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Random hilarity! :-D Just the thought of trolls fighting pirates is funny, great work. *y* General Tarful

The link doesn't work! *wacko* Anyways it's still tragic his work is pure wicked awesomeness. *skull* Casewindu Morgan19 is an MOC genius, he's the guy who created all this wonderful stuff. I especially *wub* his steampunk MOC's and custom minifigs. Hope that helps... General Tarful

First off I would like to thank you all for your feedback. *sweet* I counted only 28 times. X-D Thanks Iamded, and yes they are very similar. You're welcome Dragonator, and yes the winshield piece is new. ;-) On another note long live dragons! Nope. :-P And thanks Hollisbrick. They are both really similar so it really depends on which colors you use more in MOC-ing, or which characters you like more. My personal choice is 8159 as it has cooler minifigs, except for Racer X's recycled head :-|, and the colors are more useful to me. Then again if you're like Batbrick the only thing that matters is if a set has Orange in it. :-P Thanks Whitefang_sg, I don't put the stickers on because they can be very valuable latter on down the road. Yeah me too, but in 8159 you get an extra black visor. When TLG makes a helmet like that, Hell will freeze over, we will finally get a proper open helmet Clone Pilot. As I stated above I only counted it 28 times. :-P Yeah at first I wasn't going to get any SR sets but when I saw them in person I could not resist, now I intend on collecting them all. More will come as soon as I get more SR sets... Why is it not as cool as 8158? *wacko* Yeah me too. You're welcome Asuka, and yeah the red car is fine. You're welcome Batbrick, and wait untill you see set 8561 it has the Mach 6! X-O Regards, General Tarful

I think you over estimated Commandosevy I have both pics on my BrickShelf folder, and I counted/estimated the stud length of both and calculated the estimated length of both in inches. For the TX-130S Fighter Tank my estimation of the stud length is between 30-35 studs long making it about 9-10.5 inches long. For the Droid Gunship the pic is a little blurry so my estimation and calculation are a little more rough, my stud length estimation is 35-45 studs long making it anywhere from 10.5-13.5 inches long, not including the large gun in the front of the DGS. The scale I used was 5 studs=1.5 inches. On another note I am, for once in my life, happy that I have a Wal-Mart close by. :-D General Tarful

I prefer 8159 too, because of the minifigs mostly. X-D Anyways the review of set 8159 is now open for viewing pleasure... just click here. Yes they all have the same basic design... so far. I never thought of stickers like that, thanks for enlightening me. :-) You are most definitly welcome Brickmaster! ;-) General Tarful

This is a review of Speed Racer set 8159 Raxer X Vs Taejo. This is my second review and the first review of this paticular set and the only one on EuroBricks... at the moment X-D So without further ado I present to you my review... (I like that saying so much I decided to use it again in this review, it's originally from my review of 8158, which can be seen here.) Note: Sorry that this review got delayed, but there was a hostile takeover of the computer, X-O don't worry everythings fine now. X-D Set: 8159 Racer X Vs Taejo Theme: Speed Racer Price: $19.99US Pieces: 237 Minifigs: 2 Note 2: I did not take photos of just the new pieces this time because they're the same "new" pieces as in 8158, just in diff. colors. If you want to see a picture of them click here. First off pictures of the Box, Instructions, DSS, and Minifigs: Not quite as many stickers as set 8158, but there still are quite a few. Can you guess which ones which? :-D Yes, Taejo's hair really is Red and Black, for Racer X's head TLG just reused the baddie's head from 7620. |-/ Now onto the build: First Racer X's X Racer :-D (Thats not it's official name.. I think.) :-$ Back end of the car. The cockpit, and yeah there are no seats for Racer X's hiny, just a flat 2x2 Dark Bley plate. The cockpit and rearend of the car connect using an S-shaped connector piece. The front part of the car. The fornt and the cockpit are also connected using an S-shaped connector piece. Adding some details including Yellow fenders. The underside of the car, so far. Adding some more detail. Newly added motor vents and smooth details. Adding a front bumper, amongst other things. Side view of the car, so far. "No backseat driving, wait a minute, there's no backseat!" The underside with newly added axles. Demonstrating how hubcap piece is put on the car. Now onto Taejo's GRR (Glorious Red Racer) :-P Front part of the car. Cockpit, regular seats... check. Cocpit and rearend of the car connected using S-shaped connector piece. Adding some detail. The front part of the car. Front and cockpit connected also using the S-shaped connector piece. Adding some fenders to the car. Underside of the car, so far. Adding some smooth details. Taejos is the only car with an actual hood. Side view of the car, so far. Underside of the car with axels. Now some finished shots of both cars: First Racer X's fine Black and Yellow racer Reminds me of an older Ferrari from this angle. Up close and personal. I'm guessing the 3 holes are exhaust outlets. Racer X rollin'. Now it's time for Taejo's Red racer "I could've sworn I ordered some hubcaps!" -guess who... Taejo Racer X admiring Taejo's fine red automobile. Up close with 'Big Red'. Rearend shot of the car. "I challenge you Racer X!" -Taejo Racer X bein' a complete badass and smokin' Taejo. >:-) Now for some comparison shots: (The Silver pocket knife is just to hold up Taejo's car.) Now a shot of the extra pieces: Now if you combine 8158 with 8159, you get this: "Go, Go, Go!" Now it's time for the summary: This set is an excellent buy at $20 dollars, it's well designed and has lot's of details, it also has very unique minifigs. (Which are always good in a set.) It's only downfalls are the lack of acessories for the minifigs and that there are no cool contraptions on the cars, and by "cool" I mean lethal to the other racer(s). Now to the scoring of the set: Price:10/10 Pieces: 8/10 Too many stickers for such a small set. Minifigs: 10/10 Unique and creative. Playability: 9/10 Would have been perfect except for the lack of acessories and cool contraptions on the cars. (But both are easily modified/fixed hence the nine.) Overall: 37/40 A great set! Bonus: Try and count how many times my Silver pocket knife appears and win... the knowledge of knowing how many times the Silver pocket knife appears. :-P :-D This concludes the review, more pictures of either set 8158 or 8159 or both available through request, via PM-ing me. ;-) See ya' next time folks... of course I don't mean that literally X-D ... General Tarful

