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New pictures of the 2014 sets! Notice the roof? It's even attached properly in the official picture Thanks to https://www.flickr.com/photos/neoape/ for the pics

I designed my micro dreamhouse. And unlike most other houses, this one is located in SPACE! This house can be reached by Shuttle, or ofcourse by the elevator itself. Onboard are all the modern standards for a house, and even some small gardens (the large white bubbles) for relaxation and some ammounts of oxygen. More can be seen here: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/383576 Thanks for watching everyone, and feedback is apreciated

I designed my micro dreamhouse. And unlike most other houses, this one is located in SPACE! This house can be reached by Shuttle, or ofcourse by the elevator itself. Onboard are all the modern standards for a house, and even some small gardens (the large white bubbles) for relaxation and some ammounts of oxygen. More can be seen here: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/383576 space elevator.lxf

Hi everyone! For the 'Build your dream home' I've build my version of my dream home As you can see it's really modern, so take a look around. More pictures (and even some music) are in the link: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/383073 Thanks for watching everyone! Feedback is appreciated

Hi everyone! I would like to enter with my dreamhouse, or modern house as I like to call it. Here's the original pre-rendered version More pics of the unrendered version and of stuff you can't see here and LDD file: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/383073 Thanks for watching everyone! Feedback is appreciated

New pics of the train sets: http://news.toyark.c...-factory-115044 Looks like the front of the passenger train also consists of one of those airplane lower cockpit pieces

The at-at looks really weird though, I don't know but it looks really skinny with a very large undetailed head... The rest is very good IMO

I really like the look of these sets, they have a Star Wars Classic feeling to it which I like. I'll wait for the reviews before buying them though

These layouts can be instantly recognized as TLC own "official"layouts they build for events.

Hi there, I recently got a Nikon Coolpix P520 as a present. I was very happy, because I still worked with a very old camera before. However when I tried to photograph some of my Lego creations they just looked sort of low quality pictures. Even compared to my old camera they didn't look good, or better. I used daylight, which I normally also used for my old camera and that worked fine. I struggled a little with all the new options, so maybe I did something wrong there. You can see the picture here: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/dutch/7939/dscn0069.jpg So doing some fast research I came across a so called light box, which people use to photograph their Lego or other products. Now my question is wether or not this would fix the issue, or that I did something with the settings of the camera itself.

Thanks guys for the tips, as you may want to know I finnaly figured out most stuff on my new camera. Lighting is much better with white cardboard, and I also lowered the ISO valueu. The result can be seen here: And more pics can be found here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/380412

I know I'm a little late to the show here, but I didn't see the prototype pictures of HF, thus not knowing what to expect. However seeing some of the finished products I must say I'm really impressed and like the look of those beast/ Does anyone else think Lego took some inspiration from Pacific Rim for these?Because that what was came to my mind right after seeing them

