I'm on a couple different fora (Eurobricks, etc.), but I like http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltdemartinet/ Flickr the best; it's the only one I check daily. What are my current projects? I get temporarily tired with one project quickly, so I have way too many MOCs in WIP form right now, including a microscale pirate fort, a Stanley Steamer, another castle, a large sci-fi diorama, and the not-so-working parts of a mag-lev shuttle. They'll all get done. Eventually.
Link to a real life picture of yourself - http://www.flickr.com/photos/teclis17/4169492064/ Username: Evo Real Name: Daniel García Rodado (Daniel is my name, García is my father surname, and Rodado is my mother surname. Remember, in Spain we have 2 surnames. Regardless of whether we have compound names. Not for me.) Real Occupation: System Operator in a Spanish bank If you remember your first set, which was it? 5550 - Custom Rally Van How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? 17 years... uff. How long have you been building MOCs? 2 years What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I try to change the theme, but I must admit that I really like the theme with which I began: Steampunk. Theme you’d most like to try? Space, Castle. Three most favorite Creations? Victorian Corner - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4162307 Red Army Centinel - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4126718 Heracles (A flying pirate steampunk-thing) - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4126861 Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? HispaLUG (Spain LUG), MOCpages, and.... Flickr? Brickshelf?* What is/are your current project(s)? - Remade a big steampunk diorama. - Big Hangar for Red Army. - Build some vignettes with a larger scale than minifig.
Link to a real life picture of yourself: here. Username: Aaron Real Name: Aaron Dayman Real Occupation: Loitering at a vintage Toy Store If you remember your first set, which was it? Not first but all time fave is 6071 Forestmen River Crossing How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Addicted to the brick for as long as I can remember with a dark age from about 12 to 23. Currently in my 3rd year out of my dark ages. How long have you been building MOCs? Seriously building for going on 3 years. What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Space Theme you’d most like to try? I try em all. Three most favorite Creations? Treeman http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbla_member/3364204311/in/set-72157622554251321/ NBT Ravager http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbla_member/4138564119/in/set-72157622554251321/ Forestman River Crossing Vig http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbla_member/3502803765/in/set-72157622554251321/ Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? Member of VicLUG, Founding member of SLUG, LUGNut, and member of too many flickr Lego groups to mention. What is/are your current project(s)? Putting finishing touches on an attempt to control the action. Neo space project in the early stages of developement.
Real Occupation: Partnered with the master of lighting, Alex Eylar to run Slick Bricks, a custom LEGO decal venture.
If you remember your first set, which was it? It was a basic set and I remember my brother's friend built a house for me out of the pieces. I took it from there.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Over 25 fun years now.
How long have you been building MOCs? I'll refer you to the last question.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I love all of the city/town lines and quite a few of the "character" lines.
Theme you’d most like to try? I'd love to build a crazy mech or an awesome ship but for the life of me, I can't DO IT! I'm going to keep trying though.
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Flickr and MOCpages
What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five: I've got plans for a MOC dedicated to my dad and there's one that I've had on the back burner simply titled "sausage-fest" for a while now.
Pic: Unless someone snapped one of me at BC09, there aren't any online that are much less than 10 years old. Username: Catsy Real Name: Brandon--but it may as well be Catsy; I even show up as that in the GAL on my work's Exchange server. Real Occupation: eCommerce Operations If you remember your first set, which was it? The ubiquitous Galaxy Explorer How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Over 30 years, minus a 15-year dark age in the middle. How long have you been building MOCs? Been out of my DA for almost 5 years. What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Classic Space, Power Miners, Blacktron 1 Theme you’d most like to try? Maybe Agents. Not many of the official themes interest me much. Three most favorite Creations? Avery Hornet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/catsy/sets/72157604712401967/ Colonial Voyager: http://www.flickr.com/photos/catsy/sets/72157606060227971/ XR-7 Rail-Assist Assault Rifle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/catsy/sets/72157617838693000/
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? Flickr (most often), Classic Space Forums (not so much anymore), Brickshelf & MOCPages (abandoned) What is/are your current project(s)? Listed and updated infrequently here: http://www.flickr.com/people/catsy/ My main project right now is the Halo Ringworld http://www.flickr.com/photos/catsy/sets/72157622595680718/, though I'm also kicking around some Power Miners WIPs and working on POC designs for a functioning (but not firing, obviously) bolt action sniper rifle.
If you remember your first set, which was it? Hmm, I don't really remember what it was. But it must have been something from the early townsets i believe...
