AllanSmith

From my source: 27th May for Prince of Persia. 7569 $NZ24.99 7570 $NZ39.99 7571 $NZ69.99 7572 $NZ109.99 7573 $NZ179.99

Your first guess is right: brick scrapage from the bottom convex piece

You could remove the metal from the crossing track

From a fellow kiwi. I think the body needs to be a bit bigger

With 3 cars they do crash into each other (as shown on Bodville video) where the magnets pass close. In my video one has been pushed into a dead spot where the chains go in and out. This happens now and again so I just pick it up and put it back on the path of the chain The show display is all mine, part of my 25 years of collecting, 1000+ sets. The 8 x 16 tile information is found here on Bricklink

From my insider info 5981 Raid VPR July $NZ19.99 5982 Smash n Grab July $NZ34.99 5983 Undercover Crusier July $NZ59.99 5984 Lunar Limo July $NZ79.99 5985 Space Police Centrasl July $NZ149.99

You can see my dodgems at about 1:30 into my video. Bodville video below:

I have posted a new topic on my dodgems to answer your questions. Click here

Last year I wanted to build dodgems (bumper cars) for my Taupo hobby show. With permission from Dave at Bodville I designed my version of his creation. I super glued the magnets to cut technic tractor tread links. I have a large LEGO shop display aquarium which has a chain of links with a few technic tractor tread links in the lid supporting fish on nylon lines. This used cogs and wheels which I copied. One wheel is on a spring to keep tension on the chain when one of the technic tractor tread link passes a wheel. I also used 8 large 8 x 16 plates on a baseplate for the surface. The setup was very reliable and ran for 2 days with no problems.

Bought the set today at 15% off. I really like both the limo and the helicopter. So much so, that I think I will get another set for my city. Made one mod, replaced the axles with these so the wheels don't stick out.

On the road plates I use the studded area as car parks (with grey parking meters and white tiles as the dividing lines between parks) and the painted path as a cycle lane. This works out well with Cafe-corner style buildings. See picture below.

I use LEGO baseplates from 1986 that are grey with grey roads for city scenes and I use LEGO baseplates from 1997 that are green with grey roads for countryside scenes. I have decided to stick with these as I'm sick of LEGO changing the colours all the time City: Countryside:

Farmers have 15% off toys over Easter (31st to 6th) so I will go and retrieve set 3222 Heli and Limo from its hiding place

I used the chain system copied from David of Bodville in Australia. It worked great for 2 whole days at the Taupo Hobby Expo. You can see it going at about 1:30 into video. Bodville video below:

There may be a toy sale during the school holidays. Do what I did Hid a set behind some slow selling LEGO sets so it should still be there in a few weeks. ( Unless they tidy up the shelves )

Spotted 3222 Heli & Limo in Blenheim Farmers today $NZ59.99

Not Blenheim, the post was from David in Wellington

Are the unnumbered bar codes on the back right hand side the same for both minifigs?

Farmers have 20% off toys Thursday only! In Blenheim they have the Atlantis sets. The Warehouse does not have them.

It is meant to be coming ( September $NZ129.99 ) to Toyworld stores in New Zealand. Maybe it will come to Toyworld stores in Australia. Have you asked a Toyworld store?

From my source: Toyworld Exclusive $59.99

It is under the technic theme. Click here

Also in the Warehouse mailer is the LEGO movie, The Adventures of Clutch Powers

When the new version came out I queried the price increase for the same model. I was told by LEGO that $NZ 15 is added for printing the box and instructions

On sale in New Zealand from 3 March. Found this 9 minute video on Youtube. Love the jokes. Enjoy