Oops, :-$ sorry, edited. Also, you are most welcome Hinkley. On another note heres a teaser pic of my next review, set 8159: General Tarful

It will be up in about an hour or two... EDIT: Here's a teaser picture: EDIT 2: Review of set 8159 is now up and runnig. Yaaay! *sweet* Just click here. General Tarful

You're welcome Matn! You're welcome Sinner, it wasn't that time consuming. ;-) It's times like these that I'm glad I live in the U.S. of A! X-D Oh sure, blame it on where you live. :-P I didn't know the S-shaped pieces already exsisted. :-$ They're new to me. I agree, there are way too many stickers! I'm not that familiar either with Speed Racer. :-$ You're welcome Exobuilder! I *wub* the Orange-yness of SO's racer too. On another note, the review of set 8159: Racer X Vs Taejo will be up shortly... so stay tuned... General Tarful

K-Mart of all places. :-D Sorry Hinkley, I keep forgetting that everyones computers are as fast as mine. X-D I'm resizing them all right now. :-$ Sorry, :-$ as I stated above I'm working on it. You are most definitly welcome Iamded! I love the Orange-ness of the car too. ;-) You're Welcome Asuka, and yes they are very sleek if not a little wide. The price was $19.99US, the same as 8159. ;-) You're welcome Sinner, though you're such a nag! :-P :-D Just kidding... I'm resizing them now. ;-)

Ok, but they're still the first System hubcaps. :-P X-D ;-) General Tarful

Nope, sorry. :-$ Review is now up. Huzaah, my first review! *sweet* Link here

Finally, after a very frustrating incident with the Internet Explorer 7's 'Back' button, I present to you my very first review. This is a review of set 8158 Speed Racer Vs Snake Oiler, it's also the first review of a Speed Racer set on EuroBricks. Also you should know that I didn't put the stickers on as they can be quite valuable later on down the road, so I'm sorry for the lack of stickers. :-$ So without further ado I present to you my first review. He He, that rhymes. :-D EDIT: I just finished resizing the pics and uploading them to BrickShelf after having a heated argument about when my bedtime is with my mother. So, I will be doing a complete redo of the picture portion of my review of set 8158. I'm going to work on that as soon as I finish typing this message... EDIT 2: Review fully redone now, *sighs*, that took forever. EDIT 3: Almost forgot to put in a new link to its BrickShelf folder. This is V.2 of my review of set 8158, enjoy... Theme: Speed Racer Set:8158 Speed Racer Vs Snake Oiler Price: $19.99US Pieces: 242 Minifigs: 2 First off pics of the Box, Instructions, DSS, Minifigs, and New Parts: There are so many stickers they had to number them! X-O SO's sunglasses are chrome Gold. 8-� Close-up of the hemets. New parts include, First System Lego hubcap, new more curvy fenders, curved windshield, and a S-shaped connector piece. Now onto the Build, First Speed Racer's Mach 5: Back part of the car. The cockpit of the car. They connect with the new S-shaped piece. Front part of the car. Front and cockpit also connected using the new S-shaped piece. Side view of the car, so far. Underside of the car, so far. Adding more detail. Ground level front view of the car. Side view with added detail. Underside with newly added axles. Demonstrating how the new hubcaps are put on. Now on to building Snake Oilers Orange-ilicious racer: Back part of the car. The cockpit of the car. They are connected using the S-shaped piece. Front part of the car with seemingly random color choices. *wacko* The front and cockpit are also connected using the new S-shaped piece. Adding Orange-irific fenders. Side view of the car so far. Adding more detail. Smoothing things over. Ground level view with Lime Green "eyes" and white "fangs". Side view with more detail. Rearword view of the car with newly added cuve-acious windshield. No hubcaps!?! :-| Now onto finished views of both cars, First the Mach 5: Side view with sweet hubcaps. Up close and personal with the Mach 5. A rearend shot. "I got hubcaps, I got hubcaps!", Speed racer. Now SO's Snake Racer, yes thats what I'm calling it. :-P :-D Beautiful! Blurry, :-$ rearend pic. "Watchout it bites!", Snake Oiler He's ready to take on SR, Hubcaps or no hubcaps! >:-) Racin'! Now for some comparison shots: Hope you all like V.2 better then V.1, I know I liked it better. X-D Seriously though I even learned a thing or two doin' this last version. ;-) Now it's time for my summary: Overall a very well designed and executed set. It's only downfalls are that there are way too many stickers, 32 to be exact, :-| and there are no cool contraptions on the cars to take out the other racer. A great buy for $19.99, I reccomend this set to everybody because of the reasons I staed above and because even I, who is not a big fan of Speed Racer, X-O was drawn to this spectacular little set. Price: 10/10 Pieces: 8/10 Too many stickers. Minifigs: 9/10 Needed some accessories. Playability: 8/10 Needs some cool contraptions on the cars to take out the other racer. Overall: 35/40 General Tarful

