Building a brighter tomorrow with LEGO® bricks
Here’s another old post from my old site.
This scout craft visits asteroids and takes samples for analysis, so that if it should prove suitable, mining craft can come and extract minerals from them. Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or click on an individual photo. Or, you can view a slideshow of the photos. |
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Brickshelf.com owner Kevin Loch finally posted about the whole shutdown controversy. It seems that he has had enough people offering to donate that the shutdown of Brickshelf is, for now, not iminent. Still, I think it’s pretty clear that moving one’s pictures to a more stable place like Flickr or MOCpages (which has introduced a new feature of hosting images, in response to the Brickshelf shutdown), is a good idea.
For my part, I have all my Brickshelf photos on Flickr already, but I won’t be posting anything new on Brickshelf from now on. I might start using MOCpages though, as a lot of people tend to browse there for models apparently. What do you think is the right way to proceed? Post a comment and share your thoughts.[tags]lego,brickshelf,image hosting[/tags]
This model is dedicated to the memory of my father, Robert H. Ward, who flew the PB4Y-2 on flare-dropping missions during the Korean War in the early 1950’s. He passed away on November 9, 2001. I built it in the fall of 2001. He never got to see it, but it was on display at his memorial service.
I brought this model to the October 2001 and January 2002 BayLUG meetings. I took pictures from those meetings, which can be seen on my site. Also, the the BayLUG website features pictures taken by others (October 2001 and January 2002) Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or click on an individual photo. Or, you can view a slideshow of the photos. |
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Another repost from my old site…
BayLUG meeting pictures from October, 2001 Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or click on an individual photo. Or, you can view a slideshow of the photos. |
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Another repost from 2001.
Models built for display in my front window for Halloween. Click the big picture to go to the set page on Flickr, or click on an individual photo. Or, you can view a slideshow of the photos. |
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These were some of the first LEGO models I made as an adult, which I first posted on my old site in 2001.
These little guys are miniature robots or mecha, made as an experiment in getting new uses from some rather specialized parts.
This was the first LEGO model I ever posted about online, on my old personal blog.
Unlike the rest of my models, this was not built using my own LEGO collection. During a trip to Germany in August 2001, I visited with some German LEGO fans at the home of Holger “HoMa” Matthes in Mönchengladbach, and we built some accessories for their train layout. I built this pedestrian bridge.
Continue reading “September 25, 2001: Pedestrian Bridge”
Brickshelf has returned, but with a prominent notice saying “Notice: Brickshelf will be shutting down on 2007/07/31. Please save your files to your computer.”
I copied all my LEGO photos to Flickr some time ago, plus I kept copies on my hard drive, so I think I’m OK for now – though I will take this opportunity to find out. I suggest everyone take advantage of this opportunity to make backups if you need to![tags]lego,image hosting,brickshelf[/tags]
For many years, brickshelf.com has been the primary image hosting site for the LEGO community. But sadly, if you visit it today, you get nothing but this cryptic message:
“Brickshelf has discontinued operation. We apologize for any inconvenience.”
Now I’m sure it must have been a very expensive site to operate, but its sudden disappearance has been a really traumatic experience for many LEGO fans.
Read more about it on LUGNET.[tags]lego,image hosting,brickshelf[/tags]