afol fun for everyone (as long as you're 18+ LOL)
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.
We Grouches prefer the holidays after they are over.
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.
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.
This is just a small look at the GWP items from the last round of holiday offerings.
First we got the awesome Charles Dickens set over Black Friday weekend. (Review coming)
Then we got these three. Two of which were in store only.
The Frozen set was a gift with a $50 Frozen purchase. BB-8 was free with any Star Wars purchase over $40 and the Skater set was with any purchase over $150.
Awesome giveaways from LEGO. Individual reviews will be coming.
For those looking for awesome winter figures the skaters have nice sweaters on.
View this post on Instagram
View this post on Instagram
View this post on Instagram
View this post on Instagram
Get even more Blob with the Blobfest Home Edition Virtual Event
Blob Theater Run Out MOC
More information and images on the Reading Pagoda in LEGO can be seen over on my fb page. But below you will find build images as well as the MOC on display.
Designed to look like the Pagoda in Reading, PA. The only pagoda in the world with a chimney and working fireplace.
Most LEGO builds are built from the bottom up. This one was built from the top down. I know a little backward. But I wanted to get the roof figured out before I continued. It was all free built.
As you can see this is before I had all the red windows I needed for the build.
Love classic B-movies and living in the area where The Blob was filmed and being a fan of the Blobfest held at the Colonial Theatre in Pheonixville, PA I just had to do a MOC.
Get even more Blob with the Blobfest Home Edition Virtual Event
Personally, I try to avoid any political conflicts. Just bringing it up will either piss you off or get someone else butt hurt. So stay away from the topic altogether. Sometimes you can avoid it.
But I have to say I have been enjoying some of the political memes done in LEGO form. The latest such meme is the Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference held by Rudy Giuliani. Such an odd locaton which makes this so much fun to pick on.
Brothers Brick just shared this meme on Instagram and has apparently offended many an AFOL.
Of course this means a lot of fighting in the comments. But the one that got me was this comment by some who apparently cannot take a joke.
The best thing is that the person that says “Politics and LEGO don’t mix” seems to like to mix them themselves. Hypocritical much.
I find it only fitting that the minifigure head used for Giuliani in this MOC is none other than Lex Luthor himself.
If you are unaware, Luthor also was elected president of the good ole USofA. He was a great president. A terrific president. One of the best.
Halloween 2020 would have been boring with this pandemic, but thanks to Brickworld and their virtual Halloween LEGO convention all was not lost.
SnailLUG pulled together and we were able to setup a nice monorail display for the event. Seeing and hearing from fellow AFOLs was great.
There will be another event this holiday season. Please join us. Check out Brickworld’s website for all the details. https://brickworld.com/brickworld-virtual/
