It’s been way too long for one of these communications so here’s a Star Wars miniature that was made recently in the May festival of Lego.
Lego 67 – Model 75264
Lego 66 – Magazine Kits
Here’s another couple of Lego models for me to catalogue. These came attached to one of those magazines that cost around GBP5. But I think the models look quite cool.
It’s probable that the U-Wing is part of the rebellion against the established government of the galaxy. If we use a neo-con view of the world then we would probably think they are rebel scum, all those terrible people fighting for the rights of everyone. Could it be that they are the bad side?
Lego 65 – Model 31087
This is a Lego beach buggy. It’s pretty rad and I think you should chuck some Beach Boys on a music player somewhere.
Lego 64 – Model 42091
This is a Lego model which has a pull-back spring motor. It’s pretty fast and good looking.
Lego 63 – Model 76109
In the most recent season of Lego we have the latest addition to the family:
It’s a thing from a movie.
Lego 62 – Model 76102
Possibly the last one from the mid-year season. This is a Guardians / Avengers mix-up. I’m not sure if I know which part of the MCU this actually comes from but that doesn’t matter. It’s got Groot.
Lego 61 – Model 60177
Here’s the latest offering from Fooyah. A lovely little plane from the Lego universe.
Lego 60 – Model 70911
It’s a mini-Lego season soon and for reasons that shall remain hidden some of the Lego has already been made.
Looking rather ’20s here is Penguin’s Arctic Roller. Another view here:
Lego 59 Model 42060
Here’re two views of the latest addition to the Lego collection. This is a bulldozer?
Lego 58 Model 42065
There was a mini Lego season recently and this is the first beast from that. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the RC Racer:
This beast uses a lovely little IR transmission system. It’s pretty well designed and have 4 channels just in case you are near other systems.
Possibly the only drawback is that the battery pack takes SIX AA batteries, but then that does give a decent about of power. It’s the same battery pack as the Excavator I built about a year ago.
In this picture (above) you can see the right (front) and left (rear) motors along with the battery pack and IR receiver.
Lego 57 Model 75110
Here’s the latest Lego addition to the family. This one was left over from a Lego Season in May!
The Lego Ninjago Movie
I went to Rochester Cineworld to see the latest Lego movie. I’ve seen a few of them before. I reviewed the Batman one in this communication. The tide was quite low and the mudflats were exposed. I wondered about dredging for a while and whether there is a natural deepwater channel in the centre of the Medway. I rated this film on IMDB and the discussion about the ratings system is in this communication although I may have to change the system.
I rated The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) 4/10 #IMDb https://t.co/Grxjy02QlK
— Ian Parish (@iparish) October 23, 2017
I just didn’t really think this film was very good. It suffered with quite a bit of “too much in it” which I first noticed with the Transformers movie where the CGI is so fast and too much it’s hard to really see what’s happening on the screen. This problem could also be a side effect of me getting old, hence I loved Blade Runner because of its lingering shots.
The plot of this film was rudimentary and certainly wasn’t anything new. Largely it bored me. While I understand the Lego are on a massive expansion programme with loads of new sets being created and sales increasing I think that sometimes it’s OK for a company to say “You know what? We are doing OK. There’s no need for massive expansion, we can concentrate on doing what we do and do it well”.
Lego 56 Model 60164
Here’s a lovely twin boom sea plane. I think it looks gorgeous. It carried the jet-ski.
This is a new view for me, the head on!
Lego 55 Model 60163
Last one this week in the mini-Lego season. A surfing scenario! Just in time for the release of Baywatch, which I shall not be reviewing.
Lego 54 Model 60145
More of the Lego mini-season here.
This is a pretty neat Lego buggy racer.
Lego 53 Model 75132
Here we go with a Star Wars Lego kit. Just a mini one really and not worth building. It seems that the Lego people have been designing “scenes” rather than models that can create story. As an example here’s the Death Of Darth Maul Lego scene.
Lego 52 Model 76062
In the continuing mini-series of Lego season here we have a couple of superheroes:
This is Robin and Kane (?).
I’ve been corrected. It is Bane. I would embed the tweet but it’s protected so can’t.
Lego 51 Model 76076
It’s a mini Lego season at the moment. Here’s 76076:
The wings on the aeroplane sweep forwards for more manoeuvrability and lower landing speed.
Lego 50 Model 60152
The last in this recent Season of Lego this is a road sweeper and repair unit.
At work:
Last view (a fish-eye!):
Lego 46 Model 42055
Now, the final communication. Here’s the bucket wheel working:
Here’s the machine turning the bucket arm:
Moving forward:
And general operation:
Overall this was great fun and very relaxing. Hour for hour entertainment it was about the same as watching an IMAX film.