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Back of the box. I couldn’t decide which sound-effect to use, so I just used them all.
My graphic design teachers would be so proud.
So the Lego Design By Me thing is a little pricy — you pay an extra $15-20 over the base parts cost, and that parts cost seems to be the Pick-a-Brick prices, which are already above the average.
But, you get to design your own custom-printed box! That’s pretty cool. You get a custom-printed instruction manual, too.
A little flash platform game called “Life Is Hard”. It’s pretty funny. Click through.
Click through for Avatar: The Metacontextual Edition.
RIPLEY: This place is an extremely hostile jungle environment.
JUGHEAD: But if we can find the huge ape and bring it back to New York, we can call it the eighth wonder of the world and make a fortune on tickets.
RIPLEY: What?
JUGHEAD: Sorry, I got confused, because I have a feeling the next little while is going to be about wandering around a jungle being chased by one ridiculously hostile creature after another. Is there anything in this movie that isn’t derived from other movies?
RED-SHIRT: I keep it straight by remembering that the animals here are way more colourful.
RIPLEY: Who the fuck are you again?
You can’t really tell what’s going on here, because I was trying to take a picture of this guy without looking like I was taking a picture of this guy, while at the same time pulling out into traffic.
This is one of those guys you may have seen, standing on the street corner spinning an arrow-shaped sign around. Except, this particular guy is dressed as the Statue of Liberty.
No matter how stupid you think your job is, it doesn’t beat this guy’s job. This guy has the stupidest job in the world.
![[S] Enter.
That’s right, it’s the video for the end of MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck: Act III. And it’s even more awesome than the one for the end of Act II, if you can believe it.
I hope to god you’ve been reading this comic, because there’s no way I can manage a recap this time. Far too much has happened. Maybe read my recap for Act II, and then read all of Act III? C’mon, it won’t take that long, and it’s totally worth it.
Or I guess you can click this link, and get your summary there, such as it is, crust-dry wiki style and all. But what fun is that? Come on. Read the comic.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw8lycJRvG1qzq7zwo1_250.png)
That’s right, it’s the video for the end of MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck: Act III. And it’s even more awesome than the one for the end of Act II, if you can believe it.
I hope to god you’ve been reading this comic, because there’s no way I can manage a recap this time. Far too much has happened. Maybe read my recap for Act II, and then read all of Act III? C’mon, it won’t take that long, and it’s totally worth it.
Or I guess you can click this link, and get your summary there, such as it is, crust-dry wiki style and all. But what fun is that? Come on. Read the comic.
From, unsurprisingly, XKCD. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy self-reference?
Leeks With Raisins Dressing Serves 4
You will need:
- 50g strawberries
- 5 leeks
- 110g raisins
Instructions:
- put the leeks in the saucepan
- melt the leeks
- sift the raisins
- put the strawberries in the saucepan
- throw it all away
Yum.
WALTER
Nihilists! I am beshrewn. Say what thou wilt
Of fascist tenets, Knave; it seeks to stand
Philosophy and politic, not void.
By the way, if you got the LEGO advent calendar this year, and want the plans for the Battlewalker, here they are:
http://rapidshare.com/files/331452610/adventwalkerprime.lxf
They aren’t precisely accurate — there’s some coloring changes I had to make, and the part of the engine where the antennae are is taller in the plans than in real life, because the Designer software refuses to deal with pieces that aren’t perfectly and gaplessly aligned. But you’ll be able to figure it out I expect.
By the way, if you’re mad enough to want to buy the Spidowalkers from LEGO, download the Digital Designer software I linked below, and then get this file from Rapidshare:
You can then open the design files in the Digital Design software, and hit the button to buy them. There’s three files, one each with just Milo and the Baron, which are about $48 each, and one with both of them for about ten bucks less than buying them separately.
You silly, silly person.
P.S. I totally don’t guarantee that they stand without wobbling, or are at all structurally sound, though I did put a little effort into making them reasonably so.
I downloaded LEGO’s Digital Designer software with an eye toward making a digital representation of the Battlewalker, so I could have assembly instructions in case I wanted to rebuild it at a later date.
Of course, nothing is ever that simple.
This is Milo, mild-mannered ex-postman, who (along with his trusty dog Giblet) is in a race against time to recover the mystical Space Star Diamond Crystals before the evil Baron Clawhammer can get his claws and/or hammers on them.
It is possibly the most exciting LEGO set ever, and is comprised almost entirely of tiny detail pieces, which it turns out are the most expensive LEGO parts. Seriously, this is like a ninety dollar LEGO set — all those transparent bits are a killer. Really, though, can you truly put a price on awesomeness?
