A Lego Easter Bonanza

So I have been a bit remiss in doing any posts recently, partly laziness, partly work has been sapping my will to live and partly I have been busy with my Lego pursuits. Being a member of a couple of Registered Lego User Groups (RLUG) there have been some building competitions for us AFOLs and children alike.

Competition 1

For 2x4 day, namely 2 April 2016, Jay's Brick Blog ran a competition to see what people could build with only 2x4 Lego bricks. This was more challenging than I anticipated, and as a lot of my Lego supplies are in storage I had to rely on the Lego Digital Designer (LDD) to formulate my design. 

This was my first foray into LDD land and I must say it was not necessarily easy or intuitive to use. I struggled through and eventually got the hang of how to make the software work for me to build me design.

My 2x4 day entry

I ended up going with a representation of the London Underground symbol as I lived in London for a couple of years and was feeling nostalgic given the recent terror incident. Now, as you may recall from my introductory post, I have no ability to visualise, which makes creating my own designs a very difficult challenge so I was pretty happy with how my design turned out given it could only consist of 2x4 bricks.

Lego 42065 Review

Lego Technic 42065 - RC Tracked Racer Review

So this is my first review of an actual Lego build and I must confess to you all that it has taken a while for me to get to as I have not wanted to stop playing with my new toy!

The Lego Technic RC Tracked Racer is Lego's modern foray into the remote controlled car space. Granted, most technic sets can be motorised but this set has been specifically designed by Lego to serve two masters - Lego toy and RC toy. 

I assume if you are reading a review about this Lego model then you are probably considering purchasing it but just in case you need it, here are the details:

Item: Lego Technic 42065 - RC Tracked Racer 

Piece count: 370 + motor functions
AU Price: $119
Availability: Most major physical and online retailers 
Average discount: 25% in 2017
Battery requirements: 3 x AAA, 6 x AA

The Lego build

The build of the actual RC was quite satisfying. It was fairly straightforward, as you can imagine with only 370 pieces, but was quality nonetheless. It was interesting to see how the track function would come together to give the RC its unique tank like handling.

The motor functions fit neatly within the body of the RC racer. Lego has really thought about the access to the motor functions and made the body easy to lift to turn the function on/off.