Siegfried

You're Steve Jackson? THE Steve Jackson? If so I've loved your work for years... especially the Fighting Fantasy game books. EDIT: Ooops... I just made the common mistake; you're the other famous game designer. I'm so embarrassed...

Updated! Thanks everyone for keeping the posts short and factual.

I completely agree on all counts! My last creator review was rather unappreciated but you've got the EBians to comment; great work! Oddly I haven't got this set yet; I've been moving house and buying LEGO when moving is rather silly. But I'll be rectifying that soon. Thanks for the extra persuasion! It's a feature, not a fault. The plane would crash otherwise! Yeah. But as Superkalle said, LEGO is a toy and the newer one has better clutch. I'll be treasuring my old ones...

Please ask it elsewhere. EB isn't the only forum in the world and as an extra bonus you'll get more knowledgeable answers. We're happy just being a major LEGO forum. Even I go to other forums when I want to discuss or learn about things other then LEGO.

I think this would be better closed. Even so, it is nice to see you posting 5150 Lego.

Huh? Let's review what I said about this; Well you keep thinking that, but the evidence is against you and you've been shown to not understand the PS3 as well as you think you do in the past. (NTFS remember?) This news was posted by someone with links to Sony, and he has pulled his post since and said that he's going on "extended leave". He's been on that forum for 4 years and he was a moderator; hardly a random source or a "retard". You keep going on about decryption/encryption keys like that's the full story when I keep saying, and surely you must know, that is only part of the story. GT5 is a major release for the PS3, possibly the biggest ever, and Sony will do their darnedness to keep it legal. Will they succeed? Probably not long term, but it'll be interesting seeing what happens. For the record I doubt that it'll be a case of simply changing the keys. They will lock it to 3.5+ in some way, probably by adding features that we going to be added in a patch. Yeah, they have done badly there, but this is hardly a rare occurrence in the game industry. Software writing is often more an art than a craft, especially with a CPU that is as complicated as the Cell. I don't get that attitude at all. If it goes as you're claiming all you'll be able to play is old games, PS2 games and Homebrew as Sony will give up on the PS3, make the PS3.5, and this time lock it down even more than last time. Surely you don't want that? But I don't plan to buy GT5 either. Serious car games are just to serious for me most of the time. Drive 9 laps in first place just to make an error on lap 10 and lose the race by ten seconds? Not my bag at all. I said that I think it'll be hacked in time and that I think they'll do more than just change the codes. If you read the effort one has to go to to get GT5 going illegally, it sounds like it's cheaper to buy the game in terms of time wasted and features lost. Also, it does seem that they did use some new APIs, but they obviously didn't have time to use them deeply. So rub my face in it all you want. In any case, I'm going to have to put my moderator hat on and ask you to stop discussing cracking (PS3 or otherwise) on EB. Regardless of the angle of personal freedom, these selfish crackers are stomping on my personal freedom (for example my USB arcade sticks don't work anymore since the USB crackdown) and I still see it as a way for people to steal games off hard working programmers like me. If you wish to complain about this please PM me. Yeah, that's on my list. I've played the demo and I quite liked it.

Set Index: Evo 2.0 I see (Nathan) Evo as the replacement for Dunkan Bulk. Time will tell if he returns or not to prove me wrong! In any case he looks manly in his canister shot. As I said in my Furno 2.0 review, I quite like this combiner. Most look good in fact. Maybe I should make a few... Similar parts list to the other HF 2.0 sets, so no surprises here... ...and here are the real parts! To get the worst out of the way, I don't think much of this shield. Yeah I'm being picky as it is a shield afterall, and it looks like one, but it just doesn't excite me. The highlight is the "roughened" prong pieces, and I like how this texture is on both sides. I do however like the mask piece. The vent at the front deepens and darkens the face, which works well with the purple head. Doesn't look as good from the bottom, but what is apparent is the effort TLG have gone to to make a quite complicated piece well re-enforced. Head assembly. Sometimes I think I need a page like this for my own... Evo proudly displaying his shield he knows I love so much. I do however like how the big spiked shoulder piece looks... ...especially how it fleshes out the arm when viewed from the back. Like the other sets he has a custom print. Very nice... "La La La, Someone Save the Hero Factory!" A patriotic moment. Please note that these are the soft spears, which for the most part look normal. Wonderful parts! Intimidation practice. The shield/weapon part looks better from this angle. Ratings Posability: Very. All the heroes are. His big shoulder piece is good in that it doesn't restrict the movement while making him look solid at more angles. 8/10 Parts: Probably one of the better blend of parts, and it includes two of the new gun piece. 9/10 Looks: Another interesting but successful colour combination. ...and purple! 9/10 Fudge: If you don't want to buy the lot, I think Evo is one of the better ones to pick. 9/10 Overall: Buy a 77 gram buddy for Nex! 9/10

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...er... no one does. This is an old set and an old review. Please note that we prefer people to not post in old topics without a good reason.

