Bob De Quatre

You shouldn't bump old topics. I have updates. The model has been built... back in Winter 2013/2014. The discussion thread, the one you should have made a search for, is here. And the model was destroyed in February 2014. Thanks you for your interest in this model.

I'm a AFOI (Adult fan of Ikea) because I'm prone to the Lego effect...

Forgot to take a picture of the cockpits, but there is room for two minifigures and some clips for the weapons of the "driver". Yes! The white isn't white enough!

Guys! New Sci-Fi set in the summer wave! Should be available in store and S@H since June 1st!

You're right, it achieves nothing... Oh, except ruining EB's relation with TLG... So no more reviews, no mre exclusivities, no more prizes for contest... yeah, that counts as nothing...

Introduction Ninjago never was my favorite theme, but I must say that as the years pass, it tends to grow on me. I'm not interested in the TV show, but the sets have a nice Sci-Fi vibe that makes me want to get my hand on them! So if I make a mistake or miss some important point in this review, please feel free to correct me. Thanks TLG for the opportunity to do this review, which will of course only reflect my own opinion. Set information Set Name: Ultra Stealth Raider Set Number: 70595 Number of Pieces: 1093 Theme: Ninjago Year Release: 06/2016 Prices: £79.99 / $119.99 / €89.99 (Euro prices may vary) #70595 on Brickset #70595 on Rebrickable Quote The Super Sonic Raider has been reinvented to become the Ultra Stealth Raider and is ready to take on Master Yang, Master Chen and Eyezorai. Jump into the cockpits with the ninja heroes and speed into battle. Swerve the snapping jaw and spring-loaded shooters of the Chenosaurus. Fire back with the awesome tank's twin 6-stud rapid shooters and 2 spring-loaded shooters, then split it into a helijet, a huge bike and 2 tread bikes to ambush the enemy. Detach the golden ninja weapons for one-on-one battles and grab Master Yang's Aeroblade to claim victory! Includes 7 minifigures: Cole, Zane, Jay, Kai, Master Chen, Eyezorai and Master Yang. This set includes the 4-vehicles-in-1 Ultra Stealth Raider and Chenosaurus. The Ultra Stealth Raider features 2 opening cockpits plus 2 open cockpits, big tracks and wheels, twin 6-stud rapid shooters, 2 spring-loaded shooters, 6 detachable golden ninja swords, 2 golden shurikens, plus a splitting function. Divide the Raider into a helijet (with foldout wings, 2 golden shurikens, rear prison for a minifigure, and translucent flame elements), a big bike (with both rapid shooters) and 2 tread bikes (each with a spring-loaded shooter). The Chenosaurus has 2 spring-loaded shooters, a snapping jaw, fully posable joints, a detachable chair and fang detailing. Weapons include Master Chen's Jade Blade, Master Yang's Aeroblade, an Anacondrai blade, Anacondrai sword, 2 golden sai, 4 golden swords and 2 golden shurikens. Accessory elements include Master Yang's lantern. Recreate and role-play epic scenes from the NINJAGO™: Masters of Spinjitzu TV show. This set offers an age-appropriate building experience for ages 9-14. Ultra Stealth Raider (full-size) measures over 4” (11cm) high, 14” (38cm) long and 13” (34cm) wide. Detachable helijet measures over 2” (7cm) high, 9” (24cm) long and 3” (9cm) wide with wings folded in. Detachable big bike measures over 3” (9cm) high, 12” (33cm) long and 7” (18cm) wide. Detachable tread bikes each measure over 2” (6cm) high, 7” (20cm) long and 3” (8cm) wide. The Chenosaurus measures over 6” (17cm) high, 9” (23cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide. Packaging The front shows the 2016 Ninjago theme with Cole's head in the top right corner and Master Yang's lantern in the lower left corner. All the minifigures included are shown on the bottom. The back of the box shows the set's play features, the main one being the separation of the Ultra Stealth Raider into 4 different vehicles! Judging by the artwork in the lower left corner, it seems like we'll have to collect 6 blades in the 2016 summer sets, two of them being included here: Master Chen's Jade Blade and Master Yang's Aeroblade. A side of the box shows all the minifigures we'll get, but strangely Cole and Zane carry swords instead of sais and shurikens. There is also a 1:1 sized Cole. Content of the box The box is 2/3 filled with 8 numbered bags, a big tire and a plastic bags containing the instruction booklet and the stickers sheet. There is no cardboard to prevent the stickers sheets to fold, relying on the instructions booklet for this. The 13 stickers are very detailed and look pretty good. Instructions booklet The instructions booklet is pretty thick with 183 pages. