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Lego fanatic, friend of felines (but currently without), general SF/Fantasy nerd (but especially Star Wars) and die-hard adventure-gamer. Ageing rivethead. Neuro-divergent. Enby. They/Them.

My to-be-read pile has a to-be-read pile

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cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
"That's not a [cat], it's a watermelon with fur"
A classic Tumblr post featuring a photograph of a near-spherical tabby cat. Below is an exchange between several commenters: Iampsareoeopletoo: thats not even a cat its like a bowling ball spirallightofvenus: that is not a bowling ball it is a watermelon with fur princess-lullaby: It is a potato invokes: a furry potato weepingangelofjotunheim: Furtato iaira: nelly furtato
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
"Now, let’s just hope this is all real and the company doesn’t fuck this up between now and release."

This.

Also, Han shot first.
Leaks Show Theatrical Version Of Star Wars Being Restored In 4K
Leaked screenshots show off a highly detailed restoration that puts the crappy 2006 versions of the theatrical cuts to shame
kotaku.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Ugh. I am beginning to think that being awake is a bit too much like being awake.
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
<sees Stephen Miller, NATO and the CDC trending> So, what fresh new hell have I awoken to today...? I mean, that's like maybe three out of the four Horsemen... That said, one could probably argue that Miller is all of them rolled into one. I'm sure he'd like that.
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Call me a philistine if you wish but mozzarella on toast is delicious. It's also the business on crumpets.

Maybe @kayelem23.bsky.social will stop nagging me about those two crusts and the cheese that needs eating now...
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Thank you Internet of Stupid. Tidying up a photo of a Lego droid minifigure and my brain will not stop giving me "Buttbuttination Droid" as I type the filename, like it's digging me in the ribs and whispering "Go on..." No.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
<gives the Yorkshire weather a really hard stare> I mean, I know that there is a 50% chance of rain on any given day here but come on.
esa.int European Space Agency @esa.int · 15d
⚡️Solar storm incoming! We are actively monitoring severe space weather events, occurring on 11-12 November. Severely disturbed geomagnetic conditions are expected to persist for at least 24 to 48 hours.

🔗 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

@operations.esa.int @science.esa.int
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
So who's stupid idea was it to take photos of every single one of my DIY minifigs and then determinedly edit out every single speck of dust from every single one because autism?

Actually, I think I might have answered my own question there...

😆
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Well done, people of New York! (Except Staten Island, obviously). And all the other people who've elected Dems in various places. Maybe now more people will get the idea that, if you do vote, you really can change things. And I hope politicians out here in the rest of the world take note.
November 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
I'm not sure I have adequate quantities of This for... this. Why can we not have stuff that works, doesn't require a bullshit subscription, and doesn't have 'AI' forced into it for no good reason? And we're supposed to pay through the nose for this garbage, too. I'll stick with old stuff that works.
internethippo.bsky.social Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25d
Generally speaking I don't want my items to be Futuristic, I want them to work
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Yay for the start of November in the UK 😒 It's 1:44 of the a.m. and some oik is still letting off fireworks. I swear it gets to like the middle of October and it starts to sound like WW3 commencing before it's even dark, every damn day through to mid November.
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Arguments against Intelligent Design no. 50,367: why the fuck is the thing that is meant to stop crap getting in your eye the ABSOLUTE WORST THING TO GET IN YOUR EYE?
October 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Since I've been crap and still don't have anything new to post, I guess a half-hearted attempt to join in with spooky season will have to do. So, here's one I made earlier... (no sticky-backed plastic or loo-roll tubes, though)

#Lego #AFOL #MinifigMonday #Halloween #Spooky
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social Cobweb 🏳️‍⚧️ @cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social · Aug 11
It's #MinifigMonday and, for entry no. 10 (!), the theme is love, if a little twisted and monochromatic. Spooky Boy and Spooky Girl have a date in the haunted old cemetery. He's brought flowers but is nervous as she's a little older than him and rather serious. #Lego #AFOL #MOC #MyOwnCreation #Goth
A smallish(ish) Lego diorama of an overgrown cemetery. There are several gravestones no longer upright and the plant-life has taken over somewhat. To the front of the scene a rather Wednesday Addams figure sits on an ornate bench, holding a distressed teddy bear in one hand, looking solemnly towards a similarly spooky boy who approaches with a nervous expression, bearing a bunch of flowers. The ground rises a little, in the background, into a knoll crowned by several gnarled trees. Lurking among the graves, apparently unnoticed by the spooky lovebirds, a ghostly figure in tatters and chains watches surreptitiously, perhaps remembering a long-lost love of his own. There are squirrels and owls, crows and maybe other small wildlife dotted around the place. The entire scene is built using only four colours: black, white, dark grey and light grey, to match the minifigures. All images embiggenate, including the 4-pane ones. A view towards the bench where Spooky girl awaits her paramour. A white owl watches from atop one of the gnarled black trees, whose foliage is also white. There are flowers and other plants growing among the listing gravestones, where a ghostly figure lurks. Several crows are perched on bushes, unperturbed by the rather gothic-looking interlopers. A side view of the little graveyard. We can see Spooky Boy as he approaches his date, one pointy tooth nervously biting his lower lip. He looks very much the 90s goth boy but has thoughtfully brought flowers for Spooky Girl. The gnarled black trees loom over the scene, playing host to a couple of white owls and several squirrels. Ferns and vines grow among the trees. This home of the dead has certainly proven a fertile ground for new life. A view to the rear of the scene, showing the black-trunked trees with their plentiful foliage. Ferns and other plants have run riot in this rather dilapidated graveyard. A number of vines bearing rather large and slightly sinister-looking blooms hang from the trees. A crow sits atop a bush and a black squirrel can be seen resting on the bank. A large white owl is just about to take flight from the crown of a tree, its wings spread wide. The ground is grey and almost all the foliage is white.
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Happy #CrispSandwichDay to all who celebrate!

