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    Meet The Lego Stig

    LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Some say he once wrestled a Duplo figure to the ground using only his mind, and that if he could be bothered to do so, he would fire the bloke that came up with Bionicle. #lego
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    Image of Peugeot--Making Bicycles Once Again Peugeot--Making Bicycles Once Again
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    I saw a bunch of plastic figures standing next to cars and thought these were misplaced photos from Sema. #lego
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Some say, that he once assembled an Ariel Atom purely out of 2x4 bricks... #lego
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Some say, this used to be James May's house.... #lego
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    I was going to say that they accurately replicated Alonso's brows, but then realized all of the figures had the same thick brows. #lego
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig

    Sweet.

    The F1 sets from Ferrari are top notch, wish they would make more of them. I always wanted to make a MOC of a F1 race. Not that a person couldn't now by building their own cars and sticker sets, but LEGO released sets would be so much better.
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    Edited by lilwillie at 11/06/09 9:38 AM lilwillie was starred lilwillie was unstarred
    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    11/06/09

    @lilwillie: Hrmmm, well there goes my next 4 saturdays as I make several F1 race cars and their support teams... #lego
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    11/06/09

    @IDesigner loves himself some car:

    I started too. Then ran out of proper parts after getting plans of peeron.

    I think I am scaling back my idea. I am going to try and build Black Hawk Farms Raceway in Rockton IL. Then make a bunch of Improved Touring cars and some Formula Vee's cruising the track.

    Ya, little crazy with the LEGO but it is a good excuse to play with my two sons. #lego
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    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    11/06/09

    @lilwillie: I completely respect your lego/racing enthusiasm. Sadly I'm in my early 20s, so I lack children to play legos with and my parents have all my legos boxed up at home. Someday when i have my own house and/or children I'll be able to to fulfill my dream. #lego
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    11/06/09

    @IDesigner loves himself some car:

    Nice to know I am not the only AFOL in the auto world.

    The "Dark Ages" is what it is called, the time from your youth to your time as a adult when you set LEGO aside for other things. Only a few friends know I am a AFOL, now a lot on here do also, but its easy to disguise my love of LEGO with two kids.

    Here was my Formula Cars I built for them
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    Image of IDesigner loves himself some car IDesigner loves himself some car
    11/06/09

    @lilwillie: That is sweet. Great work.

    Btw, is that qui gon jin in the back with the cape? #lego
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/07/09

    @IDesigner loves himself some car:

    Some parts of off Qui but it is not, just a Fig I use in all my MOCs. #lego
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Does this mean that Lego is about to field an F1 team? #lego
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Mommy, why does Lego Kimi smell like booze? #lego
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    11/06/09

    @TurboBrick [LIGIER]: Mommy, why did Kimi...waaaah! #lego
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Lego Stig is a snappy dresser. #lego
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    Image of Comrade Clockwork Comrade Clockwork
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Remember when Lego was just about bricks and didn't cost $150 per set?

    Still, this is pretty cool. When I have kids, daddy is probably going to be more excited about some of their Christmas presents than they are! #lego
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    Image of Cheeseslap Cheeseslap
    11/06/09

    @Comrade Clockwork: This is why I'm 29 and still have 75% of the legos from my childhood. My son will be able to use them in about another 3 years, saving me literally thousands of dollars. #lego
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/06/09

    @Comrade Clockwork: Many of the good, reasonably sized sets are in the $30 range. When you get in the $100 range, that's when you get wacky features like motors, remote controls, or simply very large sets. #lego
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    Image of RayonFog RayonFog
    11/06/09

    @Skunky: True. My two sons each get half a dozen sets a year because the smaller sets are somewhat affordable (we only have a couple sets that cost more than $50). We figure we have about 50k pieces now.

    The problem is they never seem to be able to keep the kits assembled, so we end up with boxes and boxes of loose pieces. Word to the wise: keep your assembly instructions! #lego
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    11/06/09


    @RayonFog: Yes, keep those instructions, and as for loose pieces, I have a huge bin of unsorted stuff and two Akro-Mils 24 drawer thingies (pictured) hanging on the wall for sorted stuff. #lego
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    11/06/09

    In reply to Meet The Lego Stig
    Makes me want to go back to my parents house, find all my legos and make race cars. Then add guns, rockets and wings resulting in an epic air battle where Lewis Hamilton dies and Jarno Trulli comes in second.
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    Edited by jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware at 11/06/09 8:49 AM jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware was starred jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    I want Technic to re-release a larger-scale Seven or something mid-engined with lots of functional parts so I can learn about assembling a car without dropping $20K on a Westfield kit. #lego
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    10/22/09

    @Jeb_Hoge: see if you can find the 8880 "Super Car" kit. it's been out of production for over a decade, but it's a pretty amazing model. 4 speed tranny (or was it 3 + reverse?) 4 wheel steering and 4 wheel drive, pop up headlights, and a pretty intricate suspension #lego
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/23/09

    @Clown Shoe Pilot: I think I've heard of that one. Maybe it'll be an Xmas present to myself. #lego
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    That's probably more of interest to LEGO's Scandinavian customers. #lego
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific

    It's pretty amazing what can be built with Legos. I think this is awesome! #lego
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: The kits that realistically reproduce cars are amazing. Some of the newer kits are a lot more detailed than the ones i had as a kid. That one is really impressive. #lego
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    Image of BRAWNDO_POWERED BRAWNDO_POWERED
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: Are those wheels from a 360 Modena? #lego
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: as a lover of legos and all things GT40ish......... will you please marry me? or at least move in with me and treat me badly until i finally leave a few years down the road? #lego
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/22/09

    @BRAWNDO_POWERED: Heck, I don't know. #lego
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I won't marry you, but I'll try to treat you badly, if that's what you want. How badly do you want to be treated? #lego
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: hell, your not marriage acceptance is better than i've got in response in person. i think that if you acknowledge my comments/responses every once in a while you're over-exerting yourself.just continue to ignore me and post all kinds of awesome-ness and i will love you forever! #lego

    no really.. i'm better at english than this... dammit...............
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    Edited by günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi at 10/22/09 6:11 PM günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was starred günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I will not treat you badly. I try to treat everybody with respect. And, since you love all things Ford GT 40ish, I'll treat you with even more respect! How does that sound to you? #lego
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    10/22/09

    @skaycog: well.. okay... i will be happy to share jalop/lego happiness with you as long as we can build models together.... ???? sound good? or maybe we can just get together and thrash out the cars we have.... (i know mine deserve it!!) #lego
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/22/09

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I'm not a model builder or a Lego lover, but we can share our interests of Jalop/Ford GT. #lego
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    10/22/09


    @skaycog: This is awesome #lego
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    10/23/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: Great photos! Is that a photoshop? Weird finish. #lego
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    10/22/09

    In reply to LEGO Technic Snow Groomer Oddly Specific
    Nice. I don't see many new pieces in that set. They did a good job reusing existing exo-force wings along with the popular slope parts used on most new sets.

    Tank treads look wider though, hmmm, time to go shopping. #lego
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