Lego Lego Blog: The Mixels – Cragstertastic 9 Jul 20147 Jul 2014 A Friday Night Treat We've been acquiring Lego's Mixels as part of our weekly shopping expeditions. At £3 each they feel like good value for money, especially on a Friday…
Blogging… Lego Blog: Gandalf at Dol Guldur 30213 7 May 20147 May 2014 Free(ish) Lego Last year I bent to the will of the tabloid abomination The Daily Mail (land of bigotries of diverse kinds, terrible reporting and a bizarre attitude to cancer), for they…
Blogging… Lego Blog: A Lego Haul 26 Mar 201425 Mar 2014 The Lego Store Journey Last week we did our second major Lego Store pilgrimage. Since I've returned to loving Lego over the last few years my closest friends have gone…
Blogging… Lego Blog: Microscale Castle Building 19 Mar 201419 Mar 2014 Emails and Castles I get nice emails sometimes from Lego-ing people. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy to be part of the Lego community. This time I was sent…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: The Lego Movie Giant Brick Storage Boxes 18 Mar 201420 Nov 2016 Lego Accessories Are Also Lego I believe we should start with full disclosure - I was sent this item to test and review by A Place For Everything, also I…
Assorted Ramblings… The Best Lego Minifigures: Yeti and Gingerbread Man | The Collectionary Blog 11 Mar 2014 re-blogged from The Collectionary Blog where I'm guest blogging about um, Lego...Dangerous ConfessionsI love Lego mini-figures. Absolutely love them. Like most people, I constantly played with Lego when I was a child. With…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Jabba’s Palace Part 3 – The Droid Dungeon 10 Mar 2014 Oh-oh-o, we're in a dungeon now I've been cheerfully modding my Jabba's Palace since I got it some time last year. It was an absurd bargain and totally validated trekking…
Poetry… Shankery – Angry Poetry For Liars 29 Jan 201427 Jan 2014 I suspect there are going to be a number of aggravating aspects to the early part of the year. They will likely be compounded with later, more aggravating factors. In…
Lego Lego Blog: Homemade “Winter Village Toy Shop” 10 Jan 2014 Happy Lego Building Season As I promised a little while ago, I'm finally posting some pictures of my version of Lego's Winter Village Toy Shop . This is what Lego's rather lovely set…
Lego Lego Blog: Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013 3 Jan 20142 Jan 2014 I Think I Must Have Been Good There was never going to be enough time to build stuff before Christmas, so I've been making use of my holiday time instead.…
Blogging… Lego Blog: Merry Christmas Scene 25 Dec 201325 Dec 2013 Merry Christmas One And AllMay your bricks be festive and come in nicely wrapped boxes. Here are a few shots of the Christmas scene we put together (rather hastily) in…
Lego Lego Blog: Brick-a-brac 19 Dec 201318 Dec 2013 The Lego Store Adventures One of the very best things about the Lego Store trip we took a couple of weeks ago was the rumoured pick-a-brick wall of joy and…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Rummaging In The Body Bank 12 Dec 201311 Dec 2013 Pre-Christmas Brick Jaunting A bunch of us took a day off work so we could go on pilgrimage to the Lego Store at Meadowhall (near Sheffield - the source of…
Poetry… Shankling – Combustible Verse of Hatred 19 Nov 201317 Nov 2013 I am frequently filled with emotions I don't know what to do with. Counselling helped somewhat, sorting out the feelings that are relevant and appropriate versus those that arise from…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Making Stuff and Finding It Strange 9 Nov 2013 A Highway Into The Mind There are lots of supposed indicators of what's really going in people's heads, I'm thinking of 'Freudian slips' as well as complete nonsense like astrology…
Poetry… Shankchism – The Gash of Angry Poetry 10 Oct 20136 Oct 2013 Life seems to be brimming with an excess of stresses at present. Partly it's just so damned busy, which sure is a good thing - it's nice to have stuff…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Jabba’s Palace Part 2 12 Sep 201312 Sep 2013 Jabba's Palace, Special Revision The recent Lego Star Wars set for the palace is lovely, but it's small. I'm glad I didn't pay full whack for it (thank you ASDA)…
