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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: CP5670 on June 22, 2006, 07:02:41 pm
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I finally got around to taking pictures of the things I have made during the last few years: (select the images twice to see the proper size)
Star Hammer (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=189184); could use a few improvements but still looks pretty good.
Annihilator (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=188937); badass model, easily my best to date.
Mission Commander mod (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=189932); more of a redesign actually, but it's made from the same parts.
Control Center mod (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28531); the pictures suck, but I don't have it built anymore and can't take better ones.
Random stuff (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=190029); some minor things and parts of unfinished creations.
I should have another project I've been recently working on finished in a few days. I'll put up some images when I am done.
[edit] And here it is:
Cosmic Enforcer (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=191630)
Are any of you into this stuff? Post anything you've built here, both real and computer designed models.
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HA! I still have some of the original Blacktron guys. Who were actually black, little vader-esque life support stuff drawn on the chest. :p
Not mine, but I wish, and no discussion of awesome lego can go without: http://www.brickcommander.com/
I'll see if there's anything else, but I don't have pictures of most stuff I think...
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Yeah, I've got about 20 of those scattered around (many of them actually came in SP1 sets as prisoners :D).
I need to get some more Unitron guys. I only have four of them at the moment.
There are some great buildings in that collection. I particularly like that Mechbay one. :yes:
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@CP5670 -- Dang, all those just look totally awesome. Excellent work!
I got 2 of those RCX microcomputers and a couple of other, smaller microcontrollers. But I don't have nearly as many Legos as you do...
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Thanks. :) I'll have another one up there soon, just adding on some finishing touches to it now.
I don't have an RCX unfortunately. I've got two of the old Control Centers and a Scout, but those aren't quite as useful. I need to see if I can track down one of the original RCX 1.0s, which had a port for an AC adapter to those.
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I would try E-Bay. When I got my 2nd RCX a few months ago, direct from Lego, they told me they had stopped manufacuring them. The one I got from them was an educational RCX prototype, basically identical in circuitry to a standard one, but with a more heavily reinforced frame. That one was the second last one they had on the company inventory books, along with some other parts I needed for a very special project...I guess I'm just really lucky.
Question: Do you use and Lego CAD software to design your creations, or do they just come out of your head?
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what's this http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1853260 ?
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I would try E-Bay. When I got my 2nd RCX a few months ago, direct from Lego, they told me they had stopped manufacuring them. The one I got from them was an educational RCX prototype, basically identical in circuitry to a standard one, but with a more heavily reinforced frame. That one was the second last one they had on the company inventory books, along with some other parts I needed for a very special project...I guess I'm just really lucky.
Question: Do you use and Lego CAD software to design your creations, or do they just come out of your head?
Yeah, ebay is probably my best option. You can actually still get the RCX 2.0s from Lego's educational store and there are many available on Bricklink, but the 1.0s are harder to find. Although I would definitely be willing to pay extra for the AC port. I hate how the battery powered boxes become subtly weaker as the battery charge runs out. They have come out with an RCX successor called NXT that looks very nice, but it also lacks any AC port.
I pretty much just think of stuff as I go along, the old school way of doing it. :D Actually, I would like to become more proficient with one of the Lego CAD apps. I want to make instructions for some of my things (so I can take them apart and still rebuild them in the future), but I find that it takes hours to build even very simple things with something like MLcad.
what's this http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1853260 ?
It's a chassis for a monster truck with drive, steering and suspension on all four wheels without using the Super Car CV joints or other special parts. I have had that thing built for a while but never got around to completing it.
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God, I wish I had all my Legos. I had all the Blacktron and M-Tron sets, and a ton of the space police and ice explorer sets. Also had a few from that one underwater one, I cant think of the name for the life of me. When I saw this (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1853261) it made me miss all my Legos. Really, I was huge into them.
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i have an arseload of legos in my drawer, but i dont have enough to assemble what i'd like, and i'd really like to get my hands on some older lego technic sets... waaah :p
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Apparently, we have many Lego fans here... Maybe we should start a Lego build off thread?
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God, I wish I had all my Legos. I had all the Blacktron and M-Tron sets, and a ton of the space police and ice explorer sets. Also had a few from that one underwater one, I cant think of the name for the life of me. When I saw this (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1853261) it made me miss all my Legos. Really, I was huge into them.
You should see the rest of my room. :D I have something around 300 sets and the walls are all packed with the ones that I have built up. My collection basically consists of pretty much all of the larger Technic sets from 1988 to 2000, most of the Aquazone, Model Team and post-classic Space sets, many Town sets, some classic Space sets, a few of the old Expert Builder sets, two Train sets (that Metroliner and its addon were too cool to pass up when Lego rereleased them a few years ago) and maybe around 4000 spare parts.
i have an arseload of legos in my drawer, but i dont have enough to assemble what i'd like, and i'd really like to get my hands on some older lego technic sets... waaah :p
Look on ebay. I got a lot of old sets from there a few years ago. There are still a handful of things I am looking for (a second 6986 Mission Commander, a 6484 F1 Hauler, a 6940 Alien Moon Stalker and if I can snag a new one without paying through the nose, a 6990 Monorail Transport System), but for the most part I now have everything I always wanted as a kid.
For specific parts, try Bricklink. I bought a bunch of stuff from there just last week for my next few projects. You can also get sets from there, although the prices are often a lot higher than ebay.
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i cant buy off the net, my dad wont let me use his card and i dont have mine yet... (well, for two more weeks at least, but i have to get some money on it first...)
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what's this http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1853260 ?
It's a chassis for a monster truck with drive, steering and suspension on all four wheels without using the Super Car CV joints or other special parts. I have had that thing built for a while but never got around to completing it.
ah right. that was my forte (though I wasn't as good). I thought I was clever making an 4 axled dumper truck with the front pair both having steering. I loved using Technic, uh, "technical" stuff with regualr block bodies. Like model Team, but more so.
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I just put up my new model, see the original post.
ah right. that was my forte (though I wasn't as good). I thought I was clever making an 4 axled dumper truck with the front pair both having steering. I loved using Technic, uh, "technical" stuff with regualr block bodies. Like model Team, but more so.
Yeah, that's a fairly popular building style especially for the really large models. Those models look very realistic but also tend to be heavy.
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I also love technic legos.
Once I constructed a walking AT-AT. It really walked and proceeded (slowly), but the balance issues were impossible, so I disassembled it and constructed a six-legged walker machine. The six-legged machine walked with having constantly three support points so it was much more stable. Next step would have been 12-legged thingy, having constantly four legs on the ground and moving with three phases of movement - or alternatively, three legs in the ground at any given time, and the legs moving on four strokes. The first would've offered superior balance with four support points, the latter would've offered steadier walk, as the vertical movement would've been much smaller. Unfortunately, I ran out of pieces and engines - the six-legged used two 9V engines (those traditional ones, not the new) and the AT-AT I built using an old, single 4,5V engine system with built-in reduction transmission.
:D
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Sounds interesting. I've actually never tried building a walker, but it's something I would like to try at some point.
One thing I am currently working on is an upgraded version of the 8485 CC2 helicopter "simulator", with turning and tilting rotors added in. The challenging part is that I want to do this with only three motors (for the three control center outputs), one for each type of rotation, so the three motors all need to power the main rotors without affecting each other. I have been able to make this work if each motor is powered individually, but the rotors don't still work (without a change in speed) when two or all three motors are turned on simultaneously.
I may need to buy some of the new RC motors for this, as most of my motors are the old 3600RPM 9V ones that are weaker than the various newer ones with internal gear reduction.
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Just a question, did anyone tried to make any FS ship out of lego? I think that the Orion or the Colossus would be amazingly easy to do.
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I can feel an "FS2 Teh LEGO MOMENTS" thread spawning soon...........
Nothing wrong with that :D
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Just a question, did anyone tried to make any FS ship out of lego? I think that the Orion or the Colossus would be amazingly easy to do.
