Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | wildchicken13  | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| Awesome!
In My Own Creation, chetzler writes:
| | A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:31 | | Subject: | Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| | | Look at the UPC bar-code on the box edge. That should give you a clue what market
the set's box was originally destined for. If it begins with 0 or 6, that
is likely North America. If it begins with a 5, that is typically Europe.
Nita Rae
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They both seem the same to me. For better understanding, I will include some
pictures. Also, how the box is organized inside seems slightly different. First
3 pictures are from the 7-12 set, the other ones from 8-12.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | In LEGO, alexwilcox writes:
| | In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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They have both written 6098 on them, I already checked whether that could be
the case.
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Look at the UPC bar-code on the box edge. That should give you a clue what market
the set's box was originally destined for. If it begins with 0 or 6, that
is likely North America. If it begins with a 5, that is typically Europe.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, alexwilcox writes:
| | In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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They have both written 6098 on them, I already checked whether that could be
the case.
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| Author: | alexwilcox | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
|
At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:31 | | Subject: | Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 05:49 | | Subject: | Re: 12V train motor melt by permanent use | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| LOL, yes that happens with continues running. Everything needs a break now and
then. So maybe you could built in the program for regular pauzes?
In LEGO, OldBrixAndMore writes:
| | Hi everybody,
just have a look at my 12V train motor. It melted from inside until it stopped
running.
Wow cannot restart ist, think it is trash.
I used to run the disney train in my load storefront permanently, so i need any
ideas/experiences how long i can run these motors without trashing another one?
Will try to put the next on a timer.
Maybe there is also a way of cleaning or oiling those motors for a better run,
i have no experiences with that.
Some infos on how to proceed would be gladful.
Best regards
Pierre
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| Author: | OldBrixAndMore | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 04:28 | | Subject: | 12V train motor melt by permanent use | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hi everybody,
just have a look at my 12V train motor. It melted from inside until it stopped
running.
Wow cannot restart ist, think it is trash.
I used to run the disney train in my load storefront permanently, so i need any
ideas/experiences how long i can run these motors without trashing another one?
Will try to put the next on a timer.
Maybe there is also a way of cleaning or oiling those motors for a better run,
i have no experiences with that.
Some infos on how to proceed would be gladful.
Best regards
Pierre
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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I gotta agree with Bret’s input: movie scene driven, and I like it.
Empirically, I appreciate smoothness in Lego builds. Not a fan of stud exposure
for builds. It’s more of a challenge to create/design Lego builds without it,
but well worth it.
After all, we can’t have it all, though it doesn’t stop us from trying... Just
refrain from moving the build around, or take the pieces off of the board before
doing so 
Btw, too many of the recent (Disney) Lego SW set designs seem not to consider
this, and they suck completely, imho of course.
-popsicle
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