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		<title>LEGO Tip: Making the best of it</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it was a bunch of junk brick in a 20-pound lot you of LEGO bricks you won on eBay? Or maybe you drew a high number in an epic game of Dirty Brickster. Or perhaps it was an unexpected color when ordering parts by &#8220;grouped part bags&#8221; in a bulk LUG order. That&#8217;s what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladewood/4931924161/" title="Pink Tiles by Bladewood, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4931924161_478d2dfa57.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Pink Tiles" /></a><br />
Maybe it was a bunch of junk brick in a 20-pound lot you of LEGO bricks you won on eBay? Or maybe you drew a high number in an epic game of <a href="http://www.brickworld.us/bw2010/">Dirty Brickster</a>. Or perhaps it was an unexpected color when ordering parts by &#8220;grouped part bags&#8221; in a bulk LUG order. That&#8217;s what happened to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/bladewood/">Bladewood</a> last week. But she made the best of it.<span id="more-609"></span></p>
<p>Not only did she make the comic above about the pink 1&#215;2 tiles, she also made this MOC below.<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladewood/4938405470/" title="Piggies! by Bladewood, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4938405470_4e4b510164.jpg" width="500" height="238" alt="Piggies!" /></a><br />
Check out these details. Piggies go in&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladewood/4938405420/" title="Piggies go in here... by Bladewood, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4938405420_f9a413090c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Piggies go in here..." /></a><br />
Random bits of processed meat come out here&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladewood/4938405328/" title="... Mechanically Reclaimed Piggy Product comes out here by Bladewood, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4938405328_3f717cd8d2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="... Mechanically Reclaimed Piggy Product comes out here" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;d say Bladewood made the best of it. What kind of things have you built trying to make the best of it?</p>
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		<title>LEGO Humor: game night</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[game night, originally uploaded by djFargo. Came across this on Flickr. While I run my own webcomic, I really appreciate finding stuff like this. I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.]]></description>
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djfargo/4733724483/">game night</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/djfargo/">djFargo</a>.</span>
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Came across this on Flickr. While I run my own webcomic, I really appreciate finding stuff like this. I laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.</p>
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		<title>LEGO Tip: Build a Tablescrap Robot</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rusty&#8221;, originally uploaded by Ewok in Disguise. As a bit of a follow-up to my recent post on Thinking Smaller &#38; Tablescraps, I was excited to find this brilliant little build by Ewok in Disguise. He&#8217;s really done a great job with taking a few pieces and putting them together in an effective way. There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a title="Rusty by Ewok in Disguise, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28177764@N07/4873592547/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4873592547_9aa069edfb_z.jpg" alt="Rusty" width="640" height="480" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28177764@N07/4873592547/">&#8220;Rusty&#8221;</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/28177764@N07/">Ewok in Disguise</a>.</span></div>
<p>As a bit of a follow-up to my recent post on <a href="http://www.bricksabillion.com/tips/lego-tip-think-smaller/">Thinking Smaller &amp; Tablescraps</a>, I was excited to find this brilliant little build by Ewok in Disguise.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s really done a great job with taking a few pieces and putting them together in an effective way. There&#8217;s a sense where the creation feels well &#8220;greebled&#8221;, since a lot of those pieces would be used for greebling.<span id="more-588"></span></p>
<p>The mix of colors also works well. Ewok in Disguise explains a bit about his creation:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cobbled together from used parts before the Evacuation, Rusty now wanders the abandoned streets of San Francisco in search of spare parts and old newspapers. He has taken an interest to human history, and hopes to meet one someday.</p></blockquote>
<p><a title="Rusty Back by Ewok in Disguise, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28177764@N07/4873593065/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4873593065_162519b359_z.jpg" alt="Rusty Back" width="640" height="480" /></a></p>
