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Nice upgrade on the head, I had tried to use the gold ingot but at the top (as there is also a bump there), but it improves the front too. The exhaust on the side won't be possible in the new "flat" version, which I still have to seriously make pictures of. In the meantime.. So I've changed the body nearly entirely, managed to preserve the light brick & the back detail. Changed the neck, and added the round 1/4 tiles to the head. And made a nice base for it. So who'd be for printed tiles? I don't know how many it'd take for prices to become acceptable, though. Were AT-AT's really bending knee joints backwards, btw?

So I've been redesigning the body, for smooth joints, and I'm making a nice base to go with it. I think all it's now missing to be the ultimate mini-AT-AT is some prints. Problem is the costs.. but maybe this is where a group buy would be interesting, as the costs are mainly for set-up, I guess. I've been toying with printed disks, because they're the most important I believe, and also because there are 8 of them in 1 build, thus it wouldn't require too many participants to gather enough round tiles for an order. Also because this print would look rather generic & be useful in other builds (like, mechs, spaceships or even as barrel lids). While it would cost hundreds to print just 1 of these, custom shops out there seem to sell these for under 1eur each and still make a profit, so that would be the goal to reach, only it would require a large enough order, and then having to re-ship them (or perhaps leave the shop do this alone, if the printing service also has an online shop). The tile would look like this: There are other places that could use printing, like -1x the front "hole" 2x2 round tile (instead of the grille) -2x a back 1x2x2 panel with AT-AT-specific detail -2x a side 1x4x2 panel with AT-AT-specific detail Now I don't know about the existing services out there, which ones are the cheapest, which ones offer the best quality (I think the most important here is proper registration/centering on the tiles). All I know is that all of these tiles would only require black, and thus could possibly be laser-etched. If not, pad-printing would work as well, and would possibly allow some slight blue tint on side panels. Anyone would be interested in this?

Hi, it's your standard light brick, there are plenty on BrickLink, most common is red, also exists in yellow. But yeah, it's not required. However I've been working on a "smooth" version of the body, which addresses the nasty gaps and even features a slight slanting that even most large AT-AT's don't. Not fully happy with it though, as some parts, especially the back, look inferior.

Now on Lego Ideas https://ideas.lego.com/projects/164034 (after being blogged a few times)

Dexter's Laboratory was one of the best TV cartoons around 15-20 years ago:

This one, yes. https://flic.kr/s/aHskRZnQKQ Since licensed stuff gets success on Lego Ideas, would anyone vote for that?

Now on Rebrickable: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/gol/nanofigure-scaled-at-at-diorama

I've redesigned the legs, using parts from late 2016:

Another mech, I mostly do that. Full album here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/137434519@N08/2P74CS

Here I'm mostly excited about London, but for the one reason that it's a source of quarter-circle tile in LBG, only in that set I believe.

No, they can simply release sets (or minifig blind bags, which are -already- expensive for what they are, but not nearly as expensive as Dimension packs) with those exclusive parts. Half of the Dimension packs are re-using past set parts. And guess what, those are the packs that are discounted the most, today, proving that the value is a lot in the parts. Well, what could be the reason Mr T exists as a pack? Lego Ideas, thanks to the many A Team entries that people voted for, that's the reason this strange license (that "no one would have otherwise asked for") came in. Probably the same for Portal 2, Adventure Time, etc.

Sure, and a lot a people will buy a minifig for over 10eur on Bricklink, but this is no aftermarket, it's Lego officially selling a minifig + 10 parts for like 15eur, well knowing that many will buy it for those parts alone.

It's not really a review but a little rant, against those Dimensions packs, for people who don't care about the game itself. I am a gamer, though, but a PC one, so even if I wanted to play Lego Dimensions (& I don't really care for Lego's games which look too much like coin collecting to me), I wouldn't be able to. So it's not a fair rant, because I will neglect the digital content, but this said, Lego knows well that if they put exclusive parts in a box, non-gamers are gonna buy it as well. So, because of the price drops everywhere, a lot can be gotten at half price these days. And I'm sorry to say that even at the current prices, it's still a big ripoff. I got Portal 2, BTTF, 2x Ghostbusters & The A Team packs. I think Portal 2 is the biggest ripoff. Aside from the exclusive minifig, not much else for around 15eur. The portal gun is very poor, it's rubber not even molded right, the handle is slightly too thick for a hand, requires force and mine nearly broke (even though it's rubber, yeah). The Stay Puft minifig is.. ok.. print is minimal.. not even a drawn "belly" like some minifigs do have. The ghost from the other Ghostbusters pack is.. small & more like something you'd find in a Kinder egg :( Emmet Brown from the BTTF pack is kinda nice. For all packs, the parts & builds are rather poor (but ok, those parts are for several builds). Even the booklets in those boxes don't include instructions. Yeah, it's just ads, and you have to look for the instructions online. The only good surprise is the A Team pack. Mr T's minifig is nice, and the van is a pretty nice little build. Is it worth the 8eur reduced price? Hell no, but it's nice. It's a pitty that Lego won't sell those without the content. Pretty ironic when you think of those boxes that went out with their tags empty, I'd buy those at the prices of minifig bags! So for those of you who are still hesitating about buying Dimension packs for the parts only, I'd say.. don't bother. I'd really like to get some of the recent packs, like the Adventure Time ones, but it's pretty sad that it's the only way to get those minifigs.

Hi, that would be me. Thread still here: Comparison pic with, at the lower-right, the ultimate target (Bandai's snapkit)

Some new/recent parts seem to have been added (like the ones from the Catheram set). Those new macaronis in LBG are there, expensive, but still less than on BL right now. Bricks&Pieces seem to be even more broken that before, though. If you now don't make your full order in one go, in the past you had a high risk to lose your entire list. Now it's pretty much lost, every time, you just can't click from your cart and edit the list anymore.

Thanks Yes, probably a bit later

I've made a new album for version 2.3. https://flic.kr/s/aHskMqtT6D I've used the sticker for the console of the official set, it fits pretty well on a 2x2 curved slope.

thanks it's a DBG slope, it's just because the "tooth" part doesn't exist in LBG

I finally got my AT-ST that the Lego shop sent over 3 weeks late, and while I'm doing pics of it next to my more serious MOC, here's a smaller one. So, meet Steve, your average AT-ST. https://flic.kr/s/aHskKz7KvC

Very excited by all those new tiles! I wish that 2x2 cut corner was a 1x2 instead, though.

I was sure they would go for double ratchet joints for the legs again, since they did it for the AT-DP. But I wonder why they do that. Certainly not because of the ratchet itself, it's more than strong enough. I suspect it has to do with the 3 pins to connect the beams, maybe they think it's not a good connection if it's just a ratchet and a beam on one side.

I like that it's so poorly built and dirty

Pretty impressive

From what I saw it's the whole body that oscillates, thus you really need a ball-joint for the head (which is what the "real one" has)

Even though they don't fit in a natural way, that car is 6 studs wide anyway. A "minifig-height" scaled AT-ST would have to be 5 studs wide for the minifigs, and that's including the walls, the most problematic.