Okay this is my first non-Lego building block review. I know a lot of people don't like these kind of sets but I really think that we and Lego can learn some things from other companies. I bhought this set because in my childhood I always watched this, and I would love to have a tank like that. However when I found out they sold a similar tank in a 'battle pack'like box I know I wanted it. However the shipping cost were far to high so I didn't do it. But a few months ago I discovered a Dutch shop selling most of the kits. And also this one. I could get this one for 45 euro, so I decided to give it a try, and maybe buy more if this set was good. The manufacture is Cobi, a Polish toy maker. They have various themes that Lego refused to make, like modern military and roman army kits. The name of the set is Secret Mission. Let's start with the box, a somewhat over-computerized render of the set. This set includes a jeep, tank, and a jet fighter. On the lower side of the box you can see the amount of bricks, minifigs and accesories. Also it says it works with other brands. The back of the box shows the set from another angle. Also the functions of the tank are shown. Again a small strip saying the excact same thing it said at the front, the minifigs, accesories and amount of bricks. Side of the box Other side of the box Upper side of the box showing some information, also a 1:1 picture of a minifig. Underside of the box showing some information about the bricks, where they're made and so on. My friend Bob the constuction man helps me to open the box And this is what's inside. 3 small bags filled with bricks. I was very happy to see they were sepperated because it would be a pain to sort all this out. Also the big piece for the tank hull and rubber tracks were lose inside the box. In this review I will only review the tank. But maybe I will review the jeep and jet in the future here. The big back contains five smaller bags and the instruction booklet. This one was very small and only a few pages long. I thought it would be a disaster to watch those small images. And seeking which bricks are added. Bob needs to sort all pieces before he can begin. And all pieces are sorted. I didn't thought the tank would include so much bricks. Also many bricks are very close to Lego. Like the black plates. I think some of us can't even tell the difference until they look really close to the studs and see Cobi instead of Lego. These are the minifig parts, like Lego they have a torso, legs, head and so on. But these minifigs have noses making them different than their worldwide known cousins. Some of the pieces, more close-ups in the next pics One of the bricks that really impressed me were these. A 4x1 double sided plate. The set includes many of these kind of parts that are double sided. This shows that other companies also can have some good ideas. The barrels, and some other equipment. I think the barrel design is too simplified. The previous tank I've shown earlier had brick build barrels. To me that looked better. But all in all I think that tank looked better than this one. Some more interesting pieces. And the black plates. Really they look like Lego, only the Cobi name on the top of the studs make the difference. If I would tell you that there is a Lego plate in this pic would you believe me? If Bob wants to construct the tank he will need some help. His friends come to help him. Also note that the instructions are much more clear than I thought. This is because all the added bricks are in color while the ones from the previous step are white-ish. Also in every corner of each step the amount and which bricks are used are shown. This makes constructing in a lot more easy and for me partly justifies the small instruction book. After one page we have someking of frame. But the odd thing is that it's build upside down. What?! I thought, because of all the tanks I've made non of them is build upside down. This is at least a good thing, because Lego has (as far as I know) never done this. Again some steps further. Also the rubber tracks are added. They're really elastic like rubber bands. And some steps later I needed to add the hull to the other upside down part of the tank. This is the underside of the tank hull showing some studs for attatchment. And the tank hull is almost complete. However one of the construction workers began to act violently because he felt so powerfull with it's oversized-not-yet-finished-but-still-operational-green-or-dark-green-tank-hull. And finnaly the tank is fully operational. It's very big, and looks really good. Almost something that Lego could come up with. Now we only need to put some minifigs in, but hey! Where are those? Here they are, as I said these have noses. And their color is different. But I believe I've read that these parts can be replaced by Lego ones. Making them like Lego or like Cobi minifigs. The quality is good, but not as good as Lego. These are more or less as good as the Collectable minifigs from Lego. Also I found that the tank is extremely similar to a (old Soviet) T-55 tank. These are still in use in most eastern-Europe countries. I really like this because I always loved Soviet based tanks. And most of the building block manufactures make western-like tanks. Front of the tank Also the turret can turn, and it's not loose or anything but it stays nicely in place. Also the main gun can be elevated and also stays nicely in place. The back of the tank. IMO this is a little plain compared to the previous one. No exhaust, cables, or attachment points. Close-up of the turret. One of the hatches can be closed while to other one is open. They use a roadwheel cover to make a hatch. That's IMO really creative use of bricks. Also it has a nice machine gun on top, and somekind of light. And now the tank is ready for duty with it's crew. The last page of the instructions shows the tank from different angels. This helped me to see some things that weren't clear in the instructions. A last shot of the entire set Conclusion This set is, for a non Lego set, very good. Some really interesting parts, building techniques, and the quality is also good (not as good as Lego however). The price wasn't too bad either being just a little bit les than Lego sets (I was told 25% lower). The playability of such a set is also very high. I think that if I wasn't into Lego I would make a big military base (idea?). Kids will love these sets because they offer great playability, and are expandable like Lego. However some things were not so good, like the airplane. Really the airplane was bad, way to blocky. However Cobi offers some other planes that look better. Also the box art showed different colors than the real thing. But I expected that because that's mostly with these kind of box art things. Points Price: 4 out of 5 Playablity: 4 out of 5 quality: 3 out of 5, some of the plates wouldn't fit together and the rubber tires for the jeep were really hard to put on Parts: 4 out of 5 Overal: 3,7 out of 5 So if you really like military like sets I would recomend the South Korean Oxford sets. But if you don't have that option this is a close second. It offers much variation in terms of verhicles and colorschemes. It can't replace Lego in any way except the themes and equipment for the minifigs. Also here you can see the older tank called ' Groza' which I think is not better than this one. The new one uses much more parts. However the Groza came as a stand-alone set making it easier to build an army of tanks. Also the Groza has some more details at the back of the tank which I pointed out earlier. Also when I searched the Cobi site I found this I think it's supposed to be released later this year. I would be really happy if it's also gonna be sold over here. And this tank uses track links, like Lego does, so I wouldn't have to worry about broken rubber tracks. Also it seems they replaced the turret with a more brick-build one. I hope it will be a stand alone set, but ofcourse Lego will be my number 1. Here you can find bigger and better pics of this set: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=467095 I wanted to thanks Puzzlingworld for offer me this set here in the Netherlands. Further I wanted to thanks brickshelf user Kelpaz for his pictures of the Groza.

Meh, I for once still think the gas station will be a set one way or the other. It just seens too official to be not a set, well only time will tell

I would advice to use Bricklink, since that seems to be the cheapest option around. Or you could try Pick a Brick from Legoshop.com but they're a little expensive compared to the former one.

