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I read your article and have to say i agree with everything except the baseplates. I honestly do not miss them. I think the move to providing 16 x 16 plates instead is a great move. They offer more flexibility in building and are much more rigid. I do miss the old style boxes with the flip up lids and the little advertising pamphlets showing all the new sets.

Hello everyone, for my latest project I decided to make a dog. I wanted to start small so I chose a chihuahua. The finished model is around 500 parts. Almost everything is moveable. Each leg has three degrees of freedom in which the leg can be adjusted. Features fully moveable legs (3 degrees per leg), opening mouth, moveable head, adjustable ears, fully moveable tail (attached via ball joint). I think in the end the head might be a little out of proportion with the rest of the model but I think it turned out pretty good.

That model looks really cool, can't wait to pick one up. Noob question, was the airplane actually painted dark green?

The only thing lego related I have on mine is related to the LUG that im a member of. I guess it really depends on the company and if they know what lego is or that there are even adult fans. I would imagine more engineering related jobs would know more about lego than other fields. As for the MOC's, I would just put that your in a lego group or that your an adult fan and if they ask about it, i would bring up that you make MOC's and tell them about it.

Sorry for reviving a dead thread but i could not find anywhere else to put this. While going through minifigs i found out one of my octan minifigures has a reversed print on his torso. I checked on bricklink but all the ones i found have the logo with green on the left and red on the right and the reverse for the octan text.

For Ohio LUG's theres the Central Ohio Lego Train Club. We are mostly Columbus area residents though. Heres the website: www.coltc.org

Hey everyone, this is my latest project, a remake of the model team set 5542. Feature list: 1. Top rotor and rear rotors spin simultaneously. 2. Detailed cockpit and interior 3. Adjustable seats for pilot, co-pilot and passengers. Under the passenger seat are two compartments for storage, i tossed a few drinks inside. Behind the pilots and co-pilots seats are map holders. 4. Fake engine compartment 5. Opening brick built doors 6. Rotating search light under the body Side views Front Rear rotor Interior Cockpit

The car looks great, you nailed the color scheme. The police officer figure is a nice touch too. Does the car have working steering?

