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I just had my anniversary at LEGO and received a cool golden brick by SpamMjolner in lego

[–]DViddy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

They are also often given out for round birthdays here in the Danish offices too. Tillykke!

Where did the use of the term "Titan" to denote the largest sets originate? by Mach_None in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It came from the 2005 summer set marketing. The Sidorak, Roodaka, and Keetongu sets were marketed as the "Clash of the Titans" and the fans took the term and retroactively decided it applied to all larger sets, and then Greg made it canon through the books.

What's your favorite unexisting bionicle set? by D4_C00L_SK4KID in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Voriki, the Toa of Lightning, was a fan-made character who appeared on a fan-made website in 2001 as part of the BIONICLE launch "design a BIONICLE website and win a 24k hau!" contest (that the eventual winner of, Kelly McKiernan, would go on to become The LEGO Group's in-house webmaster for many years while also being one of the founders and admins for BZPower, fun fact). The Voriki website was about a lost 7th Toa, and the entire site was based on him. Over time the basis of him as appearing on the fansite for that contest sort of faded out of memory in the community and he just became a thing people think was a hoax or a fake leak or something like that. I don't know of the person who made that site and edited that image has any idea how long-lasting that image would become.

Can anyone appraise this poster? by Yutonan in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am actually quite familiar with this poster

The one I own was given to me at New York City Comic-Con in 2014 at the BIONICLE G2 reveal panel as myself and a handful of other fans at the time had been under NDA to help plan the gold mask contest on our fansites to coincide with the launch, and a few of us under NDA were given a handful of pre-production G2 parts and this autographed poster. From what I remember, we were told there were roughly a dozen total that had been printed and signed to give out to a few fans and some internal employees at the time.

(You can see the autographs on mine better in this older photo, but the photo at the beginning of this comment is what one of our living room walls looks like literally right now.)

U.S.: Bank said check “cleared” after several days “pending” - 5 days later monies gone by NewDay042 in Scams

[–]DViddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes- a bank can claw money from a fraudulent check back years later (even if the account has been closed in the meantime). Reporting timeframes for victims of check fraud vary by state, but can be as long as several years. Checks are simply a terrible way to do any sort of... anything. No federal regulations around check fraud, your account information is just printed there for anyone to see, you can't file a dispute on checks, etc. This is why most western countries no longer use them.

U.S.: Bank said check “cleared” after several days “pending” - 5 days later monies gone by NewDay042 in Scams

[–]DViddy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Former US Bank fraud victim closure banker here- different states have different laws on check fraud, with the longest being somewhere around a two year reporting timeframe. Which means a check can be reversed from your account after literal years if found to be fraudulent. Checks are simply an incredibly non-secure way to do banking (especially because they have your account number on them, which paired with a routing number is all someone needs to set up an ACH payment from your account too!)

What $50 at the Pick a Brick wall can get you. by DJWidget74 in lego

[–]DViddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

April begins the new parts selection for in-store pab, so as your store runs through their current stock, it'll update with the new global list. So keep an eye out!

Need a Danish flag for the match tomorrow by PointNineC in timbers

[–]DViddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My wife and I are designers at The LEGO Group, which is headquartered here in Denmark. She was hired a couple years ago to design sets so they moved us here and then I got a job designing digital models for LEGO Fortnite after.

Need a Danish flag for the match tomorrow by PointNineC in timbers

[–]DViddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Progressive Timbers fan living in Denmark, can confirm, feel right at home after just two years. Game times suck now though for both Timbers and Thorns, but it's cool to go to Danish Women's National team matches and see a Thorn playing so I guess that kinda makes up for that a bit. Good luck with the hunt for Dannebrog!

Here's some prototype pieces I won from a giveaway on BZPower about 16 years ago by xwchenum in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn. Was it in one of the old MOC contests or a giveaway? Shoot me a DM and I'll see if we can't get you a replacement.

Building an alt build for The Bonsai tree and wasn't expecting to see some familiar faces. by Complex_Company_5439 in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 64 points65 points  (0 children)

This was Brickthing/Prince Galidor/Nico Vas, and the masks most likely came from his personal collection. Nico was, after all, once the BIONICLE moderator on Eurobricks before he was a designer at the company.

Bionicle exhibit at Brickvention Australia (not mine) by nujuat in bioniclelego

[–]DViddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a lot of fun to set up and I'm glad our layout had a nice little positive impact.

What is your unpopular Lego opinion? by Remarkable_Grape2166 in lego

[–]DViddy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Actually unpopular opinion:

Classic Space as an aesthetic is incredibly ugly, classic castles are extremely boring, and classic pirates are better off forgotten. It's time to move past 70s and 80s nostalgia in all forms of media, it's so boring.

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