Missing Brick
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Great greebling and lighting. The boat tiles in the arch circles are particularly eye-catching. Great job.
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What you think of the Star Wars EP VII Sets after watching the movie..
Missing Brick replied to Darth Dino's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Did anyone actually spot that First Order snow speeder thingy in the movie? I must confess I didn't see it atall. -
REVIEW: 75104 Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle
Missing Brick replied to WhiteFang's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Nice review. But for me it's too "studdy". Those wings really need to be made smooth using lift arms for reinforcement like the imperial shuttle. I'm guessing a UCS version will come along eventually - giving them an opportunity to remedy the fixed wing problem aswell. -
Great vehicle and remake concept.
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Some scenes from James Cameron's Aliens featuring Blacktron's custom figs. I shot these a couple of months back but have only just been able to post here thanks to a trick that restores flickr functionality on old iPads using https://secure.flickr.com/
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I brought the book and built the figure: It's totally awesome. Stands half a metre tall, packed with fantastic details and cool building techniques. The hardback instruction book is super - better than Lego quality. The model goes together like a dream. Parts cost about £120 in total. Highly recommended. There's a Brickset review here : http://brickset.com/article/17841 And here's the Arvo Brothers website : http://www.arvobrothers.com/index.html
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Thanks everyone. Now I just need to find something to do with 100 black dinosaur tails.
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That's a badass snowcrawler. Great job.
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Like the way you've managed to seamlessly build around the curved hulls - both at the front and rear, and the way the decking fits into those corner panel pieces. Genius.
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Fantastic all round but the interior is jaw dropping. You've really captured that oppulent, gilt-edged, red velvet, over-the-top ornate decoration. Great job.
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[MOC]Episode VII-The Force Awakens-First Order Walker
Missing Brick replied to KevFett2011's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Great reproduction. Re the vehicle design: maybe the FO were in the process of attaching the head when the photo was taken? > the design of the AT-AT that had the walker head was vulnerable to air strikes > I think that First Order knew this so they design their walker like that. I'd like to believe that too but if so, how do you explain their transporter design where the pilot sits in an exposed portaloo on the roof, just waiting to be shot off? A more likely explanation: A super talented guy called Ralph McQuarrie designed all the iconic OT ships and vehicles, but unfortunately he died in 2012, so they got someone else in to do it who isn't anywhere near as talented. And while we're criticising his work: anyone else think the way those TIEs are just sitting on the ground without any support or docking structure just looks totally lame? -
So, having worked perfectly for years, it seems Yahoo decided it would be a good idea to break flickr a couple of weeks ago - so it doesn't work anymore on anything but the very latest browsers. I'm running Safari iOS5.1 on an iPad2 and now I get an 'unsupported browser' message when I go into the photo preview page - so I can't comment anymore. Kind of annoying since I've never encountered any other page anywhere else on the internet that doesn't work with Safari 5.1. 'Why not upgrade to iOS7 or iOS8?' I hear you ask. Because they run like treacle on iPad2 with more lagging than my loft. I also hate the 'every-app-looks-the-same-flat-white' style that Johnny Ive imposed after Steve Jobs died - and the confusing way the wifi networks jump around when you click them. Anyway, guess I'll have to get used to using flickr on my tiny Android phone screen. /rant
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Shame Yahoo had to break Flickr on iPad2
Missing Brick replied to Missing Brick's topic in Community
Just a quick update in case anyone else is having this problem: You can get the old iPad2-compatible flickr back by using https://secure.flickr.com/ Works great !! Thanks to Hacim Bricks for the tip. [update: That didn't last long - Looks like Yahoo have now broken the secure site too. Shame.] -
REVIEW: 79018 The Lonely Mountain
Missing Brick replied to WhiteFang's topic in LEGO Historic Themes
Generally speaking I don't like brick-built creatures either but check this out: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89514 Imagine that in dark red Smaug colours... -
REVIEW: 79018 The Lonely Mountain
Missing Brick replied to WhiteFang's topic in LEGO Historic Themes
