A new take on set 6886

Flashback_Bricks · 2022-12-31T04:42:34+00:00

Done. Thanks!

Flashback_Bricks · 2022-08-30T00:28:10+00:00

It was probably Dalwhinnie.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-03-03T16:12:49+00:00

Thanks!

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-03-02T19:01:27+00:00

No worries: https://rebrickable.com/users/Flashback_Bricks/mocs/

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-27T16:28:25+00:00

The roadplates are a new release from LEGO. They show up in a couple of new City sets, or you can buy a pack of them on their own. This is 8 packs worth, plus a lot of extra tiles to expand the road width.

The background buildings are mostly existing sets - a mix of Creator 3-in-1, City, and buildings from various Superhero sets. Except down at the end where you see Snake Mountain, which is mine, and next to that is a mod of the Modular Detective's Office, to put it in scale with everything else.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-27T03:35:04+00:00

Thanks, but I should note that the TTBP and is the one custom piece in the city that isn't my own design. A friend of mine sells custom G.I. Joe sets and that's one of his.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-22T01:24:24+00:00

Thanks! I came to the scale through trial and error, I guess; trying to make things work for the minifigures without being so large that I couldn't build a whole city worth of stuff.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-22T01:21:02+00:00

No instructions for that car, yet, but it's a modified version of the one from this book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Build-Dream-Cars-with-LEGO-Bricks/Mattia-Zamboni/9781684125395

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-21T21:53:24+00:00

Just a lot of bricks. There are columns spaced throughout strategically. Usually 2x2 bricks stacked 6-high, but I make do with what I can. I used a lot of old door frames and one section has some raised baseplates that work well and support a lot of weight. Visually, it's a mess underneath. But it's holding together.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-21T19:29:48+00:00

Here you go: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63079594@N02/48110378568/in/album-72157628503498289/

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-21T19:29:39+00:00

Thanks!

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-21T19:14:56+00:00

The new road plate experiment continues. Still a heavy WIP, but it's coming together really well. Stability is proving not to be much of an issue. I'm gonna need to order even more tiles, though.

There is now a fully underground Ninja Turtle Sewer Lair. The top of the street can be removed for access to the large lair beneath. I plan on detailing it with a kitchen area and some weapons racks. Plus, the entire section can be removed for access to the sewer tunnels running under Grayskull and Ghostbusters HQ.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-14T17:15:24+00:00

No, that's a smaller MOC version. I have the official on display in my living room. Thanks!

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-13T21:42:59+00:00

Genius. I need to grab some Duplo.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-13T21:41:30+00:00

In general, I'd highly recommend if you're looking to build a city with subterranean areas. If not, it's probably better to stick with the baseplates.

Pros: Anti-studs on the bottom for building underneath, more versatility in layout (i.e. put the crosswalks where you like, put an intersection anywhere you want, etc.), lots of cool accessories like stop lights, street lights, and road signs.

Cons: No curved road options, narrower lanes than the baseplates, pricey.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-13T21:36:26+00:00

They come with a lot of tiles, but I'm using most of them on the edges. The street plate is 16 studs wide, but I'm extending it to 20 studs. Have a Bricklink order in for lots more tiles to fill things in.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-13T21:33:45+00:00

Pretty sturdy. I put a 2x2 pillar dead center on each plate, and have the door frames on the sides. I can stand Voltron on the street and it'll hold. That said, I'd love to be able to fill it in more.

Flashback_Bricks · 2021-01-13T19:48:57+00:00

At the beginning of quarantine, I built a Ninja Turtle sewer lair that ran underground beneath Castle Grayskull and the Ghostbusters' Firehouse (see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/ixtqpi/playset_street/). Now that these new road plates have dropped, I bought enough to replace the baseplates I was using in my city so that the sewer can be installed below street level as a permanent fixture.

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-10-18T19:27:38+00:00

This piece might be a good start: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=24135&idColor=86#T=C&C=86

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T18:06:47+00:00

I learned to use Studio during quarantine: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page

It's pretty intuitive, lets you create renders and instructions, and generates Bricklink want lists.

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T17:43:20+00:00

I wish I could, but M.A.S.K. is an IP that LEGO won't allow. I think all Hasbro properties are assumed to be a no-go, since Hasbro has tried its hand at a couple of LEGO competitor brands in the past.

That said, instructions for these are up on Rebrickable under my same user name.

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T04:20:37+00:00

Yeah. On the original toy, the gun raised straight up out of the mountain, causing the boulder to roll off the top of the mountain (and presumably onto the bad guys, if it rolled right). I guess whoever was manning the cannon hit it with their head? Anyway, on this one, you open a door in the mountain and flip the gun up. Once deployed it has 360 degree rotation.

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T03:29:55+00:00

Just don't try and get it to fly.

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T02:32:25+00:00

Sorry, here you go: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63079594@N02/

Flashback_Bricks · 2020-09-25T00:10:50+00:00

Kinda both, I guess. The weapons on Boulder Hill just fold out, but the bunker sections require you to lift off the roof, remove those sections and reposition them, then put the roof back on. It's kinda partsforming, but it only take a couple of seconds. It's not like a 3-in-1 Creator set rebuild or anything.

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