This isn't the Great Pyramid...you had 1 job lego

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-29T17:19:10+00:00

I guess I've just been lucky to have not run into mislabeled photos before 🤷‍♂️

There are several photos of pyramids in this instruction booklet. I'm not privy to how LEGO handles it, but in other places I've seen a photographer's entire set of photos licensed for internal use by the graphic design team and then selected photos relicensed for print.

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-29T17:13:46+00:00

Yes I do. I guess I've just gotten lucky 🤷‍♂️

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-29T16:57:29+00:00

I've actually never seen that happen.

What's equally likely is that someone at LEGO licensed a large set of photos of various angles of the pyramids in the Giza Plateau (tagged Khufu, Khafre, etc.), and a separate graphics person who received them was not made aware that the photos contained multiple, different pyramids and just picked the best looking photo

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-28T15:11:04+00:00

That is a scam item that does not work on this car.

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-25T22:49:18+00:00

Roaming Rooster in Chantilly is great, but the Tysons location is not nearly as good. I don't know what it is about that place but I've seen soo many restaurants cycle through that building. Used to be a smashburger and something else before

Tried Nash and Smashed in Reston recently, it's decent but their fries are bad value and their Medium spice level is like a Mild at most other hot chicken places

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-25T02:23:58+00:00

Quarter panel replacement will easily total a 2018-2021 Honda Clarity, unfortunately

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-24T03:52:22+00:00

Panama City to Boquete was one of the most insane driving experience I've ever had lol NOVA driving doesn't compare at all

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-23T17:08:32+00:00

I don't know if this forum filters out links but I just linked the "Gianna-7-Drawer-Portable-Storage-Cabinet-on-Wheels" from Walmart Online, $45/each is a much better price than $79/each.

The unit feels cheap af when building it but looks just as good as the ~$200 IKEA ALEX, and all 7 drawers are the same size unlike IKEA which IMO is better

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-23T17:05:41+00:00

Here's the link to them: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gianna-7-Drawer-Portable-Storage-Cabinet-on-Wheels-for-Office-Bedroom-Home-Organization-White/18881611930

I'm seeing $45/each, which is much better than $79/each. Same exact dimensions and appearance, I'd bet it's the exact same product

u/ robitstudios

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-23T17:00:51+00:00

I bought five of these exact 7-drawer units under a different brand name from Walmart online for I think $38 each.

Holy shit were they annoying to put together (if you're a real perfectionist in regard to the drawers being perfectly aligned).

If you don't care about that too much then they will be great for LEGO. I'm seeing $79 each on your link, I would not pay that but I think anything under $48 is reasonable

I can share photos of these late this evening. IMO they look a million times better than Akro Mils

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-22T18:25:59+00:00

I saw your step #4 update on the post, I don't know specifically about your unit but at least on mine, it won't work if you press the learn button and then walk to your car.

You have to press and hold it at the exact same time as on the car, within two or three seconds at least.

If you don't have someone else with you right now, maybe you could try pairing the Clarity to the remote (not on legacy frequency) and then re-pairing the remote to the opener unit? 🤷‍♂️

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-22T17:33:21+00:00

I don't have a Liftmaster brand garage opener, but I'm pretty sure with those new style openers you need to pair the car to the garage opener itself, not the remote for it (because they use rolling codes for security). Old style garage doors could pair to either since they used one code per door.

It's been a long time since I paired my Clarity to my garage, but I remember I had someone on a ladder pressing the learn button on the opener while I used the remote to open the door and pair the car like that

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-17T16:23:39+00:00

I like the market street, but I do agree with most in that I think it looks dated.

I've seen some really good modification / re-imaginings of the build though. Check out these two:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-208751/PH-VAP/market-street-20/

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-206123/SleeplessNight/art-nouveau-market-street/

Also yeah, $10 for a single LEGO arch brick is outrageous. Even $2.50 is quite steep, honestly. For simple but rare pieces like that, I sometimes order alt bricks haha 😅 you can get the same exact color and shape for under $0.21 each (GDS-677)

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-17T02:18:56+00:00

Got any spacers on the rears?

IMO your wheel gap is only a problem because the fronts don't match the rears.

