Two questions, related

[sigma7]

1. Anyone ever have any problem with Maxell DVD+R media before?

2. Anybody want a spindle and half of Maxell DVD+R media (~20)? Maybe they'll work for you, but I've gone back to the Memorex after coastering all weekend and losing ~4 GB of data. Insert string of colorful, evocative profanities here. Note that these media were working just fine before this weekend -- I have one catalogued, even, but now, to my drive, it's just unreadable. And yet the Memorex still work.

And two links, related, but not to the former two.

First, the 2005 Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith tie-ins. Nothing horribly surprising. Oooh, a Vader with a light-up lightsaber. Meh. Nice effort on the Darth Vader Transformation and for letting Mace Windu finally get a minifig.

Also, someone's got a very impressive of home-grown comic-based minifigs. Finally J'onn J'onnz in Lego-form. And there's something just odd about Braniac 5, but I'm not complaining. Unless you get me started on the topic of watermarking, in which case, mumble mumble.

Comments

[querldox.livejournal.com]

'Fraid I think David Oakes Lego customizations are more impressive. I mean, the man's made Lego versions of Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Grant Morrison as well as a larger selection of characters.

http://members.cox.net/djoakes/legogal0.htm

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Concurred -- though I think it was Kosh that did it for me.

Pity Dennis Chidley's raytraced superhero minifigs are no longer floating about anywhere -- they were extremely well done.