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When 5150 Lego gave us the review of the new City Harvester, I promised that If someone gave me this set, I would add a proper hay-laying mechanism and share how to build it with all of you. At the recent LEGO World Copenhagen I was pretty much given the set, so here's me holding my end of the deal. A simple MOD that makes the hay-laying mechanism usable The challenge was to make as few changes to the model as possible, while still having a system that works. the wheels are moved ½stud backwards and the mechanism consists of a liftarm being pushed back and forth. Tall bricks are added to the middle so the hay bricks stay put. 2x2 tiles are used as floor. The 2x3 bricks are not ideal for the mechanism. I suggest 2x4 bricks with tiles on top or something similar. It takes some luck to make it run well with 2x3 bricks, but it works. Simple, quick and easy. Just remember to use a different kind of hay

I don't think boosters will be fun to build as they don't have much functionality; a key element of the shuttle. Building a different satellite or transporter (as you mention) sounds much more interesting, and I guess the boosters and tower can be added for completeness as in

The new Auto Transport has a working steering mechanism and lots of details by the looks of the preliminary pictures, so here we have a set that might compete with 5590. I'm looking forward to that one!

The problem is that some image hosting sites show images as something like picture.php?show=me.jpg and hope that forums accept this as a picture because the URL ends with jpg. The engine behind Eurobricks (correctly) sees this as a .php file which might be everything from a web-page (html) to a picture (jpg). The reason why imageshack and others prefer deeplinking using .php-URLs is that it minimizes server load (you don't have to resolve the URL to something else). If you see the URL behind my signature images, they are of the good old .jpg-type, but those URLs are actually rerouting to a php script on the server. The conclusion: Rejecting .php files while accepting off-site .jpg-files gives you a false sense of security from pictures not showing: A .php file can serve a legit picture while a .jpg can try to serve you a web-page. It will be better if all URLs ending with .jpg and so on were accepted while URLs ending with something else should give errors because the user probably is making an error.

MOCPages has finally gotten back on track in the latest version, so It's a fine place to host your pictures. I hear there are a lot of ads there, but I guess people with browsers with ads enabled are used to seeing that.

It still seems like a cheap way to get new black macaroni pieces: I'm in! Great news for heavily macaroni-eating builders like me. Just like the ferris wheel was for yellow macaronis!

Thanks for the review, but it's hard to see how the steering works. I can't remember last time LEGO did that kind of steering (a pin that turns like the ones connected to the wheels) instead of the usual tooth-rack design.

Technic, NXT with Model Team is a fine grouping, as is Bionicle, He-Man with Scala IMO. This is good news. But there are a lot of Model Team threads under the others-category that will have to be moved as well (for some of those, this will be their third move).

If you are into both SW and Technic, then I can highly recommend the walking AT-AT - it is great how the pieces work together in order to give the right kind of walk. The Cherry picker is great, but the AT-AT is pure win. There should be a review of it somewhere here... I'll find it in a moment. edit: Here it is

That's a very nice and broken link you have there. If you want to know the value of pieces, you can use Bricklink.

This will be one mightily impressive ship once finished. The half-stud/jumper differences combined with the tiles-out technique really gives an amazing hull. Looking forward to see it in a LEGOWorld sometime.

See the steering knob and long wheel arches: It steers. Where is the price mentioned? I don't recall hearing a large price tag.

OK. That explains a lot. It would actually be pretty awesome with small things like vehicle developing throughout a story, but are you sure you aren't able to give it a uniform gray paint job for the first episodes?

While LEGO shouldn't go for an FPS-license for obvious reasons as already discussed, no one has bothered to mention another obvious reason: Halo is a Microsoft exclusive game. Outside of the U.S., Microsoft is still far from monopolizing the console gaming market. While Halo is a huge franchise, it is still far from the (nearly universally) appeased Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Sure there are themes like Avatar and Speed Racer showing that LEGO could go for licenses with smaller audiences, but these might have a better fitting target demography. To get back to the console exclusive issue. Consider this: A Killzone, Zelda or Little Big Planet license.

First of all it is a nice truck. That said, there's nothing telling it from being a mid-western farm equipment rather than post-apoc. I'm talking about details such as the front: Picture perfect chrome grille, lights and bumper without a sign of use in a time where resources are sparse and roads mostly blocked with debris. Here's an example. When you drive around in such an environment, the lights are often the first to go, hence the extreme use of light racks often shown in post-apoc fiction. So. Do you plan on more? Sorry. Couldn't help myself.

Last time I was building , and came to the place where the engine had to be built, I was looking for the four , which I only have 4 of in my collection. After searching for the fourth and last piston for a couple of minutes, I almost gave up only to find the piece... in my other hand! It seems that my keep-for-future-use strategy isn't always flawless

The dots were explained? I thought the point was that she read too much into them. Having seen all episodes, the show did feel a bit campy at times, but I feel the episodes in the last half only get better and better. You have something to look forward to.

It gets better and better. Tilting the whole front is pure win for the aesthetics.

I find that too drastic. There are some members whose sigs are quite useful w. links and many show their contributions in these. Here is my solution: Adblock+ Browser extensions are great. This one is for Firefox, but there might be similar ad-ons for the browsers you prefer as well. The large pictures get blocked and all other sigs are still shown

^^ Thanks. Building bigger is always an easy solution to accurate details, but the point of these vehicles is to be as small as possible. In order to have space for real seating, it would have to be at least 7 stud wide, which is grossly over sized for a micro car in Tabletop Town. There isn't really space for doors with the wheel covers and windscreen this close to each other. As for the nose, the lights have to connect to something, and the panel gives the smallest bonnet height, while still allowing for an air intake and emblem. I have tried a lot of different ideas, but if you should stumble upon something, then please show

V-LV-21D Being released across Europe these days, I give you the first real competitor to the Smart ForTwo. Seating 3 (and a child), while only adding a foot to the length is one of the strengths of the real car. This minifig model only seats one... Here is how it compares to the real car:

Those are cute and instantly recognizable. Good job on making a minifig fit. The Smart has been without competition for too long now. I will post a new thread with a competitor which is about the same size. Then we can race!

Yeah. You are right, unfortunately. Here I was thinking that LEGO would come to its senses regarding this piece, but no They make sure to turn them so we can't see they are only pretty on one side - it is almost as bad as the Creator sets shown with working steering while the real models don't have the shown features. To sum it up: The harvester is too big, too expensive, has poor functionality and no revelation in parts, but looks pretty on its own. Thanks for the review - now I know that I should by some more Technic tractors instead.

Thanks. I can always help a little if there are some Technic-details people need hints for. With 8 people replying to one of my threads, this is actually one of the most active ones I have ever created I'm not into making a profit on anything LEGO-related. It's just a hobby, but others can feel free to do so if they can copy the design. As for instructions of huge constructions: never again! I'm happy as long as Ralph is left speechless

Are my eyes deceiving me, or are the good old non-slitted Technic pin joiners back? If someone gave me this set, I would add a proper hay-laying mechanism and share how to build it with all of you. Thanks for the review.