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MiataMark Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,971 Club RR Member Number: 29	Lego!MiataMark @garra Club Retro Rides Member 29
	Aug 12, 2018 14:28:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 12, 2018 13:52:23 GMT Del said: For my birthday, my stepdaughter got me the big campervan set. Brilliant! Except...it's a Chinese knock-off, and has some pieces missing. Does anyone know what the compatibility is like with these? They look like Lego, but can't be sure,they could be just different enough that genuine pieces won't fit. Reputedly the compatibility is very good, so I'd just add the missing bits with 'real' Lego.
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Del South East Posts: 1,450	Lego!Del @silvermac
	Aug 13, 2018 17:06:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 12, 2018 14:28:22 GMT MiataMark said: Reputedly the compatibility is very good, so I'd just add the missing bits with 'real' Lego. Thanks Mark. Visited the Lego store at Bluewater with some of my bricks, and tested them with genuine ones, and there don't seem to be any issues, so placed my order on the Lego site!
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	Lego!fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	Sept 4, 2018 0:12:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I’ve tweaked my truck a little to match the latest changes, ideally I need to extend the rear bed by one brick in front of the rear wheels but I suspect I’ll then need to widen it by one brick to retain the proportions. Me and Ethan in the garage, Mrs Minty in combat gear at the front door wondering why a ten minute repair job has lasted two hours... These ones were before I extended cab out by one brick, notice the donor truck in pieces in the garage ...
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	Lego!luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	Sept 5, 2018 17:14:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Continuing the theme of having a Lego vehicle to match real ones (still waiting on an RX-7 kit) I felt obliged to get the Campervan set. Yeah, so my van is a rubbish T25 not a lovely shiny splitscreen but hey, close enough Nearside by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Offside by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Outside lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Inside lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Front lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Cab lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr rear lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr The only real similarity between this and my T25 is that they both have really nasty curtains The headlights are brighter on the Lego version
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	Lego!fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	Sept 5, 2018 19:30:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 5, 2018 17:14:49 GMT luckyseven said: Continuing the theme of having a Lego vehicle to match real ones (still waiting on an RX-7 kit) I felt obliged to get the Campervan set. Yeah, so my van is a rubbish T25 not a lovely shiny splitscreen but hey, close enough Nearside by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Offside by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Outside lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Inside lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Front lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Cab lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr rear lit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr The only real similarity between this and my T25 is that they both have really nasty curtains The headlights are brighter on the Lego version I didn’t know they lit up! Or is that custom lighting you’ve added?!
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	Lego!luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	Sept 5, 2018 19:34:14 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	It's an eBaytastic LED kit. You can get them for quite a few Lego sets, including ones for the Disney castle type ones, not just cars and stuff. Example; www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-Light-Light-Kit-for-for-Lego-T1-10220-Campingbus-VW-Volkswagen-Set-Gomake/263903513644?hash=item3d71e00c2c:g:gu8AAOSwSzZbbAlC Many are pure Chineseum but Light My Bricks from Australia do a shedload (which are probably sourced from Chinese sweatshops, lol) Quite clever, run off a USB cable (which admittedly needs to be longer). The LEDs are mega bright, easily bright enough for a kids nightlight or something, or just to look cool in a display cabinet. Mine lives on top of my computer tower.
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fr€$h&m1nt¥ Posted hell of a lot Posts: 6,598 Club RR Member Number: 99	Lego!fr€$h&m1nt¥ @freshandminty Club Retro Rides Member 99
	Sept 5, 2018 20:46:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 5, 2018 19:34:14 GMT luckyseven said: It's an eBaytastic LED kit. You can get them for quite a few Lego sets, including ones for the Disney castle type ones, not just cars and stuff. Example; www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-Light-Light-Kit-for-for-Lego-T1-10220-Campingbus-VW-Volkswagen-Set-Gomake/263903513644?hash=item3d71e00c2c:g:gu8AAOSwSzZbbAlC Many are pure Chineseum but Light My Bricks from Australia do a shedload (which are probably sourced from Chinese sweatshops, lol) Quite clever, run off a USB cable (which admittedly needs to be longer). The LEDs are mega bright, easily bright enough for a kids nightlight or something, or just to look cool in a display cabinet. Mine lives on top of my computer tower. Cheers, pretty cool how they’re actually set into the bricks so you can click them into the build.
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luckyseven Posted a lot Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970 Posts: 3,839 Club RR Member Number: 45	Lego!luckyseven @luckyseven Club Retro Rides Member 45
	Sept 5, 2018 22:17:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Sept 5, 2018 20:46:29 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said: Sept 5, 2018 19:34:14 GMT luckyseven said: It's an eBaytastic LED kit. You can get them for quite a few Lego sets, including ones for the Disney castle type ones, not just cars and stuff. Example; www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-Light-Light-Kit-for-for-Lego-T1-10220-Campingbus-VW-Volkswagen-Set-Gomake/263903513644?hash=item3d71e00c2c:g:gu8AAOSwSzZbbAlC Many are pure Chineseum but Light My Bricks from Australia do a shedload (which are probably sourced from Chinese sweatshops, lol) Quite clever, run off a USB cable (which admittedly needs to be longer). The LEDs are mega bright, easily bright enough for a kids nightlight or something, or just to look cool in a display cabinet. Mine lives on top of my computer tower. Cheers, pretty cool how they’re actually set into the bricks so you can click them into the build. Yeah, very clever. They come with photographic instructions which aren't great but aren't terrible. They're written so you can retro-fit to an already built Lego set which is handy. I found the wires (which although tiny like a hair's breadth) are really springy and caused a few problems with routing so they didn't pop bricks off when under tension. And despite being really thin they're thick enough to cause problems in a few places; for eg the nosepiece of the camper mounts as one sub-assembly and the wires would prevent it seating properly onto the studs of the van part. So the entire front kept falling off until I relieved a little channel for the wires into some of the bricks with a file. But overall, having them is better than not having them so thumbs up from me, And if you want them for your home-made Acty then you'll miss a lot of the faff of having to retro-fit precisely to a massively complicated already built set anyway
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ada7 Part of things Posts: 108	Lego!ada7 @ada7
	Sept 11, 2018 21:59:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Great thread. I've also go the VW camper van and a smaller version of the bug but no pictures of those at the moment. Might have to invest in the light kit for the van as that's cool. I've had this kit since new. Although its quite dusty in the picture, when I took it apart to store it away many years ago I spend an age cleaning all the pieces and putting them back in the right boxes to match up with the instructions. Might get it out one day and build it up again. Lego 8448 super car. A rare kit nowadays I believe 100220091822 by Adam Blackshaw, on Flickr Adam
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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 1, 2018 7:25:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Can I join in with "Cobi"? I work with kids in a residential care setting, did the Spitfire with two of them helping. Once each of them was a bit distracted, one was a page ahead of me getting blocks ready! I felt the Cobi blocks went together well, and held together. After kids went to bed, I built the 109 and did this for the kids to find in the morning... Might have to work on that!


