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Eurobricks Forum member and LEGO customiser Omicron shares with us a nice review of the third wave of minifigures by CustomMinifigs.com. (Click on the images to see the review or browse the Minifig Customisation Workshop for more LEGO custom news)

Very nice one, Jamit Thanks for sharing.

Great job everybody, especially Oky! Here's my interpretation of the famous 'When 900 years old you reach look as good, you will not.' quote.

Here is my entry, a Red Cross container: The 'feet' and roof detailing are in line with the original ones shown by CopMike BS gallery for those interested.

Here is one on everybody's favourite sand people:

This is one of my favourite pets from LU. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you again

A lot of good new ones lately! This one of mine came out pretty easlily while playing around with the SW figs. I beg your pardon if this will cause you to have nightmares in the next nights

Please reduce the size of the first pic to 800 pixels maximum. Thank you.

Indeed, this is the place to post your custom minifigures. We usually 'handle' actual figs or decals, but I'm sure your work can be of inspiration to us all, so please feel free to post your designs here

Nice ones Oki Wan Kenobi Here is another one from me:

Thanks for taking care of this again, Stash! My sigfig is the same as last year

That's what Brasso is: a chemical used to remove the print on LEGO parts (mind you, it has other uses, too )

Happy Birthday my friends Have a great day!

Again, palying around with some Collectable Minifigures:

Hi meaz. First of all, I want to welcome you to Eurobricks and invite you to read carefully our Member Guidelines. As you can see, we are an AFOL-oriented community; therefore, we require a minimum of maturity in our members. I'm sure you will agree that your post need some reworking on capitalisation and spelling before we can call it mature. Please try harder in your future posts, and I'm sure you'll have no problems in here As for your request, you could want to check the Other Decals Index. I agree it has a funny name, but it includes a good amount of decals based on comic characters. Indeed, you can easily find DC heroes like Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and many others there. Of course, let us know if you still need some specific ones.

Just a lesser one from me on something that struck me when comparing older and more recent R2s:

Thank you very much, my friend I added them to the review with due credit and a couple of lines to comment them

Please try to contain yourself when posting. The use of a font like Impact, the one you used, is enough. No need to make it size '6'. Moreover, as a general rule, the use of text size bigger than '3' is not welcome. Try to keep this in mind in your future posts. Thank you.

Thank you for the feedback people If you could spare some time to take a pic of the front and one of the back, that'd be much appreciated. Thank you

Thank you Now I can see them all without over-loading my notebook, and I must say that's an impressive ammount of space sets you displayed