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		<title>LEGO Technique: Buttered Toads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jordan Schwarz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Buttered Toads&#8221;, originally uploaded by Sir Nadroj. Here is Jordan Schwarz&#8217;s latest creation. A yellow frog?! Got to get me one of those. Here&#8217;s what Jordan had to say about this MOC: I fell in love with the little yellow froggy from the new Harry Potter game Hogwarts and thought I&#8217;d build something featuring it. And light [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a title="Buttered Toads by Sir Nadroj, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirnadroj/4889013415/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4121/4889013415_7380f0c746_z.jpg" alt="Buttered Toads" width="640" height="369" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirnadroj/4889013415/">&#8220;Buttered Toads&#8221;</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/sirnadroj/">Sir Nadroj</a>.</span></div>
<p>Here is Jordan Schwarz&#8217;s latest creation. A yellow frog?! Got to get me one of those. Here&#8217;s what Jordan had to say about this MOC:</p>
<blockquote><p>I fell in love with the little yellow froggy from the new Harry Potter game <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?G=3862">Hogwarts</a> and thought I&#8217;d build something featuring it. And <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?v=2&amp;pg=1&amp;colorPart=33&amp;catType=P">light yellow</a> is by far my favorite LEGO color, so I made this. Meet Buttered Toads. I don&#8217;t know who, what or why Buttered is, but here he is. Yup.</p></blockquote>
<p><span id="more-577"></span></p>
<h2>Yellow LEGO Frog</h2>
<p>Need I say more? Okay, maybe a little, for those of you who don&#8217;t quite  recognize the ramifications of this. Well, for one, the LEGO Frog is already my absolutely favorite piece. They usually come in green, and sometimes in Dark-Bluish Grey or even Trans-Green. But this new yellow frog was just released in the new LEGO Harry Potter Board Game.</p>
<h2>Helmet</h2>
<p>Due to the Frog&#8217;s small size, it&#8217;s relatively easy to find helmets he&#8217;ll fit in for mechs. Frog mechs are not completely uncommon, though not exactly a &#8220;mainstream subtheme&#8221; &#8230; yet. <img src='http://www.bricksabillion.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<h2>Fingers</h2>
<p>Jordan&#8217;s done some pretty cool stuff here to give  the idea of the long &#8220;fingers&#8221; a frog would have (though admittedly the webbing is a little hard to accomplish in LEGO brick) &#8212; and also making them functionable and having &#8220;opposable thumbs.&#8221; Gorillas will be jealous.<br />
(Notice that the thumb is actually a minifig hand.)</p>
<h2>Joints</h2>
<p>Looks like Jordan is combining some clip tiles with some hoze nozzles. He&#8217;s also got some nicely placed yellow droid torsos on the legs.<br />
<a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=2555"><img id="img0" title="Part No: 2555  Name: Tile, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip" src="http://img.bricklink.com/P/1/2555.gif" border="0" alt="Part No: 2555  Name: Tile, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip" width="80" height="60" /></a><a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=194"><img title="Part No: 194  Name: Minifig, Utensil Hose Nozzle Simple" src="http://img.bricklink.com/P/9/194.gif" border="0" alt="Part No: 194  Name: Minifig, Utensil Hose Nozzle Simple" width="80" height="60" /></a><a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=30375"><img title="Part No: 30375  Name: Torso Mechanical, Battle Droid" src="http://img.bricklink.com/P/34/30375.gif" border="0" alt="Part No: 30375  Name: Torso Mechanical, Battle Droid" width="80" height="60" /></a></p>
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		<title>CubeDude Boba meets the real Boba Fett</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Sometimes the stars align just right. Here&#8217;s Jeremy Bulloch, who portrayed Boba Fett from the original Star Wars Trilogy, autographing a CubeDude Boba Fett box for Angus MacLane. How awesome is that?! via @AngusMaclane &#124; Interview with Angus MacLane about CubeDudes &#124; CubeDudes on Flickr]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. Sometimes the stars align just right. Here&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bulloch">Jeremy Bulloch</a>, who portrayed Boba Fett from the original Star Wars Trilogy, autographing a CubeDude Boba Fett box for Angus MacLane. How awesome is that?!</p>
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<p>via <a href="http://twitter.com/AngusMacLane">@AngusMaclane</a> | <a href="http://www.bricksabillion.com/interviews/interview-with-angus-maclane-about-cubedudes/">Interview with Angus MacLane about CubeDudes</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1214232@N20/">CubeDudes on Flickr</a></p>
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