Lego Movie Sneak Peek: Castle Siege

Here is the opening scene from my newest project: Castle Siege.

VT Report 3: New Things

This is one of my favorite Jack in the Box commercials.

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Lego Unit Profile: The Juggernaut

Designation: Juggernaut Walker Mk. II

Affiliation: Lego Island

Role: Mobile Artillery

Introduced: 2010

Armament: Three 3cm Pillar Cannons

Type: Large Artillery Walker

Speed: 5 fpm (feet per minute)/ 1 ips (inches per second) - Slow

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Background

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The Juggernaut was a result of Project Firestorm. Project Firestorm was a program with the goal of completely redoing Lego Island's military. In previous wars, Lego Island's military focused on making technologically-advanced, fast, hard-hitting vehicles. On the other hand, Project Firestorm's vehicles are slow-moving, highly-armored, and unstoppable.

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After the Scorpion War, it was obvious that something was needed to bombard the enemy from a distance, in order to lessen the casualties in the initial assault. Lego Island scientists went to work on a vehicle that fulfill this need. It was decided that the vehicle would be placed on a walker system in order to allow the vehicle to deploy anywhere on the battlefield. Add three artillery cannons, and you have the Juggernaut, a massive mobile artillery walker.

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Towering at four and a half inches tall with three heavy cannons, adding a compartment for a human driver would overwhelm the mechanical legs supporting it. That was the case with the Juggernaut Mk. I. Thus, the Juggernaut Mk. II is driven by remote control. Because of this, the MCC7, (Mobile Command Center) comes equipped with a Juggernaut control computer.

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Battlefield Specifications

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The Juggernaut is capable of bombarding targets up to six feet away. It can also fire on closer targets but will be less accurate. For all this prowess, it had one Achilles Heel. It could not engage air targets. Fearing that this would render the Juggernaut useless on the battlefield, Lego Island scientists added a mechanism that could switch the Juggernaut's payload from armor piercing rounds to anti-air flak rounds. This doesn't make the Juggernaut completely impervious to air attacks, but it does help.

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The Juggernaut utilizes the Purifier Walker system, captured from the Scorpions after their defeat. The Purifier was the Scorpion Army's towering battle walker. It overcomes the problems of supporting a top-heavy vehicle, by adding stabilizers at the back of the legs. These stabilizers deploy whenever the vehicle is not moving, and help keep the walker from falling over under its own weight. Once this walker system was in Lego Island's hands, Lego Island jumped ahead in the race for the ultimate walker.

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Lego Movie Trailer: The Army Men Movie

Here is something Zachary cooked up. I'm very impressed. He did better on the special effects than I've ever done. Except maybe the lightsabers. :)



And there's more to come!!!

Dagobah!!!

Just to let you know, the title has absolutely nothing to do with this blog entry.

Let me tell you a story.

I was at junior college, waiting for my class to start. But alas, my class did not start for another few hours. So, I decided I would sit in on my sister Alisa's class. It was a music class, so I didn't expect to contribute anything at that particular visit. The teacher began class by laying out what was and wasn't in that class, what you needed to know to stay in the class, ect.

Anyway, I was sitting there, contently listening, when the teacher began to pass out a test to evaluate the students' musical knowledge. When the test came to me, I took one and passed the rest back to the student behind me. I pondered, and thought that I should probably leave the test blank, and hand in it when the time was up.

But then, I thought that if I left it blank, and the teacher saw the blank test, he would ask why I left it blank, and then I would have to admit that I had no business being in that class. So I answered the questions to the best of my ability, hoping the teacher would merely check to see if I had answered the questions but not grade them until that night, like he said he would.

So I got to the first problem. The test said I had to fill in my name. I knew I couldn't write my real name, so I wrote: Phil Morgan-Jorgan. Phil being the first name, and Morgan-Jorgan being the last name. Then I read the first question. It said the name the four notes shown in the picture. So I wrote: flat, sharp, who knows?, and maybe.