Let me find my bricks...if I could do an RFL-3N then this should be easy. :p
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(http://mypage.bluewin.ch/p98/lego.jpg)
Left one is set #4492 right one is custom.
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:lol:
good ones :D
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Just a question, did anyone tried to make any FS ship out of lego? I think that the Orion or the Colossus would be amazingly easy to do.
Yeah
I have a feeling someone did the Valkyrie a while back, in particular.
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(http://mypage.bluewin.ch/p98/lego.jpg)
Left one is set #4492 right one is custom.
Omg that star destroyer is so cute. It reminds me of when I went "AAAAAAAAW" when I saw the Sathanas minicap model. I want a plush minicap. *nods*
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:D That's actually an official set from the SW mini line. I got a bunch of the mini AT-ATs a few years ago just because they came with several of the very rare 24-tooth half width bevel gears.
I think the Ursa or Apollo wouldn't be too difficult to build in minifig scale. I might have to try doing one of those sometime.
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I just spent several hours making ldraw renditions of some of the models, so I can take them apart if I want to and still rebuild them in the future. I think I'm getting the hang of this mlcad program now.
(http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/ce1.jpg)
(http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/sh1.jpg)
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Impressive! :yes:
When can we expect a Orion?
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Can you post a link to wherever you got that Lego CAD program? I got one from the Lego site and it was horrible. Didn't give me the pieces I needed...
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When can we expect a Orion?
A detailed Orion would be pretty hard to do unless it's made to be quite huge. I've been thinking about an Ursa though, which can be made pretty accurate and in minifig scale.
Can you post a link to wherever you got that Lego CAD program? I got one from the Lego site and it was horrible. Didn't give me the pieces I needed...
http://www.ldraw.org
Get the "LDraw tools installer" there. The program is called MLcad and comes with that package. It's pretty robust at this point and the LDraw Q1 '05 package has most of the available parts, although its renderer sucks. LDview has a better renderer but can't edit the models.
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I was joking about the Orion (because it's a flying brick) :), wouldnt a Zeus be easier to do?
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Thanks, CP. Gonna go check that out now.
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Hmm, I would post a picture of the Sathanas I built from Legos...except that it's packed away right now and I can't get to it. Should be able to in, say...a week.
And no, its not to scale to the little Lego guys.
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:necro:
Been working on more of this stuff lately, now that I'm on break again. (click the pics for the full size)
These are identical and can fold up for transport; I plan to make four in total and and put them all inside a much larger carrier I'm working on:
(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/randomjunk/bt2fighters.jpg)
It's not obvious in the picture, but the extra motor was added to power the stabilizers along with the necessary polarity switches:
(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/randomjunk/motorstabs.jpg)
I managed to acquire some of the old monorail sets recently and combined them to make this:
(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/randomjunk/monorail.jpg)
And here are various mods of some official sets:
(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/randomjunk/bt1mods1.jpg)
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Aren't you a bit old for Lego ? - my parents, when I was 13, when they refused to buy me anymore. Gutted was I.
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You can never be too old for Lego. :D Unlike most people, I never quite lost interest in them. It's a lot easier to sustain the hobby now than when I was younger, as I can buy stuff much more easily now. There is actually a fairly large community of adult Lego hobbyists around the world, so you could say I'm one of them.
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Holy crap man, is that original Blacktron? You are my hero.
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Exactly. In fact, if you've played my campaign, you will recognize what the 161st squad logo was inspired by.
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Aren't you a bit old for Lego ?
Roanoke, the Lego company have professionals that they pay to think of Lego ideas...i wouldn't be surprised if some of them were in their 40s :nervous:
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I never did get the Model Team Rally Van. I fookin' loved that thing.... :sigh:
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Next time I'm home, I might finally indulge the whim of gathering up all of my Lego models in one spot and grabbing a picture of them. I never really got into the whole "imagine-your-own-vehicle" thing, but I have to have at least a good 75 or so completed Lego System models sitting in my room gathering dust. I remember I used to love all of the old Blacktron/Space Police/Ice Planet models. The pride and joy of my collection is a 900-piece pirate ship model sitting over my head.
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I still spend time tinkering with my Legos. Most of the stuff I design though is built solely for function, not for form.
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I never did get the Model Team Rally Van. I fookin' loved that thing.... :sigh:
I used to spend hours staring at that in the catalogs. I decided to pass it up in favor of the newer Magic Flash later on, which is nearly identical but has a speedboat added in.
Next time I'm home, I might finally indulge the whim of gathering up all of my Lego models in one spot and grabbing a picture of them. I never really got into the whole "imagine-your-own-vehicle" thing, but I have to have at least a good 75 or so completed Lego System models sitting in my room gathering dust. I remember I used to love all of the old Blacktron/Space Police/Ice Planet models. The pride and joy of my collection is a 900-piece pirate ship model sitting over my head.
I have most of the themed Space sets at this point (roughly from Futuron to UFO), except for a few of the smaller ones. I'm still missing most of the classic space stuff though. I occasionally scour ebay for those things and see if I can find any good deals.
Is the ship one of the official models or your own design? I don't think any of the Legoland/System sets had over 900 pieces until the mid-90s.
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lego-Model-Team-5581-Magic-Flash_W0QQitemZ260127369362QQihZ016QQcategoryZ19012QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
looks a lot smaller than I remember.....
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The van is around 9" long. It's probably just the angle that picture is taken from. These images are better:
Custom Rally Van (http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/5550-1.jpg)
Magic Flash (http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/5581-1.jpg)
By the way, check this out (http://cgi.ebay.com/928-GALAXY-EXPLORER-LEGO-SPACE-LEGOLAND-MISB_W0QQitemZ170120309900QQihZ007QQcategoryZ19008QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). It will probably go over a grand by the time it's over. :p
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Is the ship one of the official models or your own design? I don't think any of the Legoland/System sets had over 900 pieces until the mid-90s.
No, it's an official model. Mid-90s would be about right. I still remember getting the massive thing one Christmas morning and building it off-and-on over the next two days.
Edit: Here (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6286-1) it is. Came out in 1993, apparently. 892 pieces, according to another reference I found. I still love this thing. :)
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I have the counterpart to that for the little redcoat dudes, or did, but it was eventually incorporated into a spaceship and some other stuff.
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Is the ship one of the official models or your own design? I don't think any of the Legoland/System sets had over 900 pieces until the mid-90s.
No, it's an official model. Mid-90s would be about right. I still remember getting the massive thing one Christmas morning and building it off-and-on over the next two days.
Edit: Here (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6286-1) it is. Came out in 1993, apparently. 892 pieces, according to another reference I found. I still love this thing. :)
Cool, I didn't realize that one had so many pieces. 892 is more than even most of the trains.
My favorite sets in my collection are probably this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8868-1) and this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6781-1), from 1992 and 1989 respectively. I didn't even know that either one existed until around 2000, as they were never advertised in the US Lego catalogs for some reason, but I got two of each on ebay a few years ago.
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By the way, check this out (http://cgi.ebay.com/928-GALAXY-EXPLORER-LEGO-SPACE-LEGOLAND-MISB_W0QQitemZ170120309900QQihZ007QQcategoryZ19008QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). It will probably go over a grand by the time it's over. :p
Doesn't look that special . Bit rare is it ?
Doesn't Get Anybetter (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6941-1)
I'd love to remake it with a technic engine, trick suspension etc Model Team Stylee
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Doesn't look that special . Bit rare is it ?
Extremely so. It's from 1978 and I've never seen a brand new one before. Although you would have to be a bit nuts to pay that much. :p
The most expensive set I've seen over there is this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=852-1). A new one went for $1700 a few years ago.
Doesn't Get Anybetter (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6941-1)
I'd love to remake it with a technic engine, trick suspension etc Model Team Stylee
You'll notice one of these in the pictures I posted earlier. I think it's a little flawed in its stock form, but that can be fixed with some simple mods.
