Robot Claw – Page 398 – “Life In The So-Called Space Age”

The Mystery Box

February 17, 2015

While pottering around recently, I found this:

Here’s a detail of the sticker:

‘Star Wars Poster Box’? $55? What is this thing? I can only very vaguely recall buying it. I think it was at the closing down sale of a bookstore, and I think it was deeply discounted (to $10 or something like that).

But I never, ever opened it. It was still factory sealed, and had been that way for about 15 years. Until today. Here’s what was inside:

Holy cripes so shiny! Such a pretty, pretty silvery metallic box. I swooned a little 🙂

Here’s the back:

So it’s a lithograph collection of Doug Chiangs concept art from The Phantom Menace. Looks pretty. However I still haven’t really opened it, since the beautiful silver box is itself shrinkwrapped.

Tell me readers, should I continue opening…?

Exosuit

February 8, 2015

Bernard got me this for Christmas:

It’s a ‘designer series’ Lego kit, which means it was designed by a fan and made by Lego after it won an Internet vote. I’d never heard of it, so it was quite a surprise. Look at the design!

Lots of small pieces boded well for complexity, and the manual is very professional. Everything about this ‘amateur’ kit suggests the opposite!

That said, the first step of the instructions is the easiest step I’ve ever seen in a kit:

Assembly was simple, and the final product looks amazing:

It’s detailed and extremely poseable:

It’s also (coincidentally?) in approximately 1:144 scale, which means it plays well with most robot kits. Here is Lego spaceman using his Exosuit to fend off a savage attack from Liger Zero:

And yes, I do know Liger Zero isn’t 1:144 scale 😉

A great kit. Thanks Santa Brother!

Snow Day

February 2, 2015

KLS and I rarely keep up with the weather forecast, so we were a bit surprised to hear last night that a blizzard was incoming.

It hit us hard today, and along with the foot+ of snow came incredible cold. Below -15C at its worst!

Both our workplaces closed today, so we just stayed warm inside while the snow came down. But eventually the driveway had to be cleared, so we went out…

Even with four layers on top, two pairs of pants (!) and two pairs of gloves it was still brutal outside. I can’t remember it ever snowing in such temperatures, and since the snow was heavy it took me a while to remove it all.

KLS mostly stayed warm inside!

It’s been a very snowy winter so far, and I don’t doubt we’ve got a lot more to come. I usually enjoy removing it, but I’d prefer it were the temperature a little closer to freezing!