Theme: Classic Town Set name: Mobile Crane Set Number: 6361 Price: 12.75 $, (?) £, 10 Euro Pieces: 159 (+ 1 minifigure) Year of release: 1986 Links: Peeron, Bricklink and Brickset For me the 6361 Mobile Crane is one of those sets one builds from time to time to get the feel of the old days, when it was new and he/she was just a kid with the most wonderful of the toys and all the time in the world to play with it. The Box (Pictures in this part were taken by dr_spock. Thank you my friend!) Front The box art shows the Mobile Crane in action on some random out-doors landscape. Maybe the Worker is there to deliver the first tools to start a building site? I don’t know how others may feel about it, but I just wish TLG artists added some more details to it. Back As usual for the time, the back of the box shows a series of alternate models, ranging from a small 4x4 jeep to a crane & truck duo. My personal favourite one is the tow truck in the lower left portion of the picture. What about yours? Good old times! A notable info about the box is that this set includes a nice plastic tray. Just like the box, unfortunately I do not have mine anymore. As a matter of fact, I did not even remember about this detail. Again, thanks to dr_spock for providing the picture of yet another cool feature of this great set! More pics of the sides of the box can be found in this post by dr_spock, or simply scrolling down in this thread. Contents Inside The box contains a nice amount of parts in 4 colours (Black, Blue, Light Grey and Yellow) plus 1 minifigure. The number of pieces is probably a bit over the standard for a set of this size, which is always a good thing. When I got the set, I was very happy to see the ‘square’ windscreen, which was new for me (and still is the only one I own). It fits perfectly the idea of a big truck and looks way better then the classic ‘angled’ one. The colour scheme is the classic Yellow & Black of the LEGO City/Town construction line, and it is consistent with later sets. Recoloured parts There are only a couple of recoloured parts in this set: the Black Lever Small Base with Light Gray Lever and the Yellow Wheel 8mm D. x 6mm. Not much to rejoice here, but still something nice to add to our inventories. On the other hand, the Black Lever Small Base with Light Gray Lever seem to have grown more popular as time passed, as I see I have quite a lot of them in my inventory (mostly from recent sets, i.e. in Light Bluish Grey). New pieces New pieces include: Black Crane Arm Center, Hook, Metal 1 x 4 x 1, Panel 1 x 2 x 3 - Closed Studs and Crane Arm Outside, Old Narrow with Black Moving Pattern. The metal hook and the Crane arm parts are among my all-time favourites. Actually, I feel a slight sense of happiness any time I see this part, for the memories it brings back. The fact that the Crane Arm Outside also sports a nice printing is another bonus! Instructions The ‘cover’ (the instructions in this set are not in book format, but in single-sheet format, as it was standard for the day) shows the set in action, with the minifigure operating the crane without touching the controls. Is this some kind of remote he’s using or is there a telepathic contact between the crane and the operator? As said before, I find the empty background a bit disappointing, but it allows the set to be the centre of attention. The ‘back cover’ shows the completes set and the minifigure getting ready to work. Notice the cool ‘feet’ feature in the two lower panels. We’ll get back to it later, but you can already get an idea of how it works. As you can also see in the picture below, the instructions do not give any indication about the way the feet (dish part) are stored when the vehicle moves. All we get is a glimpse in these ‘back cover’ pictures. It would seem the dishes are simply stacked one above the other in front of the crane. The instructions are standard fare for the times and the only notable bit is the Bar 1 x 6 with Studs Open, which appears to be more Dark than Light Grey for some reason. Small boxes show detailed steps from time to time, but no call-outs are shown, as typical in older instructions. I find the background to be neutral enough to allow an easy recognition of the parts and building steps and to convey a relaxing sense of ‘outdoor-ness’ to the set. Minifigure This happy worker looks fine in his black overall and he’s ready to take his mobile crane wherever it might be needed. One of the things I find most interesting about LEGO Town/City workers is how the style of their hard-hats never changed in over 33 years, while the minifig concept passed through a process involving the re-styling of the head expressions and torso printing, various arm and hand special modifications and a lot of major accessories’ evolution. Building Start The build starts from the container. A nice blue box that can hold whatever cargo we wish to move with our mighty crane. It can be easily replicated, adding to the playability of the set. In the end, nothing says (mobile) crane more than having a good solid container to move around. We start by building the chassis. Nothing too complex, but some nice solutions are used. For example, the small Trans-Red 1x1 Tiles for the stop lights, and early SNOT detail. Notice the small arms; we’ll get back to their function later on. Adding details The plain black chassis gets covered with some bright yellow parts. I love the little details like the crane controls and exhaust pipes! The big