RobYob wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 8:04 am
Those Lancia's are temptation to rebuild the GT3 as a Stratos moc increasing...
My knock-off Hogwarts finally arrived last week after sitting in the US for three weeks waiting for a plane.
Family is having great fun putting it together and appropriately enough for an extended lockdown project the bags aren't numbered so it takes quite an effort to hunt pieces down
Knock-off Hogwarts set I took a punt on an Aliexpress seller and it seems to be ok, took a month to get here though and copped some VAT and UPS surcharges, was £152 delivered all up.
I've had better service from this site Yourwobb, well regarded on the Lepin subreddit and he's generally a sure bet vs Aliexpress but he's sold out of the castle atm.
integrale_evo wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 5:01 am
I would pay absurd amounts of monies for that as a set
Count me in. Fantastically accurate set. I'm even excited by the Talbot van ffs
I actually can't think of much in the way of motorsport sets that would top that on an appeal front. Anything from rallying isn't as cool, two 22Bs and what kind of boring shitty truck? Maybe 205 T16s but then you'd have two the same unless you got the 405 Pikes Peak car, but then again, no iconic truck? The only thing I think of in the same ballpark is the old Porsche/VW transporter thing with 917s, but as epic as that would be, it's a bit predictable compared to those Lancias.
Using hydrogen peroxide mixtures and uv light to whiten yellowed plastic is pretty common in retro computing and gaming circles, was going to make its way to Lego eventually!
integrale_evo wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 6:00 am
Using hydrogen peroxide mixtures and uv light to whiten yellowed plastic is pretty common in retro computing and gaming circles, was going to make its way to Lego eventually!
I mentioned it in the TV thread but Season 2 of Lego masters Australia has just finished and was fantastic. More competitive than the UK version but less American than the American version (although to fair I found the Yank version mostly tolerable which is unique to me for American reality TV)
Highly recommend you check it out via VPN with the official catchup channel or ad-free at your most convienient hive of scum and villany. Season 1 of Aussie Lego masters is pretty good as well although one contestant was an intolerable fuckstick, but at least he didn't win.
I'm about 60% the way through my knock-off Hogwarts, what a freaking monster. Brick quality is good, most clutch strengths are a bit over what you'd expect from lego. Only under strength joins were some of the little transparent flames so not a major probolem. The lack of numbered bags would be a nightmare under usual circumstances but I don't mind the hunt the brick game so much at the moment.
temptation to rebuild the GT3 as a Stratos moc increasing...