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. The light blue background makes color distinctions easy. At the end of the booklet, there are a few promotional pages. One shows all the sets for the summer 2016 wave. There is also an ad for the official Ninjago page, and oddly two pages about Lego Technic. As always at the end: the bill of materials. Minifigures The set contains 7 minifigures: Master Yang, Master Chen, Eyezorai, Cole, Zane, Kai and Jay. Their outfit is well detailed and each ninja got his own design. I really like the back printing of masters Yang and Chen! All mifigures have a double printed head, except for Master Yang and Kai who seems to be always angry. Master Yang is awesome. I really like his sand green face, he got a new wizard beard in black and his lantern is wonderfull with the trans-neon green printed head piece. Interesting parts This set comes with two obvious interesting and exclusive parts: the two printed #10312 Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Square Front Cutout (Now that's a long name!) that only existed with B-Wing printings. The other printed parts include the six #14769 2x2 round tiles in pearl gold printed with each ninja symbol, the #85984 roof tile 1x2x2/3 with the Ninjago control panel pattern and the magnificent #3626 minifig head in trans neon green printed with Master Yang dragon symbol. Speaking of Master Yang, his #10052 wizard beardis new in black. Other interested parts are #85861 1x1 round plate with hole in light bluish grey and #24201 curved Slope 2 x 1 Inverted in light bluish grey and black. We also get a pair of a new ornamental part, that I don't know how to describe, but you know wich it is! Build With bag #1 we'll get Master Chen, Cole and Eyezorai. We'll also start to build the Chenosaurus. With Bag #2 the Chenosaurus is finished! Bag #3 give us the frame of the Raider. Bag #4 completes the frame. Lots of stickers applied, but I must admit they look good. With bag #5 we'll finish the main vehicle of the Raider. Bag #6 brings Kai's motorcycle. And bag #7 brings Jay's motorcycle. The helijet, Zane and Master Yang come in the 8th and last bag. A few spare parts. The complete Ultra Stealth Raider. Lots of tiles and curved slopes, totally my kind of build! The Chenosaurus. Play features The main play feature of the set is that the Ultra Stealth Raider divides into 4 different vehicles: a big motorcycle for Cole, a helijet for Zane and two motorcycles with tracks for Kai and Jay. I think that the helijet's wings could have been buffed up. Ninjago sets often use those big blades as wings, but I doubt they generate much lift. Kai and Jay motorcycles are exactly mirrored, each with subtle blue or red touches. The "tank-cycles" roll nicely, but a tender or some kind of suspension would have been a great addition. The big motorcycle is cool, but I'm not fan of making wheels with dishes, a 4 studs wide tire would have been better. The attachment points for the vehicles work well and are easy to secure. The helijet just slides in and attach to the motorcycle cockpit using a clip. The helijet's wing deploy by sliding forward the part with the thrusters. On its bottom side, there is a prison cell... Not the best play feature I've seen. Of course, there are lots of studs shooters! The big motorcycle has two 6 studs barrels, with lots of ammunitions in store. Each tank-cycle has a spring loaded shooter while the Chenosaurus got two. The Chenosaurus is posable, but could have used some ball joints for his head and tail. Conclusion Design: 9/10 - Great designs for all the vehicle. Tiles and curved slopes everywhere! The transformation in 4 vehicle works very well. Parts: 8/10 - A nice selection of parts. Lots of dishes and curved slopes. Some more printed parts would have been nice. Build: 8/10 - Not very difficult builds, but rather interesting. Playability: 9/10 - A great playset. I don't think the Chenosaurus stands a chance if the Raider is played with by a skillful ninja kid. Minifigs: 8/10 - Very nice minifigs, especially Master Yang. Price: 7/10 - A good ppp of 0,08€ and 6 minifigs, this set's price is correct. Overall: 49/60 (82%) - The Ultra Stealth Raider is a great set with a nice selection of minifigures including the 4 ninjas and nasty bad guys! Really enjoyable to build and I guess to play with. Lots of parts that could be put to good uses too!

