Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Reimagined Rey's Snow Speeder, my custom Lego creation

So have you ever wondered what if Rey had been born on Hoth instead of Jakku?


Instead of a hot sandy desert environment, she'd have to put up with the frigid ice planet.

Maybe then her speeder would look like this.

I basically took my Lepin 05001 Speeder set and replaced all of the dark red pieces with white ones.

Rear view shot.

I used some tan coloured bricks for contrast.  Those would have been around where the brown and orange plates were on the original speeder.

Action shot.


Here is Rey modelling Han Solo's Parka from the Lego Echo Base set 7749.


Hmm, if you had to choose a mode of transportation, would it be Tauntaun or Snow Speeder?

As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!




Monday, August 24, 2015

How I made a not Lego Hospital from different sets


What is one to do when it is pouring rain outside?  For me, I decided to make a hospital scene using bricks from different sets and different brick brands.  In case you're a Lego purist, you better stop reading now, because none of this is real Lego.

This hospital scene consists of a two storey hospital, an ambulance and a helicopter, all in matching white and red colours.  There are six different rooms in this hospital.

On the second floor, there is a  private room where somebody is going to get an injection from the nurse.

The second floor also consists of an administration area, and a laboratory.  One of the lab technicians is using a microscope.

Downstairs is a waiting room with a patient waiting to be seen.

There is a main lobby and an empty room which I haven't decided what to use it for.  Maybe you can help me decide what to use it for?

Outside, there is an ambulance just dropping off a patient.

There's enough height in the ambulance to accommodate a standing minifigure.

In case of emergencies, there is a helicopter standing by.


Here's a look at the front of the hospital. It has an outside balcony on the second floor, a seating area and a small garden.  Entrance to the hospital is through the double doors.

For this scene, I used the following brick sets:

Wange Medical Hospital set 29162

Wange Medical Hospital set 27163

Star Diamond Ambulance set 82106

Sluban Helicopter set M38-B0363

The inspiration for my hospital was from the Wange Hospital 29162.  It had the 2 floors with bay window and double entry doors but not much else.  After I built the original set, I started to think about adding some extra rooms to make it more substantial.  

I used another Wange set 27163 to build one of the hospital wings.  Although there are several other Wange medical sets, they are basically just variations of the 27163 set, just different rooms.  I had enough spare bricks to make the rest of the hospital so I decided not to buy the other Wange medical sets.

The ambulance I made is sourced from the Star Diamond set 82106 but I didn't keep the original design.  After I built the ambulance, I found it too small, so I extended the wheelbase making it longer.

Finally, the helicopter is from Sluban set M38-B0363, and it's pretty much original, I didn't change it.
I'm not a big fan of stickers, so I didn't apply any of the stickers that came with  any of the Wange, Star Diamond or Sluban sets.

Regarding the minifigures, the ones from Wange and Sluban are really crappy and not Lego compatible. The Star Diamond hospital doctor and nurse minifigures are pretty decent though.  The nurse minifigure in the back of the ambulance comes from Bozhi set 98057.

Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

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