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Even if I didn't know Dieter very well, I was shocked about this sad news. I remembered seeing him at the 2009 Event... Leaving so young... A thought to his familly and all the people he left behind.

Hi, My little borther sells his old Binoicle sets : ONUA NUVA : 8566 PANRAHK : 8587 LEWA NUVA : 8567 KURAHK : 8588 POHATU NUVA : 8568 LERAHK : 8589 GALI NUVA : 8570 GUURAHK : 8590 KOPAKA NUVA : 8571 VORAHK : 8591 TAHU NUVA : 8572 TURAHK : 8592 no missing parts, with instruction and canister. He also has MAKUTA : 8593 (full, with instruction but without box) Just let me know of your are interested.

Thanks for the comments! It's the first time I use some anti-studs. And it can bring some nice details, adding some textures. For the front mirrors, I use this brick : And for the back window, I use : This Smart car is one of the best city set from years imo. In a small set, with just few pieces, you have a tiny car which can be better with just few modifications. What more can we expect with such a small set?!

So, just a quick post to show a pic of my latest modified moc, based on this : It’s an old prison from my city that is called “porte de la Craffe” (Craffe door). I don’t know why, but I have always like this building… My first try to make it in a brick build version was that (we were in 2007) : But I wasn’t quite happy with the result. So, as always, I have modified it, slowly and come with this : Just keep in mind I don’t try to make the most realist version of the real building. I have to integrate some constraints like the size of the whole building. It has to feet with my other creations. So I have to make some compromises with details. The biggest thing that I would like to change is the light grey parts from the first floor. I would prefer dark red parts…

Hey ! I have to admit that I’m a bit late, reading this topic… Ok, I’m VERY late… I’m glad to see you again and have some news from you! I’m very happy for you if you have succeeded in working as graphic designer for TLC! Congratulation! I sincerely wish you the best with this new life! Even if your new mocs are not as well presented as your Wild West are, I’m very curious to see what you come with during all this time…

I didn’t' see why TLC made such a change until today... I've got the illumination when I woke up this morning, with this new arch piece in mind. So, the first thing I made was to try… And I was right! I discover why this change! It’s not to save some plastics or to make the piece stronger, but to maximize the compatibility between pieces. Don’t you see now? So I will tell you… Now, you can complete the hole, just have a look here : You can’t make the same with the old arch, there were no pieces that can complete the hole : That part aside, thanks for this review Hinkley! Great pictures, as always, from you! This set is really great, with all those nice Egyptian minifigs! I just hope that we will see the Anubis headpiece in a smaller set… I need to save some money in 2011! I’m really pleased to see a set with a decent pyramid looking building!

It’s time for me to review my smaller Classic Castle set : Name : Treasure cart Ref : 1463 Number of pieces : 21 Year : 1992 Let’s start with the official picture of the set : Sorry, there is no pic of the instruction booklet, because I have lost it… But that don’t prevent me building this little set just looking at the official picture! It’s not that hard to put together in the good way those few pieces : Here a closer look to the minifig : It was a little strange that TLC released this set with this old Lion Knight faction in 1992. In fact, in the regular line, we had Blue Dragon and Green Dragon factions… So, this poor little soldier was vey alone, the last representative of his kingdom! Now, some pics from the front and the back of the whole set : It’s a nice little cart, with weapons and shield to protect it from thieves. But transporting this treasure is not a quiet job! SO, sometimes, you need to nap : Now it’s time to continue our long travel, so just put the treasure on the cart again… And… Oh, damned! What do I made?! As you can see, the treasure is made from gemstones. The Classic Castle line in general was only interested in gemstones, and let golden treasure to their f Pirates friends. So, this set is quite simple and good. With only few pieces, you’ve got weapons, a little cart and a treasure full of gemstones! And last but not least, the last “old Lion” soldier!

So here we go. It’s time for me to make the review of my very first LEGO Castle set. Name : knight’s arsenal Ref : 6016 Year : 1987 Pieces : 36 The booklet is a small sheet of paper that you fold. Here the first “page” that shows the official model and a picture of an alternative model, a thing that we don’t have at all those days… A random “page” of the building instruction : The number of pieces to put together at each step is clearly more important than today. For such a small set, nowadays, we will have a booklet of about 15 pages! Here a picture of all of the pieces of the set. I just miss one piece, the blue plastic cap… Ho well, that’s not that bad for an old set which has lived a lot of things during its toy life! A closer look to the minifig, our proud knight, with some scares of the time… Now, have a look at the arsenal of this set : a shield, a spear, two swords and two hatchets. What a great number of weapons in such a small set! Now a picture of the whole cart, without the knight but with the “non so with” horse : A closer look to the area where you can store the weapons. There is not so many space, but it’s enough for your arsenal, as you can see here : And finally, a picture of the complete set : Finally, this set has nothing really special, but it’s a great small sets. With just few pieces, you can carry your arsenal. The selection of pieces is simple but great enough. The look of the cart is a little bit strange with the use of the flexible hoses. They bring a “modern” touch and also a funny aspect during the building process. In fact, you can play with those flexible parts a lot! Just put one hose in my hand, and I twist it in all directions for hours! I don’t know if such carts have existed during the middle age, but I don’t image them like that. So, in conclusion, this set plays its role entirely : it’s a good little set, with nothing extra, but with nothing bad too! Nothing much to expect for such a small set.