Great review, but I voted 'Poor' for the set. It's £100 for 5 unposeable rigid-legged figs, a single-use pre-moulded dragon and some wall. I would have preferred a set focussed on a really cool brick-built dragon like the ones designed by Mark Of Falworth on flickr. I guess this one is more for kids to play with so has less interest for builders. My disappointment with Jackson's Hobbit films also colours my opinion: too long, too much CGI, running time determined by the accountants rather than the story & drama. I loved Tolkein's books and Jackson's LOTR but his Hobbit was very disappointing - like this set. -
75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Discussion
Missing Brick replied to kelceycoe's topic in LEGO Licensed
At first I thought it was 4864b mounted sideways but that doesn't explain the frame at the top & bottom. So yeah - looks like some kind of new 5-high panel piece with 1-stud-wide indents. -
75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Discussion
Missing Brick replied to kelceycoe's topic in LEGO Licensed
I'd be excited if I didn't already have 2 Fire Brigade modulars. Roof could use a little more detail too. Maybe some aircon units and pipes? With the detectives office and brick bank on my wanted list, not sure I can spare £250 for this plus £45 for the car. -
Nice review. One thought: I wish TLG made a bit more effort to dress the underside of their flying vehicles. I can understand not bothering with the underside of a car or truck - but flying / hovering ships would benefit from just a little effort to disguise some of the anti-studs and holes. TLG's attitude seems to be : "If you can't see it on the box cover art, we don't care how it looks". On the plus side it does give modders something to work on.
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Apparently they can fly too: http://tosche-station.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/star-destroyer.jpg
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Waiting to see if the film is any good before considering any TFA sets. But I will say the orignal source material design for this ship is pretty bad: If I'm a rebel gunner or X-wing pilot I know which bit I'm aiming for: Wouldn't want to be the poor stormtrooper who gets to man that portaloo on the roof.
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My attempt to make the Tydirium Shuttle 75094 a bit more slick
Missing Brick replied to Schwizzle's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Nice mod but IMHO, when both sides of the wing need to look smooth, the only way to get a really nice look is to use bricks instead of plates. ie. make the side wings in the same way as the central wing. -
You raise some good points. Maybe fixable with a little mod work. Perhaps the square corner pillars could be replaced with rounds same as the central pillars - although perhaps the square pillars are needed to give the corners a framed look. Perhaps that 2x2 brick with tracks on all 4 sides would look better. Assuming you could recess the gold bars to line up better with the face of the arches - what happens on the corner pillar? You can't recess in two directions at once. So would need a different kind of decoration for the corner pillars.
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Here's the original limo: And here's my 6-wide mod: Palace Limo Mod by Legoogel, on Flickr I chopped a stud off the overhang at each end and one stud out of the mid section, then added proper doors, windscreen, wheel-arches and some compound tires. I actually like the original front end, so no change there. And here's the 5-wide version Both use exactly the same bonnet / hood assembly. I cheated slightly on the 5-wide bumper / fender: I used one of the disposable pins from a set of lego railway tracks - cut to length. Here's a comparison shot. The 5-wide looks a much better scale when placed next to the 6-wide lego truck sets. More pics on my flickr.
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No problem. You could probably also use an axle that goes straight through into the hubcap like TLG used on the Police car in the supercycle set http://lego.brickinstructions.com/lego_instructions/set/70808/Super_Cycle_Chase . However, that would take up alot of interior space and prevent you having a nice detailed interior for minifigs to go in. I think Larry may have used a short black axle on the original - but an axle pin is better since it doesn't take up any interior space atall. The hubcap connection is kinda weird but quite secure: it makes a nice 'click' when you push the dish onto the stack of round plates in the centre hole.
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Hi Ken, The wheel connection is pretty straightforward: Just use a tan technic axle pin #3749 http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3749#T=C to connect the wheel to a 1x2 technic brick with hole #3700 http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3700#T=C You may need to adjust the ground clearance by offsetting the 1x2 brick up or down using 1x2 plates. You can probably make something more elaborate to allow the wheels to steer - but I just went for the simple fixed straight steering. (Interestingly, the actual APC has 4-wheel steering like the airport push-back truck it was based on). The hubcaps are attached using 1x1 round plates pushed into the centre hole of the wheel. I hope that helps.