Yes, I know, it's brown bread and there's cheese in there. I don't care 😜 And no, I did not actually eat it in there as
I have a 'no food in the #Lego room' policy.

Merry Crispmas!
Merry Crispmas! A white plate with a red rim sitting on a desk amid Lego chaos. There are several sandwiches on the plate, made with semicircular brown bread and containing Red Leicester cheese and cheese-and-onion Seabrook crisps. Behind the plate is a large mug of Earl Grey tea (excuse the mug, it's just tannin stains as I like my tea with no pollutants ;))
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Okay, better late than never, this week's #MinifigMonday whisks us off the sands of Persia, where a group of intrepid travellers has stopped to rest at a lush oasis. The antithesis of last week's environmental disaster. #Lego #AFOL #MOC #MyOwnCreation #PrinceOfPersia
Overview of a lego diorama of a desert oasis. There is a central pool surrounded by lush palm trees and other vegetation. A group of travellers has stopped to rest, their camels unloaded, horses allowed to drink from the clear blue water. A scattering of scorpions, butterflies and other bugs are sprinkled here and there, along with various other bits of wildlife lurking among the plants. An overview of the Lego oasis. in the foreground, one of the travellers has found an old lamp and leans back in surprise at the blue-skinned genie who has emerged from it. To the left are two camels and a heap of luggage. Behind them is a sand dune, atop which stands a man wearing a turban, scimitar in his belt, a falcon perched on his outstretched arm. A man with two swords on his back stands in front of the dune, addressing the woman sat on the pile of luggage. A view to the side, from above. The central pool is mostly obscured by the lush palm trees. Amid the undergrowth at the edge of the pool is a large black feline with at least one cub. She is drinking from the pool, unperturbed by the sudden influx of visitors to this quiet paradise. An eagle with outspread wings perches on one of the trees, about to take flight. A view to the rear of the oasis. A brown horse can be seen from behind at the edge of the pool. To the right of the scene is a sand dune, atop which stands the falconer, seen from behind.
October 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Eek 30+ notifs. Sorry I've not replied to anyone this last couple of weeks. Been majorly stressed, which tends to make me retreat from the world. I will get back to anyone who commented on the last two Lego posts. I posted stuff then zonked out, lost my momentum. Been crazy tired, damn fibro.
October 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
It's #MinifigMonday (again!?) and this time there's more than just autumn leaves in the air. In fact the air probably contains a number of things no sensible minifig would want any part of. I'm not sure this team is entirely sensible, though. #Lego #AFOL #MOC #MyOwnCreation #Hazmat #ToxicWaste
A disturbingly colourful Lego diorama featuring a rocky outcrop from which some kind of industrial effluent discharges into a river. Whatever is flowing out of that pipe is virulently green and most definitely hazardous to any kind of environment. All the fish in the river are dead and most of the plant life has succumbed. There are also a number of chemical drums that have clearly been dumped, bearing radiological and other hazard warnings. Several of the drums are leaking. Fortunately, there is a four person Hazmat team on the case, all properly suited up and toting various detectors and other equipment. From the other side of the river, a reporter is giving a piece to camera. Bricksanto are probably in for some serious fines once news of this gets out. A front-on view of a Lego environmental disaster. The various abandoned drums of who-knows-what horrors are rather brightly-coloured but anything but cheerful. Whatever is flowing out of the discharge pipe is obnoxiously green and looks to have killed every last fish in the river. One of the hazmat team has retrieved a dead fish. In her other hand she holds a Geiger counter. She looks horrified. Behind her is an assortment of electronic equipment, hastily set up on the crates it arrived in. Another member of the team is standing atop the outlet, where a blackened and nearly dead tree stands. It's branches hold a last few leaves, desperately clinging onto life. Another team member is balanced on some rocks in the middle of the stream, scanning the outflow with his Geiger counter, while the fourth member looks to be studying the main heap of leaky drums. On the opposite bank of the river, a reporter stands, microphone in hand, facing her cameraman. A view upstream shows the true level of devastation this illegal chemical dump has caused. Most of the plants in and around the river are dead, and those that aren't look decidedly sickly. A number of dead fish float down the river. On the right-hand bank, the rocky ground rises over the effluent outlet, crowned by a black and almost leafless tree. A heap of various different chemical drums has been left at the foot of the outcrop. Some carry radiological hazard warnings while others simple display a skull and crossbones and "Danger." The four hazmat-suited scientists are busy examining the scene and collecting evidence, while a journalist on the other bank is giving a live report of the situation. An elevated view of the rocky outcrop and the effluent discharge pipe that passes through it. One of the scientists is stood beside the nearly-dead tree, studying the remaining plant-life, a radiation detector held in one hand. At the base of the small, rocky hill, at least a dozen chemical drums lie in a disorganised heap. Some are red, others yellow, orange, green and black. Some are obviously damaged and are leaking who-knows-what. The plants around them are brown and lifeless. Another hazmat-suited scientist is passing a radiation detector over one of the drums. He looks worryingly excited, given that the gauge on his detector looks to be pinned at full scale. A dead fish is visible, floating on the stream.
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
It's that time again and for this week's #MinifigMonday we're enjoying the outdoors and doing a spot of gardening with the Collectable Minifigure Gardener. Nancy G. Roman has popped over to see her neighbour and catch up on all the latest gossip.

