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[SestoScudo]

Ferrari daytona sp3 and the Lamborghini Sian is too much for my budget.

So I opted to add the 2022 Mclaren F1 car of the 2022 F1 season its 189 aud right now.

Thats a steal.

 

[sesselpupser]

I should've gone to bed a couple of hours ago but for some reason I didn't and instead went on Bricklink.

£36 spent on five minifigs (the most expensive being Kermit to finally complete my Muppets collection) and, uh, this:


This was a GWP with a £120 minimum spend! What a joke. £7.50 for 113 pieces is pretty much on par with a polybag in terms of price per piece. Still, it would've been infinitely cheaper to just go to bed instead.

This is in addition to the £50 I spent the day before yesterday, but I'll wait until I have that one in hand before I share it here because last time I ordered that set it got "lost in the post" (stolen by the courier) and while I'm not superstitious, I am a little stitious and don't want to jinx it.

 

[Roo]

A few more Speed Champions mods and recolours:

I bought the Ferrari 812, but like the real car I'm not a fan of the yellow stripe and black across the bonnet. It didn't take much to convert it to a plain red standard 812. I also wanted to make a black test livery version of the 963, and happily most of the black bits off the 812 were a straight swop for the red parts off the Porsche:

The windscreens came from the F8 Tributo and McLaren Solus. Unfortunately the white 3x2 wedges on the front of the 963 aren't yet produced in black, so those will have to wait.

The other mod went on the Skylines, moving the rear window forward 1 stud to shorten the roof and lengthen the boot lid (trunk). After trying it on the Turbocharged Prelude version (on the previous page), I applied the same to the 2 Fast set. I think it's an improvement. Before and after:

Proper trans-brown 1x1 bricks to follow.

Edit: I've just noticed the black between the B pillar 1x3 wedge and the 2x6 door tile. Bother. Off to fix it.

Edit 2: fixed.

 

[sesselpupser]

This is quite a lot bigger than I thought it would be! Pictured with Statler for scale.



I had heard that out of the three big Creator jets it was the smallest, and maybe it is, but not by much at all. This is 5892 Sonic Boom and the other two are 31011 Aviation Adventures and 31039 Blue Power Jet, it's been a while since I packed those two up though so I can't remember how big they are.

It has light bricks but one of mine has a dead battery:


The lever on the back that activates them can also move the other way to pop the rear cockpit open:



The canards, flaps and elevators all move:



And the rear landing gear locks into position which I've seen before but I think it's a nice touch:



Aaand it explodes for easy storage:



All in all, I love it!

 

[ScottPuss20]

This is quite a lot bigger than I thought it would be! Pictured with Statler for scale.

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I had heard that out of the three big Creator jets it was the smallest, and maybe it is, but not by much at all. This is 5892 Sonic Boom and the other two are 31011 Aviation Adventures and 31039 Blue Power Jet, it's been a while since I packed those two up though so I can't remember how big they are.

It has light bricks but one of mine has a dead battery:
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The lever on the back that activates them can also move the other way to pop the rear cockpit open:

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The canards, flaps and elevators all move:

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And the rear landing gear locks into position which I've seen before but I think it's a nice touch:

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Aaand it explodes for easy storage:

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All in all, I love it!

Wow the Creator sets really have evolved since I stopped buying them.

 

[sesselpupser]

Wow the Creator sets really have evolved since I stopped buying them.

When did you stop buying them? This was released in 2010. Creator 3-in-1 sets have been kind of average lately, the theme park sets are good but the buildings are quite hit and miss, the recently released Main Street set for example is big and expensive but the buildings don't have backs to them, they're just a façade. The last plane they did was a sort of midi scale that doesn't resemble anything real, either, and they did a tiny space shuttle which was nice but, yeah, tiny. I'm hoping they come out with some 250-500 piece aircraft soon but there are still plenty of old ones I need to pick up!

Oh and of course there's the Concorde...

 

[daan]

This is quite a lot bigger than I thought it would be! Pictured with Statler for scale.

View attachment 1285324

I had heard that out of the three big Creator jets it was the smallest, and maybe it is, but not by much at all. This is 5892 Sonic Boom and the other two are 31011 Aviation Adventures and 31039 Blue Power Jet, it's been a while since I packed those two up though so I can't remember how big they are.

It has light bricks but one of mine has a dead battery:
View attachment 1285327

The lever on the back that activates them can also move the other way to pop the rear cockpit open:

View attachment 1285328

The canards, flaps and elevators all move:

View attachment 1285329

And the rear landing gear locks into position which I've seen before but I think it's a nice touch:

View attachment 1285330

Aaand it explodes for easy storage:

View attachment 1285331

All in all, I love it!

I've got that. It's currently in one of the alternate models as I think it looks better.



Hadn't realised it was quite so dusty though!

