We’ve just passed the halfway point for the building phase for our podracer contest and the entries are already pouring in. You still have two weeks left if you would like to participate and earn a shot at the prizes. That’s plenty of time to pick your favorite collectible minifig and build them a matching racer. The full contest rules are available right here on the forum so take a look and join the fun!
The time has come for the years first contest on FBTB, and we’re going to jump right in with a reoccurring favorite: Podracers! We’ve bumped the build phase to February so everyone has the chance to send their entry in for a group display at LegoLand’s Star Wars Days event occurring at the end March. (Optional of course, and details on that will be posted later.)
The theme of this year is Collectible Minifigures. You are to select one minifigure from the six available waves as your pilot and build a themed pod that fits the character. With 96 different figures to chose from and plenty of directions to take with each, we hope to see some fantastic and creative entries.
Good luck to everyone!
You now have just under 24 hours to cast your votes for your 5 favorite entries in our 2011 Podracer Challenge qualifying poll!
The top twenty-four podracers after the vote will move on to the big race, which consists of 3 crazy laps of random good and bad events to whittle our challengers down to one final winner!
We’ve entered the qualifying round for the Podracer Challenge. A field of 48 will vie for your votes, the top 24 will advance to the race. The podracer with the most number of votes will be crowned Fan Favorite and win one of two prize packages. The poll is up for a full week and you can pick up to 5 podracers.
Good luck!
We forgot to put up a post when the poll was started on the forum, but there’s still time to cast your votes for the top 42 Bad Luck Events we’ll use for the big race in our second (quasi)annual Podracer Challenge. Vote on your 10 favorites! Check the forum thread for more information and to choose your favorites. Remember to click all 10 of your chosen events before hitting the submit button! Once you hit that button your vote is recorded and unchangeable regardless if you’ve chosen ten or not!
This is also you reminder to finish up your podracer entries! You have until Midnight PST on March 31st to submit your entry to the contest thread! Make sure you follow all submission guidelines: we’d hate for entrants to miss out because of ignoring or forgetting a requirement!
We just hammered out 60 of the whackiest events we could think of all in the name of Lady Luck to help you reach the finish line in first place in our second (quasi)annual Podracer Challenge. Vote on up to 10 of your favorites. The top 42 events will secretly be retained for the events video broadcasting. Check the forum thread for more information and to choose your favorites.
Greetings race fans! The time has come for the second (quasi)annual Bothan Classic – the 2011 Podracer Challenge! Two years to the day since we announced our original Podracer Challenge, we debut FBTB’s next outer rim invitational, welcoming competitors from all across the far reaches of licensed Lego themes… except, in this case, Star Wars. Confused yet? Just wait until you get a look at the race system we have planned, it’s sure to be an interesting treat for everyone. You have one month to build and two grand prizes up for grabs, so hit the jump for the full guidelines & clarifications and get your bricks ready to race!
The race is finally over and here are the prize winning entries:
Coming in first with a total of 163 votes, Turkguy19′s Red Fleet Racer:
In second with 159 votes, Larry Lars’ Spinner Pod:
And in third with 133 votes, Pepa Quin’s iPod Racer:
Check out the comments thread to see how the rest of the final entries placed and to congratulate all who participated.
OK Bothans, the race is back on and the competitors are headed out on the track. The ranks are mixed up as they leave the chaotic pit lane, some got hit harder than others… but no one was immune. The more damage dealt, the farther back they start the final lap. Curious how the high and low ends of the rankings were the biggest targets, and that classy iPod Racer ended up as the most loathed by a single vote over the Desert Nomad. Meanwhile the G-pod, Exo Racer and Unspod had the lightest attacks… maybe these sleepers from the center of the pack are going to burst through to the front to take the win!
Here is the voting lineup for the final lap (but NOT the current rankings!):
Make sure you stop by the final lap thread to get your votes in!
Lap 2 is complete and the entries are headed to the pit lane before completing the race… so what better time to try and hinder your competition with some good natured sabotage? Stop by the special one day thread to cast your votes against your least favorite entries to take them down a notch and mix up the totals a bit!
Here’s the current standings for the lead racers:
