SoldierHawk wrote:

It's never a good idea to look for legos in a tub, it'll take you FOREVER. I usually just scattered them all over the floor and would routinely sort by color if I was having a very hard time.

One of the worst things that can happen is trying to build something with a piece that is in use for another custom you built, but you don't remember using it before and you spend half a fucking hour looking for it, before you start sorting through your creations.

I hate the new Lego heads. It mostly started in 1996, but nowadays it's almost impossible to find someone that has a simple smile and maybe a few different characteristics. That's one of the reasons I stopped collecting to begin with was because of all the goofy expressions these guys were making. Legoland is supposed to be a happy place.

Also I designed an 8 Bit Mega Man out of legos the other day using Lego Digital Designer (downloadable). It came out looking fantastic and I might upload pics later. I thought about buying the pieces to make him, however it'll cost me around $40.

Black Zarak wrote:

I like the addition of the Oust, Parliament cigarettes and popcorn bag. You should put a cig in the robot hand (drill)...to make him look cool.

I decided I might as well upload my Lego Designs that I will eventually buy/build. I wanted to keep with an 8-Bit theme, namely Nintendo. And while I wanted to keep with a possible Nintendo theme, I didn't want to go the obvious route and choose direct Nintendo characters ie. Link, Samus, Mario, Pit.

It was a given I would need to have Mario, but while deciding on which one to use, it was obvious to keep with my theme, it would have to be SMB3, simply because he had an outline, like the other three characters I chose. I couldn't find a good picture of what I wanted, as many SMB3 pictures always show him with the Raccoon suit or something, and while I wanted to have his look from SMB3, I wanted it to represent the Mario games as a whole. Also I didn't want him to stand there, so I finally found a picture of Racoon Mario jumping and I edited it to just be Super Mario. To add to the effect I put a few blocks to have him slightly air born.

Megaman was actually the first one I decided to do and was quite possibly the hardest and biggest. Originally I wanted to have the basic standing design, however once I was done, I was unsatisfied. I went back and worked it so that the arm cannon was shooting.

I also wanted Simon from Castlevania, simply because he was different looking than the other cartoony people I had in mind. I had little problem finding a picture and overall the easiest to build.

For the 4th person, I was not sure (and still kind of on the fence). Originally, I was going to do the Giggling Dog from Duck Hunt, but he ended up turning out to be too big, so I decided on Bub from Bubble Bobble. I think it helps because he's not humanistic like the others and has more of a stubby look.



Piece by piece, this will cost me around $125 altogether, so I might wait a little bit before I go about buying them.

I might also add a 5th person, however I don't know who would work. Like I said before, I would like to cover a variety of people (protagonists) while trying to not cover any of the same areas (Capcom, Konami, Nintendo and Taito). I don't want to do anyone is too far unknown. Any suggestions?

I was thinking about doing Ryan from River City Ransom as well as Simea from Crystallis, however I believe they were both one off characters and not sure how recognizable the latter would be to most people.