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LEGO City 2018 Forest Tractor 60181 review
This. This is a good toy. The articulating arm is so simple in its construction, but its playability gets a 10/10. Plus the whole vehicle looks pretty nice just sitting idle on a table. This is...
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LEGO City Dirt Road Pursuit 60172 review
Well hello, Mountain Police, nice to meet you, how do you do? I see you forget the old adage, "You don't get a second chance to make a first impression." Pity.Video: LEGO City Dirt Road Pursuit...
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Mega Construx Halo Banished Banshee Brawl review
Color me happily surprised. I am not a big Banshee fan and expected this to be just another fine representation of an unexciting piece of source material. Well, I was wrong. The main build is very...
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LEGO Technic WHACK! & BASH! pullback cars reviewed
Those names. Oh, those names! I don't even know what to say about that. These are two good cars to play with, though a bit expensive for their size & complexity.Video: LEGO Technic WHACK! &...
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LEGO City 2018 Monster Truck 60180 review
Big truck! At first glance I thought this thing was comically oversized, but in reality it has a standard sized cab plays (really) well with the modern standard size of City cars.Video: LEGO City 2018...
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LEGO 2017 promotional Nutcracker 40254 review
One of the more visible, "present" holiday presents from LEGO in recent memory, this seasonal freebie even has a working action feature! Well, sort of...Video: LEGO 2017 promotional Nutcracker review...
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Mega Construx Call of Duty Flamethrower Shock Troopers review
I'm happy to see Mega being able to take advantage of some of their WWII-themed molds actually during an era of a WWII themed Call of Duty game. Beyond the marketing stuff, though, this is actually a...
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LEGO City Mountain Arrest 60173 review
Black bear! Beehive! Double-face head! Alright! Net shooter, large heli with hardly any space, hrmm. It's a fairly average set overall, but one thing that really hurts is the price.Video: LEGO...
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Full set of Mega Construx Destiny Series 1 individual figures reviewed
Mega's Destiny line has demonstrated, in my view, the pinnacle of their design and production capabilities since its inception. That has certainly not changed with this latest lowest-cost product...
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LEGO Technic Racing Yacht 42074 review
I hoped this set would be good. The main build is. The second build makes it even better!Video: LEGO Technic Racing Yacht review ⛵ 42074
View ArticleAnother big win for the channel
A couple of months ago I wrote about a milestone I had achieved in a process with YouTube that got a little flag of what I simply called "trust" applied to my account. That flag allowed me to proceed...
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Epic set review season continues
Over the past two short weeks I've purchased more than $2,700 USD worth of new sets (above is pictured barely over 1/3rd of that) and published 42 videos of them. That adds to the over 45 reviews made...
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Star Wars The Last Jedi set collection summaries
With the second wave of TLJ sets in the books, I've gone back to take a look at the entire lot together, first checking out the (brick-based) builds, then the series of minifigs that so far number far...
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LEGO Creator Downtown Diner 10260 review
The newest big modular building for 2018 transports the much-loved series forward by a couple of decades, landing square in the middle of the 1950s. It's not just a new gimmick with a pretty exterior;...
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LEGO city layout plan & queue (updated Jan. 8, 2018)
The basic plan for my LEGO layout was formulated when I began in 2013. When I moved to a new house in 2015, I gained some space and added a handful of items to the list. Any empty space you see in...
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A bit of LEGO room work
Over the past couple of days I've been tearing apart, putting back together, and shifting around large areas of New Jang City and its adjunct displays. Table tops have been reoriented & legs...
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Something new, something blue: Animated backdrop for real LEGO
Take a peek back, if you will, at my original undersea display that I put together in 2015. It brought great personal joy to me, satisfying my love of underwater scenes that previously surfaced in my...
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Custom LEGO intermodal STS container gantry crane MOC complete!
At long last, I have a functionally complete ship-to-shore crane in New Jang City! I previously did a few progress videos, plus a few updates on Instagram, but now there's a single video to show the...
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Summary for the week
This was a slowish week on the video side with "just" 10 videos released in 7 days. With the transition away from release season I completed one MOC (for now), made good progress on a new one, and did...
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New Jang City: New terrain, new train
Hey! More work in progress! My last update was pretty boring & pedestrian, covering a lot of little grunt work, cleanup & basic chores that had a subtle, but important effect on the overall...
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