at least you tried, the conditions where difficult, who can understand this choice of parts, mysterious.

Not really the best way to choose someone for a job like that. Reminds me of the days when they'd make prospective dental students carve a tooth out of chalk during their interview. I'd say most of us think of what we want to build, then start digging for parts. What you had to do was look at some parts, and builds something. Opposite skills, really. Oh well, such is life.

LOL - at least it was not some kid who only has a 4+ creator bucket to play with!

The guys I consider masterbuilders got KOed too, the contest did not fair well for complex builders. The guy who won is an old guy like me LOL and an unknown to most of us MOCcers locally. So not sure how it will actually play out in the end, or even if he will take the job. We'll see!

Dude, that had to be frustrating being such a renowned builder, yet having no bricks to get the job done! That whole "Old School Block Thing" is so played out, I wish the professional LEGO institutions would take their building to the next level utilizing all of these new and frankly "DOPE" pieces available. I hate to say it, well, maybe I don't, but "SNOT" is the future, Right on for making it through a couple of rounds Chris! Z

Sorry to hear you didn't advanced in the competition. Your builds are great and you are very talented.

I was just reading about that new store. Bummer about the try-outs, although what you came up with looked pretty neat. Good show, Dude!

Sorry to hear it didn't work out for you. I'm sure it was great time though! The whole competition sounds exciting.

Aw, I'm sorry you didn't get the position, it would have totally suited you...

Limited standard bricks are not my style so I knew I was probably not destined for the final round of this comp! Those left in the final field are made of some guys i consider master builders and some wildcards, however the way the competition is structured I fear the best master type builders will not technically win as they cannot use any of their tricks due to very limited brick availability, but i would rather them building there amazing works at the new LDC than some of the other contestants. By this afternoon we'll see if any of my pals are crowned or we get an enthusiastic newbee!

Sorry to hear you got knock out of the comp. YOur builds look pretty cool for sculpture building and limited bricks and time.

hehe, wow, it's tough when you have to play that way. Good response the ducks. I did one of these when I was like 12, ah memories...

Good effort under what looks like tough conditions. The ducks work really nicely.

I really like the duck pond as well, given the limitations. Sorry you didn't make it, man. :(

Atleast you gave your all and had fun with it. But yeah those two seem a bit odd categories from what we've seen of you work. Would be kind of cool to see a quasi Olympic type Lego event. With different categories and whatnot. With some kind of more open brick option type selection. I'm some everyone has their preference as you kind of hinted at. It's something that could probably be done online. Open call to builders. Max xxx amount of legos. No cheat pieces and all legit original pieces. Sky is the limit for theme of piece. Maybe set a limit to # of legos. And timelimit. Like a month or two. And they have to take pics along the way. And can't be something they or someone else has already done. Than let the people vote and pick. Winner gets a little trophy and bragging rights. Maybe a special little icon or avatar or something like that next to their name. Just a thought, just a thought - Misael (your Lego Megs owner)

I can imagine how painful it must be for you building with normal bricks. No cheese slopes, ratchet joints, or ball joints. Still, awesome jobs with those 'normal' pieces.

yeah but ducks or superrobots , I choose super robots! LOL! I couldn't find a ratchet joint in the place!

Sorry to hear you didn't make it to the finals! Atleast you got the chance to build in othe genres for a change!

thx, it was a fun day and I got to meet a lot of fellow AFOLs, suprisingly a lot of them are new to the hobby!

Nice work on the brick-built duck pond! I think it looks great!