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since I was 3 years old. I've always been building the sets and as I became 8 I was only into the Technics. Then there was a period of my life when I was 14 until I was 18 when I didn't build at all. And then I discovered Brickshelf and was totally sold! I had never seen such fantastic things. It was so creative and full of fantasy and I never thought the interest of LEGO could be so big, that I was alone with my bricks... So I was back in the game and still going strong.
How long have you been building MOCs? For about 3 years.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Machines, Steam, Robots, Tanks, Vignettes, but also everything that is perfectly- and well-built...
Theme you’d most like to try? The first five mentioned above i suppose...
Username: aleksanderstein Real Name: Aleksander Stein Real Occupation: Student
If you remember your first set, which was it? I really don't remember an exact one, but I do remember a bunch of Town sets from the early 90's.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? I've been building with Lego for as long as I can remember. I've never had a proper Dark Age (thankfully), but there was a sort of grayish one during my teen years.
How long have you been building MOCs? Just about for as long as I've been building with Lego.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I'm a military builder at heart, but besides that I've also got a soft spot for Town creations.
Theme you’d most like to try? There are plenty of things I'd like to try my hand at, but for the time being I would like to try building a steam train.
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? Builders Lounge Brikkelauget the Lego Military group on Flickr Alpha Company (vehicle designer)
If you remember your first set, which was it? Well I had some Duplo, but I don't remember the code, the one I remember well was the 6360.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? I've addicted to the brick almost all my life (I'm 29 now), but I had a dark age between my 14th and 25th years.
How long have you been building MOCs? 3 years.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Pirates, Castle, City and almost everything else...
- How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? As you noticed in the last picture, I played with LEGO at my childhood. I had a dark-ages that started at my teenager years and ended with the first LEGO Star Wars sets appear.
- How long have you been building MOCs? I created my first MOC in 2000. Since then I made MOCs with some regularity.
- What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Steampunk, but I create MOCs in others themes like Castle, Western, City, Space and so on.
- Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? Comunidade 0937 and not regularly in other forums as Eurobricks, LUGNET, LUGBrasil, etc.
- What is/are your current project(s)? I'm creating some important MOCs to my theme/universe: OutroMundo.
Username: marcosbessa - Real Name: Marcos Bessa (quite original, ah?!) - Real Occupation: student at Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto - If you remember your first set, which was it? I truly believe it was 6552. - How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since I was 4, when I asked for the first time to "santa" something I'd like to have (a LEGO set!). - How long have you been building MOCs? Officially MOCs, it's been for little more than a year. - What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Castle, City and Pirates. - Theme you’d most like to try? Hum... Technic...? - Three most favorite Creations? CINEMA - a premiere in town.... Running Up That Hill. Home, Sweet Christmas Home. - Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? Comunidade0937 Eurobricks Classic-castle - What is/are your current project(s)? A quite big Museum (comparing with all my MOCs)with detailed interiors. A vitorian minifig scale house. And some more things for my LUG's bigger and international event: Tomar LEGO(R) Fan Event.
- Username: M3Cc0 - Real Name: Américo Verde - Real Occupation: Computer technician - If you remember your first set, which was it? I think this is the first : 7044 - How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? : 17/18 years including 12/13 years in Dark Age. - How long have you been building MOCs? Since I started again, 5 years. - What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Technic building machines, cars, mech´s. - Theme you’d most like to try? Mech´s - Three most favorite Creations? *you must include a link for me to use * Simple Demon: http://www.flickr.com/photos/americoverde/sets/72157622199074583/ * Unimog: http://www.flickr.com/photos/americoverde/sets/72157622029281465/
- Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Forum0937 Flickr
- What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five Tower Crane Crawler Crane Building machines for a technic layout.
Link to a real life picture of yourself: Be Warned!
Username: Phipson Real Name: Chris Phipson Real Occupation: Police Officer If you remember your first set, which was it? Don't remember the number. Blacktron little robot thingy with pincher arms and wheels for feet. How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Bout... 13 years. I just built sets and didn't even KNOW about mocs until about 18 months ago. How long have you been building MOCs? ummm, 18 months.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Space, town (sorta)
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed 1: Mocpages. (as I do most of my online activities from work, many sites (like Flickr) are blocked sites)
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If you remember your first set, which was it? The farthest back I can remember is an Insectoids Beta Buzzer.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since I was about five years old... so 11 years, though I've only been seriously building for less than a year.
How long have you been building MOCs? As I said before, I've only seriously started building MOCs in about January.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Space, Star Wars mostly, though I do sometimes dabble in other themes like Apocalego and Steampunk.
Theme you’d most like to try? Castle, definitely. As you can tell by my username, I've always liked fantasy.
