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Separating Two Plates

The brick separator is a handy tool to have in your tool box (or in this case brick box). It helps you separate bricks that are stuck together.

Sometimes you will need to have two on hand. As is the case when you have two plates that are stuck together. You just can’t get a handhold on the bottom plate to pull it apart. Especially if the plates are of the exact same size.

Put one separator on the top and one on the bottom like this.

Then squeeze them together until you see a small gap between the plates.

To save your fingernails remove one of the separators and pry the two pieces apart.

Then you have safely separated the two parts without damage to the brick or yourself.

Psycho House MOC

Bate’s home with Mother in the upstairs window.

On display at the virtual con Brickworld Halloween.

Northeast Middle School MOC

Northeast Middle School LEGO Project

Poe Toaster and Edgar Allan Poe MOCs

Poe Toaster is the media sobriquet used to refer to an unidentified person (or probably more than one person in succession) who, for over seven decades, paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe’s birthday. The shadowy figure, dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac and raise a toast to Poe’s memory, then vanish into the night, leaving three roses in a distinctive arrangement and the unfinished bottle of cognac. [from Wikipedia]

The long standing Poe Toaster tradition ended in 2009 with no explanation. In 2016 the Maryland Historical Society organized a competition to pick someone to take up the mantle.

The Shining Hedge Maze MOC

Initially I was inspired by the minifigure head on the back of a LEGO City police set. It just screamed crazed Jack. I created the fig using all LEGO pieces (no custom stuff this time).

I still haven’t done the MOC I want to do with this fig. But while trying to coming up with a winter village scene for our SnailLUG display I started working on this hedge maze. I like how it came out. And it doesn’t look bad in the winter village either.

Handmaid’s Tale MOC

Based off the LEGO Hans Christian Andersen set 40291. I had just finished reading A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood when the official set was a gift with purchase so it was fresh in my mind.

An AFOL I was following was doing all kinds of books and got me thinking of doing one myself. Then the two merged.

The priest and handmaids are customs from Citizen Brick.

Grouchy Xmas

We Grouches prefer the holidays after they are over.

Another LEGO Holiday Habitat

These little builds are kind of addicting.

I did another build of what my plans are for the holiday.

Sitting around with my cats reading a book and watching the yule log on TV.

This may not be completely accurate as I also intend to watch Wonder Woman 1984 and The Mandalorian while building some LEGO sets.

Happy Holidays everyone.

Comparison of Old LEGO Ghost with New

Comparing the ghost of old with the new ones. Not a fan of the new ghosts in the Haunted House set.

The old ones are just more ghost-like than the new ones. Plus GLOW-IN-THE-DARK. Hello?!

Hope this was just something they were trying out and will go back to the good ghosts or maybe a new sculpt for the sheet over a fig style.

Holiday Minifigure Habitats

Over on Instagram @BrickFamBuilds has a contest for #holidayhabitats.

Loads of people are building and sharing theirs. They are rather easy to construct but being able to contain your story to a small foot print is challenging.

You are building on an 8×8 plate which is reduced to a 7×7 area once you build the walls. (They are designed to be stacked or attached to each other. )

Here are my first two entries into the minifig habitats. Be kind these are the very first ones I have ever done.

First up we have Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas Future visiting his grave.

Then I did the Grouch that stole Christmas.

Head over to IG and check out #holidayhabitats for more of these fun little builds and maybe make some of your own.