Plastic Nurak

So sweet !

Meaooowr !

...I've seen sets like #6747 vanishing from shelves in a few days. I'm referring to a model with very few standard parts, cool looking, and (hallelujah) with two alternates which don't disfigure near the main one.

Perhaps better than #8466 (don't shoot me !). Surely than #8297 . Truely awesome. I like those details... and absence of compromises . I'd like (and want) to see in stores a model like this!

It's no officially MT, and Boeing is more a Sculpture set than a Model Team. I guess old Designers, Make & Create and early Creator sets designers were former MT's.

But it's obvious that MT is a higher building school, and some of MT sets made TLC history. Also #5510 and #5540, that for today standards seem still a few bricky, were innovative in a lot of features (modular hood for the Formula 1 Racer! Common now, an innovation then). But, at the same time, it's not true that today Creator big items are so little interesting from a building point of view; it looks almost you're describing them as they were old Hobby Sets or early Technic ! Have you seen #6753 alternate models? They're more technical than Model Team sets... and are "just" alternate ones! I think Jamie Berard and the other designers team members, surely true professionals, must take some courage and design some 'Advanced Creator' set, for elder kids and AFOL. No doubt these sets would be succesful. #8880 was a very difficult model to build, but boxes didn't remain taking dust on shelves.

So sweet :wub: ! If only it had a steering mechanism...

The point is that Creator, with some notable exception (one for all: #4896 Roaring Roadster), is, as you've already said, conceived to be a good source of bricks for kids to create their own models. I'm a Creator fan but often, I also see those boxes under that point of view. The ideal option would be purchasing two box of the same set, one for pieces and one for model preservation, but this is possible in everyday life only for little and medium size items. The purchase of two #6743 it's easy and painless, while buying two #6753 is a veritable bleeding. Creator sets (the big ones in primis) offer a good choice of themes, sometimes very rare in LEGO world (transport ferries, ferris wheels, mechanical dinos, spiders...) and often advanced building techniques (who was writing Creator model are primitive forgot #4958, for exemple, but new Offroad Power too), but marketing politics (I hate a so low maximum age range, especially for big models, I hoped they quit it when seeing NY Toy Fair Creator display sets reporting 7+, 8+ and 9+) seem go in opposite way to many Creator fans' wishes.

Great fig. P.S. Free the songbird !!!

Surely a great car ; it looks more like a medium Creator car than a Model Team.

Congratulations for mum and dad !

Very good model , even if it seems an Isetta-style forklift .

Simply a superb car and 100% detailed. I don't mind if it's completely studless or not; the only important thing is the result.

Perhaps it's better than the original (I bought it in France and I'm satisfied). I love under-wings missiles .

Shaggy IMO is not Shaggy .

Amazing woodfigs!

I like it, it looks so nice!

With just a bit more complex design, HWT e new Offroad with trailer & Quad could be without doubt considered new Model Team sets. Creator designers e marketing manager IMO have to point higher, with an ADVANCED CREATOR subtheme destined to preteen, teen (and AFOL) market (11 or 12+). If MT series had run for a long period (14 years), why not a new MT-like subtheme? We have Modular House, now we need new model sets, maybe with some technical feature more.

Refering to my other thread about studful and studless construction, this model shows the main advantage of studless b.s., the possibility of including a lot of function in small places, this is a fine example . It's so cool ...

I think a lot of models made by Nico could be official sets, due to their playability and medium size .

Awesome, I like your MOC, but I agree with Technicjuan's question.

This was my last LEGO set until spring 1999, I bought it for 1993 "Befana" (6 January), I was interested in Blacktron II theme and I played a lot with this set and I modified and MOC-ized it, before mixing parts with others I had. When I see it, nostalgia comes back inside me . I was 12, the maximum age for LEGOLAND Space (and City, Castle and Pirates) theme , but I wanted still all! Ah, the found memories ...

Your Wasp car represents what I'm saying: primarily studless, with studful construction only where it strictly required (to the constructor point of view, of course ). I grew up with old school Technic construction, but now I slightly prefer studless system. But for some purpose, as I said before, I think it's impossible to quit completely studded bulding system.

In my very humble opinion, the total lack of studded construction is not as positive as some studless building system prophets say. I see 1996-2001 period as the better because both the system were used together and for specifical purpose: for example in #8448 and #8466 studded construction gives stability to the chassis, while studless building is useful for body and upper structure (in 8466 for suspension too). I hope Technic designers come back to this path. And you, what do you think?

Awesome .