Three most favorite Creations? *you must include a link for me to use
If you remember your first set, which was it? http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=6854-1 This was my first real kit, but I must've received a box of basic bricks at some point.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? 12 years of building, with the occasional mini Dark Age.
How long have you been building MOCs? I've been building mocs for 12 years, but the quality of my work really started increasing in early spring 2008.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I try not to limit myself to one thing, but I seem to be building a lot of castle/pirate vignettes and landscapes.
Theme you’d most like to try? I'd really like to get into mindstorms and technic
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? I'm a member of COWLUG (Colorado and Wyoming LUG), as well as MOCpages, and the sizable Lego community on Flickr.
Link to a real life picture of yourself Username: Jedimasterwagner Real Name: Matt Real Occupation: Med student If you remember your first set, which was it? something pirates? How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? since I was 3! How long have you been building MOCs? as an AFOL, about 5 years now What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Town, Castle, Classic Space Theme you’d most like to try? Pirates Three most favorite Creations? *you must include a link for me to use Hangar 0937 Desert Road Trip Sleeping Beauty Castle Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Pretty much just flickr (link in my signature). What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five A virtual model of actual old art deco post office. My first real model since I was little, a miniland scale figure!
Username: SlyOwl Real Name: Barney Main Real Occupation: Student If you remember your first set, which was it? Probably this one, but maybe this one How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since I was 2, with no dark ages, so 14 years. How long have you been building MOCs? I first found the online community back in 2005 (i.e. Brickshelf), but wasn't involved. However, some new techniques filtered into my building style, which was then still designed for play, not looks. My first MOCs for looks, not play, was this, in October 2007, followed by this - I built slowly at the time, but it was a steep learning curve. I think I'm only properly happy with MOCs from the beginning of this year onwards, although not with all of them... What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Castle and Pirate, followed by Fabuland, Steampunk and Space Theme you’d most like to try? Underwater sci-fi - Aquanauts e.t.c. Three most favorite Creations? *you must include a link for me to use Wot's a wock? Tortuga Die Welle: Anarchists vs Fascists Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Eurobricks/Classic-Pirates Classic Castle FLickr What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five Clownzilla Cair Acwellen - Saxon hill fort Gates of Lodestone Auto reloading and firing Black Seas Barracuda
Joined: Jul 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 2,426 Location: San Francisco, CA
Cole Blaq « Result #19 on Jun 25, 2009, 3:27pm »
Username: Cole Blaq
Real Name: Aran J.-Hudson
Real Occupation: Student of art history
If you remember your first set, which was it? No, I don't remember, that's too long ago, I can just remember that I loved to play with classic space and everything else. My first Legos were a pile of standard bricks, I think they were even used, so no set;-)
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? In my childhood I was totally addicted until about 12, then I sold everything and got into my dark ages. Now blaq'd by my dark ages I reconnected to my childhood in the event of the arrival of my son. And that addiction started one and a half years ago...
How long have you been building MOCs? I only know the term MOCs for one and a half years now...since then I am MOCing. In my childhood I only built own stuff.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Original Lego themes: Star Wars by parts, but the opposite by price (Way too expensive!) Exo-Force is quite cool and I also like the creator sets.
My personal favorite theme would be sci-fi in general, but more developed like proper (directing / state of the art) conceptual designs. Most designs from TLC are too chubby IMHO.
Theme you’d most like to try? Up to now I tried everything I had in my mind, last was the Lego Graffiti stuff I had in mind since I restarted to do the Lego thing. Hmmm, I would like to try my hands on some figure sculpturing.
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Flickr and others but one cannot dance at all weddings (German proverb), I hope the meaning is obvious...
What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five - Lego Graffiti - A concept car - A fantasy sculpture - you'll see the others soon enough...
Joined: Jul 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 2,426 Location: San Francisco, CA
Crimson Wolf « Result #20 on Jun 25, 2009, 2:36pm »
Username: Crimson Wolf Real Name: Kevin Fedde Real Occupation: Student If you remember your first set, which was it? Some sort of helicopter. How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since before I was born. Literally. My dad was a big Lego fan, and I got all his Lego. How long have you been building MOCs? What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Apocalyptic, Castle Theme you’d most like to try? Fabuland Three most favorite Creations? Dragon Temple: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimson_wolf/2849018309/ Desert Haven: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimson_wolf/3232359450/ Castle Caraval: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crimson_wolf/3349903194/
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? COWLug (Colorado Wyoming Lug), Flickr, MOCpages, *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed What is/are your current project(s)? Apocalego New City, Some sort of space ship.
