[unofficial weekender] T-2

[limburger 22683xp 0]

too bad that my parents decided to do so …
I’m not sure how much LEGO I ever had.
Definitely had some LEGO Technic bits. And I think I had one of those early battery operated trains.
Not sure what happened to all of that stuff, but I guess it’s either in a landfill or some other untraceable location.

It sucks when you know that it could have been fun to have.

[zoidpinhead 13098xp 1]

When I first started teaching I used Lego RCX 1.0 programmable bricks with my 16+ ICT (Information and Communication Technology) learners.  I designed a course they had to get a robot to navigate.  We set it up as a long track with all of the tables in the room placed together and the robot had to get from one end to the other without human assistance.  Along the track they had to do things like negotiate a maze by using their touch sensors, follow a black line across the white tabletops from one end to the other using the light sensor, and collect a Subbuteo football and “dribble” past two defenders to score a goal.  The lads thought it was great fun and they learned to design and program a robot in the bargain.

Pity the clankers took over doing that stuff.  IT can be good fun.

[sundancer 45015xp 1]

The LEGo robot stuff was great but horribly expensive even in LEGO standard. Never had the chance to dabble in them :S

[limburger 22683xp 1]

LEGO itself has never been ‘cheap’ … and looking at the cost of the average set I’m not sure if it was meant for the kind of little kids we were.

[grantinvanman 10551xp 1]

It was always a Christmas/birthday type thing in my house. And competed with Kenner Star Wars.

[grantinvanman 10551xp 2]

I was at the Lego Store in London recently. They had a full size Aston Martin DB5!

[limburger 22683xp 1]

it’s a 3D print … I can see print lines 😉

[sundancer 45015xp 2]

Press the eject button!

[zoidpinhead 13098xp 2]

I’ve been doing a bit of development work for Weave of War, the company that makes the real textile cloaks for miniatures.  They have just released one of the products I was working on so I’ve started a project here to show some of what I’m doing.  There are some very exciting products in the pipeline but no spoilers until they release them.  Here are some of the new hooded cowls and soon to be released hooded cloaks:

 

[sundancer 45015xp 2]

Putting the “toy” back into toy soldiers? XD

[jeffersonpowers 679xp 3]

Pledge for the week is to finish projects, especially ones that are taking up more space still in their boxes than they will once they’re assembled and painted (I’m looking at you, MCP).

With the end of the year approaching, my finished model count is quite a bit lower than it was last year, but I did lose two months to buying a new home and moving, so I’ll cut myself a little slack. Still, I only need to complete 65 more models to match what I painted in 2025, so that’s a provisional year-end goal.

I’m an adult with no children or nearby relatives, so Christmas has a fairly minimal impact on my life other than work slowing down quite a bit, which should mean more time for painting…

[limburger 22683xp 0]

finishing projects ?
is that a thing ?
I’m forever starting new ones …

[grantinvanman 10551xp 0]

This is how my day went. Lady hit me at ~65kmh, no attempt to brake.

[pagan8th 15394xp 1]

I’m confident you were not thinking ‘lady’ at the time.

Hope you weren’t dented too.

[sundancer 45015xp 1]

Yiekes. You’re all right mate? Hope she’s got insurance.

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