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[Blizzard]

Only one box of one color. Buy all the colors you want, but the entry should only come from a single box.

Oh I know that's the contest. But if we ever make lots of money and become wealthy, it would be cool to have a $10 entry point that allows mixing two. It would even allow for more theoretical combinations and thus variety!

Also speaking of changing the contest, do you think we could edit the Amazon links I posted earlier into the OP? Being able to click instead of having to go to Amazon and type in a product code might make the contest so easy that people won't be able to resist entering.

 

[parrotbeak]

I picked up the green one for $5 in Walmart since the blue one is not getting here for decades.

I've decided the ultimate contest would be to let people choose any two, mix them, and build the result.

The ultimate contest would be to dump the pieces on the floor, then pick up pieces until you have exactly half, leave the remaining pieces on the floor, and then build using only the 25-30 pieces while kneeling on the remaining pieces.

 

[Blizzard]

The ultimate contest would be to dump the pieces on the floor, then pick up pieces until you have exactly half, leave the remaining pieces on the floor, and then build using only the 25-30 pieces while kneeling on the remaining pieces.

I like the way this is going.

 

[parrotbeak]

Then you have to swallow your creation and whatever passes out is your entry.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Oh I know that's the contest. But if we ever make lots of money and become wealthy, it would be cool to have a $10 entry point that allows mixing two. It would even allow for more theoretical combinations and thus variety!

Also speaking of changing the contest, do you think we could edit the Amazon links I posted earlier into the OP? Being able to click instead of having to go to Amazon and type in a product code might make the contest so easy that people won't be able to resist entering.

My bad. Thought I did that before but it was just the parts list pic. Fixing that now. Thanks for the links!

 

[magawolaz]

Included pieces for each one, from the PDF manuals. That new Firefox screenshot tool is actually kind of awesome.

OT/ What Firefox screenshot tool? I'm rocking the old UI and can't see it

 

[chaosblade]

OT/ What Firefox screenshot tool? I'm rocking the old UI and can't see it

It just popped up for me in the last update. It automatically detected each page of the PDF and let me save one. May have been tools that did it already but I'm used to the Windows tool that makes you manually select everything.

 

[mrkgoo]

I've had more of a play and already done 7 different models, but not many I'm too happy about. This one is interesting though. I've found a few new ways to put pieces together.

Edit:

Here's my favourite of the bunch so far:



(not final submission - and yeah, it's kind of cheating with the feet)

 

[mrkgoo]

Not final submission, just posting to keep the thread alive!

 

[mrkgoo]

Ok, I might call this my first submission (but maybe not final).

It's nothing super imaginative, but I really like the build.

VW Beetle!





(I'll try to take better pics once Ig et around to it)

I've also made a couple of modifications since taking the pics.

Hope people have their sets by now and are toying around with them.

 

[fisheyes]

I've got this idea I just can't perfect - like, its close to what I want, but not quite there. There's a couple of real obvious pieces that I'm surprised aren't in the set that would make it exactly how I want, but for whatever reason they're not there. Its tricky.

 

[mrkgoo]

I've got this idea I just can't perfect - like, its close to what I want, but not quite there. There's a couple of real obvious pieces that I'm surprised aren't in the set that would make it exactly how I want, but for whatever reason they're not there. Its tricky.

Yeah, it's really tough!

 

[Eye for an Eye]

I just picked up a blue and yellow set. Affordable enough, and I got lucky because my bf's doctor appointment is right by the closest Lego store (like 60 miles away).

 

[SiegfriedFM]

My entry: Heddy the Happy Dragon and Wheely the Sentient Segway. Wheely likes collecting wheels. Left over parts: none.

 

[Crispy75]

edit: wrong thread

 

[mrkgoo]

My entry: Heddy the Happy Dragon and Wheely the Sentient Segway. Wheely likes collecting wheels. Left over parts: none.

omg, awesome. Lol, did you stick the spare eye piece inside the transparent brick?

 

[Ponn]

I’m starting to regret getting the blue box now. I didn’t know it was going to be popular.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I’m starting to regret getting the blue box now. I didn’t know it was going to be popular.

Only $15 to get the other three!

I still need to work on my entry. I have been slacking.

 

[Eye for an Eye]

These are my first few efforts. I really like my train, but I've still been messing around with the two sets.

Blue Train

Orange Airboat, with a glass bottom

Orange Submarine

 

[Blizzard]

It's really hard to make something good with the blue or green using 100% of the pieces. I see someone already found the one possible good thing.

 

[mrkgoo]

ooo, I like that sub!

 

[SiegfriedFM]

omg, awesome. Lol, did you stick the spare eye piece inside the transparent brick?

Yup. Same technique as in Ninjago City, although technically it isn't legal since the part won't connect 100%. It would need a tile under it.

 

[Eye for an Eye]

It's really hard to make something good with the blue or green using 100% of the pieces. I see someone already found the one possible good thing.

I used all but the extra eye on my train. I could always put it on the front, since trains usually have 3 lights on them. Is 100% use required for the contest?

 

[Blizzard]

I used all but the extra eye on my train. I could always put it on the front, since trains usually have 3 lights on them. Is 100% use required for the contest?

Not at all. I just try to do it because I'm crazy.

 

[Eye for an Eye]

Not at all. I just try to do it because I'm crazy.

OK, cool.

I've been trying to think of weird ways to use the window in the orange set.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

You don’t need to use 100%. There can always be something left.

 

[mrkgoo]

Just toying around - I was inspired by the Ninjago movie green dragon I just built...



this guy turned out more like a lizard...

 

[Eye for an Eye]

So I got the chance to go back past the mall with the lego store and picked up the green and red sets. Those have some pretty fun pieces in them. I made the little aligator on the front of the box and put the big wheels on it, and started rolling it around the room. I can't wait till the contest is over so I can dump all the pieces together to make something.

 

[Eye for an Eye]

Does anyone still care?

 

[Chiaroscuro]

We care, we just rebuild in a new place. Go there.

 

[ninge]

Of course we still care but I think the competition has changed location...

 

[neonglow]

Does anyone still care?

The LEGO community has moved to the other place. Due to the recent events here and the holidays coming up, this contest has been extended until the end of the year.