That is essentially the direction I'm going with my future creations though. Space themed stuff with Technic functionality inside.
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Jeez, the 87 boats (Police, Fire and Cargo Ship) bring back memories....
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I don't have any boats unfortunately. I do have the excellent Coastal Patrol set, but it's not of the floatable variety that are generally classified in the boats category.
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I eventually turned all my boats into warships. Blue and red-hulled warships, sure, but they had guns dammit :p And the big multi-part hull pirate one I had (This one: http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6285-1) functioned nicely as the base for an aircraft carrier - one with lots of big guns, of course ;) Come to think of it, in retrospect I'm not entirely sure just how the planes were supposed to land or take off with all those guns on the deck...
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This thread made me go through the Star Wars sets on the Lego site.
Check out this (http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10179&LangId=2057&ShipTo=US) baby...Specifically the number of pieces... :jaw:
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Yes, that set easily has the highest piece count ever, far more than ever the UCS Star Destroyer. It doesn't look all that appealing to me though, since it's mostly gray. They changed the gray colors in 2004 and any gray pieces made after that are basically incompatible with anything produced earlier. That would limit it to a display model for me, even if I could afford it.
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what do you guys make of this ?
http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=8288&cn=57&d=70
Incidentally, currently bidding on a Blacktron Brittax and some old school Technic Construction vehicles. Thanks to this thread :p
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Incidentally, currently bidding on a Blacktron Brittax....
Mmmm.... Now that brings back some memories. I actually rebuilt my Battrax a couple years back. On the one hand, I'm curious as to what the bidding is up to, but on the other hand, my inner child refuses to let me even conceive of selling a single Lego brick.
My last build was the *ahem* "small" 1367-piece Star Destroyer.
The god-honest truth of it all is, though, I'd really like to muster the effort to make a reasonably large Lego Hecate. The urge hits me once every couple of years, but invariably, I don't have the time to get a start on it. I suppose as FreeSpace goes, it's the hierarchy is something along the lines of life -> FRED -> Lego. *Sigh* One of these days....
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Incidentally, currently bidding on a Blacktron Brittax and some old school Technic Construction vehicles. Thanks to this thread :p
Looks like you're picking up the Lego bug again. Excellent. :D
I don't have the crawler crane, but it looks like a pretty nice set. It's quite large for its price and has some unusual pieces like the weights and tread links.
Mmmm.... Now that brings back some memories. I actually rebuilt my Battrax a couple years back. On the one hand, I'm curious as to what the bidding is up to, but on the other hand, my inner child refuses to let me even conceive of selling a single Lego brick.
My last build was the *ahem* "small" 1367-piece Star Destroyer.
The god-honest truth of it all is, though, I'd really like to muster the effort to make a reasonably large Lego Hecate. The urge hits me once every couple of years, but invariably, I don't have the time to get a start on it. I suppose as FreeSpace goes, it's the hierarchy is something along the lines of life -> FRED -> Lego. *Sigh* One of these days....
The prices depend a lot on the set condition. I got mine for $26 in 2004; it was used and had no box, but it had been a display model and was in perfect shape. Brand new ones are rare and will typically go for around $100.
I generally build my space stuff based on the official Lego Space themes. My current project is a Blacktron 2/FG carrier with the same basic shape as the fighters I posted earlier, but much larger. The wingspan should be about 4' when it's done, although it will be wider than its length.
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I wish I still had my RFL-3N. That was probably my masterwork.
However for years I've had a truly large creation floating around in my mind, a heavy transport sort of thing for my makeshift mecha (minifigs with no hands and no head that is; arms are guns and the little black spot a cockpit. :P Just the legs make a cool little heavily-armed hovercraft/walkinggunbattery.) but it's never materialized as I could not get enough of the pieces.
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I think I'll forgoe alot of stuff (save the Brittax) and try for the old school JCB....
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However for years I've had a truly large creation floating around in my mind, a heavy transport sort of thing for my makeshift mecha (minifigs with no hands and no head that is; arms are guns and the little black spot a cockpit. Tongue Just the legs make a cool little heavily-armed hovercraft/walkinggunbattery.) but it's never materialized as I could not get enough of the pieces.
If you need specific pieces in large quantities, Bricklink is a great place to get them cheap. I bought about 1400 parts from there a few weeks ago, for use with that carrier.
I think I'll forgoe alot of stuff (save the Brittax) and try for the old school JCB....
If you're talking about the Technic one, 8862, I will actually be selling one of those soon, along with several other sets I recently got at a local garage sale. I tend to be extremely picky about the part conditions and most of the sets are a little too playworn for my liking, but most people aren't so concerned about that and I figured I could make a decent profit on them.
That being said, you might want to get the newer one (8455) instead. I have both and this is one of the rare cases where the newer version is easily the superior one, even though the original was already an excellent set.
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I think I'll forgoe alot of stuff (save the Brittax) and try for the old school JCB....
If you're talking about the Technic one, 8862, I will actually be selling one of those soon, along with several other sets I recently got at a local garage sale. I tend to be extremely picky about the part conditions and most of the sets are a little too playworn for my liking, but most people aren't so concerned about that and I figured I could make a decent profit on them.
That being said, you might want to get the newer one (8455) instead. I have both and this is one of the rare cases where the newer version is easily the superior one, even though the original was already an excellent set.
Nah. The newer version seems to fetch a premium and I'm not paying £80 ($160 approx) for Lego. Besides, this is just a nostalgia trip for me and 8862 was the top model when Roanoke was in short pants. I believe it was top of the tree untill the first fullsize test car was released, then model team a couple of years later.
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Interesting, you're right. I think it may be because the 8455 is much more recent and most of the copies being sold are still unopened, while the 8862s sold are almost all used at this point. I would have expected the older one to still go for more.
You can't go wrong with either one anyway. The 8862 was the only model with eight distinct functions for almost 15 years and is about 26" long when fully extended. It actually came out in 1989 though, a year after the Test Car.
Try to get a 1990 version of the set instead of the original 1989 version. You can ask the seller to look near the back of the instructions to see which it is; the '89 version says 8862+8700 at the top of the motorization section while the '90 version says 8862+8720. In 1989, Lego was still using an older design for the basic black friction pins and these are an absolute PITA to use. They came out with a newer type of pin in 1990 that is much easier to work with and is still in use today, so you want to try and get a set with those.
I'm glad the smaller Technic sets at the time used only the gray connector pins. If I had to work with those old friction pins when I was younger, I would have been turned off by Technic and would never have bought another set again. :p
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Little over an hour to go for the Brattax and 8862. Keep yer fingers crossed doodes.
I'm watching 8853 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1) too , incidentally. The last model I bought before it dawned on me to keep the bloody instructions!! (ie not bin them).
edit: Meh, didn't get the brattax :no:
Ordered one from Bricklink instead
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Did you get the 8862 backhoe?
For ebay, you want to place your bid in the last 20 seconds or so. That minimizes the chances of someone else getting into a bidding war with you.
The stock configuration of the Battrax only allows for one Blacktron guy to sit inside, but it's very easy to modify it to fit two people.
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It's like an alien language.................. :eek2:
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Did you get the 8862 backhoe?
For ebay, you want to place your bid in the last 20 seconds or so. That minimizes the chances of someone else getting into a bidding war with you.
The stock configuration of the Battrax only allows for one Blacktron guy to sit inside, but it's very easy to modify it to fit two people.
No, I didn't get 8862, but I wasn't trying especially hard for it. :) edit: oh it's still ongoing......
Currently on dial up so ebay is a pain at the moment. Plus I was asleep at the time :doubt:
I'm going to see how the BrickLink transaction goes before I start bidding and going mad.
