Bob De Quatre

I've corrected the planet problem for shmails build. The +1 domination problem is more delicate. I know what I did wrong, but I'll need time to find a way to correct it.

Here's a link https://www.flickr.com/groups/898944@N23/discuss/72157645468911221/

Produced by the Kawashita Group, the MT-4, aka "Toadman", is a compact and agile security droid. It can conduct many different missions, such as building protection or infiltration. Some cases of overheating were reported, in which the personality core took severe damages, causing the Toadman to go beserk. Stumbled on this when browsing old files on my Flickr account. First mention in my Flickr stream of Kawashita Group

If you like unfolding, you should have seen last summer Small Starfighter Contest

Should have mentionned that what I was saying was "in character".

Already saw all of that, nothing new to me ... Except the red chemical...

I don't see any exploration in this build, so it should be tagged "vehicle" and "spaceship".

We're done for Week 6, with 50 builds (15 MANTIS, 17 Octan and 18 Kawashita).

Again, I'd like to remain you to add correct tags to your build. The tags are: Military Civil Building Vehicle Spaceship / Airplane / Submarine Land/Water vehicle, including mechs Spying, Piracy Exploration Science If you need help choosing tags that are suitable for your build just ask. Until now we have been very kind regarding the tags, but that will change. Remember that those tags are what trigger or not the bonuses from your job or your corps technologies. Of course if you put tags that have nothing to do with your build just to get a bonus, we won't consider it. For example if your build is a big crashed spaceship, the "land cehicle tag" isn't very appropriate.

This is an elaborate Octan ruse. Our bots are programmed to join an opposing corporation if asked to. And then they'll start sending us critical informations on their new master...

I've already said too much

You ruined such a nice suit!

Don't worry about the wings, they look good even with the SNOT thickness. I also have a SW "to be revealed" project where I used bricks where TLG used plates, and still I think my model is superior as it allow for a cleaner and more detailed look! I believe the wings will hold strong enough

Colored leaves are cool

Introduction The young girl inside me wanted to review something different, and that small Friends set sitting on a shelf kept staring at me... So here I am, building in pink and lavender to give you a detailed review of the #40112 Catwalk Phone Stand. Set information Set Name: Catwalk Phone Stand Set Number: 40112 Number of Pieces: 143 Theme: Friends Year Release: 2014 Prices: 14.99$ / 12,99€ / 17.99 CAD #40112 on Brickset #40112 on Rebrickable Packaging The box is medium sized with proportions I'm not used to for LEGO sets boxes. It's a little thicker than usual. The front of the box shows the complete build, with big LEGO and Friends logo on the upper left corner and the usual designs for the Friends line. The rear shows the exact same build picture as the front, and a QR code that leads you to a webpage with (exclusive) content. We'll get back on this in the "Play features" section of this review. LEGO also mentionned that sadly, there is no phone included in the box. A side of the box shows the usual 1:1 part and some legal stuff. The 3 other sides don't shows us much more. Content of the box The box contains two bags of parts, as always one for smaller parts and one for larger parts. Content of the "tiny parts" bag: Content of the "big parts" bag: There are four loose parts in the box: two 6x14 black plates, a 6x12 light bluish grey plate and a 1x12x3 lavender arch. Of course there is an instruction booklet, and a cardboard mimicking a cellphone on one side and with a star pattern on the other side. Instruction The instructions are pretty clear, the blue background help recognizing bricks colors easily. The last step shows a QR code to access a Friends page with a video, but we'll get to that later in the review. Minifigures This set has no minifigures, which is quite disappointing. Since it depicts fashion show, LEGO could have provided one or two friends dolls. Interesting parts There are no real standout parts, most of them are common but still useful, like slopes or modified plates. The friendish colored parts are always cool to have in a collection as they can make colors pop out of any build. The three big plates in the set are pretty nice. I must say that I'm very fond of the trans-pink color, and those 2x2 dishes looks great. Build The build is easy and really straightforward. You just have to put some bricks over some plates until the phone stand and catwalk are done, and that's not very interesting. Still this is a good build considering the number of parts, and pretty sturdy. After step 7, the base is done. At step 14, the phone stand is done and the curtains take shape. The catwalk and phone stand finished. I find it nice that the grey bricks that form the phone stand are almost not visible from the front. The accent is really made on the vibrant Friends colors. Two rows of seats, a microphone on a stand, and two speakers complete the set. those are nice additions as they add to the playability. And here is the full set assembled, with the seats and speakers. The set is very colorful, as I'd expect from a Friends set. The fact that the seats and the speakers could be moved freely is a nice feature, as it makes the set more playable. Play features The main play feature is the phone stand that will provide a background to the catwalk. You can either use the cardboard that comes with the set, or your cellphone displaying a picture or playing a video like the one you can access with the QR code on the box and instructions. My 5" phone fit in the stand, but the part of the screen visible through the curtains is too small. It would work better with a smaller phone. Anyway, I think the provided cardboard looks better than any phone. Here you can see the unlocked video playing. It's a mix between real girls and minidolls dancing on a pop song. It doesn't look like it was exclusive to this set. The 4x4 blue round plate rotates so you can admire Emma's karate outfit (that's the only Friends doll I own...). I think LEGO should have allowed the 6x6 round plate to rotate as weel, to make the rotating easier. Conclusion Design: 8/10 - The design may be simple but it does the job. Parts: 8/10 - Nothing that really standout, but still a nice selection and variety of parts and colors. Build: 9/10 - The build is easy and straightforward. Child would have no difficulties to build the set. Playability: 10/10 - The play features are perfect for a catwalk. Being able to use a cellphone, the included cardboard or anything that fits in the stand as background is great. I'm not a young girl but still I think I could spend hours making my space minifigs parade on that catwalk Minifigs: 0/10 - I'm disappointed by the lack of dolls in this set. That was a good opportunity to get fancy dresses for our favorite dolls. Price: 9/10 - The price per part is good, and there are some big and expensive parts in this set. Overall: 44/60 (73.3%) - An average score due to the absence of dolls in the set! The 40112 Catwalk Phone Stand is a pretty good set, that blends well with the other Friends sets. The phone stand is nice, and you can use anything less than 2 studs wide as background for the catwalk. The main problem with this set is the lack of minidolls included, but if you already have a nice collection of outfit, it's the best place to display them! It will be retired soon (if not already) and it's on sale almost everywhere, so grab it while you can.

