Challenge # 9: Classic Literature

   Challenge Number 9: Classic literature.


            Hello all! I'm sorry that I've not been posting, but now I am! My mom wanted me to tell you guys about a kid who made a BRAIL PRINTER out of Lego! A BRAIL PRINTER!  

Click here to read about him!

     Well, and now the long awaited challenge: Build something from a classic book! For those of you not acquainted with classic literature, these include Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol,  The War of The Worlds, The Count of Monte Christo, Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, Narnia, Perelandra, Out of The Silent Planet, The Old Curiosity Shop, That Hideous Strength, Our Mutual Friend, Sense and Sensibility, Pride And Prejudice, The Call of The Wild, and many, many others (for those wondering, yes, I have read many of the above!). 

Build something Awesome and Email me a picture your creation, along with a description and your name and age and anything else you want us to know! Please send your pics by next Thursday, February 12th, and I'll put them all in a blog post. Click here for my email.

Yours In awesomeness,

Peregrine Van Awesome.

Challenge # 8: Government

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the awesome challenges submitted last week. This week's challenge is..... drum roll, please.... government! Police, Fire Department, SWAT Teams, Military, or anything else having to do with the government.
Please submit your photo with your name, age, and some info about your creation by next Thursday, April 17th. I'll look forward to seeing what you all make! 

Completed Challenge #7: Height

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the cool entries! I am pleased to announce that, yes, we have another new member! Don't  forget to leave comments!

                                   Peregrine.

Hi I'm new, my name is Leo and I am 8 years old. This is my mini space tower.

My 4th picture is a meeting room.

The 5th picture is a purple ship that carries elite forces.                                                                         The feature in the picture below makes the tower fall!

Hi, my name is Ari, I'm 8 years old and this is my lighthouse. It is has 5 floors and it is 17 inches tall.   

(caption for picture #5) Good morning Mr. sunshine!

 This is my treehouse. The second picture is a close up of the inside with the blender, food, bed, cat, and the other girl. :)
--------Hannah, age 8

I did things a little different this time and did "height" but in perspective. My daddy helped me and we had fun being creative!" - Benjamin age 8

This is my weapon master bionicle.  He is my tallest bionicle but he has to crouch to balance on the tower.  I put him on a tower to make him even taller.  He has six arms.  He has weapons in every hand.  Some arms are long some are short.  He used to be a blacksmith and made all his own weapons.  Now he is retired and protects people from criminals.

This bionicle (below) doesn't have a name yet.  He's been in a lot of battles.  He used to be in the military for his race.  He was the best warrior.  Now he is retired and likes to help people out fighting bad guys.  He lost his left hand in a battle once and that's why he has a claw to replace it.  He can shoot a laser beam out of his eye.  His left claw has hidden rapid fire laser cannons, has blades that can pick things up, and can also be a shield.  There is a flame thrower on top of his claw too but you can't see it in this picture.

He is smart and was a grade A engineer in the military.  That's how he invented his claw.  But it was challenging because he only had one hand to do it with.  His right shoulder armor gives him data about his targets.
Travis.

This bionicle sits on top of a tall tower and says "I'm tall too! I may be a bionicle but that doesn't mean I can't be tall too."  -Ryan, 12yo (Travis' brother)

And finally, the tallest creation of all! 

This is my skyscraper. It's 4 ft. 10 in. tall. It's half an inch taller than me! When in war, I have the advantage of heighth. Since it takes awhile for the enemy to scale the tower, I can use that time to knock him off. Also, I happen to have one flick missile that's all one color that's very strong to knock him off easier.
---Adam, age 10

Challenge # 7: Height (and an update on Legos for Fionn)

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the awesome creations you submitted this week! This week's challenge is... drum roll, please... HEIGHT! Build the tallest structure you can and find out how tall is too tall! If it's possible include a picture of yourself next to your creation so we can see scale, and measure it if you can. We have a few new people joining us... welcome! Please introduce yourselves, tell us your age and a little about yourself. Email me your pictures by Thursday, April 3rd. Just click on the link to email.

In other news, we added up the money that everybody donated for Fionn and in total we got $80! I decided to buy the Galaxy Squad Galactic Titan.

It is one of the coolest sets that there is and comes with over 1,000 pieces! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed so that we could get this for him. Hopefully it will help him through this hard time. 

Looking forward to seeing how high you can build this week! 

Happy building!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Challenge # 5: Natural Disasters

Hi guys! Thanks for the all the cool creations from last week! This week's challenge is............

(drum roll please) A NATURAL DISASTER!!! Uh oh... um, guys? There is an avalanche heading right towards me? Oh boy. BBBRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM... ! ...rmf. uh I vink vis vay ve vuh vast challenge ve vill have. Cuz I can't issue challenges when I am buried in snow. Uh, just get your creations in byThursday. (Email me.)   Will someone please dig me out of here? 

                                                         Happy building!

Challenge # 4; Your Favorite Movie

    Hi guys! Thanks for all the great submissions for the literary inspiration! This week's challenge is............  (drum roll, please) build something from your favorite movie or TV show! TA-DA! (Personally, my 2 faves are Doctor Who and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.) Please submit your super cool creations by Thursday!      

                                                                     Happy building!

Challenge # 3: Literary Inspiration

Here's our next challenge: create something from a book you like. It can be anything, but please tell us the name of the book and the author and a little about what you make. I can't wait to see all of your creations! 

Challenge #2: Olympics

  Hi guys! Great work on the robots you did! Our next challenge will be; (Drum roll please) build something from the Sochi Olympics! (If you're not into the Olympics, you could do something from the new Lego movie!)  Please submit your cool creations, along with a short description of what you built, by Thursday the 13th! (Click the link to email me.)

Happy building!

Peregrine.

Challenge # 1: Robot

    This week's challenge is to design and build a robot. Email me a picture of your project by next Wednesday, February 5th. Please include your first name and age, and, since we're all new here, tell us a little something about yourself too, so we can get to know each other. Looking forward to seeing what you all build!

    Peregrine