 

[sesselpupser]

@daan yeah, I want to try that build too but ultimately what I'd really like to do is collect all these planes then make colour swapped versions of their alternative builds (the ones that are also planes, I mean), I like the red and white but I don't really want two big red and white planes. There's also 7292 Propeller Adventures and 31047 Propeller Plane, all three are red twin props! They are all nice, though.

 

[Jump_Ace]

I'm hoping to finish my Marvel shelf in the next couple weeks. I got the normal Iron Man that is supposed to fit inside the Hulk Buster. And the new Chewy set after that.


Jerome

 

[ScottPuss20]

When did you stop buying them? This was released in 2010. Creator 3-in-1 sets have been kind of average lately, the theme park sets are good but the buildings are quite hit and miss, the recently released Main Street set for example is big and expensive but the buildings don't have backs to them, they're just a façade. The last plane they did was a sort of midi scale that doesn't resemble anything real, either, and they did a tiny space shuttle which was nice but, yeah, tiny. I'm hoping they come out with some 250-500 piece aircraft soon but there are still plenty of old ones I need to pick up!

Oh and of course there's the Concorde...

I didn't know it was an older set. I stopping buying them in 2013 I think.

 

[sesselpupser]

From one extreme to another:


There's absolutely no way I would've spent £120 to get this for free but as a £7.50 set it's really not as bad as the reviews on Lego's site make it sound, it's basically a VIP add-on polybag but bigger and it actually makes something. Plus I'm pretty sure there's room inside for a minifig.

My favourite detail isn't the pretzel logo nor the croissant exhaust (at least I assume that's what it's supposed to be), it's the space shuttle-like cranked delta wing which gives it a certain... presence? When viewed from above. Sort of like a mashup of The Homer, something they'd make (or maybe made) for Top Gear and a NASA X-plane.



I wish Lego would work out how to stop transparent pieces from getting scratched while still sealed inside their bags, I have so many windscreens and cockpit canopies that were scratched from brand new!

 

[Awong124]

I should've gone to bed a couple of hours ago but for some reason I didn't and instead went on Bricklink.

£36 spent on five minifigs (the most expensive being Kermit to finally complete my Muppets collection) and, uh, this:
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This was a GWP with a £120 minimum spend! What a joke. £7.50 for 113 pieces is pretty much on par with a polybag in terms of price per piece. Still, it would've been infinitely cheaper to just go to bed instead.

This is in addition to the £50 I spent the day before yesterday, but I'll wait until I have that one in hand before I share it here because last time I ordered that set it got "lost in the post" (stolen by the courier) and while I'm not superstitious, I am a little stitious and don't want to jinx it.

That pretzel makes a surprisingly good BMW grill.

 

[Aerocoupe]

Got back around to doing some Rock Raiders related stuff; I added a Loader Dozer to my collection, which rounds out all of the mid-size vehicles in the theme.

I like the set overall, though it did go by pretty quickly with its mere 90 pieces. That also means there's a good bit of white space open, so I dug into my parts bins and started adding onto it.

First thing I did was tweak the cockpit. For whatever reason, the designers didn't include a method of control for the driver in the original build, so I added this lever system that I felt made more sense in an industrial vehicle than a regular steering wheel (or mind powers, as the original seems to imply). Other additions include rear lights to bring it in-line with the Chrome Crusher and Granite Grinder, a ladder on the side of the cockpit so there's a believable method of ingress/egress, swapping the gray slopes for theme-specific printed versions (another detail that most other Rock Raider sets had that this one didn't), faux six cylinder engine block, and a rear mounted sonar inspired by the one seen on the Chrome Crusher. Only other Rock Raiders sets left would be the Tunnel Transport and HQ, but going to hold off on those since A) they're the most expensive sets and B) I definitely don't have room for them. Might get another chassis piece and take a shot at making some MOCs since building this set got my gears turning with other potential vehicles.

 

[Jump_Ace]

I stopped watching the NY Giants game yesterday (obviously) and I finished up my Marvel shelf and Chewy. There is one piece on the Hulkbuster that was missing (man I hate that!), so I ordered a replacement from Bricklink. The 'regular' Iron Man that closely resembles Spider-man does actually fit inside Hulkbuster (barely, haha).

I will say that the Chewy build was not enjoyable at all, tbh. The least favorite build ever and not cause it wasn't cool, it really is, but because deciphering between which color of brown is in the booklet for hours on end. What. A. Chore. That being said, it looks fantastic and I'm still glad I did it.

Jerome

 

[sesselpupser]

because deciphering between which color of brown is in the booklet for hours on end. What. A. Chore.

