MOC: Lego Movie themed Bricksburg Battle Mech

[HairySteve]

Hi all,

My first MOC build for ages! :) Having built up a collection of Lego Movie sets I decided to knock up something using just the parts from some of the city-themed sets. I'd seen a brief clip of a ship in the final battle based on a cement truck so I ordered up kit no. 60018 from ebay and got to work. The mech is built using parts from five models: 70804 Ice Cream Machine (left leg), 70805 Trash Chomper (right leg), 70811 Flying Flusher (left arm), 70813 Rescue Reinforcements (Fire Mech parts - torso), and 60018 Cement Truck (right arm). Apologies for the pics, I'll try to get some better ones tomorrow! :)

Following the successful defeat of Lord Business's plans to glue the world together, the Bricksburg citizens suddenly face an even more daunting struggle - against invading aliens from the planet Duplo! For this they must build even more capable combat machines from whatever they have left from the first battle. Salvaging parts from five battered war machines they create The Bricksburg Battle Mech:

Weaponry: Shoulder-mounted 4-barrelled rotary water cannon, arm-mounted cement cannon, and double ended sword-type thing. :)

I built the left leg first using parts from the Ice Cream Machine, which dictated the size of the whole model really as this kit uses a very long chassis plate. I then built the right leg from the Trash Chomper to the same length as the left. The torso was next, then the arms.

The minifigs from the various vehicles in front of their creation. :)

Close up of the minifigs.

To be honest I got a bit lazy while building the cement mixer based right arm, and basically re-worked the chassis with a ball and socket joint in the middle, flipped the cab over onto its back and that was about it. I was originally going to use the Flying Flusher for the right leg and the Trash Chomper for the left arm but there weren't enough parts in the Flusher kit to build a leg. In total this has taken about 4 evenings of work, and I tried to only use bricks from one particular kit on each section of the model. In the end I raided the spares box for a few parts, but 99% of this model is made from parts in the five kits listed above.

So there we go. Any thoughts/comments welcome. Bear in mind that apart from building some sets following the instructions, I haven't played with Lego for around 20 years! :)

-Steve

[TheLazyChicken]

Looks good! The mech looks tough enough for it to battle duplo aliens! Keep up the good work!

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Wow, it's...Devastator, if he were made of more than construction vehicles!

[Cutcobra]

"Power Rangers Go!"

Awesome mech! Looks really good.

[Steph 104th]

This is awsome

[Agent Fusion]

I have lost my ability to even. Brilliant!

[reubs]

I just signed up for an account here just to say how awesome this is. Great work!

[ResurrectionBob]

That looks fantastic! I'm curious how articulated and sturdy it is - I think I'm seeing ball joints at the shoulders and elbows?