I've split this from the Backhoe topic.

Set Index: Furno 2.0 When he first appeared, William Furno was a rookie with something to prove. He even had a motorbike. Now he's a geek with big glasses. I bet he even sold his bike, afterall; how many geeks ride motorcycles? Nice canister photo though. Hopefully he'll turn around soon and notice the guy burning stuff. Geek+muscles=shoulder launched missiles? I do like these combiners. Parts list. Most LEGO sets don't look as impressive as a list of parts due to duplication... ...but I think this looks more appealing! Loads of the nice new HF parts. The Heroes are built much the same for the first half; it's just a matter of what panel goes where. They all use this part as a chest plate. The HF armour goes on top, with the Power core on top of that. Most of these new parts look really solid; note in particular the corner braces. The center ball joint receptacle looks strong too. All things considered, shouldn't this be Furno 3.0? Or was the bike version just 1.1? In any case it's a cool print. All jokes aside, this is one of my favourite head piece. I like how his eyes are completely covered. He's also one of the few that has possibilities of using it backwards. Aside from the big glasses, he also has the gun-blade-thing that several other heroes have. Overall I think he's one of the line highlights. He really highlights how different you can make a head look with an extra element. Since the head is shown more with him than the other heroes, the complete mouth looks more like a grin! Very smart. Shame he has the shield... From the rear he looks far less impressive. Since his panels are all front on he looks rather sparse. Billy gets back to his roots and wears his hat backwards. Cool dude! Ratings Posability: It's hard to complain about the posability of the heroes. All have elbows, knees, wrists and ankles. His shield weapon does make posing a bit harder though. 8/10 Parts: He ain't heavy, he's a geek.... actually at 77 grams he's one of the "bigger" ones. I think he's one of the most appealing of the line due to his visor. 9/10 Looks: He looks so different!.I can forgive the other flaws due to this. TLG has done some really smart things with this line. 9/10 Fudge: As much as I like him, aside from the colour I don't see how this is the same character. 8/10 Overall: Love your inner geek! 8/10 Thanks go out to TLG for this exciting new line.

Set Index: Nex 2.0 I see (Julius) Nex as the replacement for Jimi Stringer. In any case... Nex 2.0? Where's the 1.0?! He's got a nice cannister though, and those ships in the background makes me hope that TLG experiment with a system crossover line. On the back is the usual combiner as well as the usual massive amount of text. Read it all? As a reward, here is the parts list... ...and the parts themselves! Orange and white is a common colour blend for TLG, but I think the green is a new aspect. I love the new metal colours. I think they are the same as the soldiers to the right, but I'm not the best a judging things like that. It's a nice part too! Random instruction page. All of the Heroes have one of the new power cores. I'm a bit undecided if I prefer the unique colours over a consistent colour. It's held into the chest piece via the HF standard shaft. I wonder if anyone will make use of this part as an "I"... I find the top of his mask part a bit odd; to me it's a repetition of his arms! The lower part make me think of a Grid-iron football player. I like his ID panel. I think the printing works especially well on white. Nex reporting for his next game! 10, 42, 36, hut, hut, hut! Oh... he doesn't seem so amused. TLG are a bit conflicted about the correct configuration of this shield, but in this case I prefer the instructions over the cover photo. Thanks to the new ball joint panels the Heroes look quite decent from the side... ...at the usual expense of the back. It's especially bad here due to the colour contrast. The face part concept of this line is really smart. To me this one simple part make Nex look far more beefier in the face. Flex! Ratings Posability: It's hard to complain about the posability of the heroes. All have elbows, knees, wrists and ankles. His shield weapon does make posing a bit harder though. 8/10 Parts: Beefy look aside, at 76 grams he's one of the lighter heroes. While the parts are well made I don't like the new shield piece. 8/10 Looks: It may be overused, but the orange/while look works well. However it does highlight how nothing the backs are. 8/10 Fudge: A more solid looking character and excellent articulation! 9/10 Overall: Let him join your team!. 8/10 Thanks go out to TLG for this exciting new line.

