And here are the two vintage firefighter minifigs that came with Malarkey's torso.
Update: The camera is fixed for the most part, so I can start shooting soon. And all the minifigures came, so let's get this show on the road!
April 15, 2013
April 8, 2013
Police Show Contest
As most of you know, I am entering the animation contest hosted by NNN. But all is not going well. Why? Well, here are some reasons:
1) I didn't have anything close to the characters from police show.
2) I'm not a very good voice actor, so the characters won't sound exactly the same. (Although I did get somebody very special to play Snaps Harvey. But I'm going to let it be a surprise.)
3) The camera that I use needs fixed/cleaned. So that is delaying the animation.
The first problem is being fixed though. I decided to buy some of the pieces necessary to build Snaps Harvey and Chuck Malarkey. Mostly because they are the main characters. But like I said, I didn't have anything that looks like them. Example:
Before going on eBay:
After going on eBay:
I know what some of you are thinking. "Why didn't you go on BrickLink?"
Well, to be honest, I don't like Bricklink. The setup of the website is just not user friendly, and a lot of the sellers have a store minimum. Meaning that you have to spend a certain amount to place an order. And for what I needed, it would cost about $5, but one of the sellers minimums was $20! So, I went on eBay and found the pieces I needed for $15. I know, it is a lot more expensive, but I'm use to eBay and I've got some pretty good deals on it before.
So I did spend more, but it shipped in 5 days! I ordered it on Thursday, and the pieces came on Monday (today). So it only took only 3 business days. I am waiting on the last piece, which is Malarkey's torso. That is also the reason why the eBay order cost more; Malarkey's body came with two firefighter minifigures from the 90's. And that was the only torso that I could find on eBay that was exactly like Malarkey's.
The second problem isn't that bad, because I got someone who is a good voice actor, but he is only playing one character. So me and some family members/friends are doing the other voices. But you will just have to wait until a later post to find out who the "special" person is... muhahahaha!
The third problem is being fixed, and I still have to wait until Malarkey's torso comes anyways, so it's all good.
P.S. Sorry for no blog post last week. I had one written, and it was ready for upload when I realized I rambled in it WAY too much. (But maybe I rambled in this one, too. Did I?) And then it was Sunday, the start of the new week, so sorry.
Also, I will be posting updates like this very frequently while making this video.
1) I didn't have anything close to the characters from police show.
2) I'm not a very good voice actor, so the characters won't sound exactly the same. (Although I did get somebody very special to play Snaps Harvey. But I'm going to let it be a surprise.)
3) The camera that I use needs fixed/cleaned. So that is delaying the animation.
The first problem is being fixed though. I decided to buy some of the pieces necessary to build Snaps Harvey and Chuck Malarkey. Mostly because they are the main characters. But like I said, I didn't have anything that looks like them. Example:
Before going on eBay:
I know what some of you are thinking. "Why didn't you go on BrickLink?"
Well, to be honest, I don't like Bricklink. The setup of the website is just not user friendly, and a lot of the sellers have a store minimum. Meaning that you have to spend a certain amount to place an order. And for what I needed, it would cost about $5, but one of the sellers minimums was $20! So, I went on eBay and found the pieces I needed for $15. I know, it is a lot more expensive, but I'm use to eBay and I've got some pretty good deals on it before.
So I did spend more, but it shipped in 5 days! I ordered it on Thursday, and the pieces came on Monday (today). So it only took only 3 business days. I am waiting on the last piece, which is Malarkey's torso. That is also the reason why the eBay order cost more; Malarkey's body came with two firefighter minifigures from the 90's. And that was the only torso that I could find on eBay that was exactly like Malarkey's.
The second problem isn't that bad, because I got someone who is a good voice actor, but he is only playing one character. So me and some family members/friends are doing the other voices. But you will just have to wait until a later post to find out who the "special" person is... muhahahaha!
The third problem is being fixed, and I still have to wait until Malarkey's torso comes anyways, so it's all good.
P.S. Sorry for no blog post last week. I had one written, and it was ready for upload when I realized I rambled in it WAY too much. (But maybe I rambled in this one, too. Did I?) And then it was Sunday, the start of the new week, so sorry.
Also, I will be posting updates like this very frequently while making this video.
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