Poetry… Shankania – The Nation State of Angry Poetry 3 Sep 20131 Sep 2013 I've been quite calm of late, it must be the drugs. Those savage spikes of rage are troubling others less at the moment. How nice for them. Not to worry,…
Blogging… Lego Blog: Pigs Vs Cows 28 Aug 201327 Aug 2013 Kickstarter - Pigs Vs Cows I've only recently participated in Kickstarter and IndieGogo. I'd heard of it, largely because of a few friends who seemingly back every conceivable role-playing card…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Jabba’s Palace 21 Aug 201321 Aug 2013 It's Been In A Cupboard For Six Months I bought the Lego Jabba's Palace set as part of a general Lego obsessive spree about 6 months ago. It has been…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Birthday Minifigure Gallery 14 Aug 201313 Aug 2013 Birthday Lego! Of the many cool things I received on my birthday from kind friends and family were these marvellous custom mixed up minifigures from my darling other half. I…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Demolition 7 Aug 20136 Aug 2013 To Create, First We Must Destroy That's the situation I'm in. I have but one shelf to fill with Lego goodness, so to build something new I have to demolish…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Steampunk Squad 1 Aug 20131 Aug 2013 Steamy Steamy Punk Steampunk still delights me in all of its variations in literature, toy and film forms. It still has a way to go in film I think, though Sky…
Poetry… Shankistine – Pure Poetry Rage 30 Jul 201328 Jul 2013 Once more unto the scream dear friends once more. There is unceasing cause for anger I'm afraid. I'm almost certain it's not just me - the whole world seems filled…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Galaxy Squad Love (70707) 17 Jul 201317 Jul 2013 ExoSuit Heaven! I got really excited when I saw the new Lego Galaxy Squad sets advertised. There are lots of lovely clean colours and neon yellow-green alien bug beasties. It's…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: There’s An Ogre At My Castle 10 Jul 201310 Jul 2013 Castle Fun (playing for keeps) Rediscovering my brother's old castle Lego inspired me to tinker about with lovely grey bricks and do some castling myself. Initially it was just a…
Poetry… Shanktart – Toasted Sugar Rage Poetry 9 Jul 20138 Jul 2013 On the good ship burning hot... it's time to smear a little anger on the sweaty hot days of Nottingham's doubtless brief summer. It's other people who wind me up…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Disordered 3 Jul 20132 Jul 2013 Automatic Building Lego continues to hold a magical sway over me, even when I can only use the bricks within arm's reach. Sometimes this happens because I've been enpickulated (trapped…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Lego Memories 28 Jun 20132 Jul 2013 Unearthing Lego I can get terribly excited about excavating old Lego from attics - specifically the one above my old bedroom at my Dad's house. I knew there was a…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: A Little Bit Robot 19 Jun 20132 Jul 2013 Blocks and Bits Now I keep my Lego separated by colour, but there are many many dinky tiny pieces that vanish amongst the vast mass of larger brickery. I need…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Steampunk In Progress 12 Jun 20132 Jul 2013 Steampunk Funk I'm pleased that Lego are bringing out some specific master builder steampunk sets, even though we'll probably never see them on this side of the Atlantic. It feels…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Weird House In The Jungle 5 Jun 20132 Jul 2013 So Yeah, I've Been Doing This For A While My problem is planning. One of my problems is planning. I'm an improviser y'know? So I improvise everything. I like to…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: MiniBot 29 May 20132 Jul 2013 Failure, So Sweet the Sound My over-enthusiastic intention was to bring you glorious images of the house in the weird jungle I've been fiddling with, seemingly forever. I took the…
