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in case anyone else is curious Seems like two totally different deals really. LEGO's Exo-Force is built around Minifig scale while these seem more to be geared toward reproducing the Mobile suits in brick form. Although they will come with MegaMinifigs...but probably more for pack-in value then real interaction with the robot

No need to panic Mega-haters... Apparently this is a Japan-only line unless something changes in the near future. So LEGO has nothing to worry about really. I found out about this last week and have only been able to track down 2 images from the recent Tokyo Toy Show they look pretty damn decent so far. And rest assured I'm hard at work trying to find a way to get these for myself. I'll be sure to inflict full photoshoots and reviews on all the LEGO Brand-Faithful here as soon as I'm able >:-)

wow...I've gotta say, for a first attempt it was pretty brave to go for one of those LOC figures...I've only seen a couple around these parts, but enough to know they're small...and painting small isn't easy. I've always wanted to see that mold with the War Within colors applied more directly to it...looks good that way. Nice job *y*

There's no pilot... Perhaps it transforms into a robot? X-D

:-D Thanks for the catch! But curses...my otherboardly Mod powers are useless here...perhaps some kind EB Moderator can fix that for me

Come in...I've got sprinkles...

beacuse he's Sir Elton John... and a gay joke would be too easy ;-)

The band pulls the sides of the head flush against the edges of the front and back. The front and back are pretty stable and squared off, but the sides have to be angled slightly so they're mounted on a set of axles threaded through technic brick axel-holes. The axles and holes provide the correct angle, and the band pulls the whole thing together tightly.

It's Barren :'-( thanks oo7, now I don't have to ;-) yeah...didn't see much point in getting images of the inside...although I did have the driver hanging on to that rubber band like a set of monkey-bars for a second there just for kicks

Boy I hope so...the suspense (and this 10 page thread) is killing me

"image stolen" and "bandwidth theft" refer to finding an image online and then directly linking it via HTML or forum tags to a forum or other page...Images, pages, and all other internet data take up what is called Bandwidth, a unit used to track and calculate costs for webspace traffic. Since bandwidth is a commodity, unauthorized use can increase the maintenance costs of the website hosting the image, hence the term bandwidth theft. So many sites will replace the linked image with a seperate image letting you know what a naughty thief you are. Hence, free online image hosting services like Photobucket are a friendly and legal way to present images online. And now on with the show ;-)

:-D I do, and I have an image to beat them :-P

I never thought of that...but you make a strong argument for that being the case...why the heck not, Lovecraft and madness go hand-in-hand X-D

It turns a little... If you look at the two full body images, his head is turned as far as it will go in either direction in both of them...right up to the dark gray plates on the tops of the "hips" It's not much, but enough to "pose" it on the shelf in something other then head-on

...it's a chocolate Easter Bunny skeleton

Can't get snaps of the parts themselves, but luckily they're all shown together in the instructions' part listing not a whole lot, this thing is almost all gray

The Star Wars Ultimate Collectors Series AT-ST (10174) is the latest entry into the UCS family, and just like an interlocking LEGO brick, it fits right in. I won't bore you with the box so I'll get right to what's in it... The 1068 pieces inside don't really look like a whole lot all bagged up. It seems more like a big System set then a UCS set. and once you crack them out and sort them, it seems like a paltry ammount of bricks to be building a large scale model with. You start with the feet. The feet are broad and sturdy and robust enough to give the finished model plenty of support and standing surface. From the feet you begin constructing the legs. This is where the majority of the concentrated building is in the set and with good reason...these things have to support the whole model and therefore have to be plenty sturdy. while building the various and seperate leg portions, you apreciate how well LEGO designed the legs and how sturdy they will actually be in the end. It's a testement to the designers that they pulled it off without making them overly bulky. ...and no small thanks to these joint pieces. These are the joints that seem to make almost every LEGO walker (AT-AT, AT-TE, Striking Venom) possible. Probably one of the best of the newer pieces introduced in recent years. The body of the walker is so simple that it's hardly worth mentioning. And after that it's on to the head. The head goes together pretty easily and is made up of an overlaping panel design that should be familiar to any vetran UCS builder. The "forehead" is where one of the set's two stickers is placed...right between the eyeslits on a flat tile. The chin guns are the main weapon, and are flanked by the concussion grenade launcher and the light blaster cannons mounted on either side of the head., all simple builds. The greebling is heaviest on the top and back of the head. it's nicely done detailing without overdoing it with tiny obnoxious pieces. From there your final task is to asemble the display placard and apply the set's second sticker. See, only one sticker on the main model, that wasn't so bad now was it? :-P And PRESTO! Your very own 16.5 inch tall AT-ST Walker. It truly is a magnificent looking model and by the end you're not even thinking about how few pieces it seemed to have or how straightforward the construction was. It's a satisfying project to finish and I got it done in somewhere between 4-5 hours (I build a little slowly though) and when I was done I didn't feel like I had been at war with little plastic bricks like I sometimes do after a marathon UCS set build. This thing is sturdy and well balanced. It looks thin and fragile but it's surprisingly hardy and you can knock it over a time or two and it'll survive quite well. It's also roughly to scale with the standard 3 3/4" Star Wars figures, so dig out your old Imperial Army Trooper (AT-ST Driver) and have some fun. This is where the opening hatch comes in handy. True, the interrior has no detailing, but with the vehicle's small viewports it really can be forgiven because you can't really see in there unless you flip the top of the head up. System version is fun, Mini version is clever, and the UCS version is just all-around satisfying. It may seem a little light for the price tag, and it doesn't have the instant "WOW!" factor of the Death Star II or Imperial Star Destroyer, but it's a solid, fun, and handsome set. It's a lock that the Star Wars Ultimate Collectors Series AT-ST gets the Deino Stamp of Approval!

