Meeting #5 - Prehistoric Park, 24 June 2012

Time Portal - by Otis F.

The stegosaurus has been driven through the time portal by the carrot leaves.  It thinks they're tasty. There is a calming gun that calms down the stegosaurus.  But you have to shoot it right in its face, otherwise it won't work, because the poison calms the brain down not the dinosaur's body.  The gold dome gun is a dart carrier.  The two lights on the top make the circle and the dish at the back makes the portal.  I built the walls at the back so low because the time portal is so wide.  I built some parts of the walls like a cage so people can look in to see the dinosaurs. This is fantastic.

 Dino Escape - by Noah

This building has a table with a map on it so they know where to go on missions to get dinosaurs.  The jeep has a snorkel and two seats.   The guy called Nigel from Prehistoric Park has a net gun and he's shooting the net at a microraptor.  

The triceratops is eating leaves off the tree and this little dinosaur is running away. The reason I called this creation Dino Escape is because all the dinos have escaped.  There is a dinosucus in the water - its bigger than the T-Rex.  The T-Rex is trying to eat Nigel and the the Caelophaesus.

 

 Prehistoric Park by Samuel

 

 On the second side there are people who are looking at the T-Rex while he is trying to butt them off.  He's trying to break into the Triceratops' enclosure.  The Triceratops is trying to butt a bush because he thinks its one of his friends.  The picture below is a Terror Bird. It has fangs and it has wings but it can't fly.  it has really strong legs.There are lots of different species of Terror Birds.  The meat goes in the bowl. 

Frondy the Fernosaurus Rex and Brancher the Leafodactyl - by Harry

These dinosaurs are a combination of three of my favourite things:  Lego, Dinosaurs and Nature.  Frondy is the tall one - he has two ways of killing his prey.  To kill tall dinosaurs he opens his mouth and lures herbivores to his mouth using his green glowing berry-like lure.

When they are close enough to bite, he closes his mouth and chews them up.
 His other way for shorter dinosaurs is that he lures them using the apple on his tail and when they are close enough to bite it, he slashes out at them with his poisonous fronds.

As for Brancher, he kills his prey by luring them with the brown bit on his tail.   When they are close enough to bite it, he draws his tail back and WHACKS them so hard that it kills them instantly.  They are mostly made out of leaf-like bits of skin. 



Tracking Down Dinosaurs - by  Henri & Grainger -

We've made two jeeps and they're parked ont he concrete, spying on dinosaurs that are eating their food.

 Prehistoric Fish - by Grainger
This fish has lots of white teeth and its about 10metres long.  It eats smaller fish.  I whipped it up in 10 minutes.  Quick model.

 Enclosure - by Henri & Grainger

There's a T-Rex about to eat a guy. The guy is bending down to eat his turkey.  The gate is on a winch for lifting up.  It has a chain and a devicefor swinging across the chain on - that's to keep out of reach of the T-Rex.  It's got a tranquiliser gun, a table for putting maps on to find dinosaurs, and a camera for taking pictures of dinosaur footprints when they're tracking them down.  There's a big axe that's a booby trap for falling on escaping dinosaurs.  There are also snakes and skeltons in the jail area. 

 Dinosaur Capture Park - by Lachlan

 The treehouse has torpedoes.  Two have traditional torpedoes and the three torpedoes have claws, to catch the dinosaurs if they escape.  The rope hanging down is for the guy in the green army top to  climb up. The brown baskets at the top of the pole are to hold the weapons.  One person sits in  on of them and when you push the button it shoots the net and it catches the dinosaurs.   The tall pole balances because there's a rod down the middle.
There is a security camera in the boulder - the boulder can open up and spin around to check out 360 degrees of the park.  Its to make sure noone comes in to steal the dinosaur eggs.  The truck patrols the perimeter.  There is a lot of equipment to protect the dinosaurs.

 Pteradactyl Terror - by Otis W.
There is a zip line to carry provisions from high up down to the base.  There was a security camera on the pole but it fell off.  The zipline carries doiwn the tranquiliser gun - my sister helped me.   She put a minifigure stand on the back for stability.

 Lulu and Willa
We made this truck with meat inside it. They will feed the dinosaurs.  The biggest dinosucus will get all the meat.  The big one's name is dino-hero.

 I play a game online called Tanki Online. It shoots out of is Twins and the bottom is Titan.  The Twins shoots out plasmaballs.   The paint colour is Flora.  I'm going to make a bigger version soon.