Incidentally, my BL wish list ;)
8868 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
8862 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
8853 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
8841 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
6989 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
God knows what people will say when they see my room full of lego again..... :P
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Pretty good selection. I would recommend a few more things from that time period, but those five will keep you busy for a while. :p
You should get your Battrax quickly if you bought it from a local seller. The Bricklink set prices are generally quite a bit higher than ebay though, so I typically use Bricklink for parts and stick with ebay for sets.
God knows what people will say when they see my room full of lego again..... :p
A handful of models on display look pretty nice to have around. On the other hand, you might get some stares if your room becomes anything like mine has: :D
http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/room1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/room2.jpg
(these pictures are a few months old but not much has changed)
This is actually only about half of my collection. The other sets are still in storage since I don't have space to build everything in my room right now, and I'm going to be moving soon anyway.
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I've found them to be fairly consistant and without the hassle of going through an auction. I got the Brattax for circa $45 (£23 approx) which was the same as ebay, though I'm not fussy about having a box etc.
Pretty good selection. I would recommend a few more things from that time period, but those five will keep you busy for a while. :p
You should get your Battrax quickly if you bought it from a local seller. The Bricklink set prices are generally quite a bit higher than ebay though, so I typically use Bricklink for parts and stick with ebay for sets.
God knows what people will say when they see my room full of lego again..... :p
A handful of models on display look pretty nice to have around. On the other hand, you might get some stares if your room becomes anything like mine has: :D
http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/room1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/room2.jpg
(these pictures are a few months old but not much has changed)
This is actually only about half of my collection. The other sets are still in storage since I don't have space to build everything in my room right now, and I'm going to be moving soon anyway.
I don't have the excuse of being a maths wizard though.... ;)
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By the way, check this out (http://cgi.ebay.com/928-GALAXY-EXPLORER-LEGO-SPACE-LEGOLAND-MISB_W0QQitemZ170120309900QQihZ007QQcategoryZ19008QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). It will probably go over a grand by the time it's over. :p
I actually have that ship. I'd say that it was a pity I took it out of the box but I had a whale of a time with it as it was the first lego set I ever owned. :)
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I've found them to be fairly consistant and without the hassle of going through an auction. I got the Brattax for circa $45 (£23 approx) which was the same as ebay, though I'm not fussy about having a box etc.
That's true, Bricklink is certainly more convenient in that respect. The ebay auctions basically require you to be there at the end (or place a higher bid earlier on, which often kills the savings).
Did you receive the Battrax yet?
I'm currently looking at a couple of auctions myself: a Super Nova II (the only Blacktron 2 set I'm missing), a Trauma Team and a Mobile Rocket Transport. I'll need to keep an eye on those ending times. I'm also watching a few others just for fun, like an unopened Futuron monorail auction that came up yesterday. The last one in that condition went for $715.
I actually have that ship. I'd say that it was a pity I took it out of the box but I had a whale of a time with it as it was the first lego set I ever owned.
If that was your first set, you can count yourself very lucky. :) I only got the smaller sets for many years, starting with this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6503-1) when I was 1. I started getting larger stuff only around 1995 or so, although I picked up everything I had missed on ebay several years later.
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/Brattax.jpg)
I think this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=671-1) was my first. Or maybe this (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6682-1)
Pretty good selection. I would recommend a few more things from that time period, but those five will keep you busy for a while. :p
what would you suggest ? :)
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Looks great. :yes: If you want to see the mods I made to mine, I can take closer pictures of it.
These are some notable Space and Technic sets I can think of between 1987 and 1992, keeping the current prices in mind:
Invader (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6894-1): Excellent small set, goes for about $10 used. It splits into three sections that can each combine with the three Battrax components.
SP Striker (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6781-1): You need some good guys to counter that Battrax. :D This is actually my favorite space set of all time. The main guns and a computer inside have flashing lights. Like all SP sets, it comes with a Blacktron prisoner. It seems to be rare on Bricklink, but is typically about $30 on ebay.
Stellar Recon Voyager (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6956-1): Surprisingly cheap on ebay for its size (often under $10), but less so on Bricklink. Contains a lot of equipment for the guys.
Whirlwind Rescue (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8856-1): Again, cheaper than you would think given its 20" size, both on ebay and Bricklink. I paid $75 for a new one in 2002 and used ones can still be had under $40 easily. Still the biggest and best helicopter ever.
Universal flex cable set (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8074-1) The crane is very cool. The Bricklink prices for this are too high, but if you find one around $30 or so on ebay, it's worth a look.
There are some others I had in mind, but they're all relatively expensive ($70+) these days even for used copies. Let me know if you would like me to list them as well. I think the only one from that time period that is really worth it for a casual collector is the 8868 Airtech Claw Rig you already mentioned. That one is simply spectacular to build and watch in action.
By the way, this site (http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brick) has scans of the instructions for all of the Lego sets ever produced, except for some of the very recent ones. You may want to flip through some of them when deciding what to buy.
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By the way, this site has scans of the instructions for all of the Lego sets ever produced, except for some of the very recent ones. You may want to flip through some of them when deciding what to buy.
Whoa, you just made "hero of the week" for that link :) I've lost about half my instructions due to negligence or bad luck, and I'd love to build some of that stuff again.
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Looks great. :yes: If you want to see the mods I made to mine, I can take closer pictures of it.....
.....There are some others I had in mind, but they're all relatively expensive ($70+) these days even for used copies. Let me know if you would like me to list them as well. I think the only one from that time period that is really worth it for a casual collector is the 8868 Airtech Claw Rig you already mentioned. That one is simply spectacular to build and watch in action....
Go for it. Top end budget would be $100, unless it's something really special.
Not a huge fan of Non-Technic generally. I got the Battrax because I never got it even though I really wanted it. I can't remember why. Maybe I could never find it. :doubt:
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wooo! 8862 secured (postage/ebay seller not being a t**t pending)! £35 in total (circa $70 IIRC)
damn, CP, I could really have done without another drain on my limited funds ;)
Updated wanted list:
8868 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8868-1)
8853 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8853-1)
8438 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8438-1) - I'm thinking this is ripe for modifying
8858 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8858-2)
8074 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8074-1)
8891 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8891-1)
I always figured 8868 was a little odd. Not the model but the concept. Why would there be a grab crane on a truck chassis ? The crane looks too small to really reach anything.
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Go for it. Top end budget would be $100, unless it's something really special.
The main ones I had in mind were two of the three mid-90s big guns: (you may need to look on ebay to get a sub-$100 price)
8880 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8880-1): The best of the seven large-scale cars they've made by some distance, with steering, drive and suspension on all four wheels and a transmission system.
8480 (http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=8480-1): This one probably has the most complex gearing of any model ever. It has two motors and the old FOS lighting system. Unlike most sets, the alternate model is also very good. It used to be very common on ebay and Bricklink two or three years ago; it's less so now but can still be found for about $100 on ebay.
I would have also recommended the third one, the 8479 Barcode Truck, but the Brickset reviews indicate that there may have been some bad QC with the controller unit. I ran into some problems with mine last year, although I was able to fix it. It's amazing to watch in action though.
There are also the two Control Center sets, 8094 and 8485. They're cool, but expensive and worth getting more for the parts than the models. You are better off buying the above stuff first. There is also the 8466 4x4 Off Roader, a newer set that has the 8880's functionality in a monster truck frame. I actually have an extra unopened one of these (got it for free in 2001 due a freak error on Lego S@H's part) that I will be selling soon.
If you're interested in other things that aren't road vehicles, the 8839 Supply Ship and 8425 Black Hawk are also very nice sets for about $40-50 each.
wooo! 8862 secured (postage/ebay seller not being a t**t pending)! £35 in total (circa $70 IIRC)
damn, CP, I could really have done without another drain on my limited funds ;)
Excellent. :) You might be surprised at how large this is. It's much bigger than it looks in the box/manual pictures.
I don't want to think about how much I've spent on this stuff over the years. :nervous:
8438 - I'm thinking this is ripe for modifying
This is actually a second reissue of an older set, the 8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck. I have the original one. It's a great set, but note that the newer crane, 8421, is quite a bit better. The 8421 is a current set and priced a bit over your range at $150, but it's available at many retail stores and you may be able to find it on sale somewhere.
