rate cave, but no artist in site. I'm ...

Excellent contest, really nice entries so far! Thanks for sharing, everyone!