I built this one some time ago. My wife makes fun of me a little when I build some of this stuff. Not because I’m building (playing) with Lego, but that I come up with a whole back story. I find though, that the MOCs I create that have a back story, usually come out best. As is evident that when Nick came to visit and saw this sitting on the table waiting to be photographed, he kept picking it up and playing with it, saying, this is cool!.
The Scorpian (misspelling intentional) is used as a deep-space heavy scout. What it lacks in size, it gains in venom if you will. Carrying two conventional tipped weapons (up top), as well as one nuclear tipped weapon on it’s under belly, it can deliver a punch before exiting an area at hyperspace speeds.
So yeah, an in depth story for a Saturday afternoon doodle, but when I got thinking about what I was building, I made sure to include details that backed the story up. Essentially ramping up the MOC itself. Anyone else out there who does this sort of stuff find it the same for you?
It’s amazed me over the years how vocal New Hampshire is. “Live Free or Die! Live Free or Die!” It seems a mindless chant that no one thinks about. Now I lived in NH from roughly 2002 to 2009, and I still work in NH. Don’t get me wrong, I love the area, there’s a lot that keeps me tied here locally. But…
For a state that is so adament that we should all live free and die, there seem to be an awful lot of weird rules in this state that keep you from living free, probably so you won’t die too soon. The most recent that I’m aware of is NH’s ban on good old Jim Koch’s Utopia Extreme beer. From an article at http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EXTREME_BEER?SITE=KGO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT:
The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias – now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science to boost potency and enhance taste.
Most interestingly, the beer is 27% alcohol by volume. That says NH, means no way will it get sold in this state! Wait, I thought it was our right to die, living free?! I guess it goes along with the idea that you can’t buy hard alcohol in the grocery store, but wine and beer (unless it’s too high in alcohol) are o.k.
It got me thinking, what else out there can’t we do while we live freeze and die?
Highlights from http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/new-hampshire
You may not tap your feet, nod your head, or in any way keep time to the music in a tavern, restaurant, or cafe.
On Sundays citizens may not relieve themselves while looking up.
From http://www.weird-websites.info/Strange-Laws/New-Hampshire-laws-state-most-stupid-weird-10-old-legal-rules-online.htm
Any car abandoned at the side of a highway is subject to ‘Piracy Law’ and can be claimed by any citizen of the state.
It is against the law to hang yourself from any tree that’s older than 100 years.
Men wearing kilts must use the female restrooms.
Sure, I know I’m trusting sites that may just be spouting off bull. So here’s where I need all 2 of my readers to help me out. Tell me about strange laws you know about in NH. I’m sure it will all be worth a good laugh.
When wandering down the clearance isle at WalMart, I saw this on sale. Threw it in the cart, and realized it’s the first direct purchase for Baby McIntire, who isn’t due until July.
According to the emails Amanda gets, this week we’re looking at something the size of a green olive with ears. I hope ‘it’ can understand the excitement of ‘baby’s first building brick set.” Too bad Lego Quatro isn’t around anymore…
In our many, many trips to Home Depot in the last few days, I couldn’t stop laughing. Not chuckling, all out COULDN’T TALK LAUGHING. I wish I had some sort of camera with me. I kid you not, an employee was putting together a 15% off Rigid drills promo display. What was he using to put it together? A Dewalt. Yep. Guess old Homer said “Rigid is just fine for all you suckers, but when there is work to be done, we’re using Dewalt.”