That's a really nice tree!

Why not...

Only a few days left girls and guys!!

Saw that too this morning as I was on the S@H uk to get english description of the Stealth Raider...

Not that rare in fact, we got it 51 times in 13 sets this year. Got 7 in the first bag, I hope there are more in the next bags

Just started building the Stealth Raider, and I have only two words: 1x1 light bluish grey round plate with a hole

Introduction The battle of Hoth is maybe the most known conflict of the Star Wars' Original Trilogy. So naturally AFOLs were waiting for TLG to reproduce that battle in Lego. And they've finally done it! But... I guess everyone reading this review has something to add after that "but", so I'll try to ignore everything that had already been said about that set and to review it with an open mind. Thanks TLG for the opportunity to do this review, which will of course only reflect my own opinion. Set information Set Name: Assault on Hoth Set Number: 75098 Number of Pieces: 2144 Theme: Star Wars Year Release: 2016 Prices: £219.99 / $249.99 / €249.99 #75098 on Brickset #75098 on Rebrickable Packaging The box is pretty big. So big that I just couldn't take decent pictures of it... So I'll use the official images from TLG. The front of the box shows the whole set, except for the Tauntaun den, with the classic Star Wars logo and the Lego Star Wars UCS logo. On the top of the box you can see the 15 minifigures included in this set, as well as the Tauntaun and the Wampa. The back of the box shows the back of the set, with the Tauntaun's stable, and the numerous play features. Content of the box The box is 2/3 filled with 18 bags, numbered from 1 to 13. There is also some loose items: two 3026 6*24 white plates and two 6082 dark bluish grey BLURP. Two plastic bags contains the whole assemblies for the Tauntaun and the Wampa. The thick instructions booklet and the stickers sheet come packed together. The 21 sticker don't have the glossy look and stand out when applied, especially the white stickers on white parts. Instructions booklet The instructions booklet is pretty thick, with its hard cover and 280 pages. Inside you'll find pages about the Lego Designer team and of course the battle of Hoth. I found these few pages quite interresting. Instructions are clear to follow and shouldn't lead to any error. Unlike some reviewers, I don't think they are too simplistic or childish. Minifigures The set contains 15 minifigures and 2 large figures! Let's start with the named minifigs: R3-A2, K-3PO, Toryn Farr, Han Solo, Wes Janson, Wedge Antilles and Rebel Officer, who has the perfect name you can have to be an officer in the rebellion! Everyone here gets a backprinting, except for R3-A2. Rebel Officer gets a mustache, but no leg printings! Wes and Wedge are dressed as classic rebel pilots. What I miss the most is probably a hood for Han. Riding a Tauntaun without a hood will freeze his ears! Continuing with the named minifigs: Jeremy the Tauntaun, Luke skywalker and Bill the Wampa. Of course, when I took the picture above with all the named characters, I didn't forget Luke was still hanging in the Wampa cave... Luke has a double printed head, before and after meeting Bill. Sadly, no legs printing for him! Then we have 7 non-named characters: 5 rebel troopers, including 3 in cold resistant outfit, and 2 snowtroopers. the snowtroopers don't have any leg printings, but they have a skirt! Back printing for everyone, but no double-sided heads. Interesting parts The interesting parts of this set obviously include the Tauntaun and the Wampa. There are some rare parts, the only exclusive being the #64225 4x3 wedge in light bluish grey. 1x4 yellow tile with black stripes are nice, especially since I didn't own any! Build With bag 1 we'll build the left side of the trench and the whole imperial assault force, with its impressive E-Web blaster and a snowspeeder... Good luck guys! Bag 2 finishes the left side of the trench and brings the central part. We also build two canons and an 1.4 FD P-Tower. The trench is completed with bag 3, with which we build the right side of the trench, a loose snow patch, and two DF.9 batteries. In this bag, we also get 3 rebel troopers, who already outnumber the imperial forces. Bag 4 brings us the shield generator, with its four three round structures. With bag 5 we'll start building the T-47 airspeeder. And finish it with bag 6. Lots of stickers on that T-47. Bag 7 will start the Echo Base entrance, with part of the door opening mechanism. With bag 8 the Echo Base entrance is complete, with blast doors and lookout tower. With bag 9 we'll build the small control room. Bag 10 contains the Wampa's ice cavern. Luke can be suspended to the upper side of the cave and use the