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Friday, August 21, 2026

Adventures in Chat GPT - Hallmark Gandalf the Gray Ornament in Hobbiton

This figure was one of my newer ones and was photographed as recently as 2016. However, poor Gandalf didn't get the photo treatment he deserved, being relegated to a few dry inventory pics. A quick prompt to have him walking in Hobbiton and now he looks super!

Ed




New Moonscape Diorama / Display Board - Pt 5 First Carving

I know all these in-progress posts could have been lumped together into one big post but, long time readers will recognize my modus operandi. It's like, if I post everything today, what'll I do for tomorrow? Sooo, after setting a few toys up to see what I'm dealing with size-wise, I took the board back outside and commenced carving away the terrain. I tried to leave some narrow roads/ramps - whatever - to pose small vehicles on.

Ed


Yes, there are gaps. No, I'm not worried. They'll be filled in later.






Thursday, August 20, 2026

Adventures in Chat GPT - Play Along Toys - Aragorn on Horseback

 This figure was a part of Play Along Toys Armies of Middle Earth Warriors and Battle Beasts series from ~2003.

Ed





New Moonscape Diorama / Display Board - Pt 4 Size Checking Toys

After roughing-in the crater rim, I brought the board into the house to get a feel for size and placement of some of my toys. I also used this as a means to figure out where I want smaller craters to be placed.

Ed

From this I knew I could fit at least four of the Tri-ang Moon Base HQ sets on the board and still have room to display other space colony paraphenalia.


Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Adventures in Chat GPT - Play Along Toys - Ringwraith at Weathertop

This Ringwraith was part of the 'Soldier and Scenes' series of figures from Play Along Toys that was released in 2003 and posted here on the blog back in January 2011. The Chat GPT prompt used here was "place the Ringwraith from the Lord of The Rings at Weathertop". I like the image but should have specified that I wanted him inside the ruins vs. outside on a hill. That's okay though - as an image it stands up well in its own right.

Ed