Designing a microphone stand..

Trying to design a microphone stand. Didn't like the ones I came up with but, found one on the web that I just can't find the piece for.

Doesn't look right

A little better.

Not from this side.

This looks great, but what's the hand sticking into?

Sneak peak of my next MOC!

I never got to blogging yesterday. We received a custom order today from Brick Forge. I will post a custom haul video on our You Tube. To keep the MOC fans happy I will be showing this MOC from the early stages on. I'm giving myself a deadline of one month from today to try to have this built. I don't know if I can make that deadline, but this one will take a lot less than 6 months.

Our next MOC will be a bar.

I guess me and the fam got a gig at this place!

This will be a pool table.

It will be tuff from this angle who shot first?

Only one beer on tap, but plenty of spirits thanks to Brick Forge.

Sweet rifle from Brick Forge.

LEGO Violin!? Awesome!

Custom Test Tube!

Where to start?

Now that we have all this room, so there many things to do and so many place to start. One thing I have to do is move the whole Jam Factory on to the plates it was designed to rest on.( That I never bought, because I was busy buying Jam Factory Parts!)  That should be some task. The main reasons for this is that I need the plates underneath the Jam Factory to rebuild other sets. So not being able to rebuild sets Riley and I have reorganized our Mini-Figs. This is something we have wanted to do for a while!

What a mess!

A lot more organized!

Close up!

Old Figs!

Riley customized some!

Now I have to build selves to display these!

The NEW LEGO table is done!

I can't believe how quick it was to make this table. The preparation from this table took way longer! First I had to come up with a design, then buy the parts, then talk to someone who knows what they are talking about, then change the design. The good news is that it's done and we have space, the bad news is what to do with that space. I will be making a video tutorial on how I made this.

The new LEGO room!

We have an empty table there to the left.

Due to the Jam Factory massiveness there is already talk of a second table.

Underneath constructed well!

Good news and Bad News!

The good news is that I got the lumber for the LEGO table! The bad news is that they don't make any cuts at this lumber yard, therefore I have to learn to cut these. Shouldn't be a big issue, Caitlyn if you are reading this ask your dad if I can borrow a saw, and maybe some clamps please!

Think of how many Jam Factory's could fit on this!

 Hope to get some work done tomorrow, we will see how far we get!

Not your normal LEGO Haul...

Didn't blog yesterday, a lot going on right now. My day was still filled with LEGO, mostly gaming. The Minifigure game and LEGO Star Wars. Riley's favorites! We got away from gaming today and did a little building! Also went to Lowes to get some LEGO table parts, I just need a little glue and the lumber. I was going to buy the lumber from Lowes, but they didn't have the right size and the other piece I need was warped. So I decided to go to the lumber yard tomorrow. Here is what I picked up from Lowes...

This isn't LEGO at all, hopefully it will fit like LEGO.

Cleaning the new LEGO Room

I spent most of the day cleaning what will be the new LEGO Room!! Which we are all pumped for! MaMa will appreciate us being out of the way and Riley and I will love to have more space! Buying the supplies for the table have been put off til Thursday, but everything is still moving along nicely.

Excuse me, is that a Jam Factory on your refrigerator?

LEGO Tutorial - Office Water Cooler

Some photos of the Jam Facctory...From the beginning!

 We started building two more MOC's, even though I should be worried about building the LEGO table. Which I am actually, but I decided to skip the weekend lines and wait for Tuesday and then go to Lowes. So we did some minor building, when we were done and I looked how sloppy everything looked. I remember when the Jam Factory looked that bad, and here is the proof...

This was taken on 6/17/2014. We need walls!

Gift shop.

Research and development, that changed a lot!

Wash station also changed!!!

This stayed the same, bricks just changed color.

The conveyor belt was the first thing constructed.

Designing  the crusher.

The first pillar that will encase the windows.

Janet's Jam Factory is now on mocpages.

