FinishingDutch

Geez, you’d think Gemini would be better than it is if they spent that much on it…

It’s one of those sets that has a magical attraction to most guys. There’s just something inherently neat about a huge ship.

I also have a bit of an unusual reason for wanting that particular set. Back in the very early 90’s, my uncle was downright obsessed with the Titanic. Absolutely fascinated by how they designed and built it. Owned a set of blueprints, books, etc. This was well before the internet was a thing, much less the movie.

He also had a LEGO titanic that he built over the course of the late 80’s and early 90’s. It was built mostly from your regular rectangular bricks with Technic beams for the portholes and a bit of System for the detailing. It was massive; took up an entire dinner table. It was even bigger than the LEGO Titanic we have today. God only knows how he got his hands on that many bricks in those days. I certainly couldn’t do it today.

The current set looks nicer than his in terms of detail, obviously. But if you’d seen his, you would’ve been impressed for sure.

He was (but not always, as I’ve learned). He first appeared in 1963 and had his own comic, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Fury,_Agent_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.

And yes, agreed on Simmons and Jackman. Also, we obviously can’t forget RDJ as Tony Stark. An actor so perfectly cast, he basically launched the entire MCU. If it had been anyone else in that role, I feel confident in saying that it would’ve fizzled out long before we’d ever get to an Endgame.

And Jedi is actually recognised as an official religion in the US. And there’s plenty of people who identify as Jedi in the UK as well. So one could certainly argue that it’s violating someone’s religious beliefs by not allowing that name. At least Luke Skywalker has some evidence of existing…

I’m more of a ‘680 euro Titanic’ kinda guy. I don’t need it, I don’t have room for it currently, but I absolutely do need it.

TIL; thank you! I was aware enough of the comics to know of white Fury, but didn’t know there is, in fact, a black Fury.

Your boss is an idiot. I’m white as printer paper and would gladly let SLJ play me in a biopic. Because he’s awesome in every role he’s played. Good actors are good actors.

Correct. Nobody was bothered by Nick Fury’s change for example, even though he went from white to black. That was a wholly unknown character for most Marvel moviegoers. And Samuel L. Jackson is awesome in that role.

I forgot LEGO; that’s also one of them :D

You should buy a Lamy Safari fountain pen and a Casio GW-M5610U if you’re ever inclined to try those hobbies ;-)

As a candidate, you should be ready to debate any place, any time and with zero notice. Because real life is hardly fair and never works on a timeline of your choosing.

Heck, we should be forcing random debates much like random drug tests. Wake them up early morning on a random wednesday and force them to do a debate. Let’s see who can really be coherent under pressure.

So happy I managed to dodge model trains as a hobby, even while frequently visiting a hobby shop that sold them. I have waaaay too many expensive, nerdy hobbies as it is. Between gaming, watches, knives, camera gear and fountain pens, life’s expensive enough as it is :D

I’ve been following the USCG hearings that are being held now. You can follow them live on YouTube. They give some really interesting insights into this whole affair. It’s much, much worse than just the fabled Logitech controller.

There were voids, delaminating and literal holes in the carbon fiber hull, it was sprayed with truckbed liner and at one time, a CO scrubber was made by using a Home Depot plastic container and a PC fan… They also rigged a buoyancy device with basically a vacuum cleaner bag and rope. It was a complete death trap through and through.

You’ll be shocked that Stockton Rush would risk his life like that to dive with it, much less have the audacity to take paying others with him.

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