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Lego Keith Hernandez 2009
Published on 19 Apr 2009 at 6:18 pm.
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To complement the posting of Lego 1986 Keith Hernandez, here is a 2009 Keith Hernandez minifig. He has a custom face decal (note reading glasses) and a tiny handpainted American flag pin.
As usual, full-size pictures in my flickr set.
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Lego Keith Hernandez 1986
Published on 25 Mar 2009 at 8:19 am.
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I’ve been working on this one for a while and it’s finally done: Lego Keith Hernandez 1986.
This was my first face decal. Thank you everyone who reviewed the variations. I also did decals for the stripes. I had a hard time getting the colors of the stripes right (because of the color of the […]
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Fame at Last
Published on 27 Jan 2009 at 11:25 pm.
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A big thanks to Red Sox Monster for posting about my Lego creations, as well as Home Run Derby, Yahoo Sports, Deadspin, MetsBlog, and all the others who picked up the story.
Side note: apparently Kevin Youkilis is a Lego fan (or at least his stepson is). I’ll trade him a custom for an autographed something!
Latest Legos
Published on 26 Jan 2009 at 8:22 am.
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I’ve been a slacker about posting my projects lately, so here they are all in one lump:
Kathy is from Maine and she and her mom are Red Sox fans. Her mom requested a Jonathan Papelbon, so here he is. I tried to capture his weird facial expression but it didn’t come out so good.
While […]
Indoor Skydiving
Published on 16 Oct 2008 at 7:41 am.
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I’m in Las Vegas for a conference, so last night I headed over to Flyaway Indoor Skydiving. It was really fun, and you should check it out if you’re in Vegas. You watch a training video, go over safety and hand signals, get your equipment, and then go into the wind tunnel.
One thing I […]
Lego Jason Giambi
Published on 16 Jun 2008 at 8:49 am.
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Ever since I made Lego David Wright, people have been saying “Make some Yankees!”.
Your wish is granted.
Here is Lego Giambi, complete with slump-breaking moustache and thong.
First Light: Celestron NexStar 8 SE
Published on 15 Jun 2008 at 9:08 pm.
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The clouds finally lifted, and last week I got the check out my new NexStar. After setting up the red dot finder, I was ready to go.
Having already entered my latitude and longitude info into the scope’s computer during one of the cloudy nights, alignment was very easy. From my backyard I could see the […]
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Curse of the New Scope
Published on 9 Jun 2008 at 8:56 am.
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I’ve got a brandy-new scope, a Celestron NexStar 8 SE… so of course it has been raining or overcast every night since I bought it last week.
The good news is that I got the scope-to-Starry Night interface working, so once the scope is aligned I can use Starry Night to slew it. I’m really excited […]
Lego David Wright
Published on 12 May 2008 at 8:14 am.
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Here’s David Wright, complete with orange t-shirt and sticking-out tongue. This is the first time I’ve used decals.
Up to now I’ve painted everything by hand, but the pinstripes, logo, numbers, etc were just too detailed so I decided to give decalling a try. I used MicroMark clear inkjet decal paper.
You just print the […]
Lucky Shot
Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 7:13 am.
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Took this from our balcony in Phoenix last week. You can see the moon, Jupiter (top left), Venus and Mercury (bottom right), and Earth. That’s a personal best for most heavenly bodies in one shot!
Click the image for full-size version at flickr.