5150 Lego

My Avatar is the camaro concept from the Transformers movie's. So yes, i am a big Transformers fan. I collect animated and movie figs along with a few universe and alternator figs. one of my favorite being ROTF Devestator i recieved for Christmass! I also like collecting 1:18 and 1:24 scale diecast cars. My favorites are police cars.

I like your last truck the best! Lots of storage compartments and tools! Very uniformed fleet. Now you just need a garage to house your fleet!

Nice moc. But i must admit, i agree with others that it would have looks alot better in 6 or 8 wide. The rig is far to long for 4 wide. But your drilling rig is perfect!

The portal axle does not have supension, but raises the center line of the axle higher than the centerline of the wheel. They use geared hun asembely to conect the axle to the wheels. The advantage is higher ground clearance and lower gearing for off roading. The disadvantage is more moving parts and higher engine RPM's. great for 4wheeling, not so much for everyday driving to to the lower gearing. I've always been curious about truck trials. where do they take place? how does one go about entering a truck? Are there rules?

I did a review on this set when it first came out. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?...mp;hl=5150+Lego I highly recomend it! $45 i believe is $5 higher than it retailed for, but loking at ebay, you'd be paying much higher prices than that. Pick it up. You won't be disapointed.

This is a fantastic classic set! I remeber wanting this set as a child, but never got it. I'm going to look it up on Ebay right now! Thank you for the review!

???? What? I'm confuzed.

Agreed. And anyways, its not like they can't be used for other mocs. Trains, helicopters, spaceships.... One just has to be creative. I think many fail to understand that these sets primary target are kids age 6-12 and not for adults. kids have, and always will be the first to be taken into concideration when designing these sets. These "large" planes while not popular with the AFOL community , have proven very succesfull with the target audience. Manily kids. And while the peices might be big, they have proven to offer vast usability. Again, one just has to be creative.

Very cool! The Snow Groomer is the sole techinc set i recieved for Chistmass this. I wanted 8258 crane truck as well, but it was either that, or the snow groomer along with a few other gifts, so i choose to recieve a few other gifts. One being the creator Highway Transport truck. Still waiting to put that one together! The snow groomer is actually better than i expected. Great overall design with creative functions. Looks just like the real thing! Congrats on all the Lego gifts, but i must ask why you would want a Hitler minifig shirt?

Got got this set last year and mine came with the correct head. Even if it didn't, i don't see the big fuss over a color.

Well, i meant they go well together playability wise.

Its official. Shumi is back for 2010' http://planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5794625,00.html Next year will be very, very intetesting

Wow! the new sets look great! The Tipper truck is a first for TLC in techinc form i believe, so thats a plus! Looks to be the simular size as the boom truck we got a couple years back. it will be enteresting to see all of the various containers people make. The crane does loook like a baby version (and by baby i mean smaller, not <insert that tiresome argument>) version od 8421. I'm curious how the outriggers extend. It seems like they pivit out from the center of the chassis. If so another first. The excavator is massive! Very cool! This will work well with the 8275 bulldozer of a few years ago. Its a shame though that we recieved an excavator last year. while its smaller in scale with less function, visualy, it looks very simular. Kind of taking away from the inital "Wow!" factor when you first see it. either way, i look forward to more detailed pics! As for the bike, not bad, but nothing special either.

Then i'd be there to swoop up a few! So what? This isn't the 80's. 6 wide would have given more interior detail. but you never know. TLC might have incorperated some TV screens on the side or somthing. I'm with you 100% on the realisim of the recent Lego planes. Kids also seem to preffer them to the old 4 wides. I just finished going through all of the pics on the flicker acount. Everything looks great! Love the yellow truck. Nice to see a long nose rig instead of the flat nose that TLC was hooked on for so long. Looks alot like a Volvo Semi! Can't wait to start mocing some additional trailers! And if this is old news i apoligise, but the repair truck is now avaible in the U.S. Got one for christmass! (haven't opened it yet though)

Very cool. I like the sliding mechanisim. my only suggestion would be to use a standard flat plate instead of the ramp being used. It would look a little more smooth and probably allow loading and unloading eaiser. I also love how you incoperated the winch. Looking good!

Your so wrong its not even funny. G1 and G2 were probbly the worst in terms of story and cheeze of any 80's cartoon. And beast wars? Optimus primal? Gime a break.... Lame. But concider all, there are many other atributed that makes TF great. So yes, happy birthday to one of my favorite childhood toys!

Actually, if you really want to be a perfectionist and copy real vehicles, then Milan's sugjestion of useing standard grey wheels for the inside rear wheels are more like the real thing. Real trucks with dual rear wheels that have custom/chrome rims, never have matching inside wheels unless the wheel diameter has been changed. Since there not seen, it would be a waste of money. Some aftermarket wheels for dual rear wheeled trucks don't even have provisions of swapping them to the inside for tire rotation mantainence.

Renault has confirmed they are staying in F1. You guys think Shumi will drive for Mercades?

For a clone brand, this is great! I'd kill for somthing simular to this in Lego. It would be better if the bottom didn't have the big one piece wings s you could make a bomb bay.

