LEGO City Train Station 7937 review!

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LEGO Minecraft Enderman MOC!

There isn't much I can say about this one!  It is what it is!  I don't particularly plan to do more Minecraft MOCs, but then again, I didn't particularly plan to do this one, it just happened!

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LEGO City Helicopter Rescue 4429 review!

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Hero Factory MOC: Light universe generic villain

A little bit of a mix of Ultrabuild era large action figure parts, Bionicle era large action figure parts, some random Technic stuff and a sprinkling of System items.

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LEGO System Aerial Acrobats 6345 review!

Here's another blast from the past, an airplane stunt show set from 1993.

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Bricklink Haul March 17, 2013

Making it rain.... LEGO parts!  Over 2,000 of 'em this time, whew...

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It's a LEGO video 'splosion!

I just realized that it's the middle of March and I have already uploaded over 100 videos to the LEGOJANG YouTube channel this year! Insanity!  When I started doing System set reviews again at the beginning of the year, I set an informal goal for myself of 200 videos by year's end.  I guess that goal is out the window now!  I'll probably reach that around the halfway point!  There haven't even been any new product releases  yet.  Wait until the "Fall" sets hit the market.  That will be epic :D

LEGO City 5610 "Builder" mini-set mini-build & mini-review!

The last of my 2008 mini-sets.

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LEGO 4-wide narrow train prototype underway

I closed my "Shortened Maersk locomotive" post with a reference to my "next challenge." Well, here it is!  In a recent Bricklink haul video I showed some 4-wide track I had picked up, and late this week I started working on a strategy to put that track to work.  Part of me really wants to use some classic LEGO monorail in my city for an above-ground, short-distance transport system, but another part is strongly philosophically opposed to the idea of relying so heavily on such an old, and also very restrictive family of parts.  So, stubbornly, I'm trying to make my own substitution with in the form of a Power Functions-powered 4-lug-wide train system.  I expected this to take days worth of experimentation, so imagine my surprise when I had this functioning locomotive after only a few hours.

I tested it, and it has sufficient speed for my tastes, and seems like it works decently well.  However, I don't think I'm going to stick with this design.  I think my biggest issue with it is that the width with side plates actually comes to 5 lugs, rather than 4.  I want to try to do just 4, at least once, even if I then revert to something wider.

I've already come up with another engine with bevel gear drive to both axles and a vertically-oriented motor arrangement.  I'm now experimenting with different passenger car lengths and figuring out where to put the IR receiver in a sample train to make it fully RC.  I could probably live with it being *not* RC controlled, but if I can go the whole way, why not?  I already have the battery box issue figured out.  I'll share pics of the new setup once I make more progress with it!

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LEGO City Police Station 7498 review!

I just realized that this is the first LEGO police station I've ever touched, much less owned, after having wanted one since set 6384!

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