Introduction In 1991, the Blacktron did a comeback after the 1988 line. In the spirit of the recent M-tron theme, the Blacktron received new uniforms and new secondary colors. The yellow was replaced by white, and the transparent elements used the newly introduced transparent neon green color. While the first Blacktron theme used small modules that could be combined differently in the same set or with modules from other sets, the Blacktron Future Generation introduced the bubble cockpit that could detach from the ships and connect to others. The theme comprised 13 sets, making it one of the largest space theme of the 90's. Once again, the Blacktrons are the bad guys, trying to steal technologies from the poor M-tron and avoiding the Space Police that will also have its makeover in 1992. All pictures shown here, and some more, can be found on my Flickr album. Set information The model I'm presenting is not from a MISB happy find, but from my childhood collection, so parts have been stored, played and sadly mistreated for years. I used some new parts, but most of them are from the set I bought in 1991. Set Name: Allied Avenger Set Number: 6887 Number of Pieces: 100 Theme: Blacktron II Year Release: 1991 #6887 on Brickset #6887 on Rebrickable #6887 on Peeron Packaging I don't have the original bow anymore, but pictures of it can be found on the internet. The boxart is common for sets of this era: the Lego logo in the upper left corner and a nice picture of the set in action. Picture courtesy of Peeron. Instruction The instructions come in a A3 sized booklet. In this era, there wasn't a parts list for each building step. That proved quite challenging, especially when building larger sets. Sadly, there is no B model on this set. Build The build is pretty simple and straightforward. The main body consist of white bricks sandwiched between black plates. still there are some interesting modified plates, like the hinges or the old 2x2x2 bracket. The wings are also easily constructed around 2x2x2 brackets. The bubble cockpit design is simple but really effective, using a 2x4x2 brick with studs on sides to attach the transparent parts. Hinges and slopes help complete the build. Minifigures The set comes with a single Blacktron II minifigure, with no accessory except its helmet and oxygen tank. This minifigure appears 21 times in 14 sets released in 1991 and 1992. Interesting parts The part selection is very good for a set of this size. It include 5 printed tiles: one 1x2 white tile with a yellow arrow, and four 2x2 white round tile with a yellow arrow. The trans-neon green bubble cockpit parts were pretty common back then, but they still are great. The bubble cockpit is built arount a black 2x4x2 brick with studs on sides that is a very usefull part, even if it's less used now than it was in the early 90's. The part selection is completed by some hinges, 2x2 brackets, wedge plates and fins. Play features As every other set of the theme, the bubble cockpit can detach from the model and can be recombined with any other set. Note that for each set of the theme, the bubble cockpit is slightly different. It's fun to notice that throughout the theme, the yellow arrows always indicate the "direction" of a play feature. The wings could be lowered or upped when the Avenger isn't landed. It's not much, but still a nice feature on a set of this size. Conclusion The Allied Avenger is a nice looking set. Lego made every single one of the 100 pieces count, and most of them are valuable parts for any space builder. I don't quite remember if I enjoyed this set as a kid (I surely did!), but I know I made a great use of those "classic" space parts. Playability: 7/10 - Not really fun by itself, but a great addition to a Blacktron fleet Design: 9/10 - A simple but really effective design Price: NA - The set is available on Ebay for a very varying cost, once again Bricklink might be the best way to get the set Overall: 8/10 - A nice set for it's size Thanks to Oky for bringing up one of his usual funnies