Very cool! Same here! All 1/24 and 1/18 scale cars. Mainly cause of my profession, i'm partial to Police cars. As of late i've started collecting various scale military hellocopters as well. Very cool collection Polish Guy. I finnaly have a room for all my toys as well. makes things a whole lot eaiser to orgnaize and display!

Niether one of those is eaiser to install. Either way it will involve the same level of fabrication. The difference is the first pic. is of a job thats closer to being finished. Not the panels welded in around the hinge. Now look at the second car.. Notice that the area around the hinge isn't filled in. It looks less complicated because its not finished. Alot of the detail work still needs to be completed. Is their a reason you want this autoloc kit? my sugjestion would be to go with a high quality kit and not one based on "ease" of installation. Caue no matter what kit you get, there's going to be heavy fabrication needed to mount them and make everything look, and function like factory.

No ones saying you should give up on your ideas, but you should understand what your getting into. While not impossible, is not an easy task and requires alot of time and experiance. The last thing you want to do is spend money on parts thinking its a simple installation when in fact its the complete opisite. Game consoles in cars are generaly for show cars. Just another thing to give them points at car shows. But in some instances they are installed for function. My boss has a Play Station 2 installed in his chevy Tahoe for his kids to play on long trips. He travels to vist family several times a year and it helps to keep his kids ocupied for 4+ hour long trips. Personaly, i think its a bit much, but its hard to arugue when the kids are at bay! Also, if you think that adding suicide door will bring you closer to the status of a Phantom or Maybach, your sadly mistaken. GPS navigation, leather interior, quality interior pieces (real wood, bushed aluminum that built into the dash/interior panels, not the stick kits pictured) heated/air conditioned seats, dual climate controls.... Basicly anything thats considered a "luxury item". But the real key is having all the these things built with quality in mind. Thats why cars such as Mercadez, BMW, AUDI etc are considered right off the bat as luxury because there known for there quality. Because thats what the market is dictating. And just so you know, land Rover hasn't forgoten there roots. They still build the Defender 110 and 90 that are extremly off road capable rigs. Ever think that that buisness man might have a family? Or likes to take trips on the weekend? Maybe to the snow? Or maybe there buisness might have a need for a 4x4 or SUV? But to be perfectly honest, one doesn't need a real "reason". Its thier money, and there for thier "buisness" what they spend it on. Just because you are in a certain profession does not mean you should have to drive a certain type of vehicle. Thats the worse thing you can do. Cause when you pop the hood to show off the engine, your going to look like an idiot when it doesn't have a hemi. There's no need to make claims of having something you don't. He wasn't reffering to you, but the guy that he might be buying the Cuda from.

While i admire your willingness to learn and want to to the work yourself, this is not a job that should be taken lightly. Like Polish guy said, there is an extensive amount of body work and fabrication needed to not only pull this off, but make it look good but function propperly as well. The "kit" your looking at is a generic one. Meaning its not made for any specific vehicle and there for even more fabrication will bee needed. Remeber, your talking about supporting the the full wieght of the door in an area of the car that was never meant to support said wieght. So renforcment of not only the rear door jam is needed, but also the door itself. The rear quarter panels would need to be cut off to add metal to mount the hinges. The door would also need to be re-enforced. Then there's relocating the door handles, patching the old door handle holes, re-wiring, and of course repainting the doors and rear quarter panels. I'm not trying to discourage you or say your imcapable of doing such a task, but you should understand that the skill level needed to complete such a job is very, very high. Not something you and your buddies can tackle in a weekend. It would take a professional around 2 to 3 weeks of non stop work. If you feel this is something you'd like to do, i'd sugjest you start working as an aprentice at a body shop asap. if you stick with it, you might have the skills and experiance to do this yourself when your in your early mid 20's. As far as price goes, your looking at around the price you seem to have in your head. Like Polish Guy siad, around $8K. That comes to about 5,500 euros. But also, keep in mind the profesional tools needed to complete the job. Welder, body tools, etc. You would need to cut out the metal around the door handles and relocate it to the front of the door. Then you would need to do some metal work and fill in were you cut out the stock hinges. Again, this is by no means a simple task. Nope. The hinges will need to be welded in. There's no kit in the world that would be bolt on for this style door. if the company makes such a claim, there lieing. Chances are for $10,000 your not going to have a hemi or anything number matching. A hemi engine alone is worth around 10-15K none running. But even so, 10,000 should get you a faily decent cuda! No reputable body shop is just going to bolt a suicide door kit to the rear door frame. This is an area that was never designed for the wieght of the door. like you said, it would just buckle under the wieght without some kind of re-enforcment.

Looks great! My only sugjestion for the Crown Vic would to be to try and replace the inboard clear head 1x2 slope used for the headlamp with an amber slope like the one used on the outside corner. Also add some red lights on the push bumper and mirros as all current CHP vehicles have them. Other than that there dead perfect!

Sorry to hear KimT. But whom ever buys them is sure to keep the Renault engines and chassis right? ...Well now that i think about it, Ross Brawn didn't keep Honda engines or chassis. So the same could happen for Renault.