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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Completed Challenge # 6: Space

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm late! (Huh, why does that sound like Connie Kendall?) I am pleased to announce that we have two new members: Travis, and Kadien! Anyhow, I hope that you all had a great time building these models, and my other announcement is that for members in the Oregon area, we will be gathering for a show and tell your Lego Creations/ Trading/ Meeting all you awesome builders/ all around good time. We will plan it soon! The new challenge will be announced soon, and I think you all will love it!

Thanks to those of you who contributed to Legos for Fionn! We are about to pick a set to send, and I'll let you know next time what it was. If anyone still wants to contribute, email me!
(You can click on the picture to see it bigger and read the text!)

       Happy building!

                           Peregrine.

Miles, age 8
Space shuttle with a turret and a hyperdrive.

The cockpit is flipped up so you can see the pilot.

Wow, Miles! That looks like it could be a menacing battle ship!

           This is my spaceship crashing into a meteorite.

----Hannah, age 8

That is such an awesome creation, Hannah! Good job on how you used a hinged 2x2 to slant the ship towards the space rock!

    An alien on a meteor, it will destroy the whole world!
 By Diego, age 5. 
Wow DA! That's awesome!

This is an alien in his spaceship and he's heading to Earth to destroy it!
By our new member, Travis.
Insane, Travis!
You have the makings of a master builder!

 This is my creation! It is humanity's first early teleportation
machine! The first test was transporting a human from earth
to Pleem's Nexus, somewhere in the asteroid belt.
But something went horribly wrong! the intensely
high levels of radiation made the man's flesh dissolve!
Even though he was wearing a radiation suit!
By Peregrine. 

Houston, we have no problem.
(yet.....)

Oh no!
Houston, NOW theres a problem!

It is two people in space collecting rocks who run into an alien.

By our new member, Kadien, Age 10.

Wow, Kadien! I really like the terrain! The hatch on the ship makes it really streamlined and look better! I also really think the moon buggy is a good feature!