Ultron Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 This is my first time posting a MOD here (sorry if the pictures aren't the best). When I first saw this set, I have to admit that I wasn't very happy with it. From the stickers to the rhino-mech, it was all over the place. But as a completionist I had to have it The first thing I wanted to accomplish in this MOD was making Sandman more menacing than he's depicted in this set. So I built him a sand body, if you will, and I lifted the sand hands from the set and MOD-ed them considering the white pieces they used stood out horribly. That part took around an hour and half from random pieces I quickly scooped up. If I had more time I'd probably change them a bit but I'm decently pleased with the results. As for Rhino, I didn't change him too much. I took out the seat part and put a chest piece in. I also took off the stud blaster finger (because those make sense...) and made little fingers for him. It was a pain trying to find pieces that I could use for them, so I used little cheese slopes to make them look like he had his hands curled into fists. Now if we could just get a big fig version of him.... The crane I made taller and gave it a longer arm. I also attached a real hook piece and for fun added a spiked wrecking ball that I took out of the Mystery Mansion set. I had extra support beams from AquaRaiders lying around so that was lucky. My brother built the cab and we placed the "rhino" inside and made him a construction worker instead. I also added another layer of the red and white bricks on the crane cab to try and balance out the extended arm. Unfortunately, while I do like my version of the crane better, I did have to compromise a bit of the stability in doubling up the base tower. That's the only downside that I see. Finally, we added another layer of steel beams to the construction site just to make it seem bigger. So that's it. I hope you guys enjoyed it. If you have any questions or comments, feel free. Constructive criticism is also definitely welcome. I know I'm no master builder so if you have any nitpicks or things you don't like that I changed, let me know! Quote
DuckBricks Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 Rhino looks so much better with those neat fists! Quote
Legocity2713 Posted August 24, 2015 Posted August 24, 2015 Can't believe I didn't see this earlier. I had the same idea, but this is very well done. Love the completed crane and that much necessary Rhino MOD. :thumbup: Quote
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