Nice set, but with this set can I build this?


I think there is a slight possibility since there is this "Slope 45 2 x 2 Double Convex" piece which I can use for the corners. I wonder how much this set will cost once it reaches here. Architecture sets are expensive but come with nice box and booklet. Tempted to get 1 architecture set but it is sooo expensive.

Now for some vintage sets: The grandfather of the Fire Brigade: 6385 Fire House. Comes with 2 fireman and 1 women which usually stay back in the office and oversee the operation of the station.


The back is open.


The office is not that empty with 2 telephones and 2 computers.


Ever wonder how does the Fire Brigade looks like next to its grandfather?

Am I the only here who feel that the Star Wars display at LLM is a huge letdown judging from the photos?

Does LLM know that our weather is hot and humid and putting a display like that OUTDOORS is inviting disaster? Like the trash compactor display, due to the humidity got condensation inside. Plus there is no shade at all from the sun and rain.

When I heard there is a Star Wars display, I was expecting something like this http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/04/star-...goland-windsor/.

Just COD with one seller just now... I think my wishlist for 2013 is nearly complete with this haul.

It is none other than....


My haul for this few months so far.... non including the Chima, Palace Cinema and Mearsk train and creator hauls during the early part of the year. Some I have yet to open the box

Opened my Mk2 box already. The box is pack to the brim Imagine the box same size as the modular building but with 2600 parts, or which 10 of them are rubber tires, 1 battery box, 1 motor and 6 instruction manuals.

Now building the chassis of the crane which came in 15 bags labelled no. 1 . I think by tonight will be done with the chassis. Tomorrow will be the crane structure itself and completion, depending on my pace.

After about 6 to 7 hours I think, I only left the boom and last booklet. It is HUGE! Much bigger than the 8258 I build last time. But slightly easier since got numbered bags where-else 8258 has no numbered bags.

To continue tomorrow morning.

Raya time I want to maybe build the haunted house and retake my modular buildings again, so may not have time to build this MK2. Also, the poison was too great as well.

So great in fact Iwoke up earlier than usual on a Sunday to complete it. As always with building large technic sets, my fingers hurt after pressing all those technic pins.

So here you have it, fully completed and running! There were a couple of errors like using a grey beam instead of black, wrongly applied a sticker and inserting the technic pin the wrong way. Only found out after I finish the section and it is too much to dissemble to undo the mistake. But so long it does not hurt the operation of the crane I just let it be.



I see the variety of stuff sold in LLM has improved tremendously compared to the last time I was there. So many stuff now!

From what I have heard, very very repetitive. Not surprising since there are 4 similar minarets, a large 4 sided base and the way the building is actually is.

Hot Toys don't really interest me that much... they look like overpriced highly detailed dolls. Then they seem to occupy an even larger space than Lego, atleast Lego can dissemble. Then got too many variants

Still not kena poison by Hot Toys yet hahah.

I bought one KO Ninja Ice dragon set to compare with my original Ninjago Ice dragon set. The similarities are almost the same except that the Lego version has superior quality. In other words, this particular KO brand sucks! I made a video review some time back to compare the 2.


At first glance the KO and the ori has very little difference!


Then there is this Enlighten set which is vey similar to another set that Lego has produced.




Wah, official one already arrived! But the RRP is RM 899.00.

I owned a few KO sets such as Enlighten, Sluban, Star Diamond and the brand of bricks for the KO Ice Dragon. So far the ones with the best quality is Star Diamond, followed by Sluban, Enlighten and other brands. Only Star Diamond has the "STAR" word in the stud, the rest do not have.

For Sluban the quality was actually OK. Some of the designs are original like this middle school set that they have produced. Prior to the Friends middle school set there wasn't any Lego City school being produced by Lego.


Enlighten while there are some original and attractive designs their brick quality is still far from perfect. In the off-road fire truck set one or two of the bricks have sharp flashing on the bricks. Then of course Enlighten will do sets which Lego will never do like a tank with suspension! But the quality was a letdown; got missing bricks and imperfect bricks.



Then there is this Enlighten pirate ship.... it came with all the bricks, but one or two bricks have sharp edges. But then got chrome weapons and the fact it is a black sea barracuda which Lego has not produced anymore!


As for competition from this KO bricks, I think it is fantastic that we have these got KO bricks to keep Lego at its feet.

This post has been edited by paanjang16: Aug 7 2013, 11:56 PM

Some photos I took just now

MK2 crane. It is wayyyyy bigger than I had anticipated.



Haunted house. Very nice with glow in the dark figures!

Took 1 and a half days to build it, approx 9 hours to build. If start in the morning can finish in 1 day.

The alternate model for the 8070 looks cooler than the main model. The best part is the automatic roof!

If you want to build construction vehicles there is a whole range of vehicles to collect cranes, backhoes, wheel loader, bulldozer, dump truck etc. So better to stick to technic flagships only.

Nice! Very "hot rod" like!

Old photo of my other Technic collection, 8448, 8258, 8053 and 8275. Three of them were dissembled long ago and the red car is in its alternate mode. Tempted to rebuild the 8053 to put it side by side with my 42009.

wow, you're going to go to this Lego Store at Rockefeller Center?
http://stores.lego.com/en-us/stores/us/rockefeller-center

The only thing I can think of getting from there is the New York minifig key chain http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=853309-1 Also got the yellow cab polybag, but polybag is not my kind of stuff http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=40025-1

Then if can find 21050 Architecture Studio I may be tempted to get it.

Like someone else mentioned, you seem to have wrongly positioned the yellow technic beam. The black axle should not bend like in the photo. Instead it should be going straight like the photo attached.

Both the Ewok village and Sydney Opera House has been released for VIP members. The Opera House looks tempting... any Taikun here already ordered the Opera House I wonder?