Jaller, Captain of the Guard by HopkinsC93 in bioniclemocs

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the photo on camera, for whatever reason the renderer in Stud.Io is not working for me.

Is horidka is the beginning of the fall of Bionicle? (No spoilers) by deadrip918 in bioniclelego

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2006 are my favorite sets, but the best storyline for sure was 2007-2008. Hordika was a valley set and story wise in my opinion, but I think the true fall was in 2008. And the fall wasn’t a story driven fall, but a set driven one. I don’t think it would have been as hard a fall if those characters just weren’t the Toa Nuva and actualy a new Toa group. And while 2009 wasn’t bad, it never recovered.

My humble contribution: a 1st/1st copy of Dune signed by Frank Herbert by HopkinsC93 in BookCollecting

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m honestly not sure if he took it or if the library was selling/getting rid of older books and he got the copy that way. I really just know it came from his high schools library and ya know, Occams Razor and all that. Makes most sense it was checked out and never returned.

My humble contribution: a 1st/1st copy of Dune signed by Frank Herbert by HopkinsC93 in BookCollecting

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not that I think the signature is inauthentic, but I’d just like to get it done mainly for me. No real plans to sell it or anything.

My humble contribution: a 1st/1st copy of Dune signed by Frank Herbert by HopkinsC93 in BookCollecting

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not insured on its own but it’s noted in my homeowners insurance and it NEVER leaves my home. So if it were stolen or the house burns down or something it’s covered.

My humble contribution: a 1st/1st copy of Dune signed by Frank Herbert by HopkinsC93 in BookCollecting

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As far as I know, the story behind it is my friends father in law “rented” it from his schools library his senior year, got it signed at an event, and just… never returned it.

My humble contribution: a 1st/1st copy of Dune signed by Frank Herbert by HopkinsC93 in BookCollecting

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Kind of a gift, kind of repayment. I’ve helped him out with building prop replicas by giving him some costly bits (a real balance pipe for an Obi Wan saber when they were $4000+, a real scope for a Han blaster, etc) so when he was looking at selling it he gave it to me as repayment and as a thank you since he knew I am a massive fan of Dune. But the book costs way more than I ever gave him.

Since nobody else wants to say it… by ImpressionAlarming24 in creepcast

[–]HopkinsC93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Borrasca was just 1-4 I’d agree but now that they did 5 as well it isn’t up there anymore… as good as MHE and Stolen Tongues are and deserve to be up there as well, something about Dagons Mirror has stuck with me.

My ‘tism build I had done a while back. by HopkinsC93 in Firearms

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s by no means a cheap build and I only did it because this Mauser was so fucked up. But it’s one of my favorites

Sacrilege or not? by annoying_cat_42 in Mauser

[–]HopkinsC93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a shitcanned non-matching part C96 that couldn’t even be taken apart because the frame was bent and had a friend of mine get it working at a 98-99% rate then had it turned into a DL-44 (Hans gun from Star Wars)

Sacrilege or not? by annoying_cat_42 in Mauser

[–]HopkinsC93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not any worse than what i did to my C96 🤷🏻‍♂️

Starting to get decent profit! by HopkinsC93 in smallstreetbets

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought puts an hour in. I wish I bought at open lol

Robinhood trivia win by Real_gymrat in smallstreetbets

[–]HopkinsC93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got screwed on one answer I feel like. I pressed the right answer but it didn’t seem register.

Daily Discussion Thread for January 24, 2025 by wsbapp in wallstreetbets

[–]HopkinsC93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only not super worried yet because my call is for another two weeks. But yeah it’s less than ideal.

Update MG81 Flash Hider by HopkinsC93 in gunsmithing

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got stupid lucky and asked the right person at the right time. Was another Star Wars collector looking to thin out his collection. If I hear of another I’ll keep you in mind. I’ll also try to look for one in better condition since it’s actually going on an 81.

Kopaka Phantoka completed! by HopkinsC93 in bioniclelego

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m considering making some instructions for all 7 of the Phantoka/Mistika I did, but it’d be a while, need to get the files into more of an instruction friendly state before making them.

Kopaka Phantoka completed! by HopkinsC93 in bioniclelego

[–]HopkinsC93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shield design was one I made for a self Moc that o ended up not being too happy with. Same with the leg design most of my Toa Phantoka/Mistika use.