BL: UCS Bat Pod

[Solscud007]

At my last LUG meeting, I got a set of UCS Tumbler front tires, they came from the recent Technic Dragster set and came in from LUG Support. I was eager to get them so I could start Bricklinking a UCS Bat-Pod to go with my UCS Tumbler. My wife has been helping me order a lot of it on Bricklink along with her orders to build the large Eiffel Tower she is working on.

To go with my UCS Bat-Pod I downloaded a custom decal design and printed it directly onto the large tile.

My friend and I were testing printing this and we decided to add a layer of gloss to emboss the Bat-Pod image.

I am waiting on two more parts orders to complete the Bat-Pod.

Edit: The last parts came in today. I just need a couple small pieces but it is 99% done.

Edited March 23, 2016 by Solscud007

[HawkLord]

That Bat-Pod looks fantastic, but that display plate is very professional and almost steals the show. The embossing looks outstanding.

[TheLegoDr]

Is that the official LEGO batpod? it looks familiar.

I will say I was not as impressed with the batpod after building it as I was with the Tumbler. Looking at pictures it looked good, but having it in the brick, I was a little disappointed, especially with out abrupt the instructions ended. I literally said out loud "that is it?"

[Solscud007]

Is that the official LEGO batpod? it looks familiar.

I will say I was not as impressed with the batpod after building it as I was with the Tumbler. Looking at pictures it looked good, but having it in the brick, I was a little disappointed, especially with out abrupt the instructions ended. I literally said out loud "that is it?"

Yeah I am using scans of the instructions and parts list from Bricklink to make one. It is a bit underwhelming compared to the Tumbler. The biggest pain in the butt is the Hero Factory shield peices used for the hand guards. They are $10 EACH on bricklink!!! and you need 6 of them. My wife managed to get 4 of them used for $6 each. I am using Star Wars battle droid torsos as the foot pedal part rather than buy two more shield pieces.