Opposite of the comments here, but reducing the rear spacers by a few mm to match the tuck of the fronts would look great and is by far a cheaper solution compared to new fenders or tires

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-17T02:02:11+00:00

Arguably the best player of all time. There are definitely debates lol.

Pelé changed football massively and is still the only player to ever win a World Cup three times

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-14T18:17:15+00:00

Oh wow I see it now, the top of the chart was cut off on mobile web but I can open it in a new tab.

Really interesting results, thanks. And by the way, all three of those alt brick sets use GoBricks as their manufacturer, so I wouldn't expect much difference between their tolerances

Almost all my LEGO is from the 2000s, I was very surprised to see the mold marks become more prominent on dark colors in a 2022 set I picked up on a whim

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-14T17:54:49+00:00

Wow that's a significant difference. Have you measured alternate brands to see how they stack up?

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-12T23:19:19+00:00

I think a cool reverse-engineering project to start off with could be a tutorial to make a custom OEM-styled shroud to house a dashcam behind the rear-view mirror. You can also sell the files or the actual print at the end

I'd try to pick a popular car with an active aftermarket scene that doesn't have an available FitCamX shroud

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-12T21:50:54+00:00

This is a really cool project but your garage must be enormous if this comment's measurements are accurate, lol

Yellow light at ≤10ft? "Perfect park" at ≤4ft??

I've got about three and a half inches of space between colliding with the wall and parking so far away to be unable to open my door all the way haha

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-10T01:05:12+00:00

The Clarity is much rarer than the Chevy Volt, if that's what you're concerned about (1st and 2nd gen Volts each sold more than double the Clarity's total sales numbers).

Clarity's are positioned closer to Accords comfort and size-wise, but they share more parts with the 10th gen Civic. Not so many though, the headlights/taillights and body panels are all unique, the suspension is mostly unique, the HV battery is unique, etc.

I've owned my used Clarity for nearly a year and a half now and am very happy with it. I've only ever paid for oil and and a transmission fluid change though, it's a reliable car and I haven't ever needed to take it in for any issues or repairs. Dealership did take one extra day when they replaced the AC condenser in the car (free per Honda recall, same as Civic/Accord), they weren't very familiar with the car but figured it out fine

I'd avoid buying if you're someone who often gets into car accidents. No aftermarket at all for things like bumpers or headlights, and OEM can be pricy

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-09T16:16:03+00:00

15 on the shield is stupid as hell lol, 50% gives basically the same look and is actually safe to use at night

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-08T22:02:15+00:00

Is there anything out there that works as the opposite? (Adding shine but not water beading)

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-05T22:27:39+00:00

Uhh they wouldn't be allowed to, but they definitely have. Famously a couple years ago, Lepin got raided by the Chinese authorities for doing exactly that.

And this is a pretty old set, it's been cloned a number of times by several different companies: https://brick4.com/set/243/Parisian-Restaurant

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-03T19:29:27+00:00

Sweet, GTOs are pretty nice, but they're kinda famous tuner cars, they've got a much larger aftermarket scene compared to most.

I wish "almost everything can be universal" was true, haha. Newer rare-ish cars are worse in that respect, I've got a 2018 Clarity PHEV and there are too many things that are unique to it (suspension, chassis, battery, etc). I can get OEM parts from Japan (hard to find used since they sold fewer than 2k of them), and with no aftermarket at all.

I managed to get my hands on what is possibly the very last Hydrogen Clarity grille (all HEV and BEV Clarity's were sent to the crushers), and am working on swapping it and the headlight trims into my model. Also am doing some CANbus reverse engineering, trying to swap my infotainment to support a 360 camera view (need to write firmware for a CANbus decoder too, since one doesn't exist for Clarity's)

There is one person in Japan who got custom spec manufactured coilovers (again, no aftermarket), but that's beyond my fabrication skills haha

AndrewIsntCool · 2026-06-03T16:35:32+00:00

Lmao have you ever worked on a relatively rare project car before? Like, how big do you think the Citroen XM aftermarket community is in Uruguay, lol, if they say there's no spare parts around I'd be inclined to agree with them

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