About this creation
Here's my first entry for the 2012 MocAthalon. It's for the team "The Expendables" and built for the category of "The Dog Ate my Homework - Heard that one a million times. But, show us YOUR best reason for not having it to hand in. Did it get caught in the garage door opener? Did you get attacked by a bus full of angry penguins? What's your excuse, mister?"
So, Jeremy, do you have your essay?
I had finished it, but I lost it on the way to school.
What's your excuse this time? I hope the flying monkey tacos didn't take it again...
Don't worry, this time I'm telling the truth. It all started as I was skateboarding to school...
I rolled along the sidewalk, essay in hand.
I wasn't really paying attention to my surroundings; it was just a normal day.
My lack of attentiveness cost me as I flipped over an unnoticed object and crashed to the ground.
I got up and examined what I'd hit, it appeared to be a strange archaic lamp of some sort. As I picked it up it began to smoke.
After a moment a strange blue being popped out of the lamp. I dropped it in surprise and hastily stepped back.
"Who are you?" I stammered
"I am an all powerful Genie. I may grant you one wish," the being said.
In shock, I said the first thing that came to mind, "Take me to ancient Rome Genie!" My essay was on Rome, after all. "Then take me back here," I quickly added.
*POOF*
Then in a nanosecond we appeared in Rome. Unfortunately, it was the middle of a gladiatorial arena.
"Er... kid, we might want to run..."
Romans: "Close the gate! Close the gate!"
Romans: "Open the gate! Open the gate!"
Gladiator: "What's this?"
Sadly, I dropped my homework escaping. "Genie, my homework's still out there!"
Genie: "Sorry kid, I have to take you home now." And then I reappeared in modern times.
"And that's why I'm not handing in 'The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire' today."
"Ha, that was almost believable until the end! Maybe if you'd done your homework you'd have learned that the Roman Empire never fell, they managed to avert disaster thanks to a mysterious paper detailing their shortfalls. I expect your report tomorrow."
"What have I done?!?!"
The classroom. Note the doily made of a flower that is under the glass. Also, I included a heater beside the desk and cheese wallpaper.
The street. It's my personal favourite of the three builds in this MOC, and took the longest to make.
The gutter.
Bricks take up a lot of tiles, apparently...
A restaurant.
Another house, this time with a large garden. You can kind of see an old lady watering the flowers through the window. I represented the watering can with an oiling can, but you can't really tell in the photo.
The sewer can be seen in the sides of the MOC.
The interiors.
Either Mister Bones went spelunking or there's one unlucky guy down there.
A room, if you hadn't guessed.
The desk.
A cabinet with mirror doors.
Someone drying their hair. You have to admit, that technique's worth five points alone, right?
The first level has a couch, table, and cat. (Sorry about how over-exposed the cat is, apparently white objects don't show up too well on brown backgrounds.)
The restaurant.
A couple seem none too pleased about receiving a whole uncleaned fish.
I really hope Mr. Phipson hasn't snuck into another MOC here... At least he brought a cool technique with Asajj Ventress's skirt for a poncho.
One of the flower gardens.
The old lady's house with dinner on the table. (She's not much into healthy food.)
The old lady's attic. Like any self-respecting crazy old lady all her money is composed of gold coins and hoarded in crates.
"If ye're just gonna insult me ye can get out!"
A smart car. Pretty much the same design as LEGO's, just with a different colour scheme and some other minor changes.
A truck. (Based solely on my imagination, as is the next vehicle.)
The teacher's car, although you can't really see him in the photos.
The Roman treasure room with a statue of a famous gladiator in the middle.
A wall.
The other wall.
The arena.
And finally the arena without minifigs.
Thanks for stopping by!
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May 19, 2012 |
Quoting Andrew Mayfield
LOL! Great MOC, but... How did the Romans read the essay? XD
Wise translators... ;) |
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May 19, 2012 |
LOL! Great MOC, but... How did the Romans read the essay? XD |
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May 8, 2012 |
amazing! great job! 5/5! |
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April 12, 2012 |
If only you could rate it 100000.... |
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April 10, 2012 |
This is really a great build. Although everything is really good, I will just comment on the living spaces and furniture, which really drew my attention. I loved the desk and wallpaper detailing, which was incredibly creative. This set was super fun to look at. Well done and good luck with your contest. |
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April 10, 2012 |
Great builds and story! The street is great, and there are some lovely touches - the doily is inspired! |
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April 9, 2012 |
The story was an automatic five! |
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April 9, 2012 |
I don't think the kid's homework was exactly "stolen", but the title attracts a good amount of attention to a hilarious story. Great work! ~Ryan |
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March 31, 2012 |
It is always nice to see how many details you put into your MOCs in an unobtrusive way. |
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March 26, 2012 |
Wow, all very nice. I like the minifig legs on the couch. Great job. |
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March 26, 2012 |
Haha! Nicely rendered for a joke vignette. |
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March 24, 2012 |
Very nice! And a nice twist to it all! |
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March 24, 2012 |
Very entertaining! |
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March 24, 2012 |
Quoting Mark Kelso
All that effort paid off - Well Done! Score = 5
Thanks! |
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March 24, 2012 |
Quoting Wes Pitter
Awesome job on this! Hopefully all your contest projects can live up to this high standard! In any case, I enjoyed it very much. Your city scene was great, and the story was good. Keep it up!
