Bob De Quatre

Introduction Since the theme came out last year, I wanted to do a Nexo Knight set review. And here it is! I choose set 70321 General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom because it was the set that got the longest name, and so I knew I'd like it! More seriously, the minifigs looked great and the Siege Machine of Doom looked quite scary. Let's see if it's really the case! Set information Set Name: General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom Set Number: 70321 Number of Pieces: 516 Theme: Nexo Knights Year Release: 06/2016 Prices: £39.99 / $49.99 / €49.99 (Euro prices may vary) #70321 on Brickset #70321 on Rebrickable Packaging The front shows the usual 2016 Nexo Knight theme, with the 3 minifigures included (Clay, Flama and General Magmar) and the 3 Nexo Power also included. The back of the box shows the set's play features of the Siege Machine of Doom. There's also a relatively big artwork trying to make us play the free game. Content of the box The box contains 4 numbered bags, two instruction booklets, a loose stickers sheet and six of these big spiked wheels. The stickers look really great, but I feel like they're too much of them... Instructions booklet As it seems to be the norm now with medium sized sets, we got 2 instruction booklets. The smaller one, which will gide us through the first part of the build has 79 pages, while the second has 64 pages. A total of 143 steps awaits us... Instructions are clear and easy to follow. The light blue background makes color distinctions easy. Bill of materials... Lots of promotional pages at the end of both booklet. Minifigures The set contains 3 minifigures: Clay, Flama and General Magmar, the last two being exclusive to this set. Clay got a dual printed face while both Magmar and Flama got back printed heads. I'm really fond of the different prints on Magmar and Flama. They look really menacing! Build With bag #1 we'll start building the Siege Machine... ... and get the complete Hover Horse in Clay's colors. It is built like every other Hover Horses that can be found in other sets. Bag #2 adds to the Siege Machine, with the beginning of the lifting mechanism. With Bag #3 the Siege Machine is almost complete. Ang bag #4 and the loose wheels finish it! A few spare parts... The complete set with the Siege Machine of Doom and Clay on its Hover Horse. The fight seems a bit unfair!... The build is rather interesting. Lots of Lego Technic beams and connectors in there. Lots of stickers too, but they really add to the beauty of the Siege Machine of Doom! Play features The main play feature is the ability of the Siege Machine to raise. In that position, it looks like a big monster with an open mouth. You can note that the three plateforms stay horizontal in both configuration. In lowered position, don't play with the disk shooter, as you could hit Flama in the head! In raised mode, we have acces to a prison cell hidden in the Siege Machine guts. You don't want to be in there when in lowered mode! The sets comes with the usual shooting thingies for a bad guys sided Nexo Knight set: nice printed 2x2 round plates and balls. We also got two Nexo Powers in addition to the one on Clay's shield, and the Book of Destruction! Conclusion Design: 9/10 - The Siege Machine is quite impressive in its design! The mechanism works extremely well! Parts: 8/10 - A very nice selection of parts with lots of colors. Again less stickers and more printed parts would be better. Build: 8/10 - Not very difficult builds, but rather interesting. Playability: 8/10 - A great playset ! Minifigs: 9/10 - While Clay's minifig is quite standard, General Magmar and Flama are absolutely stunning!. Price: 7/10 - With decent ppp of 0,097€ and 3 minifigs, this set's price is correct. Overall: 49/60 (82%) - General Magmar's Siege Machine of Doom is a great set. Not only does it have (2) great minifigures, but it is also very playable and looks nice, with a good selection of parts.

We need more B5!

Week 79 is over. Welcome in week 78! Octan's fleet moves from G09 to F09.Kawashita's fleet stays on G09. M.A.N.T.I.S.'s fleet stays on G02.First Aliens moves from H08 to H09.Second Alien's fleet moves from D02 to C02.Third Alien's fleet moves from D09 to E10.

Thanks for the clarification @Jacob Nion... I'll talk to @Phred ...

So... you know it's a leak, and still you post it here on Eurobricks, where our site guidelines ask not to post leaked pictures, right?

You don't have any monies

Sorry, I missed that request before posting last week scores

Thanks guys It's true that the main problem is the design of the legs. But I placed aesthetics over functionnalities (told you I'm not a Technic builder ), so even if I adjusted the legs, I wanted to keep them thin and long...

I had to change the Bionicle armor used, and couldn't find a good way to use the two pinholes on them without getting in the way of the "flow"... But I agree, that something should be done, but I just don't see how...

It's a problem from the board not on the user end... So I guess each and everyone of the 60,000 EB members will come here to post the experience the same... We're looking into this issue, please be patient, thanks.

ZCerberus, Eurobricks History Moderator just posted his new castle nexo knight space MOC: the LL 928 M.C.V.P. It looks awesome, but also very familiar...

That's an excellent MOC, I really like the modularity and how you can dress the actors. Do you plan some updates? A Shakespear package?

Also, remember we do the moderation on our free time. When you just woke up and the discussion thread your moderating has gone completely wrong and your late for your job, you have two options: do nothing, or lock the thread and deal with it later. And from experience, asking nicely and politely people to stay on topic don't work for more than a couple of hours...

Thanks

Indeed...

Thanks guys, but still, it's a simple build compared to the incredible things you build

Week 78 is over. Welcome in week 79! Octan's fleet moves from H09 to G09.Kawashita's fleet stays on G09. M.A.N.T.I.S.'s fleet stays on G02.First Aliens moves from G09 to H08.Second Alien's fleet moves from C02 to D02.Third Alien's fleet moves from E09 to D09.

Thanks guys. I posted a topic in the Technic forum to show how I did it. Quite simple to be honest... Nice to see you post here too!

Hi Technic builders, I wanted to build a simple walker, so I looked on the internet for simple mechanisn that I could copy. I saw Sariel's walkers, and some others, but they always needed technic parts that I do'nt have, or at least not in the required quantity. But I got inspiration from all those builds and started building a simple mechanism, on which I claim no partenity! As you can see on the video, the movement isn't really fluid. That's mostly due to the legs I used, which are too wobly to hold the weight. Also the feets slipped on the paper sheets. A third pair of legs would solve most of the problems... As I wanted the walker frame to remain as small as possible, I used only one motor, and thus making the walker only able to move in straight line. I made a quick LDD file and put it on my website, if anyone want to take a look at it.

tags: Land vehicle, spacecraft Bob of Quatrian's log - Janurali 28th 3817 - Today I'm on a surveillance mission New California. Our surveillance drones keep getting damaged by land mines, and we have no idea why they don't detect those mines, and who mined the area around our outposts. Most probably Kawashita's agents, but it does't fit their way of doing things... Anyway, I'm now patrolling near a water extraction factory, keeping an eye on a S-P31 Drone. That unit just got a leg replaced by a spare one. I hope it won't need a new one while I'm on the watch...

New member Campistron joined Eurobricks to show us his Molière's theater. This modular scene allows to recreate some of the most famous plays by Molière, like Don Juan or The Misanthrope. Check it out in the Special Themes subforum!

I forgot to move the fleets, sorry

Member thire5 just posted pictures of his amazing lifesize Terminator T-800! Go check it out in the Sci-Fi subforum!

A week could last two weeks

Hi Pierre, and welcome to Eurobricks. Please only use english on EB, thanks. This is a nice SSD you got there. The dimensions reminds me of my own version. I'm eager to see the bottom side