Wow. I'm kinda jealous! But why did you have to kill Tingle?! He didn't deserve it!!
Now it is time for... a random story about Legos. When I was a kid, I loved to play with Legos. We had a giant bucket of them and I would dump them across the floor and spread them out to find things faster. I loved to build marble mazes--little structures that you could tilt to make a marble move around it. Just take one lego platform, stick a bunch of long 4-piecers on it to make walls, make a two-piece gap between them, and you're set for endless fun! I made paths, bridges, ramps, two- and three-story structures, and even manual eleveators! That had to be one of my favorite childhood memories, and it taught some things about myself. (This is why I got so upset when someone made fun of Legos here XD)
I also used to enjoy drawing Mario and DKC characters too, even though I wasn't very good. A couple years ago I made a drawing that I really liked and is still my favorite. It's a picture of SMRPG characters on a letter sent to Nintendo Power (and scanned it before I sent it so I still have the copy today) I intended to put this up in SMB Info Station, but put it off forever. But now... ladies and gentlemen... here it is!
Some parts of this picture I'm not happy with. I should have made Yaridovich's tail longer, Smithy's hammer face the other way, not make Mario have cross eyes, and make the G on RPG bigger, etc. And what's with that black star I drew? Besides those things, I really like this.