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It's much interesting "when" I used my spare transparent visor to add into the Miner's helmet. Ah.. I never really noticed the minifigs' variations, and I thought all helmets are supposed to be the same. I have attached an image of the one with goggle.

To all players participating in Cyberpunk, I was attempting to read the story content within the Cyberpunk Story, but unfortunately some of the players are not very clear in their write up in terms of writing in an organised and well-defined manner, with proper capitalisation, paragraphing, use of commas, punctuation. Writing is very essential in this game, and writing it well and clear is even more important, in order for others to understand and follow up much faster on the story progression. At the same time, you are also showing consideration to the fellow players. Appreciate that if you are intending to play this game, make sure you do it right with commintment. Thanks. WhiteFang

With many of us highly anticipating the upcoming 10211 Grand Emporium, our Eurobricks Town Moderator, TheBrickster has recently launched a fun creative Grand Emporium Caption Contest to add along some fun. Click here to participate the Caption Contest.

To show my support in this wonderful capition contest, this is my entry! Hope all of you like the way its being shown.

Thanks Zorbas! This review is very nicely done, and you have covered this set very well, better than I expected earlier. This is a gem for Classic Town collectors, and I can imagine if it ever released again with such similar concepts, the price will not be that affordable for us to purchase, considering that Classic Motorcycles are no longer available. Personally, I prefer the Classic Motorcycles unlike the current City versions which is rather bulky. Furthermore, I can even have a phone booth placed by the side of the road. I love this set very much, and I am glad I own it. This review has been featured in Classic-Town.net.

Thanks guys for all of your kind words. I realised most of us, have bought this set as their first Power Miners set or mainly liked it due to its playability. That's probably why this set attracted me so much. I probably will regret not getting a second set when it's still available back then. I will give this a try. Never thought of that earlier. Agreed, and I forget to mention inside my review. One blue crystal is very pathetic, especially when you have such a big orange tipper bucket at its rear. Thanks The Penguin. Glad to see your feedback! You should really consider buying one more since the playing mechanism is so much fun to vrooom about. See you around.

I am signing up, to protect the honour and integrity of our country! Men at arms, together we shall fight and defend the freedom of our country!

Happy Birthday, oh Mighty Sith Lord!!! May your powers reign forever across the galaxy! Have fun, my friend.

I have merged your topic inside. WhiteFang

Added my first Power Miners review into the index, 8958 Granite Grinder [Review 3]

Hello to all Eurobricks members and Power Miners lovers, For those whom are familiar with this review, I must admit that this review was left untouched for almost a year inside the Reviewers Academy. I didn't have much inspiration back then, when I first bought this set to "experiment" this new theme, Power Miners. That was my very first Power Miners set, and probably the last few which I ever own, since most of the earlier sets are no longer available in retail stores and I wasn't really very keen to start a new theme as well. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't prepared to write a Power Miners review due to my lack of knowledge and experience with this very new theme, but seeing new sets coming out over the past few months have given me a better idea of this theme's objective. Name: Granite Grinder Theme: LEGO System / Power Miners Year: 2009 Pieces: 94 Minifigs: 2 Price: USD$9.99, GBP 7.85, SGD$21.90 Resources: Brickset, Peeron, BrickLink An image of a 8958, Granite Grinder A rear image of a 8958, Granite Grinder The Granite Grinder is classified under small scale miners vehicle, to allow the miners to implement small scale excavation underground operation. As you can see, with another Power Miner set, 8960 Thunder Driller, both of them can be built and merged together to form a new mining vehicle. Such building combinations of different sets is quite similar to the ones in the Exo Force theme. Without further ado, let's proceed with the review. Instruction Manual, Tracks, Bucket, Stickers and Contents polybags These are the content breakdown where you are able to view part of the Instruction Manual, showing "Step 18 to Step 22" of the Granite Grinder building process. There are 2 separate polybags that contains the building parts, plus having an individual Rock Monster in its own bag. While the tyre threads, tipper bucket and stickers are placed inside on its own. Close up of the Sticker sheet This is the close up of the sticker sheet where you are able to view the insignia "3" representing mining vehicle no. 3 in this expedition. The rest are the usual construction decals and the computer panels for the controls. Lime green bricks assortment Lime green is the core colouring bricks for the Power Miners. This is the first time where common LEGO elements such as 1x2, 1x4 bricks to be coated with these bright colour element. In fact, the building of this and other Power Miners vehicles depend heavily on the usage of lime green bricks. Spare parts A new buddy? It appears our Power Miners personnel, Rex is looking a little bit worried with his new Rock buddy, Glaciator. I love the idea of having that cute little nasty Rock Monster such as Glaciator to be added into my current collection. It's so nice and lovely where I am able to use it wham those medieval knights that is summoned by the evil wizard to act as their bodyguards or offensive forces. Glaciator is only available in the following Power Miners sets. Below is the attached summarised introductions adopted from the LEGO Catalogue 2009 of these characters. Slight modification on his helmet If you are observant enough, you might have already noticed that "Rex" is actually a dual-faced expression. He is fully equipped with a blue vest, silver harness with a drill logo pattern at the centre. There is also a silver chain and flashlight near to its pocket. I supposed these are some handy equipment for him to use while he is venturing downwards. I have added a transparent visor at the top of his helmet, and somehow I felt it looks nice with it, and without the visor, I find his helmet a little bare. Anyway, I believe it will served some protection for his eyes. Building up the Granite Grinder Building the base of the grinder is an interesting start. At first, I did not understand why there is a technic knob wheel behind, but I understand what is it for, at the end of the build. It's a pity that I do not have any video recording facilities at that point in time, otherwise it will be better to demonstrate for you. Other than that, the base are mainly built and supported by a black frame and grey lines, that will eventually be stacked by those lime green. Rear engine The rear engine shows where are the gas cylinders are placed, along with the exhaust pipes. The bottom of the threads, reveal the technic knob, where you move the grinder forward or backwards, the technic knob will move along too. Beneath the base, this simple mechanical movement triggers the long axle which caused the pointed front to move back and forth, looking as if the grinder is digging through the walls. The playing effects is simply wonderful. Cockpit This is the cockpit, where Rex is sitting, navigating those "imaginary" controls on the 1x4 lime tile. The headlight by the side of the cockpit is one of the nice touch as it helps to provide light in those dark tunnels. The front of the roll cage can be tiled forward to allow us to remove the minifig out of the seat with much ease. Different angles of the Granite Grinder A typical combat day for the Power Miners... A trap to lure our dear friend Karate kick Victory? Don't think they will ever be easily subdue... The End... Off to the digging platforms, and I don't think he is alone afterall... This is indeed a very enjoyable playset, with a nice integrated playing mechanism that enables the pointed front to move back and forth. the overall design is appealing, from its different angles such as the headlights, gas cylinders and etc. Furthermore, it's one of the smaller sets that Glaciator is available for purchase. There is no unique parts or minifigs but the design and the playability took the most points. Summary review Playability: 9/10 (It's very fun when you see the pointed front moving back and forth, by moving forward.) Design: 9/10 (One of the better aesthetic appealing design for this mining vehicle.) Price: 8/10 (A little costly for less than 100 parts in Singapore context.) Overall: 8.7/10 (An enjoyable playing set and it's definitely one of the better small Power Miner sets available in the market.) I gave it a "4" based on my Review Score Card. What about yours? Hope everyone of you enjoyed reading this simple review of mine. Comments and Critics are strongly welcomed. Pictures can be found in My Brickshelf (When moderated)

