Lego
Lego is a brand of plastic building block toys. They are noted for their durability and ease of use, allowing the creation of almost anything imaginable.
Chris has relied heavily on Lego blocks to put his creations into reality. They were a staple gift during his childhood Christmas, his late teens, and his early twenties.
Even today, they remain a centerpiece of his life, with Chris spending literally hundreds of dollars on Lego sets.
Chris Lego Brick creations
- Pixelated PS3 (also made with Pixelblocks)
- Model CWCville
- Mario Kart 64 Lego Raceway
- Titanic-like boat
- "Heavy-duty case" to hold his Pokémon card decks, acknowledged by Chris as one of his most noteworthy inventions (also held together with tape).
- A model family with him, Jackie, Crystal and Reginald.
Chris has also found other uses for his Lego blocks besides simply building stuff. In his AIM chat with Vivian Gee, he noted that he uses his Lego figurines to "rehearse" imaginary conversations with women.
Influences
Inspired by his Mario Kart 64 Lego Raceway, Sonichu and Rosechu have a pair of Lego go-karts in their garage, the only vehicles they are shown to possess.
启蒙 (Enlighten) Bricks Police Station set
In one of Chris's birthday photos he is seen holding what appears to be a new Lego "6332-1 - Command Post Central".[1] Upon further inspection it is apparent that is merely a rebranded 启蒙 Bricks "POLICE SERIES" set which is almost a direct clone of the original Lego set. Presumably the 启蒙 Bricks logo was altered by a third party and replaced with "LEGO bricks". Chris's parents probably bought it relatively cheap at a discount store that carries knock-off brands, so it's not like they were shopping for a quality present for Chris in the first place. It should be noted that 启蒙 Bricks are much more fragile than Lego and are of generally much poorer quality than Lego sets are, something that probably went unnoticed by Chris.
Kre-o
To no surprise, Chris bought a rival Lego set made by Hasbro (the company behind Transformers and My Little Pony) called Kre-o. Chris specifically bought the $50 Optimus Prime set and used one of the human figurines combined with Lego parts to make a Frankenstein minfig of himself.
This version of Lego Chris was last seen 11 January 2013 on Chris's Facebook depicting his Lego self as a fallen angel of sorts. It also now sports a ponytail.
Addiction and Financial Ruin
As time has gone on, it's been increasingly apparent that Chris has been spending money like crazy on Lego sets. Initially, many had written this off as an attempt to rebuild his Manchester High School project following the fire, but as time has gone on, it's become far more apparent that he's simply feeding an addiction, and has spent somewhere in the vicinity of over a thousand dollars on recently-acquired Lego sets. This is on top of essentially begging friends and such for money. One of the sets, which even William Elliott Waterman pointed out, was a set retailing for over a quarter grand. As time went on and Chris posted images of his damaged Manchester High Project, several noticed a huge number of empty boxes near the melted mock-school: sets that are all incredibly recent releases. Fittingly enough, the CWCki's team of impartial observers began to calculate a very simple question:
Just how much is Chris' addiction to these damned things costing?
To further breakdown the expense of this project, Chris' new MHS model incorporates about 10 Lego Friends Heartlake High Sets - which retail for about $50 each. There are multiple furnishings in the MHS model that only come in a specific Simpsons box set - one that retails for about $200. This same set is also the only one that provides pieces for a miniature that Chris turned into Sandy Rosechu, which confirms the initial price. Just for MHS alone, Chris has spent over $700. When one factors in incredibly expensive kits like the Optimus Prime set he was confirmed to have (over $160), a Batman set he was likewise confirmed to have ($50), and the Temple of Light set he's confirmed to have, that's over a thousand dollars spent on lego kits alone. Other recent identifications that show what Chris has acquired include a $60 Batcave set, a $75 scale model White House, and multiple Equestria Girls sets.
By all accounts, Chris has spent at least Five Thousand Dollars on Legos since the Branchland Court fire. This is on top of the $800-1200 he spent on creating his MHS project the first time. One might make the argument that this is one of his many steps in repairing CWCville, but it's just as likely that Chris has developed an honest-to-god addiction that can and will prove ruinous to him economically. The fact that he has spent thousands on Legos alone is absolutely horrifying; rest assured, good reader: No one on the CWCki takes any joy in this. Addiction is a terrible disease, and deserves to be treated as such.
Sadly, Chris will never admit to there being any problem.
Gallery
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See also
- A Sonichu Day
- Alex's Lemonade Stand
- I Pimp My Ride.MOV
- Lars' Ship has Sunk.MOV
- Pixelblocks
- PlayingHouse
Sources
- ↑ Link to Peeron page on set "6332-1 Command Post Central"