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[Bishop Steiner]

GizmoGecko, on 13 August 2013 - 08:34 AM, said:

Also, I'm 3/4's through filling up my basket on Pick A Brick, and it's at £100.58 so far. Bear in mind the design has 1488 pieces.

[GizmoGecko]

Bishop Steiner, on 13 August 2013 - 11:03 AM, said:

Yes I know, but being the creator I feel obliged to own it, and I've got the money ready.

It comes up to 28cm tall excluding the antennae, and I think it's going to look very nice on my desk (if it'll fit).

I've just got back home now so I'll total up the rest of the pieces and post back soon with the official price!

Edited by GizmoGecko, 13 August 2013 - 12:21 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

but.... that's.... gonna be like OVER $200.00 USD when done.

And I think more boggling is the piece count. (and that legos don't come with spares, so lose just one brick........)

[GizmoGecko]

£134.07, with the below pieces not available on Pick A Brick, but should most definitely be available on the Piece Recovery option, which I know doesn't make sense.

https://service.lego...arts/#BasicInfo


Required Pieces:
2 x 4213374
JOINT LINK W. BUSH - Black

2 x 4225973
BRICK 2X2 Ø4.85 FEMALE - Dark Stone Grey

2 x 4619760
BRICK 2X2 W. CUP FOR BALL - Dark Stone Grey

2 x 4225921
BRICK 2X2 Ø4.85 VERTIC. SNAP - Bright Red

4 x 428721
ROOF TILE 1X3/25° INV. - Bright Red

4 x 304621
CORNER BRICK 2X2/45° INSIDE - Bright Red

1 x 619221
BOWED ROOF RIDGE 2X4X1 - Bright Red

1 x 617921
PLATE 4X4 W. 4 ***** - Bright Red

1 x 657621
PLATE 4X8 W. 12 ***** - Bright Red

2 x 4646860
FLAT TILE 1X1, ROUND - Tr. Green

8 x 245021
CORNER PLATE 45 DEG. 3X3 - Bright Red

4 x 4183050
PLATE 1X2 W/FORK/VERTICAL/END - Bright Red

2 x 4144024
T-BEAM W. PLATE 1X2 W. TUBE - Black



These pieces are currently out of stock on the Piece Recovery shop:

1 x 619221 BOWED ROOF RIDGE 2X4X1 - Bright Red

2 x 4225921 BRICK 2X2 Ø4.85 VERTIC. SNAP - Bright Red

Luckily I already own those three pieces, and so the extras come to £9.56.


That gives a total price of £143.63, with those two pieces aside.

Edited by GizmoGecko, 13 August 2013 - 01:19 PM.

[GizmoGecko]

Bishop Steiner, on 13 August 2013 - 12:36 PM, said:

but.... that's.... gonna be like OVER $200.00 USD when done.

And I think more boggling is the piece count. (and that legos don't come with spares, so lose just one brick........)

http://shop.lego.com...Listing=listing

The prices of Lego products have never seemed to stop increasing in price for as long as I've lived, and now it's just ridiculous.

Anyway, I feel I deserve to treat myself for my birthday.

Edited by GizmoGecko, 14 August 2013 - 04:07 AM.

[Alcom Isst]

GizmoGecko, on 13 August 2013 - 01:24 PM, said:

http://shop.lego.com...Listing=listing

The prices of Lego products have never seemed to stop increasing in price for as long as I've lievd, and now it's just ridiculous.

Anyway, I feel I deserve to treat myself for my birthday.

They haven't, and it's nice that you linked that UCS X-wing because...

UCS X-Wing 2013 Version: $170 USD
UCS X-Wing 2000 Version: $150 USD (Adjusted for 13 years of inflation -> $204 USD)

Edited by Alcom Isst, 13 August 2013 - 03:18 PM.

[GizmoGecko]

'State: Rendering'

Looks like some 8-bit game.

Edited by GizmoGecko, 14 August 2013 - 01:34 PM.

[GizmoGecko]

Ta da! Hopefully a good impression of what the real life thing would look like.

[SVK Puskin]

GizmoGecko, on 14 August 2013 - 02:23 PM, said:

Ta da! Hopefully a good impression of what the real life thing would look like.

Great job. I was lego lover when i was younger. I remember i tried to build Vulture but did not have the right parts so i was able to do only the torso and cockpit, with arms and legs I had to improvise.