Introduction After bringing us Blacktron, Lego decided to give children around the world an opportunity to put those vilains under arrest. The Spy Trak 1 was one of the six released sets for the theme. Space Police theme came right after Futuron (87-90) and Blacktron (87-88), and just before M-tron (90-91) and Blacktron II (91-92). It is the second named space faction after Blacktron. The sets offered both Space Police and Blacktron minifigures, after all we needed some vilains to put in those prison cells that came in every sets (minus one) of the line. All pictures shown here, and some more, can be found on my Flickr album. Set information The model I'm presenting is not from a MISB happy find, but from my childhood collection, so parts have been stored, played and sadly mistreated for years. I used some new parts, but most of them are from the set I bought in 1989. The Spy Trak is a big wheeled vehicle, designed to transport prisonners on land. The set comes with two minifigures: a Space Police officer and a Blacktron thug. As every other sets of the theme, the prison cell can be detached and switched with any other one from the theme's sets. Set Name: Spy Trak 1 Set Number: 6895 Theme: Space Police 1 Year Release: 1989 Number of Pieces: 152 Minifigures: 2 #6895 on Brickset #6895 on Rebrickable #6895 on Peeron Packaging I don't have the original box anymore, but pictures of it can be found on the internet. The boxart is common for sets of this era: the Lego logo in the upper right corner and the Legoland ribbon and the set number in the upper left corner, and a nice picture of the set in action. Picture courtesy of Peeron. Instruction The instruction booklet is simple, with no advertising, but with the picture of a B model, something I miss from the newer sets. There is no step's inventories, forcing us to look closely at the step's pictures, and sometimes going a few steps back to check if we missed something. Build The model is built around a very well thought steering system, using some old fashioned parts. The four turntables and the big hinges are the keys to the core feature of the model. Pushing the technic axle on the side makes the model turn by moving the four wheels. And the technic axle will be moved by a tilting system placed on the central 4x6 black plate. Just add four wheels and a driving cabin and you have a nice vehicle to play with! Minifigures The Spy Trak comes with two minifigures: a Space Police officer and a Blacktron thug. The Space Police 1 livery consist of a classic Futuron white/black uniform with a white helmet and the new trans-red visor. A radio and a robot arm are the only accessories included in the set. Interesting parts The part selection is pretty good, with 4 big hinges, 4 turntable, printed slopes and wall panel, and of course the big wheels and the transparent red canopy that is exclusive to the theme. Play features As explained before, one of the play feature is a great steering sytem that allow children to drive the model very easily by tilting the central part. Pushing down one of the "POLICE" slope will make the Spy Trak turn in the opposite direction as seen on the following pictures. The other play feature is the prison cell. It's just big enough to place a minifig in, with helmet and oxygen tank. The prison cell can be attached on the back of the Spy Trak. Conclusion The Spy Trak is a really nice set. The steering system works perfectly and is really fun and easy to use, even by children. The design is great, but there is still two minor points. It may be hard to attach the prison cell on the model and children might get frustrated. And the lower sides of the driving cabin would looks best if closed, but due to the big wheels and the space needed for them to rotate, the cabin would have to be moved up by a few plates, and the model would loose its sleek looks. Playability: 9/10 - A fun vehicle to drive and some play features Design: 8/10 - A great design for the steering mechanism, and the model looks really good for it's era Price: NA - The set is available on Ebay for a very varying cost, but Bricklink might be the best and cheapest way to get it Overall: 8,5/10 - A great set for every space fan

Benny's spaceship

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What??

There's no problem if you want to print the logo of your corporation.

Andromeda's Gates, Eurobricks' Sci-Fi RBG, just had its first challenge, and the winner is EB member shmails with his Great Hawk of Donwarr. Lots of nice entries for this first challenge that put the focus on nature, plants and animals from all over the galaxy.

We have no proof that they have a life...

As a result of the poll regarding rules, and after some discussion among the staff, the following rules will be in effect starting this week: - The checks for planet control will be done after all the builds domination points are entered into the software. - A corporation controlling a planet will loose control of it if its domination points get to 0. - In addition to the weekly build, players are allowed to post freebuilds that won't be scored. They must be prefixed by "[Freebuild]".

It was tagged as "building", and you get your job's bonus...