Errr... I thought there was a MOC scene of the wedding???

I think this seemed to be something similar to LEGO Wargaming. I will move it there, and you might want to update your first post, to share with us your progress. Thanks. WhiteFang

Interesting way of presenting this review, unlike the ones you have done earlier. It seemed you have bought this set from Bricksworld. I also gotten this impulse set as soon as it's released, and I love the way this set is being packaged by TLG. We have a DSLR, 2 baggage, a printed computer screen, Indy travellers pouch, and a cool civilian minifig. A great impulse set for parts. Thanks for sharing this review with us.

Oh, and you might want to add this into our Classic-Town.net Flickr pool.

Jameson42, I love this modular pizzeria building of yours, with an awesome nice combination of grey and dark green facade. Lots of great details, and nice arrangment in this set up. This has been featured in Classic-Town.net.

Access granted. Welcome to Reviewers Academy.

Zorro, what about your previous titles? Can you recall all of them, because this is your first title explaination, and I will like to compile your earlier ones as well.

Better stick to the intended discussion direction, And stop making posts which are filled with lies and bragging, This is a warning, and I will not hesitate to do more than just issuing a warning at the very next spilt second.. WhiteFang

My all time favourite medieval castle of all times! In fact, this is the very castle, where WhiteFang is born. This is the most powerhouse castle ever released, with great assortment of minifigs, that not only appear less generic from one another in terms of their outfits and weapons armament plus a solid knights formation taking place with very 2 unique bardings that is exclusive to this castle, and more importantly, the special minifig, "White Knight", aka moi sigfig in this incredible castle. I love it very much, and it's my favourite childhood castle set. Love the tall majestic castle gates, with high towers with archers guarding, along with a dark creepy underground prison for our beloved prisoner sharing together with a water well. Furthermore, there is even a back gate for solders to escape or manoeuvres from the rear to counter the enemies, and where all of the enemies are defeated, the solders can have a great time chilling down with barrels of beer! What a great inspiring playing concept! Seriously, I love this set so much, until it bothers me for a long while to tempt myself to find a second MISB set in the open market, so I can experience the playing sensation once more. Perfect "5" set, with no regrets for more! Thanks metalandi for sharing this review with us, and it sure made me very happy as I am typing this comment to you.

Hey, we have a new town in Eurobricks, and it's known as the town of Tombclone! I am fairly sure, you are attempting to relate it with your user name, "I Scream Clone". So, this is your long awaited presentation to the World of Wild West, and I am very sure this will thrill TheBrickster very much. The gunfight at the Saloon, appears to be very dangerous and exciting with those armed fast moving guns! Seriously, I don't think those ladies are too pleased to be part of this action. Shouldn't they be feeling worried or scared? I have not seen a green looking Sheriff's office. Most of the time, that I have seen are made of brown bricks, to represent a cottage looking house, whereas yours adopt a different but unique colour scheme, and in fact, I like the signboard and rooftop which you have built at the front. These are real nice buildings that you have done there, especially when this is your first attempt (I assumed) in your Wild West building.

This is a very nice western looking train, that is rather classic by nature. I like the design of this locomotive of yours, especially at the front driving cabin. I don't really understand why the front have 2 sets of mini wheels instead of using the same set of train wheels? Is that a special reason for it? The colour scheme of this MOC complements each other, and it will be even better if you are able to make use of a darker colour tone for its cylinders. I wonder where you can get that part from. Thanks for sharing it with us, and I will be sure to watch out more of such MOCs real soon, I am very sure of it.