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!

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.

Pogo PG-647 Star Wars Obi Wan Kenobi Minifigure Review

Normally Pogo makes a pretty good bootleg of a Star Wars Lego minifigure.  But this PG-647 Obi Wan Kenobi minifigure is terrible.  Well from the torso up he's ok, but look at the colour difference of the robe he's wearing.  It doesn't even match.  His face and hairpiece is ok but his lower half, is Argh, I can't stand it.

Here is Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi from the back. He's got a lot of excess plastic on the back of his hair.

This Ben Kenobi copy is from the Lego Mos Eisley Cantina 75052 set.

Obi Wan comes from the larger Pogo Star Wars minifigure set PG8021.

Pogo PG-674 Star Wars Ahsoka Tano Minifigure Review

I just opened up one of the packages at random, so today we are going to look at the Star Wars minifigure character called Ahsoka Tano. She's a Jedi Padawan in the Star Wars Clone Wars series.

This Pogo minifigure is a copy of the Lego Ahsoka Tano minifig found in the 75158 Rebel Combat Frigate set.  She comes with two light sabres.

While the front printing of the Ahsoka minifigure is acceptable ...

... the same cannot be said of the back.  There is a lot of paint bleed on her hairpiece and tail.

And when she's not battling evil Star Wars villains, she's directing air traffic at Its Not Lego International Airport.

Ahsoka is part of the larger Pogo Star Wars Minifigure set PG8028.

Brand: Pogo

Minifig:  PG-674 Ahsoka Tano

Series: Star Wars minifigure

Dargo Brand Star Wars Minifigures (not Lego) Set 850

This is a new bootleg brand for me, called Dargo.  They have done some superhero minifigures but I didn't get any of those because I wasn't sure if the quality was good or not.   I recently got this set of 8 Star Wars Clone Wars knockoff figures.  Set number is 850.

The set consists of 4 different Storm Troopers (top row) and Separatist Bounty Hunter, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, and Darth Vader (bottom row).

Here's a look at the backsides. Although there's no leg or arm printing, they do have printing on the back of their torsos.  

There's a few disparities in this set.  The lightsabers are all wrong for the characters.  Darth Maul is missing his cape.  Darth Vader's head should not be flesh coloured.  I think I put a Stormtrooper head on the Bounty Hunter by mistake.

  The previous two pics show the backs of the minifigures.  The next few shots are closeups of each mini figure.

Darth Vader

Darth Maul

Anakin Skywalker

Clone Trooper

Bounty Hunter

Storm Trooper

Sand Trooper

Pilot Clone Trooper?

The helmets of the Clone Troopers are really bad.  There's no detail or texture to them, just some weird paint.  Can't say they do anything for me.  The torsos are detailed enough front and back and the designs look to be clear, even and free of smudges.

Here is the Dargo 850 set as listed on the Dargo website.   I hope all of the Dargo bootlegs are not this bad.  I bought these off Ali Express and paid about $5.20 USD for this set.  So not worth it.

I think there is another set with the same figures but by a different brand.  From what I've seen from pics, those ones have more accurate minifigures and details.  I'll have to see if I can find it for a good price.  Anyways, I give this set a mediorce score of 6 out of 10.

Brand: Dargo

Set:  850 Star Wars Clone Wars minifigures

Number of figures: 8

Price paid: $5.20 USD, free shipping