The second question was, name the keys displayed in this strand of music. There were four places to put my four answers. So I wrote: Door Key, Car Key, Mailbox Key, & Donkey.

The third question was, something like "describe this scale". It had two spaces for answers, so I wrote: Fish scale & lizard scale.

The fourth question was, something like "name this chord". It had four answers, so I wrote: Diameter, 2 dogs, and a partridge, & in a pear tree.

The last question was, something like "describe this note". So I wrote: Hi mom.

Then I turned over to the next page, which told me to write my name and phone number again. After I filled in them in (both were fake), I had answer a few questions about myself. First it asked if I had any musical experience. It had a "yes" and a "no" for me to circle. So I wrote "maybe" and circled that.

Then it told me to briefly describe my musical background. So I wrote, "La la la la la la." I guess I should've written "Do instruments of torture count?"

After that, I waited until the teacher said to hand in the tests. So I got up, along with a lot of other students, to hand in the test. All the while, under the impression that the teacher would put the tests in a pile, and then grade the tests later that night, like he said he would. But as I walked up there, I saw him look at each test carefully, and then put in a pile. Worry began to set in. And then, right when I was about to give the teacher my test, another student walked up and asked the teacher a question. While the teacher's attention was diverted, I quickly put the test on the pile and calmly walked back to my seat. I was confident the student asking the question would put his test on top of mine, hiding it from view.

As I was calming down from that close call, the teacher got up, and said, "Who's Phil Morgan? Uh, Morgan... Jorgan? Is he here? Has he already left? Does anyone know him?"

Oh boy. Oh boy. This was bad. Very bad. My cheeks blushed as I was certain that I would be caught now. I tried my best to keep a straight face. At this point, Alisa was wondering, "Why hasn't anyone said that they know him?"

The teacher then began to read the test in his mind more carefully. He then chuckled to himself and said to the class, "Wow, look at this. Now, Rachel, here, will witness that I am not lying..." He went to a girl at a front desk and had her look at the test. "See it says, "Door Key, Car Key, Mailbox Key, and Donkey.'" As soon as he said donkey, the entire class began laughing. At first, I tried to keep a straight face. Then I realized that I really wasn't Phil Morgan-Jorgan, I would be laughing too. So I let out the laughter that I was keeping in.

At that point, Alisa realized that I was Phil Morgan-Jorgan. Then the teacher mentioned my answer that read, "Diameter, 2 dogs, and a partridge in a pear tree." Then a few students behind me were saying things like, "Who is this guy?", and "Maybe he's a poet".

The teacher went on to say, "This is really creative. I am keeping this. Whenever I come across things like this, I make it a point to hold on them."

Then a student walked to the front of the class to talk to the teacher. The teacher then showed the student my test and said, "See, at the scale question, it says, 'Lizard scale, fish scale.' Get it? Because lizards and fish have scales?"

After the class (and the teacher) got over that incident, the teacher continued with a few more statements about future classes and then dismissed the class. As soon as I got outside, I whispered to Alisa, "Wait until we are far away from this class."

When we were a sufficient distance away, Alisa said, "I can't believe you actually did that." We talked about it for a few minutes, and then walked to our next class.

And that, is the end my yarn. With the end of this story, you will see a poll at the side of this blog. You can decide for yourself whether this story is true or not. After a few weeks, I will tell you.

Lego Movie: The Galactic Conflict - The Legacy Begins

Here it is. The movie that took me two months to make is finished. Due to the fact that the movie is thirteen minutes long, I have to split it into four parts. Sorry for the inconvenience.

And now... The Lego... Movie, on the small screen. ;)

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Lego Movie: Car Chase

Due to the fact that this video is so large, I have to split it into two parts. I apologize for the inconvenience.


Genius Bros. Productions presents...



Now, here is part 2:



And now, for your amusement and laughter, the audio bloopers!
Warning: may cause intense pain in the stomach and sides... along with a host of other illnesses. :)

Lego Movie: Knights' Duel & The Barbarian Attack

Here are two Lego stop-motion videos me and my faithful assistant made. Enjoy!