Set Index: Nitroblast I like the presentation of this line, especially the interesting background that isn't too distracting. I do have one complaint about this one in particular though; the right eye is glowing green... I realise that these images are always enhanced these days, but that's a case that could cause confusion and/or disappointment. The punch-to-open-box lingers on to my annoyance. Other than that it's an OK rear, possibly too bland. Please note that the box shots have a different attachment position for the "fuel" hose than the instructions. I find it interesting checking what TLG choose for the standard 1:1 shot. This choice is interesting as it arguably makes up for the cover implying the right eye is green! De-boxed! Random instruction page. Set list; doesn't look like much as per normal with this style of set, but I think the piece size and complexity make up for it. Here's the lot! The best aspect to me is the lack of pins/axels. This new line takes this genre in a new direction with panel parts being balljointed rather than pinned. It's an interesting idea and at the least it'll be great for MOCs. System integration could be harder with this line however. This to me is the highlight; it's a great looking panel with great potential; in this case it's used as a flame thrower. As you can see it's ball jointed; no pins, no studs. However the two sets of two holes do fit the standard bar accessories (such as claws), and they are a studs distance apart. Thus system scale has not been forgotten. This weapon is interesting; note the two holes. This seems to be the new HF accessory standard. (Interestingly an axle is still included.) Here you can see that it is system compatible. Like all of this line, there is a printed part in each set. At a casual glance I thought that the villians parts were all the same, but upon being told I was wrong I realised that aside from the fire and lightning the exact designs are very different. On the subject of sharing, the head is interesting. This is the "front"... ...and here is the "back". Two faces; this part is used in "reverse" for Jetbug. More on this later. This is also one of the few new parts that is not ball jointed. It's building time! I stopped at this stage to highlight how different these sets are. Ball joints galore and a reduction (but not elimination) of pin holes. Looking at this I can't help but think of the potential as a general mech frame. Lower body panels fitted. They snap on firmly and are movable to a slight degree. (I got a bit confused and put one of the thigh pieces on wrong in this photo.) It's hard to tell in this photo, but the colour issues with yellow don't seem fixed yet. (The top one is darker.) The sole spare part! This is a negative side effect of the reduction of pins. Finished! Like most of these figures, he looks great from the front... ...but not so great from the rear! In particular I find the "second face" a bit distracting. The Zamor spheres are very nice in this set. It's hard to appreciate how interesting they are from just one view. So here's more! His head reminds me of the Aliens. (As in the Ridley Scott movie.) The head however is too minimalisitic for it's size so off front it doesn't work as well. It's an odd hobby of mine to look for differences between the box shots and the instructions. In this case the hose has been moved. I'm assuming it was done to avoid forcing the hose at a bad angle, but I prefer it the original way regardless. This photo also shows how the head really needs more bulk on the sides. Ratings Posability: Very. The left are has additional reinforcement that does reduce it somewhat, but it's not a major issue. His big feet helps him balance as well. 9/10 Parts: This set includes most of the new ball joint panel parts as well as some longer pieces that don't come with the heroes. All the parts go together well, and the new ball joint system seems more sturdy than the last. 9/10 Looks: From the front he's perfect, from the side less so, and from the back he's a bit freaky. But that's nothing new for this line or for LEGO in general. Even so, I don't think the villians are as good looking as the heroes this time. 7/10 Fudge: I (think I) realise why TLG did it, but the double head is odd. It's a great compromise... but it's a compromise. 8/10 Overall: He's my least favourite of the new baddies (I like DrillDozer), but I still think he's a good buy. 8/10 Thanks go out to TLG for this exciting new line.

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It's been great! Yeah, Myra and Max. Myra seems to be a natural; she put the bike in gear!

I'm off for a 500km trip on my baby bike! I've got 125 too....! ...oh you're not talking capacity... Here's some more pics! Speed! Here's the required girl+bike photo.

Please; don't make posts like that. It hardly adds to the discussion.

Very good! I do have one question; why is he yellow when you made Laguna Loire flesh?

Only actual licenses belong in licensed...

'cos I'm lazy. I don't have time right now to create a new "rank to aspire to" and recently (because I've never liked the group) I removed the "Honorary Citizens" rank. Thus we now have some eligible to be Archdukes... Since both of them (to cut a long story short) are not active anymore I made them Grand Dukes instead. But all they have to do is make a single post and they'll be promoted...

Yeah.... moving...

It skews the votes and makes the contest confusing, especially since in most cases we're ineligible (by choice) for prizes. I'm going to try and make an entry for this but I'm in the middle of a move...

Sorry for leaving you guys confused. Big Cam is right; I'd like to but the board doesn't support it. The setting is "Can edit own topic title & description?" and it's all or nothing. A mod is possible, but my work list is long enough already!

Honestly, is being crude that necessary?

I realise you may not have the best English skills, but making short posts in several old topics in a row is not cool...