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MiataMark Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,971 Club RR Member Number: 29	Lego!MiataMark @garra Club Retro Rides Member 29
	Oct 1, 2018 7:51:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good stuff, I've got the two WWI [planes Lego did a while ago (Tri-plane and Sopwith) really must build them up again and hang them from the ceiling. Out of interest, how do you find using Lego (other building blocks are available) with disabled (mental or physical) children?
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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 1, 2018 11:35:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 1, 2018 7:51:59 GMT MiataMark said: Good stuff, I've got the two WWI [planes Lego did a while ago (Tri-plane and Sopwith) really must build them up again and hang them from the ceiling. Out of interest, how do you find using Lego (other building blocks are available) with disabled (mental or physical) children? Our guys aren't either, although they have missed a lot of school for various reasons. They have various issues with delayed development, but the hardest part is keeping them off their consoles. They're all convinced they're going to be games programmer's!


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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 18, 2018 19:26:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	One of my lads helping me with this at the moment...


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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 18, 2018 19:28:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	One of my lads helping me with this at the moment...


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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 22, 2018 20:23:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Got two of them on this tonight, took about three hours. I kept leaving them to see how well they dealt with the teamwork aspect, and they did well taking turns to build while the other hunted for pieces. Chuffed!


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Del South East Posts: 1,450	Lego!Del @silvermac
	Oct 23, 2018 17:25:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	^^^ I've just bought one of those. Hoping to start building at the weekend.
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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 23, 2018 18:26:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 23, 2018 17:25:37 GMT Del said: ^^^ I've just bought one of those. Hoping to start building at the weekend. I couldn't decide between the blue and the yellow, so bought both! As well as the Ferrari above, the Spitfire and Messerschmitt and a meant-to-be Lambo! ... And an X-Wing!


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Del South East Posts: 1,450	Lego!Del @silvermac
	Oct 23, 2018 18:55:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	What I really want is a big American truck, preferably a conventional rather than a cabover, but I'm not overly keen on the new Mack that Lego have out.
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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Lego!mr2fc @mr2fc
	Oct 24, 2018 7:09:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Maybe have a look at Lepin and Xinbao? Or Cobi?


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MiataMark Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 2,971 Club RR Member Number: 29	Lego!MiataMark @garra Club Retro Rides Member 29
	Oct 24, 2018 9:38:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Lego did a large Technic truck some years ago Nice set from what I can remember, makes me want to build it again. Found this searching through aliexpress link
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