Edited by ENS Puskin, 14 August 2013 - 02:50 PM.

[GizmoGecko]

Ysarric Lightbane, on 10 August 2013 - 10:08 AM, said:

I have to say that I'm a softy for the Dragons, and my (by far) most used mech is the Flame variant. I'm going to be greedy and ask if your model has a way to modify the left torso so that a ballistic could be added there instead. But hey, if not, no big loss! I would love to have the files so that i could play with the colors myself, as well as order the pieces to biuld this beast!

As for ballistics, you have mentioned the AC/10 already, which is what my current build is using. I do not often see the Dragons in-game using 'small' guns, so I'd say that you could create an Ultra AC/5 and a Guass Rifle as the other two. How would you make a large laser/Er large laser look?

I've been a bit busy lately, but tomorrow I'll get on to finishing any little things like the Gauss, Ultra AC/5, left shoulder ballistic and ER/Pulse Lasers. Then I'll hopefully be able to submit the design to Cuusoo to sort of patent it in a way, as I wouldn't really like it if someone posted the file and claimed it was their creation. So once it's up on Cuusoo, I'll let you guys play with the file if you so wish, and possibly treat yourself with a £140 purchase! I sent a message to NGNG about my model 'cause I know they like the community art, but that was over a week ago... (sad panda).

I hope the process of designing this model has been as much fun for me as it has for you guys, but inevitably, it's going to descend into the depths of the Fan Art sub forum, and so as a second to last post, I'd like to ask if any of you still have any requests or suggestions for my design. I'm all ears!

[GizmoGecko]

I know I said I'd try and create other weapons such as the Gauss Rifle and such, and I'm so thankful for everyone's contributions and support, but I think I'm going to move on to other projects now.

I submitted this to Cuusoo yesterday, so when they confirm it's okay to start receiving support I'll post a link, and I'll try contacting NGNG again to try and get some support for it as it would be amazing to see it for sale: the 1% I'll receive for each order isn't really that important, I just want to see Lego 'mechs!

[Mighty Spike]

Gizmo,awesome work...Mindblowing...Respect

[Crackerbox]

While I'm not a huge fan of the Dragon, this is beautiful! I hope that we do get to see Lego BattleMechs. I would totally sink money into buying an Atlas or a Highlander like this.

[SVK Puskin]

GizmoGecko, on 25 August 2013 - 06:40 AM, said:

I think I'm going to move on to other projects now.

Leave a link to your new project here, i will follow it. By the way did you contact LEGO company if your project can go to official production or how it works? It would be great to buy LEGO MWO Mechs in shops.

[Alekzander Smirnoff]

Wonder how many pieces it would take to build an atlas, at guy in cockpit scale, i'd think it would end up being 24"(~66cm) tall. Utterly massive.

[Alcom Isst]

Well, I supported it on Cuusoo, and am in the process of getting every TFOL and AFOL I know to support it.

May I have the .lxf file now? Please?

[GizmoGecko]

Alcom Isst, on 26 August 2013 - 11:35 PM, said:

Well, I supported it on Cuusoo, and am in the process of getting every TFOL and AFOL I know to support it.

May I have the .lxf file now? Please?

I didn't even know it was up yet aha! Thanks for the support!

ENS Puskin, on 25 August 2013 - 12:21 PM, said:

Leave a link to your new project here, i will follow it. By the way did you contact LEGO company if your project can go to official production or how it works? It would be great to buy LEGO MWO Mechs in shops.

Here's my current project too.

http://mwomercs.com/...-hellhound-ldd/

I'll post the Cuusoo link here, I'll try contacting NGNG again to see if they like it all finished

http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/47875


Now the Dragon's official, I'll be posting the LDD file later today.

Edited by GizmoGecko, 27 August 2013 - 04:22 AM.

[GizmoGecko]

GizmoGecko, on 27 August 2013 - 04:10 AM, said:

Now the Dragon's official, I'll be posting the LDD file later today.

Keep forgetting to do this sorry. I haven't forgotten!

[VIPER2207]

GizmoGecko, on 14 August 2013 - 02:23 PM, said:

Ta da! Hopefully a good impression of what the real life thing would look like.

i love it =)

[GizmoGecko]

VIPER2207, on 29 August 2013 - 02:25 AM, said:

i love it =)

I will be able to hopefully one day aha!

http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/47875