This is why I like Creator sets now, far fewer shades of a colour. That said they do still sometimes include tedious steps, and the older manuals have black pieces that look like dark grey - I'm so glad they realised they could swap the outline to white to make black pieces more obvious. I find Star Wars sets to be pretty boring to build but with a good payoff at the end, as long as you like grey, or at least lots of one colour.

 

[Roo]

More Speed Champions. I think I may have a problem.

I got lucky with the Batmobile, it was half price in a supermarket because the box was a bit squashed. The Nismo I passed on originally as I thought it looked a bit odd when it was on general release, but seeing it liveryless changed my mind. On eBay it goes for around £30 new, but I was able to get the second polybag new for £7 and a combination of Bricklink and my own spares did the rest.

A second lucky supermarket impulse buy: Lidl had these double sided organiser boxes for £6 last week, so I grabbed a couple for small part sorting, and filled one with some duplicate Speed Champions sets. All the better for finding bits for SC MOCs from Rebrickable.

 

[Jump_Ace]

More Speed Champions. I think I may have a problem.

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I got lucky with the Batmobile, it was half price in a supermarket because the box was a bit squashed. The Nismo I passed on originally as I thought it looked a bit odd when it was on general release, but seeing it liveryless changed my mind. On eBay it goes for around £30 new, but I was able to get the second polybag new for £7 and a combination of Bricklink and my own spares did the rest.

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A second lucky supermarket impulse buy: Lidl had these double sided organiser boxes for £6 last week, so I grabbed a couple for small part sorting, and filled one with some duplicate Speed Champions sets. All the better for finding bits for SC MOCs from Rebrickable.

Thats really nice. Its very similar to my lego 'Rebuilder' idea. Its essentially the same thing, however to prevent having to constantly flip it and re-open it over and over as you rebuild something like the Millennium Falcon or Star Destroyer. Instead, the lid is the other half of the unit and both sides have a closable cover to prevent pieces from falling out when you open it.


Jerome

 

[Famine]

Speaking of which, would anybody be interested in videos of this sort of thing?

 

[sesselpupser]

Define

this sort of thing?

Personally I'm not into Speed Champions sets alone but am into people modifying sets.

Also which time zone are you in? Nothing good happens after 32 'o' clock.

 

[Famine]

Define

Personally I'm not into Speed Champions sets alone but am into people modifying sets.

Also which time zone are you in? Nothing good happens after 32 'o' clock.

Well, that's the time taken to build it (with no cheaty parts-sorting or non-Lego-building stuff like stickers).

Basically just building them - anything car-related (I've got a load of car Technics to make too) - as fast as I possibly can.

 

[TB]

Lego speed runs!

 

[Jump_Ace]

Well, that's the time taken to build it (with no cheaty parts-sorting or non-Lego-building stuff like stickers).

Basically just building them - anything car-related (I've got a load of car Technics to make too) - as fast as I possibly can.

Lego speed runs!

That could be really fun. With or without the manual I know we are in different time zones but it'd be fun to do a live build-off/race together. Something where we get the same (new) car, throw all the pieces in a bin, shake it around (or just use the included bags?) and have some fun building cars. Just a thought


Jerome

 

[ScottPuss20]

Lego speed runs!

Why would you want to do that?

 

[Nessy]

Well, that's the time taken to build it (with no cheaty parts-sorting or non-Lego-building stuff like stickers).

Basically just building them - anything car-related (I've got a load of car Technics to make too) - as fast as I possibly can.

That sounds like a lot of fun to watch! Plus I'd be interested to see whether after a few of them (Speed Champions sets in particular), you automatically start pre-empting certain parts of the build, prior to looking at the instructions.

 

[Famine]

Why would you want to do that?

It's actually sort-of what we do at Christmas. Everyone gets a Speed Champions car in the stocking and we all build them between gifts and food. Which I'm cooking, so obviously have to win!

That sounds like a lot of fun to watch! Plus I'd be interested to see whether after a few of them (Speed Champions sets in particular), you automatically start pre-empting certain parts of the build, prior to looking at the instructions.

I do try to stick to the instructions though. There's always some weird sub-structure pieces in there just to throw you.

I have two rules which are:

• No sorting; as soon as the first bag is emptied, the timer starts
• Stickers aren't (innately) part of building LEGO and minifigs aren't part of the car model

 

[Jump_Ace]

Or I guess not, then. 🤷‍♂️


Jerome

 

[Famine]

Or I guess not, then. 🤷‍♂️

I mean, there's no reason not to do that as well...

 

[sesselpupser]

Everyone gets a Speed Champions car in the stocking

I quoted this to say this is a really nice idea, but it's also an excellent out of context euphemism.

 

[Famine]

I quoted this to say this is a really nice idea, but it's also an excellent out of context euphemism.

Or rhyming slang...

 

[Awong124]

Found this at Costco for 23% off regular price. Nice little set. Looks better in person than in pictures. Well worth $50 CAD.