tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post4923326866674758410..comments2024-03-28T22:25:17.706+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: LEGO® Creator Expert 10264 Corner Garage: new parts usageAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-3300829588678160742018-12-13T20:30:27.355+00:002018-12-13T20:30:27.355+00:00Thanks for the article. Question: what's the e...Thanks for the article. Question: what's the exact colour of the door piece used for the vet's office entrance and the bathroom on the second floor? Medium Azure or Medium Blue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-45798494587855165452018-12-12T02:50:18.351+00:002018-12-12T02:50:18.351+00:00I built a much more accurate, non-stickered, 9v mo...I built a much more accurate, non-stickered, 9v motorized MOC of the Shellraiser from the previous TMNT series, but right now all I have is a red dome in the center of the roof. If this works as I hope, I should be able to mount the pop-up cannon (which I haven't designed, because there hasn't been any point in doing so) instead. If I used the existing 2x2 turntable, the cannon would just swing around lazily as it hurtles around our club layouts. Well, I tend to run the Shellraiser as fast as it can handle, so "lazily" might not be the proper word. "Violently" might be more accurate.<br /><br />Anyways, the 2x2 turntable being out, I've been keeping an eye on the 4x4 locking version. Problem is, they make the 4x4 round plate (and I think the round brick, too?), but to match the look I'd need the locking base in red too. I'm built on top of olive-green 4x4 car hoods, so the old 4x4 turntable with the tall base is out of the question without involving a Dremel.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-68133538333961175832018-12-11T14:59:15.865+00:002018-12-11T14:59:15.865+00:00Well, given the vet's doctorate is in archaeol...Well, given the vet's doctorate is in archaeology or anthropology, rather than veterinary medicine, I suspect he might not be the best vet. Nathttp://woodelf.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-35267918983583469672018-12-10T22:45:10.939+00:002018-12-10T22:45:10.939+00:00It'll definitely be stable enough to stay in p...It'll definitely be stable enough to stay in place in most places you might want to use it as an actual turntable, but it doesn't lock as strongly as hinges like the AT-AT, Life On Mars, or Knights' Kingdom style "click hinges" that are actually meant as joints that can support the weight of a large or medium-sized model.<br /><br />If you had any of the older style of 4x4 locking turntables from 2000 to 2008 (https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=30516c01/https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30516c02), it's a lot like those ones.Skye Barnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504300686346575904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-53130861845414741012018-12-09T02:02:38.628+00:002018-12-09T02:02:38.628+00:00Curiously, Bricklink's note on the 4x4 base fa...Curiously, Bricklink's note on the 4x4 base fails to mention the Key Stone and 6x6 round brick that Unknown mentioned, and they misidentify Elspeth's 10x10 octagonal plate as an 8x8 (I've made that mistake myself a few times, as I so rarely use them). But I can't think of any other parts that this should work with...though now that they have a 2x2 base that may change.<br /><br />What I'd like to know is how loose this connection is. I've been hoping they'd release the 4x4 locking base in red someday, as I have a use for it, but so far that base is limited to greyscale. The standard 2x2 turntable spins very freely (and the top actually rattles around if you shake it), so that won't work for my needs. If this will actually hold a 4x4 round plate relatively still, I may be able to make it work, even if it doesn't lock it in place.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-81355704330295970032018-12-09T01:11:29.625+00:002018-12-09T01:11:29.625+00:00Bench vise was the best I could come up with as we...Bench vise was the best I could come up with as well. It's really the only thing I could see being attached to the top of a tool cart like that (besides another tool chest), and it's also the only thing that I can think of that would look like that.<br /><br />I think the fact that people are having such a hard time figuring it out (in context, no less), that it doesn't really represent all of the bench vise (there's no representation of the moving jaw, which would only require the addition of a 1x1 round plate and a 1x1 plate), and that it doesn't seem to offer any play value means we can probably chalk this aspect up as a rare fail.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-71660150267705590392018-12-08T20:26:52.990+00:002018-12-08T20:26:52.990+00:00I think that this tool (using the black skate part...I think that this tool (using the black skate part) could represent a vise...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-91462839658430793672018-12-08T18:16:50.442+00:002018-12-08T18:16:50.442+00:00I am a car mechanic and I haven't got a clue w...I am a car mechanic and I haven't got a clue what that tool on the trolley represents.Sven Franichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889934684539766681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-60539246645656395902018-12-08T15:55:37.865+00:002018-12-08T15:55:37.865+00:00Haha, I was literally just updating the post with ...Haha, I was literally just updating the post with the 6x6 splat gear as you commented! - now updated.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-33558568769307884732018-12-08T15:52:50.214+00:002018-12-08T15:52:50.214+00:00With regard to the turntable, there are three othe...With regard to the turntable, there are three other compatible parts you didn't bring up: Brick 4X4 Round W. Ø4.9 W. Kl. (Design ID 87081), Key Stone 4X4 W. Ø4.85 Hole (Design ID 87750), and Circle Brick 6X6 W/4.85 Hole (Design ID 18897). Notably, on the previous Bottom W. Turntable 4X4 (Design ID 61485), 87081 behaves differently from the various compatible plates and bricks, in that it functions as a click hinge/locking hinge rather than a free-spinning turntable. But on this new 2x2 turntable base, it will presumably spin freely like any other compatible part, since the locking functionality is dependent on the outside ridges of the 4x4 turntable base.<br /><br />Additionally, as of next year there will be a third size of the "splat gear" which you didn't mention: extrapolating from the other part names, we can call it Gear Wheel 6X6, Z14 (Design ID unknown). So far it is only known to be appearing in set 70828 Pop-Up Party Bus from the LEGO Movie 2 theme, in which two of this piece appear in Vibrant Coral.<br /><br />While this set doesn't use the turntable for an actual rotating function, I think its use here is understandable, since if it had used a more traditional type of hinge like a 2x2 jumper plate or a classic 2x2 turntable, it would not have been able to lock the angled curb and columns in place using a 3M cross axle with end stop, since the end stop would collide with either the stud or the top of the plate. As a result it would be much easier for that entire assembly to pop off of its base. We've seen these sorts of turntables used simply to angle a fixed section of the build before, such as in Ninjago City where this is the method used to attach the bathroom and radio tower in the High Rise section.<br /><br />My understanding is that the wand sprue was redesigned to make the wands easier to remove (since they're now only attached to the sprue on one side rather than on both sides). I've heard of people finding both versions in the Harry Potter sets.<br /><br />I can assume the fish being upside-down is an intentional joke, and an unusually grim one (I wonder if it was dead before being brought to the vet's office or if it died in his care and he's not as good a vet as one might wish). The official pics on the back of the box also show it this way. That said, I was recently surprised to see that this is not the first example of wanton cruelty to goldfish in the modular buildings. The official pics for 10218 Pet Shop include an image of pet shop owner in the kitchen of the upstairs apartment frying that set's goldfish in a skillet as the cat watches eagerly!Skye Barnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504300686346575904noreply@blogger.com