I posted the Jam Factory to mocpages. I put a ton of pictures up with some pretty funny captions. You can check that out here. Thanks for the support!

So what's next?

     So I accomplished a goal set a while ago to complete a huge MOC that would impress people. Although it has only been on You Tube for 18 hrs. or so, the responses have been amazing! So many kind words already, from strangers to people who are close to me. It feels great!!! BUT can't stop now! I real enjoy making these MOCs, plus ideas race thru my head constantly! New ideas for MOCs, to name a few that I will be doing next, Pizza Shop, Old run down Bar, Diner, Skate Park, Grocery Store, and the real big one I want to do is High Rise Condominiums!

Like a painter sees a blank sheet of paper, an empty LEGO table waits for another creation.

     Truth is what's really next is hitting up Lowes and trying to build a huge 4x8 LEGO table. Big MOCs require room, plus this will lead to a creation of a LEGO City. Time to start tying the MOCs together. Building a table will be a great challenge, but I do have an instruction manual. lol A great and easy design for a train table, but could easily be used for LEGO. This will stink a little since there will be no building til I complete the table, I will take the time to save money so I can aggressively build my next MOC. I want to build a detailed mid size one in less that a month from start to finish.  Thanks for everyone who has encouraged me, and thanks for watching!!!

Finally we present the our BIG MOC - Janet's Jam Factory!

Video Shoot!

Today we shot the video for our custom MOC unveiling on You Tube. I was a little stressed to make sure I did eveything that I wanted to. Over all, it was a real fun experience! Thanks to MaMa for helping me carry the MOC downstairs, it's built well! It stayed together with ease. I have now spent all day shooting and editing the video, but it's now done. The next process is the "producing step", it's all done by the computer, which I wont be able to use it. The video is about 20 mins long so this will take time, maybe up to 12 hrs! So that is why I'm posting now! Here are a few picture from the video shoot....

Here it is, the last time I will tease you with a pic like this!

Riley having fun!

I am too, don't mind the Mowhawk!

DONE

Finally done with the big MOC! Mark at BuddysBricks didn't make me wait til Tuesday. The order came this morning, so I got to finish the MOC before we went sledding. Now all that is left is to shoot the video, which will be done tomorrow. Here are some pics from the order....

I almost forgot the yellow parts to complete the tow motor.

You will see this guy again in March.

Fishing guy!

These are the parts that complete the building!

Riley wanted her and she was reasonably priced!

Thanks again to Mark for not making me wait.

And then there was one....

Only 8 medium lavender bricks and 2 trans neon green round bricks stand our my way of being done with this MOC. Those should arrive no later than Tuesday, and hopefully film the video on Wednesday. It has felt finished for over a week now, I have already shifted my spare thoughts towards what I want to build next and what I want to accomplish next year. I am going to try to make smaller MOCs, but I love buildings and those tend to be bigger. I can't wait to put a video of this online to start receiving feedback from the LEGO community! Here is the second to last order...

Some green to cover an old, ugly, grey baseplate!

Back in September I made a post "hopefully last of the grey parts." This is officially the last of the grey parts!

All of this tile was used quickly!

Another buy for Riley, she's building an army of little kids! lol

Waiting for only 2 orders....

I was hoping to be done with the MOC already. I ordered the parts a little late, which is my fault not the shippers. I was so excited for one order I forgot to take any pictures. I did take a picture of this one.

One garage piece and 2 grey bricks is all I needed, the rest is for Riley.

LEGO Ideas Review - Research Institute - Set 21110 - 2014

We bought some series 13 Mini Figs!

And then there was 5...

5 Brick Link orders to be exact. To finish this big project I had to place smaller orders so I could get more "hard to find bricks" and some other general stuff I needed. One example is that I forgot TP in the bathrooms, it's all in the details. Well now there is only 4 orders left, because this came in the mail today.
 Thanks to Bricking All The Way for the fast shipping.

Only needed one gear and one hose, but I always like to buy extra.

Speaking of extra, pick up this guy for the cool hood!