Thanks! Hopefully they'll all be like this, although with six days left that might be a stretch... |
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March 24, 2012 |
All that effort paid off - Well Done! Score = 5 |
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March 24, 2012 |
Awesome job on this! Hopefully all your contest projects can live up to this high standard! In any case, I enjoyed it very much. Your city scene was great, and the story was good. Keep it up! |
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March 23, 2012 |
Quoting Mister Bones
Too long, Your score = Tw0.....
KIDDING!!! Your score is a 5 my friend, a 5.
Wow, thanks! (Even if you did give me a heart attack...) |
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March 23, 2012 |
Too long, Your score = Tw0.....
KIDDING!!! Your score is a 5 my friend, a 5. |
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White Knight March 22, 2012 |
Very entertaining !>.....well done |
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March 22, 2012 |
best ending ever. great job dude |
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March 22, 2012 |
I can only imagine how much time and effort this took, great job! |
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March 22, 2012 |
Quoting Kevin J. Walter
Score = 5
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March 22, 2012 |
haha! Must have been a good essay. A+! |
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March 22, 2012 |
LOL! Great take! Yet another lesson learned; just do your homework and be done with it. Now, can we go for ice cream? XD |
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March 22, 2012 |
Quoting Nick Pascale
"WHERE WAS KRYPTON?!"
Ha, I'd like to know that too! |
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March 22, 2012 |
Quoting Heath 'kik36' Flor
Very clever. The smoke from the lamp sealed the deal. Score= 5
Awesome, thanks! |
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March 22, 2012 |
Very clever. The smoke from the lamp sealed the deal. Score= 5 |
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March 22, 2012 |
Enjoyed it from the first picture to the last! As I retired teacher I must admit I never heard that as an excuse for the loss of homework! BUT as a student I may have used it! After all when learning about the planets in 2nd grade I did raise my hand and proudly asked: "WHERE WAS KRYPTON?!" |
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March 22, 2012 |
Awesome work here! The amount of detail you put in is amazing, but too bad you couldn't see more of the interiors during the story. |
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March 22, 2012 |
Quoting Killer Quadrapeds The Undeniably Creative
What a story! Great Vignettes(They kinda are vigs) And scenery!
Er... None of these builds are vignettes. If a MOC is larger than 16x16 and has more than one minifig or event then it's not a vig. Still, thanks for the comment! |
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March 21, 2012 |
Quoting Ian Spacek
Ugh, hate it when that happens. And genies are such suckers for laughs too...hahaha! Clever idea! Have you ever seen the film "Big Fat Liar"? This reminds me of it slightly.
Thanks! I think I have seen the film a while ago, though my recollection's somewhat fuzzy. |
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March 21, 2012 |
What a story! Great Vignettes(They kinda are vigs) And scenery! |
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March 21, 2012 |
Now that is a creative story! At first, I wasn't really impressed with the thumbnail and main picture. But the street was really nice! Love the ingenuity of the altercation of history. Well done!
-LB Senior |
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March 21, 2012 |
Quoting Chris Phipson
The build alone was worth the five points (awesome details!) but I just love how you threw a monkey wrench in the whole space/time continuum! (did I spell that right... who cares, it's a great moc!) 5 points! ~ Chris.
Thanks! |
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March 21, 2012 |
Quoting Blake Baer
Wow. The builds were solid, but I am blown away by the effort you put into this. The story, individual scenes and builds are all very well done. This will probably be the only case that I will do this, but I am giving you credit for the story. Again, the amount of effort that you put in obviously shows. Score: scraping up a 5
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March 21, 2012 |
The build alone was worth the five points (awesome details!) but I just love how you threw a monkey wrench in the whole space/time continuum! (did I spell that right... who cares, it's a great moc!) 5 points! ~ Chris. |
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March 21, 2012 |
Wow. The builds were solid, but I am blown away by the effort you put into this. The story, individual scenes and builds are all very well done. This will probably be the only case that I will do this, but I am giving you credit for the story. Again, the amount of effort that you put in obviously shows. Score: scraping up a 5 |
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March 21, 2012 |
Quoting LEGO Family
This sir, should get all fives !!
Thanks, I hope so! |
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March 21, 2012 |
Quoting Jared .
Haha, very nice twist ending! This deserves 6 or higher, forget 5. Nice! @bouronbrick: I do. After all, I'm taking Latin 3 man, not easy stuff... Virgil, Virgil, Virgil...