Set Name: Whirl N’ Wheel Super Truck Theme: Model Team Set Number: 5590 Year of Release: 1990 Number of Pieces: 1031 Recommended Age: 10-16 Number of models: 2 Price: $80.00 Price on Bricklink: A complete set will run around $130-160 Note: This is my first review of a set, I know some of the pictures are a little blurry, im still trying to learn how to use the camera. The Box: The box looks nice, it has the main model and a airport hangar and helipad in the background. Box Insert: The insert shows the alternate model which is a pushback along with a few close-ups of the two models. Sticker Sheet: There is one small sticker sheet with 10 stickers, four of which go on the train doors and the helicopter goes on the radar dish piece. Instructions: The instructions for both models are included, the booklet is 47 pages total. A shot of the build for truck from the main model. The number of pieces per step was a lot higher in 1990 than today’s sets. A shot of the instructions for the alternate model. Note there are no piece callouts for this model. I had to pay close attention when building it to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Sorry for the dark/blurry picture. This is the picture on the back of the manual, it’s a flatbed truck you can build with the pieces from the set. Unfortunately, no instructions are included. Interesting Pieces: Included in this set are: 1. 19 Model Team tires! – Ive never seen a set come with so many tires before. 2. Model Team windscreen 3x10x3 in transparent blue- Only appeared in two other sets (5550 and 5581) 3. Windscreen 5x8x3- This is the only set that this part comes in transparent blue. 4. Four Black train doors and 4 train windows, two in red/black 5. Printed parts: 3 sloped bricks with 3 gauges/knobs and 2 sloped bricks with some white dots on them. 6. A nice assortment of Technic beams, including 6 1x16 beams. The Build Main Model: We start by building the helicopter first. You can see the interior starting to take shape. Most of the printed parts are used in the cockpit. The completed interior: The helicopter has two yellow seats. You can see some of the detail work like the faucets on the back and the gray antennas. The completed helicopter: This is the part of the set I was looking forward to the most, I think it’s a nice model overall. One problem I had was that the rear rotor does not spin very well. I’m hoping this is just a result of the parts being old and not bad set design on Lego’s part. There are also two red hinge pieces by the rotors on the helicopter used to prevent the blades from spinning while the helicopter is on the trailer. The Truck: Next up is the semi truck used for hauling the helicopter around. It’s main features are working steering and opening doors. Here you can see the frame of the truck made from Technic bricks and how the steering system works, which is eventually controlled by turning a model team tire on the back. Here is the completed interior before the roof goes on, It has two red seats and two antennas as gear shifters. I didn’t really like the use of blue window panels next to the macaroni bricks. Unfortunately you cant control the steering from the steering wheel either. The completed truck: The completed truck looks nice, I really liked how they used eight tires on the rear axles. The rear of the finished truck: You can see the rear bumper, steering mechanism and exhaust pipes. The trailer:We start out by making the bed where the helicopter will sit. There are two gray hinge pieces which lift up. I'm not sure why they are there, I found the helicopter sat in the trailer fine without having to lift them up. Here is the completed trailer, there are two wheels which can be extended down from the trailer so it can sit upright without the truck being present. Overall it has some nice details like the hoses and bumper, it also uses 8 wheels on the two real axles. Alternate model- Pushback - I built this model first not expecting a whole lot but the model is pretty cool and well detailed like the main model while only using around 60% of the parts. Ive never been up close to a actual pushback before so I cant comment on how accurate this model really is but is has some nice features regardless. Here you can see the cabin, steering mechanism and the rear bumper taking shape. The steering wheel has been added, and also some levers next to a control panel in the rear. I’m guessing that would be used for moving the airplane somehow? Seats have been added, steering mechanism is nearly complete. Rear doors are added and some detailing on the outside. The completed model. It uses four hubcaps for what im assuming is some kind of engine or air intake. Some pipes are added that connect to the compartment in the back of the model. Inside the back of the pushback. Rating: Overall this is a excellent set! You get two great highly detailed models and lots of nice parts. Personally I enjoyed the alternate model more. A pushback has not been done outside of this set. This was only the fourth set to come from the Model Team theme when it came out back in 1990. I think they did a great job with the parts available at the time. You could probably improve upon it some with newer curved/sloped elements but the model still looks great. If you have the chance to get this setI would highly recommend it. Parts: 10/10: Great assortment of Technic and system parts, and also 19 tires! Playability 8/10: The helicopter is swooshable and is fun to fly around. The steering on the two models goes a long way to making them fun to play with as well as nice display models. Design 9/10- Both models are well designed and use a good selection of parts. Props to Lego for the pushback, a very unique alternate model. Pricing 10/10- When it was released for 80 dollars, it comes out to 7 cents a piece which is a great deal. Overall 9/10- This is a great set from the Model Team era, well designed and lots of cool parts.

What part of Ohio are you in? Im in the columbus area.

These are some container crates I made to go with the Maersk Line ship. The ship holds 10 crates total. They are 6x13 with opening doors on both ends and a easily removable roof. I also made a larger container crate that is 8x15 and can hold two smart cars inside. Ive attached the .lxf file for the smaller crates if anyone wants to make them. container 6x11.zip

I recently bought a copy of 5561 and while i really enjoyed the build and the finished model, i thought it was a bit odd that this huge vehicle did not have a working suspension. Has anyone tried to add working suspension to this model? If so how did you do it?

You did a great job on the building, it looks spot on compared to the picture. Only thing i might change is maybe tiling the roof, but you cant really see what kind of roof the building has from the picture. I also liked the use of the 1x4 sloped brick with the cheese wedges on it for the awning.

I was originally going to use dark green instead of lime green. I ordered set 6177 wanting some dark green pieces, but it turns out the website is wrong, the set only has lime green and regular green so i was stuck with those colors.

The tree and trunk are made entirely out of basic bricks, i added some landscaping to the bottom area by the roots. A couple more pics are here.