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  1. F-ZeroOne
    Also… so… many… pegs!
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    But theres more! You know the little robot that also comes with the set? In the instruction manual, its antenna "ears" are mounted so that the aerials point forward or back. But I have decided that I shall mount them... ...sideways! IS THERE NO END TO MY CRIMES?!! 😄 I remember the little air tank on the original buggy. I'm also a bit puzzled that the spare air tank is black as well - maybe its meant to represent an "emergency" tank? I've managed to make a start on this thing, and have just completed the second "bag". Good grief, it might not look it on the box, but I can see why this is a recommended 18+ set - it is insanely engineered. I've just seen how they achieved the "slope" on the cockpit side. I'm not sure whether or not to be awed or terrified at how a top Lego designer must think... As is typical for me, I made a couple errors that I fortunately caught before getting too far along. I managed to get the front landing gear mounting the wrong orientation, so that the pad wouldn't quite fit into the recess. Well, who cares if the landing gear sticks out a bit in flight, theres no drag in space, right? Right? [1] M'Kyuun, very glad your review convinced me to get this, I think I'd have been kicking myself if I missed it like I did Bennys Spaceship. And on that note, something I've been meaning to mention is that the perfect compliment to this set, if you can still find it, is the Lego Movie "Bennys Space Squad" which provides a couple of mini-vehicles, some more astronaut colours and of course the famous Benny.... [1] Someone is going to point out that, yes, there is "drag" in space, just not to the degree you get in an atmosphere etc...
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    So my Galaxy Explorer arrived today. I haven't had a chance even to open the box yet, but I have decided that I will employ my clearly latent Master Builder <TM> skillz and make a modification to the set. Of exactly one stud. 😁 Y'see, one thing thats been bothering me about this set is the little Moon buggy in the set - and thats its headlight. Out of the box, this is transparent, but in my head one of the distinguishing features of "Classic" Lego Space is that when you had something representing a light on a vehicle, it was red or green or yellow. Not transparent. I obviously never owned every single "Space" set ever made, so I can't really state that held true across the entire line, but its just the one thing that looks "off" to me. Now, as I say, I haven't even opened the instruction book yet but I'm assuming this shouldn't be too hard and one advantage of Lego putting stud shooters on everything the past few years is that I have lots of spare little red dots to go around. This is going to end in tears, isn't it? 😄
  4. F-ZeroOne
    You're welcome, and indeed I shall!
  5. F-ZeroOne
    Well, you talked me into it and I've ordered. What can I say but... Spaceship. Spaceship? SPAAAAACESHIIIIIIP!!! 😄 M'Kyuun, really great use of those leftover pieces there! Its kind of amazing what you can do with random assortments of Lego pieces; I wound up with a small set once with random bricks and things and set myself a similar challenge of building something with the leftovers and wound up with a jet-hover-sled... er... thing! Nothing compared to your fork lift and loading dock though!
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    Yeah, I've seen a few of those sites/videos myself, always like it when they review "classic" Lego because in some cases I either had the set involved or at least saw it on the shelves at the time. I've mainly got modern Lego based on a couple other interests of mine - "Star Wars" and "Doctor Who" and I'm never going to be a "serious" collector but Lego Space has so many memories for me... argh, the temptation! 😄
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    M'Kyunn, just to say thanks for the awesome review. I've been umming-and-ahhing on this for some time, and I still don't know if I'll get one (space - no pun intended! - is a factor) but I appreciate your time and effort.
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    Hailing frequencies closed, Captain. 😔
  9. F-ZeroOne
    Silly me, how obvious! 😄
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    I am still trying to figure out exactly what reference they used on that figma Venus to model the... erm... opposite side from...
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    I hadn't heard the South Korean comments, but had heard yes, later iterations were planned to have internal carriage. The easiest solution that springs to mind is a stealthed weapon pod as was proposed for the F/A-18 at some point? It could be that stealth is not quite as much of a priority for them given their likely in-mind adversary; those are four Meteors which are almost certainly going to be superior to anything North Korea has and if other, larger neighbours start getting antsy they're buying the F-35 anyway.
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    It’s been on the cards for a while but I think the speed with which they’ve got to a weapons-mock up carrying stage (which is unusual in itself) has caught everyone by surprise. Semi-conformal carriage on a stealthy airframe is an interesting one.
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    Bit rich coming from someone who used to fly a modified F-104… (one of the many designs over the years for the Batjet)… 🙂
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    Thanks for the information, at least I know I haven't misassembled anything. I can get the arm to hold in one position, as long as its resting against the body a little. Just for the record, I've had the trouble pretty much out of the box.
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    Regards the Lego Optimus Prime - has anyone else had trouble with the arm staying in position when holding the Ion Blaster? Mine has a tendency to drop to a lower position and doesn't seem to want to stay in place. The issue seems to be the elbow joint not holding its tension. I don't have much experience with a Lego kit of this scale, but as far as I can tell I've assembled the arms correctly. Is this a common problem with the type of elbow joint used?
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    So is the Chinese Sprey complaining yet that the J-35 isn't as good as the original MiG-21 yet? 😉
  17. F-ZeroOne
    That didn't take long! Wot, no Roller? 😉
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    Yes, just for clarity, I did mean an official one. Thinking about it, has Lego ever produced a sticker that would be as long would presumably be needed for the trailer sides? 😄
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    By the way, I'm surprised no-ones asked this yet (AFAIK)... are they ever going to do a trailer for OP in future, I wonder?
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    Lego G1 Soundwave would be the one I’d love to see. I mean, the guys practically a brick in alt-mode anyway!
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    Fourteen: https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-14th-doctor-ncuti-gatwa-1848896896 Some articles have shots of him with a 'tache, which would be an interesting look. Turn-Doctor Turn, Turn-Doctor Turn, TURN-DOCTOOOORRRRR!!
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    I sent this to a non-anime watching friend of mine and they asked if “20AU” was some kind of typo… 😄
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    For those of us on my side of the gaming pond, its been a celebratory month; that humble rubble-keyed wonder, the colour-clashing 8-bit icon, Uncle Clives most successful child, the working persons micro - the ZX Spectrum is 40 years old!
  24. F-ZeroOne
    Just to put an end to any future speculation, following recent events, the An-225 is definitely gone.
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    And:
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