Ha, thanks! And it's cool that you're taking Latin, it's a really interesting language that I might try to learn someday.
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March 21, 2012 |
Um...wow! This is a fantastic build! The amount of detail is incredible:) Good luck! |
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March 21, 2012 |
Just awesome. And so many details. The city street is just lovely, and that you actually build all the rooms also is just wonderfull. This sir, should get all fives !! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Ugh, hate it when that happens. And genies are such suckers for laughs too...hahaha! Clever idea! Have you ever seen the film "Big Fat Liar"? This reminds me of it slightly. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Lol, that last bit gave me a laugh. Nice job! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha, very nice twist ending! This deserves 6 or higher, forget 5. Nice!
@bouronbrick: I do. After all, I'm taking Latin 3 man, not easy stuff... Virgil, Virgil, Virgil... |
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March 20, 2012 |
Very funny I hope you win! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Great build its always the romans:D, but why did they steal c 3po's head and put it in the treasure romm I don't think chewy will be happy |
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March 20, 2012 |
Nice but who writes their homework in Latin?After all English wasn't really used back then.Other than that plot hole this was a nice build with great details.~Bourbon |
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March 20, 2012 |
haha! Brilliant! I love the fact that apparently the Roman Empire never fell because they found a paper saying how it would happen! Great imagination there! Well done!
--Blast-- |
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March 20, 2012 |
Very nice, the one thing I don't really like though is the vehicles. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Ha Ha Ha! Very nice job here and clever use of the genius. I like how you worked hard to give "life" to every scene. The quality of your pics really makes it (I wish I could do the same...). Special credit to the arena. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Brilliant build with a ton of detail! Nice work! |
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March 20, 2012 |
I forgot to mention how awesome that hair dryer is! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Alexander Garcia
I love the Roman area.You really did a great job with capturing that ancient look.P.s Where did you get the body for the statue?Alex-cheers
Thanks! The statue's from this set: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7985-1 |
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March 20, 2012 |
:))) really great interpretation, lots of fine details and a funny story, good luck. |
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March 20, 2012 |
This is a really interesting story, with some great builds. Well done! |
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March 20, 2012 |
I love the Roman area.You really did a great job with capturing that ancient look.P.s Where did you get the body for the statue?Alex-cheers |
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March 20, 2012 |
Oh this is epic! So brilliant and very nicely detailed in each of the scenes. A fine build :-) |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha, the paradox is funny, and the builds are excellent. I like the details in the teacher's room. The trash can is clever and the cheese slope wallpaper is nice. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Quad ?????
you could maybe cut down on some of the pictures, like the ones that you already have a good view of during the story. :)
Yeah, it is kind of long. Still, I doubt it will negatively impact the judging, and better safe than sorry. I'll try to cut back on unnecessary pictures in my next entry though! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Quad ?????
Oh, but don't forget that you need to also add our team group link!
Thanks, it has been done! |
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Oh, but don't forget that you need to also add our team group link! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha, love the paradox. Definately worth the extra time. The builds are all excellant, but if I had to suggest something... you could maybe cut down on some of the pictures, like the ones that you already have a good view of during the story. :) |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha a great twist!!
And I love all the detail, its just a shame you didn't include it all in the story. |
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March 20, 2012 |
That was a REALLY funny story, and an even better build! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Most excellent +++! :) |
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March 20, 2012 |
wow this is impressive!! |
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March 20, 2012 |
So much more to the builds than we see in the story. Well done! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Wow lol the story is so funny and amazing builds to!!! keep up the good work!! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha skirt poncho :) GR8 story! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Haha, funny! :) That would be weird if you accidently messed up history like that... |
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March 20, 2012 |
Very cool Luke! Some of your furniture and builds throughout the city scene are fantastic. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Brilliant ending! I laughed for a good minute and a half. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Awesome! Some great sets and details. Well done! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Fritz K
Wow! Good interpretation of how the boy's homework was stolen. Also, a tip, for the overexposed cat you can use a photo editor that you don't even need to download, Picnik. Just click the auto fix button. If I were a judge, this would definitely be a 5!
Thanks for the tip! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Wow! Good interpretation of how the boy's homework was stolen. Also, a tip, for the overexposed cat you can use a photo editor that you don't even need to download, Picnik. Just click the auto fix button. If I were a judge, this would definitely be a 5! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Michael Kringe
Excellent MOC! You put a lot of effort and details in it!
Thanks, hopefully the judges agree! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Excellent MOC! You put a lot of effort and details in it! |
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March 20, 2012 |
Love the ending twist. |
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March 20, 2012 |
Quoting Deus Otiosus
This guy had to fail like 30 times, since he looks like he was in his 40s.
Yeah, the lines do make him look older. I'm thinking he's more late highschool to early college age and just has prominent cheekbones. |
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March 20, 2012 |
This guy had to fail like 30 times, since he looks like he was in his 40s. |
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