ME: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoyvinmayvin/3223199567. Username: Profound Whatever Real Name: Alex Eylar Real Occupation: Student at UC Santa Cruz If you remember your first set, which was it? 6990 Monorail Transport System; lost it in the Oakland Fire. How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? Since I was 3, with a Dark Age from about age 14 to 18. How long have you been building MOCs? Youthful oblivious building through the early teens, serious oblivious building starting in early 2008. What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I guess it would fall under "Town," but just barely. Theme you’d most like to try? Always been interested in Castle; I'll get to it eventually. Three most favorite Creations? One Stormy Night in October http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/78531 because it ended up looking like a scene from a movie I'd stand in line to see. Colorado Springs, 1899 http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/76513 because I love the color scheme and the details. Arkham Asylum http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/67680 because I have a comic book villain fascination. Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? MOCpages and Flickr, that's about it. What is/are your current project(s)? Bringing Spongebob Squarepants into classic literature, and rounding out Dante's Inferno with the last six rings of purgatory.
If you remember your first set, which was it? There were two I remember from childhood but they were so old I couldn’t find links to them. One was a construction set that had a conveyor belt and a crane on a track…the other was the first Lego Lunar Lander…I’m not talking the one from 2003, I mean the old school precursor to classic space. Both were too hard for me so my dad had to build them for me.
How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? I had Lego as a kid but went through a Dark Ages right around the time I turned 13 or so and my dad suggested I should put away the toys and do sports or chase girls or something. During my Dark Ages I still enjoyed looking at Lego but kept my shameful Lego secret hidden like a trunk full of girlie magazines. But then I came out of the “Lego closet” in my early 30’s when I was surfing the net and discovered an entire network of very talented adult builders.
How long have you been building MOCs? Very actively for about 5 or 6 years.
What is/are your preferred theme(s)? Its sort of my own theme but its best described as Model Team. I build lots of larger scale classic cars, trucks and bikes…everything from hot rods to jumping lowriders to classic kustoms to nostalgic dragsters. I’m also spearheading a new Battle Bugs theme for Brickcon and I occasionally build UCS scale spaceships.
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? *please prioritize if you have a preference which ones get listed Flickr and brick shelf http://www.flickr.com/photos/12622904@N03/
What is/are your current project(s)? *please list no more than five LUGNuts constantly keeps me busy building new cars every month and I’m also working on some new Battle Bugs for Brickcon’09. My UCS scale Star Wars spaceships have been very popular so I have another one in planning phase.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tadashistate/3630495537/ Username: tadashistate Real Name: Kahan Dare Real Occupation: IB Student If you remember your first set, which was it? I don't remember what my first set was but the first set I can remember was the Mystic Mountain Time Lab How long have you been addicted to the brick (including a Dark Age if you’ve had one)? I've been building for roughly 12 years with minor breaks. How long have you been building MOCs? I've only recently been building serious MOCs. I started posting in the online community after finding BL in 2008. What is/are your preferred theme(s)? I don't really have one, I have phases where I like to build microscale ships and other times I build post apoc inspired MOCs. I'm always trying something new so I can draw on all sorts of areas for inspiration. Theme you’d most like to try? I really want to get into building some nice castles in the future. Three most favorite Creations? Anarchy in the Street Kralek To Wake From a Dream Into a Nightmare Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? flickr
How Long Have You Been Addicted to the Brick? 11 Years and no dark ages luckily.
How Long Have You Been Building MOCs? When I got some of my first sets. They weren't the greatest, but they were MOCs all the same. I joined the online community in late 2007 though.
Favorite Themes/Themes I Want To Try: My personal favorite themes currently are Pirates and Castle along with Landscape designs. I want to try any of the themes I haven't gotten a chance to try. I like to build what people are interested. When TDK came out I know I built a BatPod. I like to almost build current events, movies, TV, LEGO Themes, etc.
Three Most Favorite MOCs: Hmm... Stranded - A Young Man's Journal - http://mocpages.com/moc.php/69949 Possibly because it is one of the largest MOCs I have ever built, but it also has a great water effect, cliff face, and waterfall.
Lonesomely - http://mocpages.com/moc.php/75448 I really like some of the SNOT technique used, but the photography irks me because it is a little overexposed.
BatPod - http://mocpages.com/moc.php/72947 For some reason I just love the design of it and I had great photography when I finished it.
Which online or IRL LEGO groups / sites do you participate in? I started with BrickFilms.com, but later moved to BricksInMotion.com and now Classic-Pirates, EuroBricks, FlickR, BrickShelf, MOCPages.
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