I modded my Lego Armored Assault Tank 8018 with non-Lego bricks!

Hi there and welcome back to Bricks and Figs!  In case you are wondering, no, this is not a bootleg of the Lego Armored Assault Tank 8018 set.  It's the real deal, except I made some subtle changes and did it using some extra non Lego bricks.

This is  what the original 8018 Lego set looks like, here is a pic of the Star Wars assault tank  I found on the Internet.

And here's my version.  This tank lives in a parallel universe where  Star Wars doesn't exist.  Instead the tank is used by some members of bootleg Hazmat team.   Hey look, it's hovering!

A couple of days ago, I decided to resurrect the Assault Tank and had just about finished rebuilding the original version, when I tried moving it on my carpet floor.  Totally un-satisfying.   I thought to myself, how cool would it be to make the tank look like it was hovering off the ground.

As you can see, I kept about 90% of the original set design.  To make the tank look like it was hovering, I put some small wheels underneath, then proceeded to add an extra layer of skirting to hide the wheels.

In addition to the skirting, I replaced the round shield with a windscreen.  Other changes include changes to the secondary guns and the cladding on the primary gun.

Here's how you board the assault tank from the rear.  The door is in the open position in the above pic.

And here's the door in closed position.  The slope bricks flanking the entrance aren't Lego.

For easier access, you can access the inside by lifting the roof.

Here's a closeup shot of the front.

Side view with the primary gun in raised position.

The turret above rotates.  I'm planning on making the turret a bit wider and deeper so that a minifig can fit inside.

I've flipped the tank over so that you can see the underside.  More non Lego bricks here.  Actually I used some of the Pogo minifigure baseplates here.

These are the three wheels that I've added.

Hope you like my modded version of the Lego 8018 Armored Assault Tank.  See you next time!

My Collection of Lego and Non Lego Fire Rescue Building Sets

Today, I'll be showing you my small collection of Fire and Rescue building sets.  Most of them are not Lego but I do have a few Lego sets as well.   The little utility vehicle above comes from the Kazi 8052 Fire Station set.

This is the Fire Department Car, model 8057, also by Kazi.  You can tell the Kazi models by the crappy wheels that they come with.  I believe this is a copy of an older Lego model.

Another Kazi model, this one is model 8055. It's a Fire Department pickup truck with trailer. This is a near bootleg of Lego model 7942.

This was my first Gudi model fire truck 9209.  I like that it's wheels are similar to that of Lego models. 

This model is the Fire Truck model 8054 by Kazi.

Another Gudi brand fire apparatus,  this fire truck is from the Fire Rescuer set 9215.

I modified this Kazi 8053 Fire Snorkel model by extending the cab.

Here's an actual Lego model in my collection.  It's the Fire Truck from the Fire Emergency set 60003.

Here's my other Lego model.  It's the Fire Department Helicopter 7206.

The Kazi Fire Station 8052.  

As part of my Fire Marine unit, this model is from Gudi 9213.

 And finally, this big Fire and Rescue ship, by Enlighten, model 909.  Despite it's massive size it only has 361 pieces.

I have a soft spot for Fire and Rescue Apparatus as you can tell from my building block collection.   I also collect Fire Engine Diecast models which you can find on my other blog:

http://code3diecast.blogspot.com

Just curious, does anyone else collect Fire and Rescue building sets or diecast?  Please leave me a comment below.

Thanks for visiting!!

The List of the 15 Most Expensive Lego Star Wars sets I found at Walmart Canada

If you are wondering what the most expensive Lego Star Wars sets being sold at Walmart Canada are, here is my list.  Of the top 15, there are only 3 sets that have not yet been cloned by Lepin, 75098 Assault on Hoth,  75148 Encounter on Jakku and 75092 Naboo Starfighter.

You can sort each of the table columns.

Ranking	Set #	Set Description	Price (in Cdn $)	Lepin set #
1	75098	Assault on Hoth	299.86	Not copied
2	75060	Slave 1	229.86	05037
3	75095	TIE Fighter	229.86	05036
4	75104	Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle	149.86	05006
5	75157	Captain Rex's AT-TE	149.85	05032
6	75151	Clone Turbo Tank	139.86	05031
7	75156	Krennic's Imperial Shuttle	119.86	05049
8	75103	First Order Transporter	109.86	05003
9	75155	Rebel U-Wing Fighter	99.86	05054
10	75102	Poe's X-wing Fighter	99.86	05004
11	75149	Resistance X-Wing Fighter	99.86	05029
12	75154	TIE Striker	89.86	05048
13	75139	Battle on Takodana	74.86	05009
14	75148	Encounter on Jakku	74.86	Not copied
15	75092	Naboo Starfighter	59.86	Not copied

I'm hoping that Lepin makes a bootleg of the Assault on Hoth Star Wars set soon.