My Collection is Soaked!

     Well, I came home tonight, and it turns out that are basement is flooded by the flash flood that hit our area. I wasn't worried, this has happened before. But when I went downstairs, I found out that part of my collection is soaked!!! This includes my brown pieces group, my little brother's collection, and my rainbow box(this is my box where I keep pieces that I haven't sorted, to give me a little inspiration sometimes)!!! Now I'm a bit of a nervous wreck. At least I leave all my models on my table, so none of my favorite things I have built have been soaked.

     This is a major setback for me. I am just going to have to give my collection a day and see what happens. Let's hope I don't have to trash the bricks; if anyone has any experience at all on wet Lego bricks, I would love some help from someone in the comments.

My New Mandalorian Speeder!

     Well, I was sitting here, and thinking about that tank I had built. I thought it was awesome, but that the Mandalorains I have needed a vehicle, too, since my little brother plays with the tank and declares that the Mandalorians are outnumbered by the superiority of the tank. So I decided to build the Mandalorians a speeder, since I think the one that Lego makes in the set #7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack, is pretty pathetic.
     So, I spent about 30 minutes on it this afternoon, and here it is:

And this is a custom(here meaning that the head and hair are from different sets)Mandalorian minifigure standing next to the vehicle, to give you both scale of size and the minifigure match colors(on the speeder).  

  

I'm sorry, I know the front is blurred up a bit. Well, I just wanted to share that, and let people know that I am still building, even though my collection of bricks not on a model slowly grows smaller.

My New Tank!

     I finished my tank! I think it is pretty good. Here it is:

    
     The front has three areas slide out. The one on the left is a land mine storage area where you can store, well, land mines, complete with shovel. The one in the middle is the cockpit; it obviously controls the tank. And the one on the right is a missile storage area.

     This is the back of the tank, closed.

     It opens, revealing an area with two beds, two chairs across from each other with a table in the middle, and a small are for troop deployment.

This is just a simple view of an open are where there is a gun on each side. It is also an area that can be used to command the tank into battle.

Now this is a final view of the whole thing.

     I think this is a pretty good creation of mine. The hard part was getting the front on the top to angle properly, but I think that in the end it gave it a nice look. My favorite part is the back hatch; it is just so fun to lift it up and down! But all of the front functions are very nice, too, especially the cockpit, which is very well detailed.
     I interviewed my brother on this tank, and let him play around with it for about twenty minutes. He says that it has great features and playability, and he likes the design too.
     And, of course, the color combination. It is one of my favorite parts. I just love the color combination of dark red, dark grey, and light grey.
     Overall, I think that this tank turned out very well, and I hope that this draws you back to read my blog and see more of my creations!

Tanks and Treads........

     I have finally found time to make a blog post, because I have been building feverishly for the past two days. I recently picked up some treads(just a few of you may not know, treads are the things that tanks roll on), so I have been building a tank with those treads. Hopefully I can post some pictures tomorrow.

     So, I am up to one follower. Thanks, first follower! Just wanted to mention that.

     So, today I went to my school that I go to every Thursday, and a friend of mine showed my a robot he is building. He is so good, he depresses me sometimes. He is the builder I hope to be when I get more bricks. I'm around 10,000 bricks; he's around 30,000, so there is an obvious difference there. He is a beast builder and I haven't seen one thing he's built that I haven't admired.

     Here is something that I built recently. It's a small sniper robot in the desert that always sees you before you see it, called Desert Sniper Drone. I like some of the added details like the scorpion and the weeds(those are some of my favorite pieces). I hope you like it.

     I hope you enjoyed this post!

New Lego Store!!!!!

     I have really good news for anyone who lives in Tennessee!!! Lego is putting a Lego store in Opry Mills, which is opening in Spring 2012!!! I am very excited!!! The nearest Lego store(from Nashville)is around 250 miles away, so this is a pretty big deal for me. I have only been to a Lego store once, which is the one in Chandler, Arizona. I was there on summer vacation.

     Well, I have good news to all of you who care about what I build. I am starting on a new project, a train, which will have Power Functions and run on Lego train tracks. I have no trains or tracks, so this will a step out for me. But hopefully it will be done soon(but probably not). I am not going to reveal the color combinations, so no one can take my idea, which, sadly, has happened to other people before. But once it is built, people will know if other people are stealing the idea from me. Now, I don't want to put the idea in people's heads that this is going to be some fantastic creation. I know people who build creations ten times as big as mine, and when you include master model builders, a hundred times bigger. But I hope it will be nice.

     That pretty pretty much ends this blog post. Please take the time to go to the opening of the Opry Mills Lego store next year. Hey, maybe you will get to see me.

In the beginning.........

     Hey! This is a blog I'm starting to give you all a look into my experiences as a builder, and to show off my creations, as well as to give people Lego news and a look into the sets I'm buying.
     One of the things that might interest some people who look at this blog is I will post ALL of my creations on here. The reason this is special is that only 1/5 of my creations survive to make it to MOC Pages, and so you will get to see all of my worst creations, as well as some of my best.
     I'm sorry that my creations are small. I only have about 10,000 bricks, and that is possibly stretching it in numbers. I do hope that you enjoy what I build, no matter how large or small.
     I hope that you enjoy this blog, and remember, keep building!!!