I prefer the old version too, but the new one can be usfull for adding some details. If you put those two arcs one side to the other in a 2 stud wide wall, the difference of radius can be interested. I will do it, now that I've got internet access again, after one week without it... (problem with my connection...).

I have received my copy of this great set yesterday and built it asap! But I have to admit that my pleasure during the building porcess had one big issue that had never happened to me before... It was the first time that I can't connect a LEGO brick to another one! My set has 2 2x3 dark red slopes that are very hard to clic on other pieces if there is another piece aside. Pictures are better than words in this case : As you can see, there is a very important space between those two solpes. The left one is allright but not the ight one. On one side, you have this free space, with doesn't look good. But if you try to put a brick on the other side, you can't! it's like there is a small translation of the piece, that can be verified by a quick look at its back : As you can see, I have made two colored round at each side, and one of them go "out" of the piece, showing that this side is thiner than the other. All the inside of the piece has translated... So, after a closer look at my 2x3 dark red bricks, it seems that the bricks with number 2 22, 4 22, 6 22 and 8 22 are bad molded (I've got one of each in my Burrow set). I also have got 1 22, 5 22 and two 7 22. The pieces with odd numer don't have this problem... What a shame! In general, I have a very bat feeling about the quality of the pieces of this set... Another strange thing comes from a 1x6 tan arch... It seems that TLC has made a new mold for it... On top, the old classic one, on bottom, the new one... Nothing more to say...

What a great review Clone O’Patra! I have a good time in reading it! You like this set, and we know it. You really give me envy to have it! I have ordered mine before your review, but now, I can’t wait the next week to receive it! Like you said, it looks more like a dollhouse than an action set. And just for that, I want to thank TLC! I mean, those more “realistic” sets are missing a lot for me. I know that TLC target ars kids, who want actions and actions! But as a child, I didn’t care about the action aspect. And sets from the 90’s weren’t so action oriented, which was good for me. I have always preferred some “quite” sets with nice display details than more unrealistic sets due to the integration of action features. If you have to pick just one HP set, take this one! The selection of minifigures is really great! And all of the new hairpieces are gathered in this set! What can we expect more? This set is also good for city mocers with the selection of pieces and accessories like dark red roof slopes, a pig (it’s so cute, we can’t have enought of them!), stoves, glasses, cup, a kitchen area… The design of this set is really outstanding! I mean, it is made with a mix of pieces and colors. But the result is coherent. The general design is really great. I don’t have seen the HP movies in which we can the Burrow, but looking at that set, it is similar to what I have imagined. At the beginning it was certainly a small house. But with all those children, the Weasley used their magic to create some new rooms, using what they had on hand. Reading the books, you really want to spend your holidays in this Burrow, playing all day long with Ron and the other Weasley brothers, eat the cooking of Ma W, listening to Pa W stories! In the books, the burrow is really family, rustic and cosy too. And this set perfectly express this sweet feeling!

Well, black is with white, the color that I have the more... So I need to use some of those b&w bricks to save some space in my closet... Sometimes you take some rational choice before aesthetic one! So, with free time due to the very bad weather, I have continued my work on the 8-wide building. And I came with that : I missed some white teethes, and the top floor with roof is not already made…

So, after some tries, I came with nothing in my atempt to give my smaller Grand Emporium a neighbor. I realized that imagine a building from the beginning to the end becomes very hard for me. Now, I prefer to have some inspirations from real buildings. And without making them in a lego bricks version, I like to keep just a part, a strong architectural way and try to capture it. For this neighbor, I only have 8 studs wide. What a constraint, I know! But with them, you have a challenge and it can result some interesting things, if they are not the most beautiful. So, I checked my bank of pictures and found this one : I just bought the 8078 Portal of Atlantis, just for the squid warrior first… And I convinced myself that it would be a not that bad part packs . And I was right! I have those black pieces that can be used to make the glass section. So I came up with this : Just note that the first and second floor was from my last project before this new one. A closer view of the “thing” : I know that this building will not be the more beautiful in term of aesthetic, but I like this idea! I will let you know of the progress…

Thanks! Yes I just have small areas to capture the atmosphere of my interiors... It's not that easy but I like challenges!

Maybe you're right, but I have to admit that this set doesn't look realy religious for me. Maybe it's due to my lake of religious culture... A new watering can would be great in fact! We've got the Fabuland one, mut it's too big for standard minifigs IMO. And a single flower, for the lovers...

