Big Sal

Another vote for best ever Lego lava from me! And the rest of the model is fantastic also As if the amazing exterior wasn't enough, you also built the interior. Great job!

Thanks to the above members for their help My findings were that a single alkaline 9V battery lasted an entire day of the show (around 6 hours) but the train was seriously slowing down by the end. So the next day I used one battery for the morning and one for the afternoon and it worked great. Hope this helps anyone with my question in future! If you'd like to see my model, it's here in the Sci-Fi forum.

Incredible! I love all of it, but especially the Blacktron orcs

Some photos of the M-Tron mining base I made for the Yorkshire Brick Show 2014 at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (hence the mining theme). There are quite a few, hope you enjoy them! Early in the morning, the M-Tron miners arrive by monorail from their homes in the mountains: First job of the day involves scanning the ground for signs of ore deposits: It can get pretty tiring: But the canteen is always open if they need to refuel: After a snack, they descend into the mines and begin to fill the special containers with the ore they extract from the rocks: The containers are loaded onto trains to be taken to surface. But things don't always go to plan: The ore-filled containers are hauled to the surface by monorail: Then lifted up to the roof and loaded onto the ship which is being refuelled before it flies to the processing plant: M-Tron aren't the only faction at the mine. Maybe you've already spotted some Blacktron spies up to no good? The Space Police are present to thwart their evil schemes: One of the Blacktron spies is prepared to use... unconventional... methods to infiltrate the mine: The Space Police could be doing a better job: A Futuron research team is also in the mine, investigating signs of ancient alien life uncovered by the miners: Meanwhile, deep underground, the miners have uncovered some more recent signs of life: Thanks for looking! There are more pics on Flickr, plus videos of the monorails in action!

Some more from me, taken this morning before the public came in: EDIT: Link is being automatically turned into that slideshow - hope it's allowed!

Thanks Sir Brickalot - we're really sorry about the queues but neither we nor the museum were expecting anything like the numbers that showed up!

That was my plan, but thought I'd ask first to save wasting batteries - I spent all my money on the model!

I agree with Cult_Of_Skaro asking for an alternate builds category. My M-Tron outpost and vehicles that they listed would fit there as well. All the Alien Conquest stuff I could find! The battle of the Moon Sirius 6B by pucelabricks ADU Fighter Jet by Big Sal -could also fit in Aircraft? ADU Mini HQ by gerkenz -would also fit in space base, and alternate builds? ADU Counterblast Mech by gerkenz -also fits in mecha? Alien Conquest 2013 by Bob De Quatre Emperor Dxoneroxx 1-675 by A Plastic Infinity Alien Christmas by Bobkov Alien Conquest Walker by TimH -also an alternate build? ADU Buteo V/STOL Gunship by Hikaro Takayama -also in aircraft? Alien Conquest Jet by axalonark -also aircraft and alternate builds? ADU forces by Tim_AZ "Raijin" Class Mk.II Light Interceptor by vynsane -also in space fighter? Alien Conquest train by cimddwc -also land vehicle? Area BricktyOne by Endgame -also space base and alternate builds? A Lego Store Display by Rook Attack of the Aliens! by Skrytsson Earth Defender by TheKingOfBuilding -also land vehicle? Alien Conquest by Hrw-Amen Alien Conquest Support Weapon by Hrw-Amen ADU Attack Helicopter by JustinYum -also aircraft? A Nice Day to Golf... by JustinYum -also mecha? Lost and Found... by JustinYum ADU Hardsuit by J4ke -also mecha? Alien Stomper byJ4ke -also mecha? ADU Defense Turret by Masked Builder Phew! Now I don't feel guilty adding some of my MOCs: Alien Castle by Big Sal -somewhere in the buildings category I guess? Space base? EchoTron Tank and Skimmer by Big Sal - land vehicle

Hi all. I'm displaying a MOC with a monorail at the Yorkshire Brick Show next weekend and was wondering if anyone here knows roughly how long a 9V battery will power the train for? Don't want to run out of batteries halfway through the first day because I didn't bring enough!

This is great, you really brought out the character of the minifigs in the vehicle

Really good review, thanks! One for the Christmas list

Such a great character

If anyone wants to see this in person (where I can personally guarantee it looks even better ), I believe it will be on display in Wakefield museum on the 14th September as part of the Brickshire LEGO Display.

Love the feet! Great use of that part

Really unique looking ship, with a great colour scheme

Thanks everyone

Incredible! The back is particularly good, though that's not to say the front and sides aren't also great

I really like this, especially the darker trans green paths running around. The way it has separate free standing sections reminds me of official sets, but there aren't many official sets that are this cool

I tried to think of an alien-sounding name for the castle, but I failed miserably The water wheel on the side (though it definitely isn't water!) turns a wheel inside that grinds the red crops into alien flour: More pics on flickr. Comments, criticism, and name suggestions welcome

Great review! I think this was actually my very first set, so it holds a special place in my heart

Really cool - love all the colours I feel like I could look at this for ages and still be spotting new things

Amazing! I'd be proud to have built any small piece of this, let alone the whole thing What's the story? Are the aliens coming through the forest to attack the base?

Incredible! It's brilliant how you integrated the Mission Commanders into the structure

Awesome Love the whale's face!

Somehow, Captain Sideburns and his loyal companions escaped the clutches of the vampire and his bats. They sought refuge with a local tribe, but had to make a hasty exit when Dr Bagpipes accidentally sat on the Chieftan's pet parrot. Thanks for looking! Comments and criticism welcome