As I began to realise that my 'hobby' time is likely to reduce over the next year, and that my inspiration and builds for LoR have been few and far between over the last year I started to think what my plans would be for 2015 (a calendar of LoR LCs and GCs would help with this... just saying)...
You may have things you want to build, ideas you want to try, sets you're looking forward to/saving up for or other lego related stuff.
Here are mine, feel free to share yours.
1. Bring my LoR character to a place where he can easily dip in and out of LCs/GCs (where time allows). I had been trying to write my own story but kept drawing a blank and it made it tricky to interact with the LoR as a whole.
2. Build another 'wizardy' build. My last one was one of my most enjoyable MOCs (
www.flickr.com/photos/andhe/13263797423/) and got quite a positive response, and since Lord Mercat generously gave me a rare red hat (
www.flickr.com/photos/andhe/13943183830/) a new MOC just needs to be built! I've had a number of ideas... it's just finding the time.
3. Tidy my lego space/office. I made a start last year by trying to organise my minifig parts (
www.flickr.com/photos/andhe/15617762289/) but still have a little way to go. A lot of time MOCing is wasted looking for that right piece that I just know is in one of these boxes...
4. Reduce my LEGO collection... I know this sounds drastic, but I have far move than I need, or can use and it's taking up too much space (which links into the tidying part). Anyway stay tuned for a bit of a sale/clear out in the next few months. Half the hassle is sorting it to sell/trade.
5. Spend less on Bricklink. I'm always amazed how I can go on Bricklink for a few specific pieces and end up sinking £20. I'd never go into a shop and spend that amount on a whim, but when it's online it doesn't feel like you're ACTUALLY spending it... (and I quite fancy saving up for the new modular building...)
6. Break the CMF habit. I told myself series 10 was my last, then series 11... I ended up buying a couple of The Simpsons figs 'just to see'... then got a few of the TLM figs because I'd enjoyed the movie... managed to wean myself onto just getting my 'favourites' in series 12 and now feel sucked into series 13. To be honest £2.50 is TOO MUCH for a single mass prodiuced and cheap quality fig.
7. Finish my 'Who will save HawkOwl?' storyline (
www.flickr.com/photos/andhe/15473559681/) for the League of Lego Heroes group. My contest was won by our very own Brick_Ninja! and I'm looking forward to including his winning character 'HammerHand' (
www.flickr.com/photos/110008680@N03/15839094026/) in my storyline. And also the current build has used up all my brick profile bricks so will be nice to get them back...
8. Attend 'STEAM', a lego convention/exhibition in England. I had hoped to go the last two years but other commitments came up. I enjoyed reading a bit of the write up in BLOCKS magazine however (a fairly new British based AFOL magazine).
Think that's it for me.... How about you?