Well ! I think that there is a big misunderstanding about this minibus. I don’t deserve all the compliments about how it is well made or not. Like I said, I just mod the back of the minibus and add some interiors. But the base of “my work” is the official Rockband bus frome the LEGO videogame. You can have a preview here : and download the official instruction here Like I said, I dislike the “Mario kart” look, with the big engine and the bigger wheels at the back. I just try to make it more real and not necessarily realistic. It is not a reproduction of what can be seen as the real minivan, as shown in my first picture in the first page. Those pictures were just to show the base of work for the LEGO designer of this minivan (not me!). After that, maybe 2 studs longer will make the proportion of this minivan better. It’s a good idea to improve it. For the wheels, maybe they are too large. I have though about it today, Captain Blue Hair. It’s really easy to use some smaller wheels for the car itself, but for the front, this kind of wheel is the only one that can be attached by a technic pin. And the not so large wheels seem too thick, as far as I can remember. But it’s another way to improve this building. KielDaMan, the minivan I have already seen in the street had indifferently white or bodywork colour, for standard roof. And in the picture, the roof is white because it’s a raised one I think. The grey parts on roof are here to carry some luggage (I don’t know how to call that…). It can be fun to integrate a roof bag on it, of course! So, even if I don’t deserve all the compliments, thanks for all those constructive comments. I will try to mod it as said, and will post some pictures later. And WhiteFang, I know that I don’t take the time to post a lot here… I will try to make some effort, not only for you, but because it missed myself! Thanks to blog it!

I think it will be too regligious oriented to be produce... I hope too! I don't already have the serie 2 that I'm impatient to see what serie 3 will offer us! We just have to be patient...

What a great moc! I really like the architecture of this hospital! It's like in real, an hospital was in an old building. And with time, space lakes, so we add some new parts here and there, using the actual way of building. Finally, you've got a patchwork of style. And you've capture that very well! The fact that you have used some hinge bricks add a lot in term of playability but also in how you want your hospital looks like. And I really like this idea! A good use of the classic caste concept applied to city! You’ve put some great details in the greek area, less in the other area, which is very good. And the modern emergency entrance, great! The only thing that I don’t like that much (take this minor critic as a constructive one ) is the angel statue. The way the wings are made don’t convince me that much… I can’t conclude without a word about how you have made the interior! What a great idea too! It looks like some vigs that you can put inside, with some outstanding details! Definitively, in your hospital, we are in good hands!

So, it’s time for me to show you my own version of the « official » LEGO Rockband bus. I just need to find the link to the official instruction that we could download in pdf. I found this bus really funny and cute, but I didn’t like its “Mario Kart look”, especially from the back. So I tried to make the rear more real. Before showing the brick-build version, here some pics of a real minibus that, for sure, has served to inspire the LEGO designer: As you know, we are in summer, with its long holidays, its foreigners everywhere on French roads (dear B and NL friends!), and its teenager friends who decided to travel together. But as you know, when you’re a teenager, you don’t have a lot of money! So you can’t have a great car… You want some space, some fun and not so many € in it. Hey, I’ve got what you need! You don’t trust me? Really? So now, without any words, some pics of your LEGO travel-machine : Now some details from the inside : I have put a kind of “track” to store the luggage, and the map for the driver (don’t forget that our 3 friends don’t have the money for a navigation system. Ho, good old time, with paper map! To have a size comparison of the minibus, they have met a smart in a rest area: Enough rest, they have no time to lose! So everybody is ready? Come on board! It seems that everybody is not pleased on board… But why? Somebody tells me to look at the driver… It’s a girl! Don’t be afraid boys, everything will be ok, I hope for you… Be carful on roads, live is precious!

Great draws! I really like the muskeeter, great idea and very well done! Seeing your draws, I try myself and come with this: I know that the nude minifig will never be in production, but why not after all? It is natural, a minifig in birth clothes!

I think it depends on the toy store. And I trust my toy store. Why does it tell me that if it's not true? I mean, as a store, it has to plan its stocks for now and months to come, so it knows sets that it will have on shelves or not. But this minifigs serie 2 and HP sets will be avalable in Belgium and my soy store has some contacts in this foreign country, so it tells me that it will be able to sell some of those sets. I just have to be patient and keep an eye on it...

Sad news for the French! It seems that the serie 2 (and HP line) will not be sold in France!... My new official toy shop (where I buy all mynew lego sets) told me the sad news today... Why, oh why? But I have a big hope to put my hand on one of the entire box...

Sad news for the French! It seems that the serie 2 (and HP line) will not be sold in France!... My new official toy shop (where I buy all mynew lego sets) told me the sad news today... Why, oh why? But I have a big hope to put my hand on one of the entire box...

Well, my pic comes from an "old" moc (2008), so I don't want to really enter this raffle, but just for the fun, and to participate to this fruty party mocs :