Black Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Top in the rear portion of the vehicle is what allows the crane to move. Quite interestingly, it raises 1/3 of brick over the yellow tiles. This means that the base of the crane does not need the smooth surface to move freely, as it could not get caught in the studs below it anyway. The cab Just a view of the cab, with the steering wheel well encased in the squared windshield. The space is a bit cramped, but this is a working machine, not a leisure car. The only thing I really miss is a couple of openable doors. Where is my crane? Finally, we get to the very heart of this set, the big crane. The build is again quite simple, but very effective. Notice how the Yellow String Reel Winch is independent from the part supporting the crane arm. This was probably designed to allow an easy detachment of the winch to fix eventual hitches with the string. One of my favourite solutions is the use of the Yellow Hinge Tile 1 x 2 1/2 with 2 Fingers on Top to keep the string in position. Finished set The finished set looks pretty nice and functional. The small arms we noticed before are used to hold and move in position the ‘feet’ which stabilise the crane during operations. Even if it’s not the most impressive of vehicles, this mobile crane conveys a feel of compact power and efficiency, while still looking proportionate in a Classic Town context. Full frontal In this front view, you can see how compact and squared the cab is. It gives a pretty good feel of a heavy load hard working machine. And still it is a 4-studs wide truck, meaning it will work well in any Classic Town environment, unlike the monster trucks we have seen in recent years. You also get an idea of the standard operational height of the crane. Of course, this is not its normal position when the vehicle moves. We’ll get to see it later on. Rear view From this angle you can get a better view of the rear feet and their ‘sockets’ in the rear bumper, just above the lower stop lights. I like the fact that this truck has two sets of stop lights, as the lower ones are not visible from the rear when the feet are retreated. Not much to say on the crane here, as we already covered this part. Side view We are now ready to move to the next location, and the crane (except for the feet) has been readied for travel. The crane has been lowered and it leans on the roof of the cab, with the hook dangling in front of the windshield. This reminds me of one of the first scenes from Terminator 3… In this picture you can also see the 1/3 of a brick gap between the main body of the truck and the base of the crane, as we mentioned before. In action As you can see, they work pretty well, as the crane is stable even when lifting heavy loads. The movements of the crane as smooth, and the ‘feet’ feature is a very nice touch. The only smaller issue is evident when one tries to attach the container to the hook: the morphology of the parts makes it a little difficult to get them to work smoothly. But if one gets the right orientation, they connect pretty easily. It just requires a little practice. Bonus images Somebody ordered and R2 unit here? What a surprise for our Worker when he found out what the source of all those beep-ing sounds was! Final comments Overall, this small/medium-sized set is very nice to build and play with. It is a great addition to all the City/Town dioramas, and it looks more proportionate than those monster cranes we saw in recent years. The choice of colours is pretty nice too, seeing as the blue container makes an appealing contrast with the black & yellow crane. Moreover, the container itself can be easily replicated, adding to the playability of the set. Design & Colour scheme - 9/10 (Very well proportioned and efficient. The only con is the lack of openable doors. Yellow & Black in tradition with the LEGO construction line; the Blue container adds to the variety. No complaints whatsoever.) Minifig - 10/10 (A happy worker to drive/operate our crane. It could be argued that two minifigs would have added more play value, but I feel the set is well balanced as it is.) Parts - 9/10 (Great variety of useful parts, a reasonable amount of new pieces, and even a cool printed one! I have only had problems with the small arm parts in the past, as they tended to break quite easily for the plastic was brittle. In this review, I used newer ones which seem to have less problems in this sense, probably due to a change in the plastic over the years.) Playability – 10/10 (The movements of the crane as smooth, and the ‘feet’ feature is a very nice touch. Moreover, the container can be easily replicated, adding to the playability of the set.) Build – 8/10 (Nothing too complex, but some efficient solutions are used, like the use of the Yellow Hinge Tile 1 x 2 1/2 with 2 Fingers on Top to keep the string in position.) Price – 10/10 (Though I did not buy this set at the current price, I find the price tag to be very good: $ 12.75 or € 10 for 159 parts and a minifigure is good in my book, especially given the current LEGO prices’ trends.) Overall: 9.3/10 Excellent As always, questions, comments, and pic requests welcome!

Nice tutorial Fuzzylegobricks

I think all the pictures of her I saw around had the brown hands/gloves. Funny that the whole box & instructions' art is off on this

It would seem it's time for a 'What was of the old apprentices' series. I prepared this one on Monday, before seeing the latest ones, but it falls in quite nicely