That's odd, I've never had anything but 110% positive experiences when dealing with Customer Service. They've always given me exactly what I've asked for and in a couple cases, given me things I didn't even think to ask for. I've seen quite a few problems like this reported on here, and yet my personal experience has always been 180 degrees opposite...weird and disturbing 8-|

I've only RPed once in my life, but I spent countless hours browsing through sourcebooks while most of my friends did... Which only puts me in mind to whip up some Rifts MOCs 8-

Dug these out the other day and decided to post 'em. Way back in 2001 when the very forst Toa came out, my Wife and I were both really into this new thing called Bionicle. so much so that for Christmas that year we each cooked up custom Toa colors to slap on a toy to exchange as gifts for each other. Now, this guy doesn't have a name or backstory, just a new paint job. As you can see, I used parts that were around at the time...namley the first Toa and the little McDonalds Matoran/Tohunga. I gave him a beefed up little arm-cannon deal and some badass shoulder pads. The original intent was to do dark purple and lavender, but I couldn't find lavender spraypaint so it became dark purple and teal with blue "cammo" detailing...ended up looking pretty decent I think. As a bonus, I did up this Toa's "Turaga" Then the next year for my Wife's birthday I made a little Bohrak Va to go with the previous two. Now my Wife did this guy. I call him the Toa of Dumpsters because he looks like he just crawaled out of one. He's dirty, and scuffed and grimy and fabulous. I really should cook up some sort of story for these creations...lord knows the Bionicle story has expanded to the point where they could realisticly lurk somewhere in some corner of the narritive

Here ya go Not too bad I think

Ahhh...don't you just love new Toa season? Well the Toa Inika are finally starting to hit and former chronicler Hahli is part of this new crew. Yeah, the Inika canisters are that big! It should make it very easy to spot when they land on the shelves in your favorite toy aisle. They are a little thinner then past canisters so all told I think they might take up about the same ammount of shelf space...that's very important for both retailers and those of us who like to keep and store these things. After cracking the top and building the Toa up (it feels a lot like building a Piraka does) you get a very nice and very big action fgure. Articulation is superb and twisting Hahli into a variety of cool poses is no problem. Hahli's coloration is magnificent with molded pieces in a two-tone dark blue and white. Sure, some may complain that pieces like this make it hard to incorporate them into other MOCs, but they look damn slick on the set they're designed for. The Zamor launcher is really the only weak point of the design. While the figure comes with four spheres and the launcher's magazine can hold all of them, but it can't hold them well, and the topmost sphere will go flying out with the slightest movement. This is still a vast improvement over the Piraka who would loose their single sphere constantly. The magazine looks fine holding just three spheres and MOCing up a little stop to go over the top shouldn't be that difficult. The mask is made of the same material as the Piraka mask-spines and it slips over a bi-color plug that is the head. The bottom part is white and it phases into yellowish-green at the top, so the eyes aren't a solid color. It looks very bizzare and very cool. The neck is held in by a new (or at least new to me) abreviated ball piece. A little more abreviated then previous ball pieces, it allows for a little more smoother movement of the neck. Aside from the Zamor launcher, Hahli is also armed with a cool new Laser Harpoon which can look like a rifle or sword depending on how the figure's arm is held. Pushing the button on the side, it goes through a changing series of flashes before turning itself off. It's a welcome change from the Piraka eyes which only stayed lit as long as you were pressing the button down. Speaking of the Piraka...these new Toa make the murdering thieves look like dwarfish little sissies. The trend seems to be for the Toa to get larger and larger with each incarnation, and Hahli certainly towers over her old hero Gali. Overall, if Hahli is typical of the Inika, we can expect impressive large figures with great coloration and articulation posessing a very well done light-up weapon gimmick. The only minus I can really state is the afore mentioned problem with the Zamor magazine, and that's easy to overlook. Toa Inika Hahli most certainly gets the Deino Stamp of Approval out of me. I can't wait until I wrangle up her fellow Toa-heroes! *y*

That's odd...I too have the Sea Creatures and the first dinosaur set so I assumed the seperators was just something in the new sets...but if Mythical Creatures lacks one then I'm just stumped 8-| But either way now I thankfully have a spare...so if I lose my first one I don't have to grab one from S@H or make a 2 hour trip down to the LEGO store

Tonight I finally got around to cracking out my Prehistoric Power Designer Set (4892) and much to my surprise there was a brick seperator tool included in the box. So, how long have the Designer sets had these in them? and do the newer ones like Mythical Creatures have them as well? That's probably one of the coolest little pack-ins LEGO has done in a while. For the longest time Megabloks had a leg-up because they'd pack their brick seperators in with their larger sets, but for LEGO to get in on the act and put that priceless little tool in with some of their stuff is just fantastic *y*