Yeah, I am a lucky Megablock-head. :-P Thanks, and yes it is sticker hell, set 8158 has a total of 32 stickers total! X-O Review coming very soon as my first try was foiled late last night by the evil back button. >:-( General Tarful

Thanks Batbrick! Here's a teaser pic: EDIT: I accidentilly pressed the back button while typing and my review was lost, I was almost done too. >:-( Looks like you'll have to wait till tommarrow to see/read my first review.

Thanks! Me too. X-D I built 8158 and am in the process of uploading pics as I type this, so hopefully I will get the review up very soon. I only built 8158 so I can't comment on 8159, but I can say this: if 8159 is anything like 8158, which it looks like it will be, they are both splendidly designed and executed with a lot of detail, and interesting and new parts. On another note, I Won't get a review up tonight though of set 8159, :'-( what with it already being almost midnight here in Iowa, X-D but look for one tommarow. ;-) General Tarful

Hi guys, I haven't posted in a while, mainly because of my parents forcing my brothers and me to spend 6 days of spring break at our grandma's house while they got to go to New Mexico :-| But today I found enough time between doing home work and chores to return to this wonderful forum and I find out it's gotten a complete makeover! :'-) Then I went to my local K-Mart and what do I find, 2 Speed Racer sets, 8158 and 8159, not to mention the Aero Booster on clearence for $12.00US. I'm a very happy person right now! *sweet* So, of course I immediately bought them all. Then I saw that unless someone is doing a review as I type this I'll be the first to review both sets on Eurobricks. Pure wicked awesomeness! >:-) So, stay tuned for Reviews of both sets coming later tonight... General Tarful

Very cool MOC and story Sinner. A lot of thought and creativity went into making that Dwarf Tank, great job! To a Dwarf being able to consume vast quantities of Ale is almost a virtue, X-D :-D and so is putting a lot of notches in their battle axes. >:-) General Tarful

10,000BC The storyline was too simple, and the ending was a little too unclimatic, but other then that it was really good. It also had some of the best visual effects I've ever seen! I could of sworn I saw real Mammoths on the screen! 8-

Wow, great details. I especially like the exhaust pipes. Great job. *y* So is there a story behind you building this specific car? Or do you just like MGB's in general? General Tarful

Yep, long live Drizzt, Bruenor, Wulfgar, Catie Brie, and friends. Drow elves as the new baddies ON! General Tarful

Lego doesn't have the rights, currently, :-P to make Star Wars related board games. Hope that helps. ;-) General Tarful

March's BrickMaster exclusive set found on Brickset. As you can see it's a little jeep with a firefighter and a some acessories. Personally I'm not interested, it just looks like TLG threw together a bunch of pieces to make a jeep and threw in a firefighter. :-/ The only reason I would join BM is for the *wub* -ly IJ and SW exclusive sets coming up... General Tarful

Thanks again VBBN! I of course voted yes for both. And yes I do know that this is probably a hopeless pipe-dream, but it never hurts to dream, unless of course the dreams a nightmare. X-D One more comment about dreaming before I go, sometimes dreams can become reality. ;-) A Wookie who loves to dream, General Tarful

BNL (Bare Naked Ladies)- Bull in a China Shop It's a real band I swear! X-D :-P :-D General Tarful