#Lego #AFOL #MOC #MyOwnCreation #BloomScrolling
A Lego diorama of a large greenhouse set in a neatly manicured garden featuring a number of flowering bushes. The greenhouse is set at an angle and outside the front there is a table with umbrella, a lawnmower and other gardening tools, and two female minifigures. There is also an orange cat vying for attention, and a pink flamingo. The greenhouse has solar panels on the roof and there are water butts for collecting rainwater. A view of the right-hand side of the Lego greenhouse. There are baskets of flowering plants on the side and a compost bin to the rear, as well as a small raccoon who may be considering raiding said bin for anything vaguely edible. A small blue bird sits on the peak of the greenhouse roof and a couple of its fellows are bimbling about among the shrubbery. No word on the presence of any knights. A view of the front of the greenhouse. The door is open and the gardener has come out to show her visiting neighbour the plant she has just re-potted. There is a table with pink umbrella, a wheelbarrow and various other gardening tools. The greenhouse is adorned with a number of baskets containing flowering plants. A view of the left-hand side/rear of the greenhouse. There is another water butt towards the front and more baskets of flowering plants. A raccoon sits at the rear corner.
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Ugh. Guess who fell asleep while editing photos...

I'll get there. Eventually.
September 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Plants.

Again.

🙄

(But no crazy trees, just probably crazy everything else if I ask Kayelem)
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
In this week's episode of How did it take me so long to get this #MinifigMonday diorama done and posted, we're off to the Soap 'n' Suds Sunshine Laundrette. A relatively simple one, this time. Why the Sun-thing? I dunno, I just thought it was neat.

#Lego #AFOL #MOC #MyOwnCreation
Exterior view of the front of a Lego laundrette diorama. The building has a full-height window with "Soap 'n' Suds" in large letters, and "Wash - Dry - Fold 24 Hr Service underneath, and a neon sign saying Open above. To either side of the entrance are displays that look like coloured bubbles rising upwards. The interior is visible through the window and glass door. Outside, to the left, is parked an e-scooter. On the right is parked a normal scooter with a box on the back. On the right side of the building their is a man with long yellow hair using a payphone and a woman who has just used an ATM. Behind the ATM is visible the back of some kind of sign with large gold rays sticking out. View of the back (or is this actually the front?) of the Laundrette. The wall features a round window that is framed to look like the door of a washing machine with multicoloured bubbles within it. To the left of the building is a large yellow Sun sign, shaped roughly like a quarter circle with four long, tapered gold rays projecting outwards. It has a beaming face in the lower-right corner. A view of the left-hand side of the laundrette. A large, vertically-oriented illuminated billboard advertises the business. It says "Soap 'n' Suds cleans it all" above, and shows an image of a washing machine and a woman with a basket of, presumably clean, laundry. We can also see an e-scooter parked outside the laundrette. A view of the right-hand side of the laundrette. There is a payphone at the left corner, which a man with long yellow hair is using, and next to which is parked a scooter. Towards the back (or is it front?) is an ATM with the large Sun sign behind it. A woman with bright pink hair up in bunches has just withdrawn some cash from the machine. Through the windows in the side of the laundrette several orange baskets, and potted plants are visible.
September 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
AAAAGGHH! I need a clean room for lego. I swear the specks of dust sneak in after the photo has been taken! They must hide behind a molecule, or something.

🤬
September 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
Yay, new heavy transport plane detecting skill unlocked! FL230, about four nm away. Okay, not military, but still. I swear it woke me up even though it wasn't LOUD loud.

www.planespotters.net/photo/179787...
UR-CKL Cavok Airlines Antonov An-12BK
UR-CKL Cavok Airlines Antonov An-12BK photographed at Ostend / Bruges International (OST / EBOS) by Demo Borstell
www.planespotters.net
September 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
cobwebmadeoflego.bsky.social
No new pictures, where are you at mentally?
A meme of a small dog hiding in a pile of blankets on a trolley under text that reads: Me calculating exactly how late I can stay in bed before I gotta get up.
September 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Cobweb 🏳️‍⚧️
jaje7406.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM