Starwars4J

Oh he did? I don't see a second topic ;-) Welcome to EB, I'm sure you'll love it here :-)

Hm, I think this was posted awhile back, but it absolutely amazes me whenever I see it. Now if only I could make something to sort for me...

Hey wunztwice, welcome to EuroBricks ;-) Gotta love that picture! I never thought I'd see you in the Space and Mecha forum here :-P Feel free to introduce yourself over in the "Hello, my name is..." forum, and enjoy the site. I'm sure you'll see a lot of familiar faces

So you got this at CIV, and not in a set, right?

But...post clone wars isn't before stormies? Heck, they only existed post clone war :-P

Welcome Eugene! I'm sure you'll like it here :-) What are your favorite themes?

Your friend OWNS this set? How did he manage to get a hold of that? I'm not sure if you're mocking someone or what...

Since this has no mecha in it, I'm putting the review in this forum. Anyway let's get at it. Fight for the Golden Tower Set Number 8107 571 Pieces Price: 49.99USD I found this little beauty when I paid a visit to my local TRU...who had all the sets in! Let's start with the box Front: Back: The bags are numbered, and it worked nicely for this build Here's the "DSS", however it's not quite so "D"...I'm sorry *yoda*, but this thing is BEAUTIFUL :'-) They're like chrome or something...I never apply stickers on EF sets, but still...nice to have around? Now let's take a look at the girl... Torso: Angry face: Her hair seems to be made...differently. It's still some sort of rubber, but it's a much, much harder rubber. It still doesn't stay on her head any better unfortunately... And of course, I can't forget the centerpiece of the whole set...the four GOLDEN KATANAS These little things are awesome And now the fighter...thing Oh wait! It's not a fighter. IT'S A GUN. What a lousy design...not only does it LOOK bad, but it's in the shape of a GUN. Not only very unaerodynamic, but what happened to your non-violence policy, Lego? A gun that actually shoots? Hypocrites :-| You can actually make the turbines rotate for a decent amount of time thanks to the torque given by the large gears And of course, when you pull on the "trigger" the gun will fire. If you press on the right side the right gun will fire, and vice versa. This thing is getting dismantled SOON, so if you want any more pictures to be taken, ask soon And now the TOWER This thing I *wub* This is such an awesome little building which I thought I'd be taking apart right after the review...I'm actually leaving this up! Let me show you why The front of the first floor Here is the stand for two of the katanas. Normally there'd be stickers on the front round tile and on the glass panes. The front can rotate down via the geared mechanism to reveal a pair of missiles...however there's no real launcher mechanism, so this is kind of disappointing and it felt thrown-in Inside of the first floor Also, you see a black disk. If it is hit with a projectile (presumed to be one from the flying GUN) it will cause the whole section of the floor to lift up, throwing a small safe with the code in it. This clearly has to be the master code ;-) The floor is held by a pair of friction pins and held in place by a single jumper plate The inside of the second floor Very plain...just a single computer (when the decal is applied...seriously, why couldn't they just use one of the many printed computer tiles? Lazy... The second floor (front - blow up) The second floor actually really impressed me...but clearly not on the outside. The front of the second floor is an 8x8 grill plate, held in place with some SNOT techniques...and it's surprisingly sturdy! Finally they're catching on to what space builders have been doing for 5 years :-D The roof The roof has a single projectile cannon that is capable of firing back at the FLYING GUN. Clearly in this situation the humans are at a disadvantage...on WAIT, no they're not, because the robots need a human arm to fly the thing |-/ For some reason...the floor of the roof can be removed...or at least a large part of it Not really sure if there's any rhyme or reason to this. There's a small 1x2 white railing brick that can be used to lift it, so my first guess would be as a means to get to the roof, however the second floor doesn't have this, besides the lack of a ladder or stairs to actually get THROUGH the opening. The whole temple is separated into three floors, the second floor can be lifted off the first, as it's just sitting on some plates Also, those odd decorations are held on via this mechanism Overall: Price: 7/10 (I'd expect this to be about 10USD cheaper...) Parts: 7/10 (way too many pieces wasted on that stupid flying GUN :-X ) Figs: 4/10 (that price and only one fig? And a single devastator? Pathetic...this wouldn't even be acceptable in a license set, this is supposed to be cheaper!) Playability: 8/10 (the tower that is...and I'm sure young kids will love swooshing the flying GUN around...though those missiles can easily go off accidentally) Overall: 26/40 Overall I actually liked this set, it's only the second Exo-Force set that I'm going to keep together and actually liked (the first being the Supernova, which I found to have a decent construction...and loved the wrist mechanism). I love, love that temple, and the only thing I think I'd mod would be to remove the large projectile cannon and remove the "target" and safe, possibly moving the computer terminal downstairs and moving the storage of the golden katanas to the second floor. It's a great little set that was mainly ruined by the flying GUN. I'd definitely recommend it, even to a non-exo-force fan

This actually was posted awhile ago by me in another thread (details here), but since the discussion about the game kind of died in that other topic, this one should serve nicely :-)

I went to my local TRU today in Carle Place and they had EVERY new set 8-

Fantastic job, this is quite impressive *y* I'll have to try building one myself

Actually it's most likely imitation of our friendly Pirate Admin who started with the habit of calling everyone "mister", in the same vain as his own username ;-) As for oo7, I think he was being unnecessarily harsh. While I can understand if you're "fed up" with things, there is certainly a nicer way to go about saying it. Maybe take a look at the Please be nice thread in community, which I feel serves here well. If you're upset about something, maybe try explaining it calmly, instead of a bunch of angry faces and aggressive words. You may have been completely right in what you said, but wrong in the way you said it, ya know? And since there was nothing rule-breaking about this thread...if an admin feels it needs to be closed, it will be. No need to go around back-seat moderating :-P Now as for what is to become of this I feel that this is just becoming a flame war and will close it. Mister Phes may want to reopen it later, and that's fine, but for now I think everyone needs to cool down and stop being so aggressive and taking things so seriously. If you have a personal problem try taking it up over PM maybe? If a problem is big enough, it will be taken care of, I promise :-)

I actually mentioned this in another thread, all it is, is both LSW 1 and 2 on one disk. Sadly nothing to be excited about :-/ Edit: http://eurobricks.hosting.ipsyn.com/eurofo...?showtopic=9237

Hm, an IQ of 125 and can't figure out *vader* was joking? I wonder.... It was a joke guys...

Hey there, I guess from the sites you're a member of I can tell what themes you like :-P I'm sure you'll enjoy it here :-)

This is fantastic! I'm soooo happy for you, my friend X-D This is a beautiful set, and I'm surprised and glad that they stuck to the old bricks and old building methods! Maybe there is some hope for them afterall! And now for my country's turn! Come on ITALY!

This is absolutely brilliant, Apo *wub* The details are phenomenal, the shipwreck looks real (as already said) and...well, I just can't fine anything that looks out of place! It's a true work of art, hell, even the sand looks real :-P This is phenomenal

Ah! Thanks so much for typing all that up for me, sne! I really appreciate it :-) As soon as I wake up tomorrow I'll definitely try that out. One of the things I was trying to figure out was that there doesn't seem to be a tool to allow me to select an area of the screen, rather it seems to just let me select one item at a time (a particular shape vs. a region). But I'm sure with your instructions I'll be able to figure it out

Admiral 4J to Lord *vader*: My Lord, Strider has found and rescued me. My shuttle had crashed due to some sort of drive malfunction...why it took my regular crew so long is beyond me, those incompetent fools. Unless it was sabotage that is. I'll have to interrogate them. I'll need my lieutenants to bring me up to date on what has been going on in my absence though.

Hey kiku, I got my net figured out <_< Whenever you want to do the trade lemme know (and sorry about the delay)

I know there are several talented artists here, so I thought I'd ask for some help. I'm making a face decal using a template from MCN, but it's being...difficult. I had erased the eyes, and drawn my own pair over, and yet when I resized them a bit, the old, erased eyes seem to have reappeared! I then try to re-erase them, and even more pops up! It's like some bad joke *wacko* Anyway, I also want to make a certain oval that I used for the eye to have the outline going over the pupil, however it seems to not want to cooperate...I'll brickshelf if so you can see what I'm talking about. When I get this done I can just add eyebrows and maybe a facial feature or two, and then my sigfig will finally be complete :-) If anyone has any advice, I'd really appreciate it, this thing has been a major headache...I've never tried coreldraw before, but I heard it was the most user friendly thing to use. Edit: Here's a link to get the coreldraw file (kind of afraid to modify it to a jpg because I have no idea what I would have lost :-$ ) Here

Hm, my guys might enjoy taking on yours :-P Very nicely done, and great job on not only the spraypaint but the lighting too! That's always so hard