Saturday, March 11, 2023

Just Intimating 2: Fail Hard

The picture below is one of my greatest building block shames.  It is the rare set that i will never finish.

It is a FOCO BRXLZ Miniature Block replica of Safeco Field (after ordered it was relabeled as T-Mobile Park).  This was an Xmas present from Santa.  

Why won't i ever finish it, you probably didn't ask?  The pieces are tiny, the directions are horrible (and literally messed with my eyes), colors were hard to differentiate, and the roof doesn't fit well. This is as close as i will ever get to finishing it.  i never had any intention of putting on the stickers. This is the 2nd and last time i tried building this.



i actually used a lighted magnifying glass to see these. Compared to LEGO or Mega Construx instructions, these are horrible.  It is basically a bunch of levels built on top of each other, the first level was kind of hard, trying to count out where things should be. The completed levels (kind of greyed out on the instructions) messed with my eyes (making things kind of blur) - then there were subtle differences between some greyed out section in the directions and similar colored pieces. Not sure the roof pieces are the right color. Also, one of the scoreboards wouldn't stay together and was missing a couple of pieces.


History of the World Part II: What a Trainwreck

Before this series hit, i had a pretty good idea it was going to be bad (with some of those involved).  It exceeded my expectations (in how terrible it was). 

Unlike the movie, there was little cohesion in the episodes - usually jumping between bad serial sketches (that probably should have been one-offs). There was no Orson Wells style narration holding things together. Mel Brooks should not have tarnished his reputation with this abomination. 

So, what didn't i like about this unfunny show (Hulu - the first show i ever actually disliked there)?