Ras_Al_Ghul

Who do you call when you need to get in the back door of a Death Star shield generator station? R2-D2 of course! R2 is probably the most well known droids in the Star Wars saga, and the LEGO model is no less great. To start off, here are some key (or not so key) facts and figures: Name: R2-D2 Theme: Technic/Star Wars Year Released: 2002 Parts: 242 Minifigs: 0 Price: USD$20.00 Age: 8+ Now lets get on to some interesting stuff! Overall pic: And a size comparison to my slightly modded 8284 Tractor: He may be just under 7 inches tall, but he is still fully functional with a retractable third leg, an extendable datajack, and a moving head. 1. Before Building The parts: R2 includes 242 parts, most of which are white. Some especially notable ones are the white 12 tooth bevel gears, and the white and light gray 8-stud axles. The gray axles only appear in 3 sets, and white in 4, so they are not that easy to come by. The instructions: Cover Random page Book is about 6" x 8", and 58 pages long 2. The Build R2's cylindrical body is built first, with the legs and head to be added on later. 3. After Building The few extra parts. Some of these confused me when I first built it; like why do they include a red boat stud? Also, why are there 2 extra rubber bands? Are they expecting them to break or what? The bush, half bush, and 3/4 pin all make sense because they are so easy to lose. And of course, as with any set that includes rubber bands, the pointless rubber band holder. R2 is packed with functions, the most prominent of which is his third leg: Retracted in the two legged position. Tap the 1 x 4 thin liftarm and the leg snaps out. My favorite part about this is that it is linked to his main legs and when the third one is deployed, his body tilts back a little, just like in the movies. He also has a datajack that extends whenever he needs to hack into Imperial computer systems. The perpendicular axle joiner on the back that extends the arm Overall I think that for $20.00 this is a great set. It both looks good and works well. There is something to watch out for though: the soft axles on his feet, if left on display for a long time, won't be so soft anymore. The two on mine are permanently bent into that shape. But as long as you take them off periodically and straighten them out it shouldn't get too bad. The only thing this set left me wanting was an alternate model. I know there aren't many things you can build with a bunch of white Technic parts, but I would have liked to see possibly a snowspeeder or something. * Value for Price: 10/10 (lots of great parts for a pretty small price) * Playability: 10/10 (plenty of movement, yet strong too) * Parts 10/10 (unique colors and parts) * Design 10/10(tons of function for a small/med set) * Overall 10/10 (the only problems are very minor) Links Brickshelf folder Bricklink Peeron

Why not? I'm in

The axles in this pic are only for the picture. When I put the system on a chassis, I had a bunch of liftarms and such spreading between the shock absorbers. I never took pictures of the chassis because I couldn't get a few things to work and I lost interest in it. When I decided to take pics of the suspension I just put the axles on to hold the shocks in the right position. Sorry for the confusion. Before this I tried to improve crowkiller's design and build a kind of leaf spring using 2 x 16 plates; needless to say I lost a few plates that day I realized that this was the next best solution and I just tried to make it smaller.

I don't know about European cars, but here in the US almost all cars have rear leaf-springs.

I didn't add steering for two reasons: a) this is my first try at something like this b) realism. Have you ever seen a real-life vehicle with steering on a leaf sprung axle? I saw this on BS a while ago and thought it was pretty nice, except that it was too big. I designed a version on my own that would work in smaller MOCs. If you really look at it, the only real similarity is the two soft shock absorbers; other than that, they're totally different.

This is a zero-turn mower I built, based on the one my grandpa has. Includes free spinning front wheels, rear V-twin engine, and working throttle levers. Go ahead and comment! Brickshelf folder

Has anyone else seen this MOC by CountBlockula? I saw this today on The Brothers Brick, and I've seen some of his other work on brickshelf but just can't get over his skill with minifig and miniland scale MOCs! Awesome work Count

This is the best 4404 mod I've seen yet! I got it for christmas a few years ago and have modded it a couple times but never to this level. Excellent job on the whole thing!

Oky Wan: Now that you mention it, it does look a little plain. I'll look at adding some greebs sometime soon. I just got the visual guide to Star Wars and that has a couple good reference pics in it.

Yeah I know, I have yet to see a builder exceed crowkillers' skill at this kind of stuff. His was actually the inspiration for mine, but I wanted to try to make it work for smaller wheels - even down to the wheels from 4404:

Thanks for the idea! Maybe I'll have to make a V. 2 This was kind of on the fly one day when I got bored with the large MOC I am was working on so I didn't really worry too much about adding all kinds of details.

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I have tried several different windscreens I own but none of them seem to work I have thought about maybe using the ones from the newer speed racer sets but haven't bought any of them yet.

It's called a bucket here in the US, and I'm not sure if it's too big or not. The only official bucket piece I have is from 8455 and way too big, but I tried a few things and I couldn't get it to look any better smaller. Oh well.

Yes it is of course UCS. You noticed the dust huh? haha it's been on my shelf for a while

I think this is my most recent completed MOC (I've started a few since but gave up on them) Here's the main pic: My only real problem with this MOC is that I could only find 2 black 1 x 2 bricks with 2 holes and was forced to use white ones Maybe I should do a little sorting. Feel free to leave comments! Brickshelf folder when public

One of the biggest problems for technic builders is that there are no parts that work very well for leaf springs, which are common on real vehicles. There are a few parts that work fairly well (soft axles, for one) but still not real great. Here's my idea for a solution The hardest part was getting a solid axle but this seems to work pretty well. go ahead and leave comments, however, please do not comment on the color scheme as these were the parts that were easiest to find when I built it brickshelf folder when public

Why can't there be a TRU near me?!?

Here's one of my more recent MOCs: Luke's X-34 landspeeder in Ep. IV I built it after persuading my brother to take his 10124 Wright Flyer off the shelf If anyone wants to comment or give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism please go ahead. Brickshelf folder when public

awesome render blakbird love the technicopedia btw

Vader could waste any other villain except the joker from TDK - that would be close

I have already tried using gears, and none of the several prototypes I've built have worked. They're all either not nearly strong enough or too big. I have found a website that makes custom cylinders that I could get to work with LEGO, but they start at $150 each - I will need 8. As for the treads, they were one of the easiest parts. I found a guy on Brickshelf that built some large scale treads for his construction MOC's, and I built wheels for them out of a bunch of click hinges.

I also both listen to and watch LAML, and I also like Car Talk. It's the one place I know where you can listen to two self-proclaimed idiots solve caller's car problems.

Assuming this thing is still open, I would love to join! There is one thing though - most of my sets are in one big mess :( However, this sounds like enough fun to dig out a couple old school sets and review 'em Great idea Bonaparte!

Hey my name is Jordan, and I am a TFOL. LEGO is my only real hobby, particularly Technic. I do watch what other people build in other themes but I suck at building in them ;) One thing I would like to see is a LUG in greater Minnesota - the closest LUG to me is over 100 miles away If anyone from MN reads this feel free to PM me!!

I am working on a bulldozer MOC, and I am wondering: does anyone know of a place where I can get some hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders that will work with LEGO for a reasonable price? BTW I've had other people that I should just use two official LEGO cylinders end-to-end, and there is no possible way that will work - it's a 1:7 scale model. Yes, I am seriously building a 5-foot long working dozer. Thanks for any ideas. Ras_Al_Ghul