8891
This contains some cool ideas, but you can read the whole thing on that site I linked to earlier, so it's probably not worth buying separately. All of the models use pieces from sets around 1990, mainly 8862 and 8094.
I always figured 8868 was a little odd. Not the model but the concept. Why would there be a grab crane on a truck chassis ? The crane looks too small to really reach anything.
I'm not exactly sure what it's supposed to be, but I have seen things like it in real life. I think they're used for lifting tree logs.
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I've got a couple of from-scratch/heavily modded spaceships I'll have to get pics of, including a cross between and A-wing and a podracer that I'm constantly modifying.
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Why dont they make Space sets anymore? They were so awesome back in the day.. Ice Planet, M-Tron, Blacktron, the Aquanauts, Space Police... They all kicked ass. The should totally make more scifi ones.
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I think that legos could be better because the frigging blocks are so holo they should fill it up to about 75 full.That way it would look better from the bottom of it, and it wouldn't break as much.Oh and those are really old sets, 8880 is older than i am.
The individual pieces are very durable. They may get worn or discolored over time (although even that can be largely avoided if you work with them properly), but I have had only a handful of pieces actually break and those were from when I was much younger.
The Super Car is actually a little on the recent side by my standards. I guess it all depends on what was around when you grew up. "Really old" to me means things like the 6990 Futuron monorail or the 8865 Test Car, which I used to stare at in catalogs all day when I was two or three.
The period from about 1994 to 1997 probably saw the best years for Technic though. Many of the top sets were released during that period.
Why dont they make Space sets anymore? They were so awesome back in the day.. Ice Planet, M-Tron, Blacktron, the Aquanauts, Space Police... They all kicked ass. The should totally make more scifi ones.
They came out with the Star Wars line in 1999 and stopped making Space at that point to avoid competing with it. Now that the SW movies are all out, they were supposed to go back to space with this year's Mars Mission lineup, but none of the sets look particularly appealing.
The last genuine space lineup was Insectoids in 1998, and it wasn't very good either. The last good one was probably UFO the previous year.
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Oh noes! I'm starting to recognise sets by their serial numbers!
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I know the number and release year of every Technic, Space, Aquazone and Model Team set by heart, and most of the Town stuff as well. For many non-standard pieces, especially Technic ones, I also know exactly which sets came with them and in what colors/quantities.
I am a fanatic. :nervous:
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*Backs away. Slowly* :shaking: ;)
Still waiting for the JCB :no:
I think there's a post service strike soon/tomorrow/today/now, too.
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Post a picture when you have it built.
By the way, you'll need to be a little careful with the pneumatic tubes in this set, especially if they seem to be stuck on any pneumatic nozzles on pumps/pistons/etc. They grip on the nozzles very firmly and it's actually possible to break off the nozzles if you pull the tubes too hard when removing them (I have had this happen with my set, although the Lego company replaced my broken pistons for free). This can be avoided by peeling the tubes off at the edges rather than pulling them straight out.
I don't use that pneumatic tubing at all anymore, as it tends to degrade the nozzles over time. They switched to a newer type in 1992 that doesn't have these problems.
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Why dont they make Space sets anymore? They were so awesome back in the day.. Ice Planet, M-Tron, Blacktron, the Aquanauts, Space Police... They all kicked ass. The should totally make more scifi ones.
Someone should contact the LEGO company about making an FS line of lego. God knows that the current sets (Bionicle and Exo-Force) suck. The only good things are a select few of the new Technics and the star wars sets. :doubt: :ick: :o
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I actually like many of their recent sets. Things like the 10182 Cafe Corner have a stunning amount of detail, comparable to the best fanmade creations. The real problem is that the quality of the individual pieces is going downhill. This has only started to become an issue in the last few months, but I've increasingly been noticing color variations in some yellow and white pieces, with many consisting of a less dense plastic that looks lower quality than their usual bricks. It's making me wary of buying many things that I would get without thinking twice otherwise.
I doubt we'll see any FS models actually become official, as FS is essentially unknown compared to something like Star Wars.
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I've been noticing that too, lately. As forthe second part, that was just me daydreaming. I've been thinking about trying to build a detailed Herc. Or maybe a mini Orion.
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The Backhoe arrived last night, partially dismantled, so I spent an hour ripping the bits apart (including a few dozen of those black pins). Not my idea of fun.
I'm going to miss a big weekend car 'n' beer show because I couldn't get time off work so I'll be treating myself to either 8880 or 8868 soon.
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I did say that those old pins would kill your hands. :p Fortunately, you won't have to worry about them on 8868 or 8880 (or just about anything else mentioned in this thread).
I've been noticing that too, lately.
Are there any specific sets where you have gotten the dud pieces? I'm trying to figure out exactly when it started happening, since it seems to be a very recent thing.
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THIS is what you've been wasting time on? Eh? Time to play with LegoTM but not to make a sequel to PI? Eh? EH? :mad:
j/k of course
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the jcb seems to be missing a couple of pieces.
Wow, that's annoying.
Hey CP, can you suggest where to look on BrickLink for the black counter-weight from 8862 ?
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THIS is what you've been wasting time on? Eh? Time to play with LegoTM but not to make a sequel to PI? Eh? EH? :mad:
j/k of course
:D I have a lot of free time right now, but it will only last until September. Making a good campaign in two months is a hopeless task. :p
the jcb seems to be missing a couple of pieces.
Wow, that's annoying.
Hey CP, can you suggest where to look on BrickLink for the black counter-weight from 8862 ?
Try this: http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?invXrefID=55219&invType=F
In general, you can check the completeness of your set using the inventory lists on http://www.peeron.com .
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AirTech Rig 8868 ordered ($100) from bricklink, along with a couple of bits missing from the Backhoe.
Photobucket seems down so no piccys yet.
:D I have a lot of free time right now, but it will only last until September. Making a good campaign in two months is a hopeless task. :p
Yeah the last one only took 6 years..... :nervous:
;)
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I could have probably cut it down to three or four years if I had worked on it more regularly and hadn't run into hardware failures, but that is still a lot of time you're looking at. :p
When I first learned about that set in 2000, I knew I had to get it right away. That "Compressor & Pneumatic" icon on the box simply screams coolness. :D It sparked off a long buying spree on ebay.
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Just out of curiosity, CP, how long does it take you to dust off your collection? The pirate ship alone that I posted a few pages back takes a solid hour or two. I'm almost thankful that I don't have nearly enough shelf space for my models, since I'm able to keep a bunch of them in drawers or in a bin under my bed, where they won't gather that loathsome dust. :p
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0633.jpg)
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0631.jpg)
I fancy remaking the buckets using bricks, as per http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/856-1?showpic=7094
And I think I'll get a job-lot of grey pins and bin all those little black beasties.....
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You probably got the old backhoe for nostalgia, but there is a newer, more detailed one out (8455, I think)
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You probably got the old backhoe for nostalgia, but there is a newer, more detailed one out (8455, I think)
yup :)
If you're talking about the Technic one, 8862, I will actually be selling one of those soon, along with several other sets I recently got at a local garage sale. I tend to be extremely picky about the part conditions and most of the sets are a little too playworn for my liking, but most people aren't so concerned about that and I figured I could make a decent profit on them.
That being said, you might want to get the newer one (8455) instead. I have both and this is one of the rare cases where the newer version is easily the superior one, even though the original was already an excellent set.
Nah. The newer version seems to fetch a premium and I'm not paying £80 ($160 approx) for Lego. Besides, this is just a nostalgia trip for me and 8862 was the top model when Roanoke was in short pants....
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I fancy remaking the buckets using bricks, as per http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/856-1?showpic=7094
And I think I'll get a job-lot of grey pins and bin all those little black beasties.....
