Wave One was European, Wave Two was American. That's a lot of real estate that's not easy to carry around. It would be about twenty inches tall, and for best stability should probably sit on a true baseplate. It's one thing if you're pretending to be Godzilla, but it's not always fun when your baby brother knocks it off the play table and it shatters from the drop, or you whack your knuckles on it. A six-story building at standard City scale with, say, a modest 16x16 footprint would have a high center of gravity and, barring a very large base, could easily be knocked over (or off its base, etc.). It's also not easy to play inside a Lego building anyway without taking the roof off, and most children aren't as interested in static display.Ĥ. Kids want Lego so they can act out being a volcano farmer or arctic police scuba officer, not a salaryman (President Business roleplay aside). Conversely, to include those things and remain cost-effective the detail on the building would have to be immensely simplified, and thus become boring.ģ. To make a skyscraper set exciting, it should either be on fire (thus making it a Fire set) or come with a lot of interesting accessories, both of which adversely contribute to the first point. The building itself might be cool, but imagine an eight-year-old building the same floor six times over, maybe varying the insides. Lack of dynamicism for target audience (children). Cost (to pack parts) and affordability (for end user).Ģ. I'm falling in love with this thing, so expect to see a Real Brick Build soon!ġ. I ultimately inverted the front bumper to get the look I wanted. Not sure if I like the larger tires or not. You can also see a quick experiment with a snorkel here as well. Front uses Mixel joint steering, as per my usual. This time, I've come up with a fully legal and actually pretty convincing, articulating rear axle with driveshaft and transfer case! I'm playing around with ideas for shocks and leaf springs but nothing useful yet. Most of my vehicle builds are off-road oriented and so far my Real Brick Builds relied on illegal connections to make articulating rear axles. In a fevered midnight fury I put one together in LDD, utilizing some new-to-me SNOT techniques for the sides and interior, and some crazy angle work to make the distinctive top of the bed with some kind of tie-down detail. The Datsun 720 is one of my latest vehicle obsessions and I've built a few real model kits of it recently (and casually tried to track down a real one).

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