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Cool shit everyone should have
February 08, 2021, 08:46:34 pm
 New thread I’m kicking off with this baby......

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/lffxvu/a_lego_bridge_layer_tank_in_action/

Fiend....make me one please  :)
« Last Edit: February 08, 2021, 08:54:58 pm by Snoops »

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#1 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
February 09, 2021, 08:08:55 am
LOL, I wish! And I'm honoured, I was a lego wizz as a kid, but nothing like that. Great stuff.

My suggestion is that everyone should have a pocket-sized RC car that can do 33mph once upgraded and bust out more flips, skids and slides at a skate park than a broken Duncan Disorderly....



(Starts slow, gets more fun, music is palatable. You'd need to get the GT24R rally version these days, essentially the same thing)

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#2 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
February 09, 2021, 08:24:17 am
LOL, I wish! And I'm honoured, I was a lego wizz as a kid, but nothing like that. Great stuff.

My suggestion is that everyone should have a pocket-sized RC car that can do 33mph once upgraded and bust out more flips, skids and slides at a skate park than a broken Duncan Disorderly....



(Starts slow, gets more fun, music is palatable. You'd need to get the GT24R rally version these days, essentially the same thing)

Aw man, ours haven’t been out for more than a year. We had a bunch of small cars, but upped the scale because the little ones can’t cope with grass greater than 10mm long.
The problem with the kids becoming teens, is they start to grow up, which apparently leaves me, mentally, the youngest in the household...

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#3 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
February 09, 2021, 08:46:51 am
If I could justify it I'd go for the massive LEGO crane

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42100-Toy-Multicolour/dp/B07NDBGW4G?ref_=ast_sto_dp

Got the Stig Rally car from kids for Xmas instead

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42109-LEGO-42109-Technic-CONTROL-App-Controlled-Top-Gear-Rally-Car-RC-Racing-Cars/dp/B07W7V6R7D?ref_=ast_sto_dp

Not as speedy as Fiend's but fun around the house.

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#4 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
February 09, 2021, 04:00:59 pm
My toys are mainly bouldering related. Namely a stunt scooter and a pry bar.

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#5 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
February 09, 2021, 04:38:43 pm
I bought a die cast clockwork cable car for the girls for Christmas. It now happily resides in my office.....

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#6 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 17, 2021, 01:15:24 pm
Cool shit is a matter of perspective, but I'm loving the Kendama at the moment


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#7 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 01:19:38 pm
If I could justify it I'd go for the massive LEGO crane

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42100-Toy-Multicolour/dp/B07NDBGW4G?ref_=ast_sto_dp


do it, i have the red crane the older 42009 crane, aroc crane wagon, jcb, 911 gt3, rc volvo loader and the rc 4x4 crawler. not that i have a lego addiction  :whistle: :whistle:

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#8 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 01:26:27 pm
Still need to build the vw camper i got nearly 2 years ago.

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#9 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 04:39:40 pm
If I could justify it I'd go for the massive LEGO crane

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42100-Toy-Multicolour/dp/B07NDBGW4G?ref_=ast_sto_dp


do it, i have the red crane the older 42009 crane, aroc crane wagon, jcb, 911 gt3, rc volvo loader and the rc 4x4 crawler. not that i have a lego addiction  :whistle: :whistle:

Nice! not at the same level (or even the same ball park), but I thoroughly enjoyed hacking my daughters Hogwarts express to be RC 

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#10 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 06:36:46 pm
Yea, we have the H E too, and the drive from another lego passenger train, I was looking at doing the same.

The LEGO drives alone are expensive though, but heard the LEPIN ones are pretty much identical but for a lot less.

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#11 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 06:42:03 pm
The space shuttle/Mars rover Lego set has proved a big hit in our house - and good value at about £16 I think..

