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Hello. I haven't posted anything for a long time but this model should find an informed audience here. So here's my Lego brick version of the GI Joe train produced by the Tyco company in 1983... no, there weren't just dinosaurs on earth at the time. If you know this vintage toy (otherwise go look on Google), you'll notice that it was not intended (at all) for the famous 3-3/4 figurines and some enthusiasts could say that therefore it is not a real toy of the line and that it does not touch their nostalgia. But in our bricks world things are different, we builders (yes I'm talking about you), are free to create models from whatever we want and make them compatible with our beloved figurines or any other scale. Anyway, here are the images, I hope you like them... otherwise go buy some Playmobil? ;D The train have cool features like the deploying container / outpost and access to the caboose interior with communication post. One last thing the locomotive is motorized and can drag the wagons easily, I just need to make a video to show. You can find larger photos on my website www.baronsat.net
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I went to Bricklink tonight (apparently the new Bricklink, because it looked like it was made this century) when the site was under maintenance. Here was the image shown: Kind of cute, not as funny as it was trying to be, but whatever. As I scanned the image though, I immediately noticed something amiss: the white hinge pieces at the top aren't LEGO--they are Tyco Super Blocks. I know this because I have two of the same piece, but in black. Compared to the white plate they attach to, their slightly increased thickness is obvious: Tyco plates were 1/2 the thickness of a brick, whereas LEGO plates, as we all know, are 1/3. (As a side note, they are in amazing shape, considering how yellowed they aren't for how old they must be.) Personally I don't mind Tyco blocks; I think they are the only off-brand that stacks up (see what I did there) against LEGO in terms of durability, clutch power, and color. I don't mind using them in MOCs unless for contests, and sometimes that extra 1/6 of a brick is perfect for adding some extra stability to a fragile SNOT build. However, despite my own acceptance of Tyco, I know that many FOLs have no tolerance for off-brands, so I was surprised to see them used this way, especially on Bricklink, a resource so widely used in the community (and since you can't buy them on the site), so I couldn't resist pointing it out.
