Hey BrickaGrammers - how's it going ?
Yet another awesome week at Brickagram -
The Brickagram live Game streams are back up and running, And to start of the stream nothing better than a live draw for Lego set 40145 the very rare Lego exclusive shop in the non profit raffle - which ran for some time
Only one winner
And that was Carol Phillips from Tasmania in Australia - again proving Brickagram is an awesome worldwide community bringing toy brick fans together of all ages
And of course not to forget as we do in most streams - guess the minfig - if you are unfamiliar with guess the minfig - its your chance to win a minfig from all different seasons all you have to do is guess the minfig from the blind bag from a list of 6 options - Blind luck i like to call it but awesome fun non the less
Well done Christopher Rushton On your series 12 life guard win
Game stream times are
Fri 7pm - 9 pm UK time
Sat 7pm - 9pm UK time
Sun 7pm - 9pm UK time
all stream are live on Facebook and twitch
links below
https://www.facebook.com/groups/712786535487145/
www.twitch.tv/brickagram
and you can also catch up on past streams on Brickagram YouTube channel and twitch channel.
COMPETITION TIME !!
You can enter up to 4 times
all you have to do for a chance to win a full set of Simpsons series 2 minifigs and a set of Brickagram photos
To enter 4 times :
1) Like this post in the brickagram facebook group tag a friend leave a comment
https://www.facebook.com/groups/712786535487145/
2) Like this post on instagram tag a friend leave a comment
https://www.instagram.com/the_brickagramer/?hl=en
3) comment on this blog - recommend a friend
4) Like and comment on Brickagrams Latest animation 76055 (below)
New Brickagram animation this week on Lego set 76055 Killer Croc and another awesome speed build
review coming in the next blog update.
oversized - Killer Croc is awesome
Stop motion build video here
REVIEW TIME !!
10252 Volkswagen Beetle
Big reviews are not my thing I like a review that gets to the point fast and give a result without spoiling the fun --- so here goes our first Proper review
I am infatuated by this set as it sits proudly next to my mini and Volkswagen camper van - when you see them all together you get a sense they had a lot more room to make the Volkswagen van bigger to fit in with the scales of the other models, unfortunately this isn't the case - and the 1960s classic camper is clearly undersized - an awesome build non the less
I am Huge fan of classic cars from the 60s - e type jag - beetle - vw camper - mini . they had a certain style a class and shape that could never be repeated in history
as you can see with recent attempts of the mini and the beetle - but in my opinion you can't beat the classic even though they drive terribly they defined an era of good music and good style - the 60s
so as you would expect from Lego their design is flawless as all 1199 pieces fit together to make this most awesome model --
In fact this is way up there as one of my favorite models - even down to the printed vw tiles this set is a must for any afol -
There is only three bag numbers and 10 bags that come out from the box - a thick singular manual with a stack of pages -
I admit i under estimated this set and the amount of pieces that fell out of the little bags was pretty daunting - i thought only a few hours to do the stop motion video - thought wrong so so wrong - it was a long mission - but as always i was determined getting to it to finish the stop motion video and see the results -after putting in the gear stick and the seats after the first set of bag number, i am starting to think this is amazing, just so many small pieces - fiddling through the bags sorting them out into manageable piles is always fun... unless you have a Taj Mahal or London bridge with no bag numbers, many of the expert creator sets have no bag numbers - and fair dos after all you are building an expert set - not for the weak hear ted, its a great pre cursor for the much larger sets -- for example big ben - 4000 + small pieces pretty much all the same colour.... if you are new to Lego and joy it brings then this is a good start - if your ready for the middle of the swimming pool not the deep end not the shallow end this is for you - providing you like classic cars -
So after the first bag I was getting a feel - starting to appreciate the massive lengths the Lego designers go to to make these sets so - well - awesome. especially the spectacular creator classic car lines --
if you look at the previous Volkswagen beetle the rough edges - needed ironing out - no surf board , no fine details like in this set -- and to mention the surfboard the only fault i found ---- it would to sit on the top of the beetle with out falling off when you tilted it - a very sturdy set - well designed and is put together so well and awesome birthday present onto bags numbers 2 it has taken 3 hours of stop motion time and over 1000 pictures up to now - that a pretty long time - but worth every second to be taken away from the pressures of life, and solely focus on this master piece , and trust me its a master piece
at the end of bag numbers 2 we had an almost complete beetle the doors are in place all we need to do is the roof and the surfboard and ice box ....
To be honest i was in love and didn't want it to end - its just one of them sets you know will be a classic - it was a steady 6 hours and over 2000+pictures in - and well over half way - even at this stage a rebuild was not unthinkable when complete, I was just enjoying it so much - this time to see how long it would take with out the stop motion process
Bags numbers 3 was definatley the end of the build the pieces getting bigger and the smaller pieces dwindling out ... Ans in the end an awesome model with loads of features .... the obligatory engine,,, no foot pedals, the spare wheel in the bonnet - reclining seats - ice box - surfboard. Amazing use of small and large pieces ... and that colour - sky blue and i almost forgot the several license plates- the beach towel that sits snugly on a shelf in the boot -
I have to give this set a 9 out of 10 and that is simply because of the fact i couldn't get the surfboard to fit properly a very minor flaw for a classic set
a must for any Lego fan ---
Lets just hope we see a poly bag in the not to distant future to go with the others.
BrickaGrams stop motion video here -
STAR WARS FANS !! here are some more leaked pictures of the death star 75159 i mentioned in the previous post - i see the ucs stickers - but no difference between the older death star except for the disney re brand and a few different figures --- surely this isn't right ;(
BG Week in pics!
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Have an awesome week Brickagrammers.
