Green background? A fair amount of water drops? The Giant's Causeway? It can only be a message from Ireland! An Irish Lego Users Group is in the process of forming! To attend the inaugural meeting, join up with some fellow Irish Lego enthusiasts, and share some craic, simply follow this link to our temporary home: and register your name and city of preference

 

Contemporary Review: 7707 Striking Venom, Year: 2006, Elements: 646, Figs: 0 (7 robots), List Price: $50 (USD), Lugnet Score (out of 100): 82 Intriguing, yet sterile. Exoforce is rarely a pre-meditated purchase, but this set, on sale, was an overwhelming impulse that proved to be well worth the money. Pure looks, complimented by an eclectic, but far from useless, parts palette make this a great addition to any collection. The giant click hinges which constrain the legs (8 included) are worth a special note. They should prove very useful... A plethora of robots, some dark green, and trans-smoke cockpits round out the list of highlights. Happy building! Resources: Comments from Lugnet members, Instructions on Lego.com, inventory courtesy of peeron

 

6085 Black Monarch's Castle, Year: 1988, Elements: 665, Figs: 12, list Price: $68 (USD), Lugnet score (out of 100): 91, Review #: 8 The Thoughts of the legendary Norro: ...in under a word per brick... The first black Castle had quite an imposing presence. Initially it looks as if the switch to black has lessened the attention to detail, but after building it you realize it is one of the most detailed castles yet produced. MOCers will love the numerous inverted grey slopes that hold up the battlements and army builders can appreciate the 12 chain mail/ plate armour figs, all of which lack a limiting printed allegiance. As well as conforming to the 80's modular standard the pieces also offer potential for a great variety of MOCs in the original spirit of Lego. Guest Minifig Comments: Yep that's me... cranking the *&£% wheel that operates the drawbridge. 'What do we need a drawbridge for? We don't have a moat or even a hill....' I said but they just told me to use my imagination and get back to work... Great gatehouse all the same though. Resources: Comments from Lugnet members, Instructions courtesy of peeron, inventory courtesy of peeron Comments Instructions

 

Turbo's Brick Techniques... Teeth Canopy One of the most versatile of all Lego's recent additions to the piece library, the generic tooth piece has a multitude of uses. A slightly less obvious use is as the frayed, or patterned, edge of a canopy. Seen here in an older MOC: Tournament Supply Co. Try, enjoy, and build!

 

6022 Horse Cart, Year: 1984, Elements: 39, Figs: 2, list Price: $5 (USD), Lugnet score (out of 100): 69, Review #: 7 The Thoughts of the illustrious Norro: ...in under a word per brick... This was a nice addition to the Crusader line. The two figs make it an excellent army builder and the design itself is simple enough to make even duplicates look good in a scene, serving as extra supply wagons. Lego kindly included a saddle allowing the horse to be incorporated into your calvary and the small hand-full of black pieces dumped in a nearby spare parts bin. I only acquired this set a few years ago and the long wait probably raised my expectations too high but after I got over the small size I realized what a useful, and fun, little utility set this is... Guest Minifig Comments: Hello, I'm the soldier riding on the cart in the picture not the sucker walking beside it... What about this set? Well the wagon is comfortable and you sit fairly high off the ground, my only complaint is the lack of a second shield because my friend may need one if the battle gets rough and I'm riding away at high speed for a...erm...strategic redeployment of our mobile forces... Resources: Comments from Lugnet members, Instructions courtesy of peeron, inventory courtesy of peeron Comments Instructions

 

Turbo's Brick Techniques... Plow Lines Just another way to utilize one of Lego's most useful textured bricks... The western log piece, along with all its other capabilities, can also be layered into the 'earth' to create the appearance of a cultivated piece of land. Alongside normal bricks, tiles, and scenery, it has an almost Harvest Moonesque quality of marking an area as under minifig cultivation... It also has the considerable advantage of being cheaper than tiles...

 

6062 Battering Ram, Year: 1987, Elements: 233, Figs: 6, list Price: $19.95 (USD) those were the days... Lugnet score (out of 100): 87, Review #: 6 The Thoughts of the outrageous Norro: ...in under a word per brick... This is one of the best sets ever made (makes my top 10 anyway). It had everything from an affordable price to more playability than a Jack Stone set; and best of all it was modular! If you wanted to build big you could buy 100 of these and be left with no useless parts and a lot of material. This was one of the first sets I retrieved from the age before I began collecting Lego and I was instantly stunned by the quality gap... 'stunned' might not be a strong enough word you really have to build it. The only small drawback to this set is the lack of a horse to push/pull the siege engine. The highest praise I can give this set is that its most maligned element, the siege engine, is itself a brilliant build, see for yourself Guest Minifig Comments: Hey all, vicious battle this-- smiling heads everywhere! I'm bringing up the rear on the siege engine (no sense being overly heroic). I'm on it, so not required to push, but not leading the way over the wall either... perfect eh? The best detail of our attack is how the ram perfectly opens the small, rather conveniently located door in the wall, that's how I'll be going in ; ) Resources: Comments from Lugnet members, Instructions courtesy of peeron, inventory courtesy of peeron Comments Instructions Inventory Detail

 
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