May 11, 2025

My Mega Bloks Empress is now repaired, modified, and painted.

I thought the Mega Bloks Empress would be my last airship, but then I found The Angel’s Voyage Ship at Savers thrift shop for $4, and the obsession took hold once again.  The repurposing of these toys into airships is so much fun it is very difficult to resist the temptation.   I finished the construction/repurposing and began the painting.

I ended the week painting Dr. Li Fong and Fu Manchu by Cool Minis Or Not.

May 4, 2025

I've been looking for a Mega Bloks' Empress that I could afford for years. I finally found one on eBay for $29 plus $8 shipping. It wasn't complete, but it had everything I wanted at a fraction of the normal asking price. I am converting it into another airship. New decking covering the Lego-style pegs was the big task, but lifting the airship on its posts is the part that makes me most nervous.  I have most of the big conversion work done... still some details and a lot of painting to come.

I spent two days this week painting the Farm World stable.  This is for my granddaughter, and I am very happy with the way it came out.  This started its life as a very expensive, German-made toy.  I found it at Savers thrift shop for $7 and repaired all the significant missing pieces. 

I ended the week putting the last pieces on the Mega Bloks’ Empress and giving it a flat black base coat.  It is always fun the first time I see one of these repurposed toys painted in one color that really defines it for the first time as something new rather than the old toy with some changes.