Before I create something big I always search as many as pics of Mocs, and real pics/artwork of the location you want to make. A rebel base could be located on almost any SW planet, so which one do you want to choose? A desert, jungle, urban, or even a waterworld? After that I always make a list of things I want to have like an elevator, turret, command room and so on. After that I begin with a rough sketch of what I want to build, how to place everything and such. Normally I make three sketches and make a fourth a day later (since in the meantime I can get kickass ideas and clear my head a little). And then I start building, even though big builds tend to take months to finish. I must say Hoth is one of my favorite battles, and with the new sets Lego released last years it can truly be something great Hope this helped!

Not to sound stupid or anything but a lot of people complain the're is no Balrog/Witch-king/something else set, and think these sets won't be released. However they also showed just two sets of Star Wars, but that really does not mean we only get two sets of that line. It's probaly the photographer didn't have time, or did not pay attention to the other sets....

To clear something up, the walker is just an impulse set since it's only EUR 2,99-

This might be my only Lego box that I will buy in a very long time..But only if the price stays the same

The Clone Wars seems to get a lot better since the first season. And did I spot some Eta-actis interceptors in that trailer? If only Lego will make a CW versions of...

Hi everyone, Most people won't know me, or have seen some creations I've made. I don't know. Anyway, I've had a small dark-age thingy this year, why and how doesn't really matter I think. The fact is that I'm kinda back at building with Lego, only on a much smaller scale than before. I recently bought 66396 for a ridiculous cheap price. Which inspired me to make a scene from one of my favorite SW games; Battlefront. Click here for more Comments and feedback is appreciated

Has anyone noticed that you now can order seperate pieces of (straight or curved) track via Pick a Brick? At least in the Netherlands you can order them

I would like to see an updated non-CW AAT from episode 1. That would be my only wish for upcomming year

I like the set, not that I'm in the OT (more of an PT guy). The rancor looks great but I wonder if it's suffering from that hollow arm/leg syndrome, since we can't get a clear view of those parts

Today I review the new forest fire truck, a set I bought to replace my aging fire fighting department. But is it just as good as the 2005 version? Lets find out Item: 4208 Pieces:243 Price: €19.99/$19.99 Shop at home Shop description We start ofcourse with the box. Most City boxes look the same in terms of background, and this one is not really an exception. New is ofcourse the forest like background, which all boxes of the subtheme have, to me it looks very nice. The back of the box shows the various functions of the set, note that the minifig says HEY! is still the older version Side of the box Other side Content of the box are 2 bags, here showing bag 1 Bag 2 The instructions, And the stickersheet which are very common in the City sets After opening the first bag I immediatly saw these. New pieces used in the tree, a very welcome piece and possibly very usefull to moc'ers The build is devided into two parts to construct the truck and tree The minifig is brand new in the city theme (or any theme for that matter). His helmet is a new dark red color, and his clothing has changed from black to orange, a much better color for firefighters if you ask me. The submodel of this set is the tree, and it's on fire! Good thing Lego City has a very big fire department to make sure the city is not destroyed by..lets say somekind of fire dragon Close-up of the new pieces And we have bag 1 finished, on to bag 2 The model finished, and we saw it was good It's a really nice engine, but more on the details later Parts list Our favorite page of the instructions And what seemed to me a new page advertising the Lego City website The other advertising was only the forest fire sets, no police or whatsoever And on to the truck, its very bulky and sturdy, so you (or anyone else) can play rough with it The roof is easily removed to acces the drivers cabin. Also it has doors so the driver can enter it without help from the 'Great hand' And something that was funny two years ago, a coffee mug. It's cool and stuff, but TLC has added these to just too many vehicles IMO, but maybe I just want to have everything perfect The other part of the vehicle is the cabin for the watercannon controller, It's quite cool they added this feature to this set, but the fact it has only one minifig, while it should be manned by two costs points. Close-up, note that the controls are printed And the last cabin is for the firemans equipment. Equipment of the fireman Rear view The water cannon And the firemen with his equipment, ready to safe the day! Extra parts And the complete set Conclusion: All in all, a very good set. Especially for the price, which is about 5 Euros lower than the firetruck from 2005. Comparing those two is ofcourse innevitable, but I won't do that, since it belongs in a different subtheme. The build is also nice, but if you've build City vehicles for the last two years, it's not much different than any other City truck. Playability is ofcourse also high, you can drive to the tree, extinguish the fire and drive to the next fire The cons is that it didn't come with another firefighter, which is a missed oppertunity. Also the water cannon on top tends to turns around while driving the vehicle. From me it gets a 8,5 out of 10 Thanks for watching!