Looks good. You could clean up that tubing a bit though. It's supposed to fit right under that axle above the turntable section.
The black ones are fine. Any black pins you get on Bricklink now will be the 1990 variety, which have no problems. They have thin slits in the center to distinguish them from the old ones. The gray ones are too weak in many cases.
Just out of curiosity, CP, how long does it take you to dust off your collection? The pirate ship alone that I posted a few pages back takes a solid hour or two. I'm almost thankful that I don't have nearly enough shelf space for my models, since I'm able to keep a bunch of them in drawers or in a bin under my bed, where they won't gather that loathsome dust.
I keep a brush around (a vacuum cleaner attachment actually, but it works well) and run it over the models every few months, but doing a thorough job would easily take a week. I don't bother trying to clean all the little nooks in the models. The only way to do that is to disassemble the models and clean the pieces individually, which is very easy to do by rubbing them on my carpet, but rebuilding everything takes far too long for that to be practical.
I was planning to have shelves with glass covers installed along the walls at one point, but never got around to pursuing that. I also have one of those air purifiers that is supposed to reduce the dust in the room, but haven't tried it yet.
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Looks good. You could clean up that tubing a bit though. It's supposed to fit right under that axle above the turntable section.
Already at it. Took the beastie apart to make the Combine, changed my mind and am redoing the 'hoe.
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Speaking of alternate models, you definitely want to check out the 8868's one. It's better than it looks in the pictures. It's the only official model to have a pneumatic control circuit, which operates the switches automatically in a looping sequence.
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not really happy with the mechanisims in the backhoe. the black spirals and grey cogs just don't seem to mesh all that well
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You might have a bit too much stress in an axle somewhere. Make sure they're all spinning freely. Mine works fine, maybe leaving aside the turntable action.
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I may have to get http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6957-1 as it's only $40 on bricklink.
Airtech Rig should be finished soon, too.
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That one is pretty good. The ground vehicle is great, but the ship it comes with is lousy. I just scrapped it for parts and put something else on the trailer. Of course, now the whole thing is part of the Cosmic Enforcer model.
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not really happy with the mechanisims in the backhoe. the black spirals and grey cogs just don't seem to mesh all that well
I've since got some small technic job lots and have found the kits really benefit from extra connectors to remove any play in the mechanisims.
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/Lego2.jpg)
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/Lego1.jpg)
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You're starting to build up a nice collection there. :yes:
An air tank is a useful addition to that set, as it smooths out the movements and makes them less jerky, but they seem to be quite expensive on Bricklink.
By the way, you seem to have gotten a minor piece (the battery box bottom) in the wrong color. Nothing worth worrying about, although I know that particular model so well that I noticed it immediately. :p
I've since got some small technic job lots and have found the kits really benefit from extra connectors to remove any play in the mechanisims.
What's a connector?
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I've since got some small technic job lots and have found the kits really benefit from extra connectors to remove any play in the mechanisims.
What's a connector?
Sorry, what bricklink describes as "bushes".
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I'm currently working on rebuilding the Annihilator model on the first page from scratch. Some gears and half bushes inside have some sticky substance on them (I think I spilled something on them years ago) and need to be cleaned, and I want to make the thing a bit lighter by removing some unnecessary bricks inside. I have made instructions for it so rebuilding it will be easy, although I'm looking at a full day's work tomorrow given the 2300 piece count. :p
[edit] whoa, it seems that Brickshelf is gone. There is going be a lot of talk over this at all the Lego community sites. I have all my pictures stored locally, but a lot of good stuff on there has been lost if this is genuine.
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Some gears and half bushes inside have some sticky substance on them (I think I spilled something on them years ago) and need to be cleaned
I hate it when that happens. :ick:
'specially when it's chocolate.
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Ordered 6897 (Space Police 2 Rebel Hunter), along with a load of missings/spares. Just noticed this picture of the Striker: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?S=6781-1 - note the blacktron dude getting the jump on the police fella, loving too from the big grin on his face.
Made me laugh anyway.....
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You should see the battle scenes that appear in the catalogs. Lots of fun stuff going on in there. The Blacktron 1 and Futuron guys in particular have a strange relationship. In the 1988 catalogs, they have disparate bases but seem to work together, but when the Space Police show up in 1989, the Blacktrons get angry and start taking Futurons hostage and breaking their monorail. :p
The catalog covers tend to have stuff mixed from all the themes. This (http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/scans/catalog/1990/001/001.jpg) was a common one around 1990, and there was an older one with a race between a cavalry guy, a race car and a Futuron ship.
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Got some space police 2 coming soon (Solar Snooper, Rebel Hunter etc). My space wanted list seems to have trebled though.
Do you use anything to aid planning your technic super-projects ? I've had an idea but would need to work out the details before I start buying bits.
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Not really, I just think of stuff as I go along. Some people design the entire thing in MLCad and then build it up, but I find it especially difficult and time consuming to do with Technic models, since you don't get a sense of how well the geartrains, pumps and so on are operating until you actually build it. I guess I have enough Technic spares that I don't need to worry about running out of any major parts. I do make computer versions of my models, but only after the real thing is finished.
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Recently cannabilised the Backhoe to Upgrade the 8868 Alt Model. Piccys soon. Maybe.
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Are you making the dumper bed move up and down? That's the most obvious addition I can think of.
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Yeah, I figured that's what it was too. The engine and 6 wheel steering to add, space permitting.
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woo I've been paid so off to bricklink I go!
Still waiting for the Rebel Hunter though :doubt: Getting on for two weeks now
edit ordered 6852, 6933 & 6932. Really shouldn't go on bricklink after I've been on the beer....
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Yes, you've definitely picked up the Lego bug. :D The 6933 is interesting since it has Technic-style steering and suspension. Mine is disassembled, as I need the pieces for my Blacktron mega project.
Brickshelf seems to be staying up after all. I uploaded some pictures of the updated Annihilator:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=188937
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Yes, you've definitely picked up the Lego bug. :D
hmmmn, and we all know who to blame for that now don't we..........? ;)
seems old school space is where it's at (at least for me, at the moment)
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http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=7745-1
I remember getting this one birthday long ago and spending a few weeks making random trains, then the next 5-6 years using the pieces in a far more productive way: Airplanes and Spaceships :lol:
Those long flat train chassis' make awesome wings and/or fuselages.
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That was a very cool set by all accounts, although the newer Metroliner was even better. The 12V trains were only sold in Europe for some reason. The newer 9V trains look more realistic, but the whole 12V system was fairly elaborate and had a lot of stuff (like the automatic crossings and light signals) that was never incorporated into 9V.
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I don't recall ever getting trains. I use to make my own trains using town wheels, bricks etc.
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Meh...if it doens't have any guns I'm not interested in it..
I got several Lego sets (police station, airport, fireman ship, police ship, soldier&pirate island fort + some small bits) and all I ever build were aircraft carriers, armed speed boats, mecha, more mecha, starfighters and spaceships, attakc choppers...oh, and robots.
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I don't recall ever getting trains. I use to make my own trains using town wheels, bricks etc.
I didn't get any until recently either. I still only have the Metroliner and its addon car (10001/10002), which I picked up when they were rereleased in 2001, but seeing the massive train layouts at last year's Brickfest has made me want to get some more.
Meh...if it doens't have any guns I'm not interested in it..
I got several Lego sets (police station, airport, fireman ship, police ship, soldier&pirate island fort + some small bits) and all I ever build were aircraft carriers, armed speed boats, mecha, more mecha, starfighters and spaceships, attakc choppers...oh, and robots.
My current project will have plenty of them. I'm finishing up the front section now, although there is still a long way to go.
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Uh-oh, someones been at it with my ebay ID, bidding on MTron and SP1 Space-Lego.
Must put a stop to that....... :nervous:
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Which sets are they?