force to pull its lightsaber from the ice. I'm still wondering how a wampa can enter this cave... Bag 11 brings us a small moving crane, a small service vehicle and the Tauntaun stable. I always thought the Tauntaun was a carnivorous creature! The building of the v-150 ion cannon starts with bag 12... ... And ends with bag 13. Spare parts... Always welcome. The complete "outside" set finished. The "interior" parts of the set. Play features The play features of the set are simple but effective: the big door opens and closes, the studs shooter shoot studs and the lookout tower goes up and down... But let's take a look at what is, in my opinion, the nicest feature: the swapping elements. The two cannons, two DF.9 batteries, and the 1.4 FD P-Tower can be positioned at 7 different places on the trench part, the loose snow patch, and the Echo Base entrance. The shield generator also has a nice play feature as it can explode with a simple hit on a lever on the back of the build. But as you can see, when I was taking pictures, all my attempt resulted in the middle section always dropped down back in place... That may not have been the case with a four sections shield generator... Speaking of accuracy, the ion cannon firing sequence is really nice, as a pull on the back lever will pull back the "barrel" and shot the two darts one after the other. Toryn The ion cannon opens on the top to reveal nice firing and target control center that can fit a minifigure. The hatch can be closed with Toryn Farr inside. The 1.4 FD P-Tower has the same play feature, but there are no controls, and the hatch doesn't close. It seems pretty useless to me... Why? We have all read previous reviews of this set, and most of them were pretty harsh. I must say that I have mixed feelings toward this set. The minifigures, the lack of new elements, the use of older designs, etc... it's obvious that choices were made. What were the constraints that led the designer to make those choices? Sell price? Budget? Disney requests? All models look like they aren't finished, or at least needed a few more bricks. This is really visible on the ion cannon and the Echo Base doors. The name of the set, "Assault on Hoth", isn't well chosen too... The imperials are clearly outnumbered and have almost no firepower. How are they supposed to blow that 3 sections shield generator with just a snowspeeder bike? I would have sacrificed the wampa cave for an AT-ST. But what would have been the price to even the forces? While adding an AT-ST may have been possible, I don't see an AT-AT added to the set without a big price increase. And isn't that set already too pricey? Again I'm wondering what led to that lack of imperial forces... The Ultimate Collector's Series label. What does it mean? How is it applied to a set? Is that set worth of the label? I'm not in favor to give that label to playsets. To me a UCS is the Falcon, the Star Destroyer, the X-wing, not Assualt on Hoth or the Ewok Village. I think the UCS label is now only a commercial label that TLG applies to its Star Wars sets if they reach a given price tag. "Yes madam, it's an expensive box with lots of small plastic bricks, but it's an Ultimate Collector's Series box!" There is one last question that I'd like to ask: do we AFOL have some sort of responsibility? (Yes, you can start throwing rocks at me...) We expect a lot from TLG. And we are almost never happy. For years we wanted a Battle of Hoth set, and asked TLG to release one. Just take a minute to think at what would be your dream Hoth Battle set. Do you visualize it? Now try to fit it in a 250€/$ box... You'll have to make choices. And I'm sure your set won't appeal to me, but mine won't please you. And both won't please another AFOL... TLG tried to satisfy all of us AFOLs, with a product that is mainly aimed at children. They failed. But I'm sure kids will have a lot of fun with that set... Fun... Conclusion Design: 6/10 - The designs are simple and nice, nothing more. Parts: 6/10 - Not the best part selection I've seen, far from it (curved slopes!!) Build: 7/10 - Hours of good builds, but nothing complicated or with advanced techniques. Playability: 8/10 - A nice playset... for kids. Some good ideas. Minifigs: 8/10 - Saved by the number of minifigs, but they could have used some more printings and accessories. Price: 5/10 - Star Wars sets aren't cheap, and this one is way too pricey. Overall: 40/60 (66.6%) - A percentage score that may scare many of us! With reason... Too expensive, minifigures are ok but barely, almost no imperial forces... But still a nice playset. If you don't have oldest Hoth sets, I think you can enjoy the content of this set. Else, I think that Ben Kenobi could say "This is not the set you're looking for..."

