Oh, goody. More new characters.
Monday’s comic will be late; I’m at KidsFest at the moment and unable to make the strip until I get back. (At least I got this week’s strips into the buffer before I left.)
Update 5/24: KidsFest went well, but personal issues are going to keep me away from the LEGO workshop for a few days – comics are iffy for this week. I’ll post updates when I have them.
I hope you have a good time Chris!
As an aside, where are the guns from? I thought LEGO had a longstanding policy of not wanting to make guns.
Brickarms.
yes that is true here is the link brickarms.com (hope it works)
You forgot to link it.
whoops i have no idea how i do that other than at the bricks of the dead site.
That, and some of the Star Wars sets have guns. But the ones in the comic today are definitely Brickarms.
The policy is not for guns, just military ‘Atmosphere’.
Aaand the Alien Conquest sets have done away with that, too. Not only do the human troops get guns and vehicles that look pretty modern, but the aircraft have camouflage designs on them.
Last but not least, the jeep’s license plate is “Patton” in leet. Not militaristic at ALL, LEGO!
So did Agents
And Batman.
And Indy had both German and Russian soldiers.
Aaaand Toy Story had soldiers too. Complete with helmets and rifles (albeit green).
But those are Licensed products. They would look dumb with out guns.
disregarding licensed sets, I think the unrealistic nature of most of the more militaristic lines makes them less of an issue. If it were two armies of humans fighting each other, rather than humans vs. aliens or humans vs. weird cyborg things, it probably would be an issue.
Policy bent, broken and discarded with the Indiana Jones and Star Wars sets. 🙁 “NO KILL I”
don’t forget batman,western,toy story and many MANY others
maybe ill see yo at kidfest
Why do I have the feeling that the officer in charge sounds like R. Lee Ermey?
“Does a former drill Sargent make a BAD therapist?”
And isn’t it Erny?
“YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES ME SAD? YOU DO!”
Not according to IMDB and his own website. 🙂
More like Sarge from Red vs. Blue.
does anyone know where the head of the guy wearing the cool shades is from?
I own the set, so I’ll help you. But the set is long gone now. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8970-1
oh i remember seeing that in toys r us about maybe 4 or 5 years ago or is it 3 years ago? oh whatever i love agents sets! thank you for the link PAH.
I saw loads of Agents sets for sale in an overpricey toy shop in Austrailia just last year – I still have the set…though like most lego giant robots it fell apart quickly. Oh well – the body can be disconnected and you could treat it like a Dr.Eggman-style machine.
It was released in 2009. So, yes, 3 years ago.
The expression on that soldier’s face on Panel 4 is perfect! You’ve outdone yourself again, Doyle!
Reminds me of the Alien Conquest minifigs…
They ARE the Alien Conquest minifigs!
actually, they’re not. the helmets are power miners and the black armor is from star wars.
Doyle, I hope personal issues don’t set you back to far. Those gig have to take there toll I’ll wager. Maybe I make the grand opening in Florida in October. Best wishesas always!
(off topic)
ok what’s up with donut? i mean first he was old then he was awesome and doctor who like but died of a fatal disease and the he became the same old guy i just do not get that someone please explain
rewind to kinda late janurary and check out the ninjago story. Doyle held voting to who donut will morph into and over half of the voters chose stale(old). I voted stale b/c I like old donut plus a mature donut would most likely mean a story line moving along faster.
Hes a Thyme Lord
i know but what i mean is he’s the same as before.
He got stabbed, he reincarnated, we voted on his next form, Old! Donut won.
I still wish timbits had won…..
i wanted bearclaw donut
i mean the person not the donut
well i do mean the donut but not the pastry donut, the person donut
Another week goes by and still no updates. Two weeks without a comic is stretching things, even for this webcomic! Still, I certainly hope Chris has his priorities right! 😉
This lack of updates actually seems to be progresing the story more than updates. By this, I mean that if nothing is hapening the story isn’t going off to some diferent stuff (deviating the story) and although the story isn’t hapening neither is the other stuff which equates to the story not going off again and the story always goes off for more than the comic pauses. [Yes, I realise in reality the story will go off once the comic comes back but I wanted to make that speech]
@ BrickVoid: Even though the S-Team regards Chris as an omnipotent being, for all I know, he’s still human. I’m sure he has a good reason for not updating, and that the comic will resume as soon as possible.