Rick

Thanks for the tips Chistopher. At this pace you could write a book on Lego de-assembly tricks soon. The whole presentation is great too and I like that you only use Lego, also for the removal instruments. For removing tiles from base plates, the 'screw driver' end of a minifig wrench has been suggested as wlel.

Being an investigator doesn't make you an honored soldier automatically, now does it? So your story, Sergeant, and Pvt Yellman's story may in fact both be true. The investigator that contacted Pvt. Yellman, if he indeed is one, is likely going to be protective of his identity and talk to soldiers he can trust to spread his findings, so as to not attract the attention of the deserters. In this light, I find your claim to be an investigator so openly rather suspicious. Furthermore, you said you investigated Pvt. Dan Gale on the first night. What were your motives to investigate this private already on the first night? If I recall correctly, his honorable status was only questioned on the second day. It's a rather big coincidence that you investigated a private on the first night that the regiment only got suspicious of the second day. I don't think we can exclude anyone based on their rank in this regiment. You could even make the claim that the deserters need someone of a higher rank to support their cowardly cause.

Now that's an interesting piece of trivia. I never knew they needed the printing on the front to identify the orientation of the part. I always assumed it was to create some, but not too much friction with the head, and never questioned that assumption. A minifig neck without a neck print is actually more aesthetic than a neck with one of those prints, not to mention that the print rubs off and colors the inside of your minifig heads black. Ironic that people are actually associating it with an inferior product. Seems like every other topic on EB turns either into an ABS quality or an international pricing differences discussion.

Found this folder on Brickshelf. I don't recall these pigtail hair pieces sitting so high on a minifig's head in the 1980s

I don't know if this is truely a 'problem' because this is what a deserter typically would do. Not arouse any suspicion, while we call into question the honorable status of those who speak up and question someone else, which is exactly what happened to Pvt. Gale last night. That... is the real million Francs question.

All four look great next to each other, TheBrickster. And the Fire Brigade and Grand Emporium definitely belong next to each other.

Thanks for all your efforts CopMike. I was just thinking today what a <beep> of a job it must have been to gather and send out prizes to so many winners. I'll be waiting for the mailman

The excellent exterior style was instantly recognizable as an 'Aliencat', Sebastiaan, but the interior is certainly up to par with the exterior.

Funny Izzy. Would have worked even better with a yellow Ron and fleshies for everyone else...

Impressive scene Morten. Next to the shear size of it and the number of minifig, all the greebles on the wall of the Death Star are great. And a cute clone MOC you have on your shoulders there...

I really love the roof technique Svelte. The way you used the army man lily pads ghost buster splatters (or whatever the name of the element may be) as leafs on the tree is great too. Other than that, the whole Spanish style is really well done and instantly recognizable, with the little arched entrance fence being my persona favorite in that respect. And I thought that Svelte made a type when he said 'Wise Rick is wise' in another thread... Confused Rick is confused now.

That only goes for the old type of handle base, which was way too tight. The new type is actually too loose in most situations. But still better than the old type.

I heard the same voice only after my earlier rant. But does the fact that the killer is a private and not an officer still stand? I believe we heard this from out Lieutenant first hand. A round of the camp would have led you to a wounded Lieutenant. I find it strange that you can corroborate a story that would clearly lift any suspicion from you, yet didn't find our lieutenant who may have been bleeding to death. Do you have reason to believe the assailants of the captain in the first night and the lieutenant in the second night are one and the same?

Nice work Erdy. You captured the shape really nicely. I especially like the 'neck' (?) the rounded bit immediately behind the black.

Hmmm, this makes my last post (in the game thread) look kinda silly. But you did confirm 'Private' in the text, so that still stands I guess. With hindsight you would probably be better off using an all black figure like the previous games.

S@H here (Netherlands) is fine, but as Svelte pointed out, S@H in the US seems to be having issues. But, next to S@H packaging, I guess it also makes a great difference how the postal services that handle the package along the way (the local branch of DHL in The Netherlands is pretty bad in terms of delivery service, but they seem to handle packages with a little respect at least ).

First time I really think about it, but Eurobricks has a real Northern Hemisphere bias. Does Siegfried condone this?

It seems like the only pieces of evidence that we have and that we can trust are those coming from our honorable lieutenant, that is, (1) he was attacked by a private and (2) he was stabbed with a sword. Unfortunately, these pieces of evidence are conflicting as only the captain and the provost guards are carrying swords. So either a private stole an officer's sword or one of the officers was disguised as a private. I'd like to hear from the provost guards and the captain whether they are missing their sword or if they have evidence to suggest that their sword was stolen during the night. As to the killer wearing a mustache: we should only go by this information if we know the source of this rumor is trustworthy. So far, there is no specific reason to distrust Pvt. Wilson Gale, but he also has been suspiciously silent on day 1 and - especially - day 2 when his brother was executed. I too find Provost Guard Dalese's immediate backing up of the story suspicious. Looks like someone is trying to confirm us in our - wrong? - suspicions. Besides, claiming the murderer wore a mustache is a nice way to split the regiment approximately in two, thus adding to the confusion. As a mustache wearer, I know I'm probably going to be called in question now, but as half of the regiment is wearing a mustache, I'm probably speaking for more people than just myself. Besides, as you all know, with the bullet wounds to my leg and arm I sustained at Willow's Creek, I'm too slow to go out at night and commit cowardly acts like those of the past two nights. Besides, how hard would it be to appear to be wearing a mustache in the dark of night? (Let alone that the killer could have used the regiment's dress-up supplies )

Indeed, Pvt. Entaine, it must be the deserters who are continuously strengthening us in our suspicions whenever we are questioning an innocent soldier, which has ultimately let us to execute Pvt. Gale. What a cowardly act to attack the highest in command, who - as it now turns out - were only trying to rid our proud regiment of deserting scum.

The balance argument is understandable and I too think you managed to strike a nice balance there. The fan comments are just silly considering it is an AFOL set. I don't think you'll get a representative set of comments on lego.com, because I think - not sure - not many AFOLs actually bother to leave their comments there. Which goes to show again that it's a good thing you come here in person to hear 'our' comments.

What a lovely MOC SlyOwl. And I'm surprised it comes from a blood-and-gore lover like you. The apple core is amazing and the third picture is great. I really like the scale at which you've built the surroundings. Image of Susan Boyle comes to mind. Make it go away...

What about small plates (1 x 1, 1 x 2, 2 x 2) in the middle of a (base) plate?

Eeehm, don't store them in large bins? I keep the larger transparent pieces in my 'MOC collection' seperate from the other pieces in smaller containers. I use pretty flat (about 3 or 4 cm high) small boxes to store these. In that way you don't have to dig, but just can pick out the elements you need.

Haven't seem him in a while. A nice return to the basis of the Lego vignette.

I just love Eurobricks... (CC TT)