Week 48 is over. Welcome in week 49 Octan's fleet stays on H03. Kawashita's fleet stays on A08. M.A.N.T.I.S.'s fleet stays on E01. First Aliens' fleet moves from G07 to G08. Second Alien's fleet moves from D04 to C04. Third Alien's fleet moves from F09 to G09. (Map will be updated once the scores are posted)

I'll review the Ultra Stealth Raider. The Lighthouse looks great, and some of its minifigs make me drool of envy

Nice shape! I think it may hold with supports on the lower "wing" placed where the inner supports meet the wing. I don't think I have this amount of 2x2 panels... I would have give it a try

Yeah and Eurobricks too...

The red and dark red parts were orange and flame yellowish orange, but I changed them at the last minute!

Yes, one entry per category.

Forget what I said, the sets are said to be available on June 1st!!

Rather ?

Only one week left to enter the a-maze-ing contest!! Be creative and you may win a great prizes! You can already see all the entries on the Entries and voting thread!

An a-maze-ing contest! contest voting topic Voting process Cast your vote like this: 1. Look through all the entries (list at the end of this post) and judge each entry with respect to: a) Theme idea and originality b) Model design and build techniques c) Presentation ...and combine these into a balanced decision. 2. For Category A: Game Board, you are asked to choose your 3 favorites entries, and for Category B: Tilt system, only post your favotire entry. Your post should look like this: Who wins? The entry with the most points will win, followed by second. In the event of a tie, EB staff will use additional criteria to decide the winner. Our decision will be final. Who can vote? Every member that was registered before the day the contest was announced (May 1st, 2016) can vote. Contestants may vote, but not on their own entry. Last date to vote Preliminary set to June 20st, 2016 CET. Important There is absolutely zero tolerance for tactical or rigged voting, i.e., to have friends vote for your entry just because you asked them. Entries for Category A - Game Board: DisqualifiedEmperor's GardenBy Bob De Quatre RetiredDisneyland: The Happiest Maze On Earth!By Oky #1LEGO FairgroundBy CM4Sci #2Escape From JakkuBy Oky #3Maze Wars, Dark side of the maze.By cyberdyne systems #4Welcome to Jurassic ParkBy Mediumsnowman #5WALL•E wasteland rushBy pittpenguin123 #6Castle FortressBy Artanis I #7Escape from the Jungle TempleBy kritch #8Shaun of the Dead - THE PlanBy Yatkuu #9Benny Save the SpaceBy ravescat #10Black boxBy Foton #11SpeedwayBy KamalMYafi #12Mega Monster MashBy DraikNova #13Jungle AdventureBy Asad Entries for Category B - Tilt System: Disqualified Sakura Tilt SystemBy Bob De Quatre #1 Aztec Tilt SystemBy kritch #2 Avengers TowerBy Oky #3 Racing Tilt SystemBy KamalMYafi #4 Joystick control systemBy rodiziorobs

Thanks everyone, glad you like it I didn't mention it, but the spike wheel in the center of the ship turns when you rotate the cockpit

On the french S@H, summer Nexo Knights sets are up but said they are released on June 1st. Ninjago sets aren't there...