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#12 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 06:51:13 pm
We got the  Deep Space Rocket, which is very cool and has had a lot more actual play time than some kits. Definitely worth getting now and putting in a cupboard for your lad tomtom. They are only going up in price. We've got kits we bought on sale but decided the kids don't need (we are nearing peak LEGO) and sold them on a few years later for sometimes double what we bought them for. Star Wars Slave 1 we got for just under £100 is now going for double that, no doubt partially due to the Mandalorian and that it is officially retired.

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#13 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 07:24:34 pm
We have a Lego cache. Break glass in case of an emergency etc...

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#14 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 07:28:39 pm
We’ve got an X-wing Fighter 10240 which we bought when I came out of hospital. I didn’t get round to building it as by the time I was well enough, I just spent my time out walking.

Can’t decide what to do with it now; build it, sell it or keep it as an investment as they seem to be worth a decent amount.

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#15 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 09:11:09 pm
I found an old Back To The Future DeLorean I got for Xmas ages previous when we moved house. Turn out it was quite rare, even having been opened and built, and the box a bit battered, it went for £85 on eBay!

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#16 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 18, 2021, 09:28:02 pm
Can’t decide what to do with it now; build it, sell it or keep it as an investment as they seem to be worth a decent amount.

Tricky. Sites like Brickinvesting or Brickpicker will tell you if it's worth hanging on to.

When my partner was working for Maersk she had the opp to buy the 2 Maersk ships and train for about £60 each, we got 2 sets of each, one for the kids and one to keep. Looks like the 3 unopened sets are about £1000 now.

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#17 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 19, 2021, 10:15:13 am
My uncle has been a toy trader for as long as I've been alive - his mantra was always "mint and boxed"!

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#18 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 19, 2021, 10:25:57 am
Cheers

Sites suggested its worth twice what I bought it for. Box looks in good nick and all bags inside still sealed. Will keep hold of it, as still have the option to build it, if I fancy.


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#19 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
March 19, 2021, 10:51:44 am
TT, yep the boxes are still in the original transport packing, in a sealed bag, in the loft.

Gollum, you can get a newer X Wing from a more current series if you are desperate to build one.

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#20 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
August 22, 2021, 09:39:51 am
LOL, I wish! And I'm honoured, I was a lego wizz as a kid, but nothing like that. Great stuff.

My suggestion is that everyone should have a pocket-sized RC car that can do 33mph once upgraded and bust out more flips, skids and slides at a skate park than a broken Duncan Disorderly....



(Starts slow, gets more fun, music is palatable. You'd need to get the GT24R rally version these days, essentially the same thing)

Since petejh gave me a wad point for "little cars doing loops", I thought I'd share this one, I just found it and I'd forgotten to upload it to my own channel (it was the last video I did for Steve Webb Models, my cousin's channel / shop). Features a variety of cars and jumps and a nice soundtrack....




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#21 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
August 22, 2021, 10:48:46 am
nice matt, have you ever considered filming from the car? dunno if cameras are tough enough do deal with the abuse though...

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#22 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
August 22, 2021, 11:01:47 am
Fiend - can you please buy an old BMW M3 and a Lancia Delta and we make the introductory sequence to The Real Thing 2: 2 Real 2 Furious

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#23 Re: Cool shit everyone should have
August 22, 2021, 12:03:58 pm
Cheers.... Duma, I tried with a cheap USB video camera but never got it to work well. There are lots of FPV camera kits for cars (and even ones that come with it as default), and I'm sure they could be protected. The end results might be instant motion sickness tho!

Yoss - that could be done, Tamiya and Kyosho do a lot of body kits for their standard models so surely something could be replicated. Most of these cars are good for donuts in sandy parking areas too - too much power vs too little grip ;)

Edit: Okay Kyosho ones are mostly Japanese, but these could work for 1:10 scale kits:

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/37896

https://landlmodels.co.uk/products/tamiya-rc-clear-body-set-lancia-delta

We should do it, trip to Font with an RC car each, hooning up and down the boulders on rest days  :2thumbsup:

 

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