There was an unopened 8485 CC2 set that sold for a ridiculously low price a few days ago, probably because the seller didn't take Paypal (although I have dealt with such sellers many times and never had any trouble). I would have bid on it but already have one of those and didn't see much point in getting another.
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6989 and a small job lot of 6886, 6895 & 6897. 6897 will be a duplicate but I can use the bits for the Snooper, it looks kinda cool on the Snooper's trailer and I really like the Spy-Trak (6895). There's more MTron (6877 & 6833 - a real nostalgia set for me) on cheap Buy It Nows that I fancy too.
Looks like my End-All Technic truck is on the back burner untill I get the Space Bug outta me (so to speak) :D
Fancy making it in LDraw but I'll need to visit someone with b/band.
Plus I've started getting BSG DVDs and bits for my car.
edit: woohoo! £25 totalfor the above (about $50 total, give or take). Always wanted the MegaCore Mangnetizer.
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I got the front section of my BT2 carrier more or less done. It has pneumatic doors and a lot of angled, non-standard construction. I doubt I'll have the entire thing done before the end of the year, but want to get the main section finished before I move.
I did the same thing with my 6897 and 6957, when I still had the latter built. The 6897 looks much better than the weird stock ship that comes on the 6957.
The 6895 Spy-Trak I has a cool steering system, but I don't like how the driver's cab is open on the bottom. This is easy to fix, however. The 6886 GPK is a great little set with its pop-up weapons. Both have the SP1 Space Lockup jail cells, which were far better than the newer SP2 ones.
I'm not sure what to do with my 6989 MCM. It's cool enough that I want to leave it built up, but at the same time, I want to use the wheels as thrusters for my carrier. I might just get a new set of the wheels off Bricklink.
6833 - a real nostalgia set for me
That was one of my first sets too. :yes:
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Now look what you've done....
Too much nostalgia :p
*makes account at brickset*
Just for the record though, these sets I accumulated over the years spent a GREAT deal of time assembled as various space-fighters and such:
http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6687-1
http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6368-1
http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6375-2
http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=6356-1
In fact, iirc they *should* still be packed away in thier last iterations....
*hunts for camera*
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Now look what you've done....
Too much nostalgia :p
*makes account at brickset*
Blame CP. Works for me ;)
I remember 6356. Cool clam shell at the rear but it looked too small for 4 engines. Good basis for a Chinook style 'copter.
There's a lot of Futuron on ebay at the moment. I like the look of 6780.
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Just for the record though, these sets I accumulated over the years spent a GREAT deal of time assembled as various space-fighters and such:
I used to make these large spaceships every few years, combining all the sets I had up to that point. They all had fairly similar, airplane-like designs and were made in a jumble of random colors (couldn't afford to be picky about colors in those days). I think the last one, around 1995 or so, was built on 32x32 baseplates and was so flimsy that I couldn't lift it without the whole thing breaking up. :p
Blame CP. Works for me :p
I remember 6356. Cool clam shell at the rear but it looked too small for 4 engines. Good basis for a Chinook style 'copter.
There's a lot of Futuron on ebay at the moment. I like the look of 6780.
At least you can rest easy in the knowledge that there are people wasting much more money on this stuff than you. :nervous:
The XT Starship is pretty nice. I love those old L&S pieces. It's actually classic space due to the type of minifig it has, but it came out the same year as Futuron and has almost the same color scheme.
By the way, if anyone is interested, there is a large sale on many current sets right now on the Lego S@H website. I picked up the UCS Batmobile, which is only $35, along with a few small sets.
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0770.jpg)
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0771.jpg)
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Nice house. Looks cosy.
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wow! original lego designs that are still put together....
All mine usually got ripped apart
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lego isn't the only thing that gets ripped apart where i live... :nervous:
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Meh...if it doens't have any guns I'm not interested in it..
I got several Lego sets (police station, airport, fireman ship, police ship, soldier&pirate island fort + some small bits) and all I ever build were aircraft carriers, armed speed boats, mecha, more mecha, starfighters and spaceships, attakc choppers...oh, and robots.
My current project will have plenty of them. I'm finishing up the front section now, although there is still a long way to go.
*sigh* :(
Dang I now feel so sad I gave it all away to my cousins :sigh:
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0770.jpg)
(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0771.jpg)
Are those books or DVD's dow htere...
Tron? Indiana Jones? Predator?...niiiiiice ;7
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You have enough stuff now to stage a nice battle. :D I guess the bad guys would be outnumbered though.
Lego generally maintained a theme of releasing a good military faction, a bad military faction and a netural civilian faction (who mostly cooperated with the good guys) every three years. The two Blacktrons, Spyrius and UFO were the bad guys, the two Space Police, Unitron and Roboforce were the good sides, and the rest were the civilian groups.
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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0770.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/HPIM0771.jpg
Are those books or DVD's dow htere...
Tron? Indiana Jones? Predator?...niiiiiice ;7
Hmn, now I think about it I don't have any books, save for car magazines and some Max/Photoshop Manuals
You have enough stuff now to stage a nice battle. :D I guess the bad guys would be outnumbered though.
Lego generally maintained a theme of releasing a good military faction, a bad military faction and a netural civilian faction (who mostly cooperated with the good guys) every three years. The two Blacktrons, Spyrius and UFO were the bad guys, the two Space Police, Unitron and Roboforce were the good sides, and the rest were the civilian groups.
Strange how I've got some many SP2 sets when I don't especially like that perticular theme. Small blacktron 1 and MTron ebay lots will probably finish off my space collection.
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Strange how I've got some many SP2 sets when I don't especially like that perticular theme. Small blacktron 1 and MTron ebay lots will probably finish off my space collection.
Probably because the SP2 sets themselves are very good. I don't think it's such a great theme either, especially given how crappy their jail cells are, but the sets were often superior to their SP1 counterparts (particularly their flagship set, the Galactic Mediator).
I'm trying to decide whether to use a compressor or a handpump for the pneumatic stuff in my BT2 model. A compressor would be cool and the model is going to have electric elements anyway, but the compressor motor drains the 9V battery in the small battery box quite fast and the larger Technic battery box would increase the weight a lot.
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Looks like my Lego adventure is going to come to an end. Got saving to do:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,49175.0.html
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Bumperty
Had a big clearout as my bedroom had resemembled a motor factors stock room. Managed to bin my little lego collection by mistake :(
Just chucked out a big box of old car bits and forgot it had all my old school space and technic :sigh:
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I got the new hobby train thingy for my B-Day, I'm going to try to make a semi-automated train system with my NXT and RCX.
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Bumperty
Had a big clearout as my bedroom had resemembled a motor factors stock room. Managed to bin my little lego collection by mistake
Just chucked out a big box of old car bits and forgot it had all my old school space and technic
Sorry to hear that. That must have been a pretty big box though, if you had all of your lego in it and still couldn't tell what was inside. :p
I got the new hobby train thingy for my B-Day, I'm going to try to make a semi-automated train system with my NXT and RCX.
If you want any of the 9V train stuff (the motors or conducting tracks) for it, get it now. They have discontinued that line due to production costs of the tracks, which has pissed off a lot of people I might add.
I haven't had much time to build Lego stuff in the last few months, and probably won't until the summer. I think I can still get my big carrier done in time for the Brickfair show though.
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They're still making the motors apparently, as the motor box advertised on the Hobby Train box I've never seen before. And I already have 2 motors, the Ultimate Track Set, and a bunch of cars. The only thing that I've ever had trouble finding is the wheel assemblies and bogie plates. There are none to be had on BrickLink.
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Bumperty
Had a big clearout as my bedroom had resemembled a motor factors stock room. Managed to bin my little lego collection by mistake
Just chucked out a big box of old car bits and forgot it had all my old school space and technic
Sorry to hear that. That must have been a pretty big box though, if you had all of your lego in it and still couldn't tell what was inside. :p
It was a big box. 4ft by 4ft by 4ft IIRC and full of boxes of car stuff (and lego obv.). TBH I probably won't miss the stuff but it's a shame to bin rare items plus it was worth an easy £100. Hell the technic truck with the phumatc grabber cab thing would have sold £50 ebay Buy It Now.