Meeting #4 - Camping Creations, 10 June 2012

 My Caravan and Kayak with Motorbike by Otis F.

I wanted to build a toy-hauler.  The kayak was the last thing I made, with the trailer too.  There is a seat in the middle that changes into a bed, if you open up the back.  The motorbike has a stand.  The guy has no wetsuit but his clothes are waterproof because he needs that for the racing kayak.  The caravan has a light on top because its also a rescue truck.  

Campground by Noah L.

I made this campground, with cars in the carpark and a campervan in the park too for people can come to the campsite.  There are people toasting marshmallows over a fire.  There's a toilet, two tents, a bike with a bikerack - also two adults, a kid and there's a place to store firewood in the boxes. Inside the toilet there is a toilet with a seat made out of a life-ring, and toilet paper.  Also, the family brought their dog.  My sisters Lulu and Willa helped a bit.

Forest Campground by Lachlan.

Over at the fire, there's nobody roasting marshmallows, but there is a marshmallow and a stick.  The tree next to the fire has an owl on top and a beehive hanging from  it - my little brother Joel made the bees.  There's a gun to roast the fish on the end of it.  I also made matches in a matchbox out of three pieces of lego.  There's a sleeping bag and you can take the guy out of the sleeping bag.

 Lachlan cont'd.  There's a little pond and I made a little fish and a frog eating a fly on a lily pad.  There's a rat trying to steal the hanburger, and I made a tent - it's closed at the  back and open at the front.  That's pretty much it.

 Campground in a field by Henri.

There's a cabin that has a roof that open and closes, and the door opens too.  It has a table and a bed and a TV.  There's a red picnic table and some peoplewith a lunchbox eating there.

 There's a guy roasting a marshmallow, and a guy sitting on the toilet.  There's a BBQ for roasting sausages or anything you want - it's a gas BBQ with a hose leading to the gas bottle.   

There's also a treehouse for the kids to play and there's a table that's green and round.  The seat for the table swivels around.  And I made a tree.

My Creation Part 1 - by Harry
There are two campers.  One of them is walking along a bridge that goes over a canyon that has filled up with water and become a river.  The other camper is roasting multi-coloured marshmallows. There is a hut with a calendar on the cabinet, and a table with two cans of soft drink on it.

 My Lego Creation Part 2 - by Harry.

There's a beach on one side and the sea on the other side.  On the beach, there are two coastguard workers.  One is on a mounted platform and the other one is looking after the oxygen tanks for mixed things, like giving to rescued people or to put in the divers' tanks.  On the sea, there is an overturned rowboat which a Navy Admiral fell out of, and the coastguard diver rescued him.  The coastguard's vehicle has got a jetski on the back, which the guy with the helmet rides.

Trailer, Sleeping Bag, Car Bike and Campervan by Samuel.

My campervan is from a moon set of Lego, but I made my own top for it and made a bed for the inside.  The bike is from my agent's car Lego set, but I changed it to be a normal car. Also I turned it into a getaway vehicle by connecting the motorbike to the car like a sidecar.  I made my trailer with a small board and  side bits, and then I put  two kayaks on it so that if there was an ocean near the campsite, you could go paddling with the paddles.  The car tows the trailer.  Also, I made a sleepingbag, using a flat baseplate and top and some side bits - and my guy can go in it with a dressing gown on. Below is my sleeping bag with a guy in it.

4WD pick up by Otis W.

I helped make a bushwalk outside our house with loads of wood for the pathway.   My mum and dad paid me to help do the work, and with the money i bought this 4WD Lego set, because its a great car for camping in.  It has an opening boot and bonnet.



Decisions for this week:

1 We'll rotate the job of who brings the snacks.  Snacks will be something like 1 bag chips, 1 pkt cookies, fruit - or whatever else you prefer.

2  We'll meet every second week - next meeting Sunday 24 June 3:30pm.  Lachlan brings snacks.

3  Next meeting theme: Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Park.  Examples of what we could make:  enclosures, a big base for people, cars, transport trucks, trees, a giant robo dinosaur, flying dinosaurs, hanging dinosaurs, cranes for lifting dinosaurs etc.

4 IB Legobuilders Camping Trip:  we are keen to do this.  2 cabins at Paekakariki Campground would cost approx $200.  Our fundraising ideas are (1) carwash, (2) lemonade stand and baking, (3) earn money from our talents eg piano, guitar, dance, music etc.  We'll think about this some more and find a location for the carwash, then talk about it again and book a date next meeting.