http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com Previews, Reviews, Interviews, and Views from the Planet of the Geeks Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:19:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=135 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=134 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=133 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=132 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=131 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. http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=130 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=129 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=128 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 ... http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=127 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. http://www.PlanetOfTheGeeks.com/?p=126