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They're still making the motors apparently, as the motor box advertised on the Hobby Train box I've never seen before. And I already have 2 motors, the Ultimate Track Set, and a bunch of cars. The only thing that I've ever had trouble finding is the wheel assemblies and bogie plates. There are none to be had on BrickLink.
You probably saw the RC train motor, which will continue to be produced. I'm referring to the 9V system based on the powered tracks. The RC system has a number of shortcomings over the 9V line.
As for the bogies, I just checked and there are over a hundred sellers carrying those on Bricklink. :p Use the catalog to find specific pieces; the search engine there often gives weird results.
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I need the complete wheel assembly though.
What are the shortcomings of RC? I assume lower power, less control range, less control?
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The entire wheel/bogey assembly is built from from five or six smaller pieces. There are a lot of guys (http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=233&colorID=11) carrying the wheels themselves.
The RC engines run on batteries and are not quite as powerful. Apparently the batteries only last for a few hours, which makes them impractical for train display shows (the AC powered engines could in theory run forever). The IR range is also fairly short, something like 10 or 15 feet, and you have less room to build on the engine due to the big battery block in the middle.
They're supposed to come out with a new system in 2009 based on the power functions line introduced in Technic, but it will most likely run on the same tracks as the RC system and will be battery powered.
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The entire wheel/bogey assembly is built from from five or six smaller pieces. There are a lot of guys (http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=233&colorID=11) carrying the wheels themselves.
The RC engines run on batteries and are not quite as powerful. Apparently the batteries only last for a few hours, which makes them impractical for train display shows (the AC powered engines could in theory run forever). The IR range is also fairly short, something like 10 or 15 feet, and you have less room to build on the engine due to the big battery block in the middle.
They're supposed to come out with a new system in 2009 based on the power functions line introduced in Technic, but it will most likely run on the same tracks as the RC system and will be battery powered.
The reason I need the entire assembly is because it would cost waaaaay too much to buy from 5-6 different stores. And most stores have a minimum amount that you have to pay.
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Okay, by "complete assembly" I'm assuming you mean this (http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/scans/04000/4565/022.jpg). Just skimming through the list, I see that this seller (http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=kdsalm&bindID=5306) has all the pieces with no minimum order. You have to buy them in packs of two, although you need a pair of these anyway for one train car. The wheels seem to be rather pricey, but that might just be an expensive part since all the other stores have similar prices. You can probably get the stuff for less if you're willing to buy used.
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Thanks CP! I looked, but since the parts were separate I didn't see them.
Kind of a coincidence that I was just looking at those instructions. That's my original train.
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Cool, that one is probably the best of the freight trains. I only have one or two train sets but might try and collect some more off ebay or something.
I'll admit that the lack of any way to search for multiple items at once is something that constantly annoys me about Bricklink. I often want over a hundred different types of pieces when I'm looking to order, and it would be a huge time saver if the search engine could find the optimal combination of stores for you.
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Maybe they got the search engine from HLP. Or vice-versa. :D
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This has been ready for a month but I finally got around to taking pictures of it yesterday.
(http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/BHsmall.jpg) (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=345426)
(click the picture for the full gallery)
A short description is available here (http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/blackhole/info.txt).
This ended up getting second place in the public voting at the Brickfair event, which was unexpected and pretty impressive given some of the competition there.
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The set I've always wanted is the original moon landing set 565, the one that way pre-dates even the non-articulated minifigs. IIRC the original release had a plain grey baseplate and a later release had craters molded into the base.
http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/565-1
http://www.tubafrog.com/lego/index.php?id=81
Gotta love how the astronauts had to be decapitated to install their 'helmets'.
I never owned the moon landing set but I did have one of the police sets. The motorcycle cop had to be taken apart in the middle and assembled as part of his bike. Robocop years before the movie! ;)
For the record, my very first LEGO sets were 615, 435 and 192. I'd put all six of the police arms together to make one large robot arm. Their hands frequently became control levers, lights or laser guns.
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oh god, i have those arms laying around somewhere in the bloody closet XD
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There was a pretty cool Bionicle "Fighter" advert on today, it had weapon ports retc...and it was red :yes:
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Ordered another Battrax (http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/6941-1.jpg)
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I've got 'bout a forty bionicles... does it count as being lego fan? :)
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I've got a few of those, mainly from the big fad in 3rd grade.
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I loved the first wave of Bionicle. It stayed pretty awesome up through the Bohrok and Toa Nuva, but then it just kinda went downhill.
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I never really saw the attraction of Bionicle, although it does have a large fan following.
There are some good sets coming this summer. Space Police has made a comeback after 17 years, and the flagship Technic set for 2009 looks pretty good, much better than what we had last year.
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(http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m101/E555KHY/Battrax_Again.jpg)
I'll try not to bin this one... :rolleyes:
oh and my bricklink "want" list has been suitably repopulated. :sigh:
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I saw the top and thought it was gonna be the Hades. Did you edit the image to make those yellow bits appear to glow?
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Anyone made a sath yet?
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Any tips for photographing your creations? I made an awesome helicopter/jetfighter thing, minifig scale, that i'd like to show you guys.
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Plain background, good lighting.
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good lighting
So... not my house.
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Gotta love Legos. I made a (sort of) Hecate with them a few years back. I still have a pic of it...
(http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2189/hecate2.gif)
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awesome! it looks really cool, how much time did it take, I can't bare to start thinking about it :nervous:
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More like an Icelus, but I'll roll with it. Nice.
That's the biggest problem for me: I can't always get a consistent color scheme.
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Buy more, or paint exising :) Nice though. You
ve got the right colours to make an aeolus i think :nod:
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More like an Icelus, but I'll roll with it. Nice.
That's the biggest problem for me: I can't always get a consistent color scheme.
what's an Icelus? Anyway, I have a ton of pieces but they're from various models I had back in the day so the colors are all mismatched like that. I made a Ravana, a Sath (it didn't look that great), and a Perseus like that back in the day but never took pics of those.
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More like an Icelus, but I'll roll with it. Nice.
That's the biggest problem for me: I can't always get a consistent color scheme.
what's an Icelus? Anyway, I have a ton of pieces but they're from various models I had back in the day so the colors are all mismatched like that. I made a Ravana, a Sath (it didn't look that great), and a Perseus like that back in the day but never took pics of those.
Hecate upgrade from Inferno R1.
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awesome! it looks really cool, how much time did it take, I can't bare to start thinking about it :nervous:
I don't really remember how long it took. I started off with the front part of an X-Wing set and then started adding on pieces. It probably took a week, maybe more. And by sheer accident I made it such that it could come apart in the middle pretty easily so it could blow up like in the game. <_<
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Hey wow cool!! Im in the process of rediscovering my lego in the attic! Made a space station and modified Blacktron spaceship. Will post pics soon. Flint
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I put up some pictures of my monorail layout last week:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=395720
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wow i love the monorail!! I always wanted the set but my dad said NO. lol. I've been watching stuff on eBay now tho cos im the daddeeh now...
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I was at the Brickfair event last weekend and just got around to putting my pictures up:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=398636
This (http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/annihilator/annihilator25.jpg) model won in the Technic category this time around and I got one of these (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7738-1) for it. :yes: I saw Goober there too, who had a robot in the sumo event (the one on the far left here (http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/Events/Brickfair09/robots01.jpg) I think).
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[and I got one of these (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7738-1) for it. :yes:
nice! I love that heli ^^
I saw Goober there too, who had a robot in the sumo event (the one on the far left here (http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/CP5670/Events/Brickfair09/robots01.jpg) I think).
I didn't know you lived so close to each other, must be cool to have some FS fan around... I'm all by myself round here :(
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Well I don't live that close, but I had gone over there for the event (it was in northern Virginia).