Ceroknight Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Very Lucky! I wish to go to one of those tous one day Good review too! Quote
WhiteFang Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Thank you very much to share with us on such an exclusive rare review! I will also be in your same situation and struggle to think whether to open it or not. This is such an incredible review and I really appreciate it very much. Quote
dr_spock Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Thank you for the review, Simon. So that's why you missed the Lego Store grand opening last month? Quote
Si-MOCs Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 Thanks everyone for the kind words, I'm very glad I was able to share this with you all... Perhaps you could review the tour, it would be great to read (even if it would make me super jealous ). If enough people were interested, I could certainly do that, it'll take me longer (and I'd have to figure out which forum to stick it in!). Though I would hate to ruin the surprise people that might actually go on the tour... Any chance of making manual scan for us who would want to build a clone? ... Unfortunately I don't have a scanner - not to mention there doesn't seem to be any other instructions out there for LIT models - I'd have to get the OK from TLG first - not to mention LEGO knows where I live... If you have LDD, can you please re-create this one? Sorry no LDD either, I did the best I could to document most of the building - the timelapse should give you a pretty idea how it was built :) Nice! Certainly a great display model, and probably one of the few instances where I actually would keep the box. Not only keep, but displayed with it! Though I got another set - the SPIII heist one - nothing special - except it was my 'prize' for the building competition - and it's signed by everyone on the tour - and LEGO personnel - that one is still sealed and on display. :) What was the Missing Parts warehouse like? Did you see where Design By Me gets fulfilled? Did you get to help yourselves? The missing warehouse was (like everything else) super cool. Rows and rows and rows of pieces. Interesting note that they keep parts for x number of years after they've been discontinued - just in case. I'm not sure if the Design By Me is the same group as Customer Service (I would imagine they are), I might have to order one now and see what I get :) No - I did not 'help myself' to anything - though I was very very tempting at times. But we did get some other nice items during the tour. ...More exciting is the exclusivity of the set, and the signatures of the designers! Actually only one of the signatures is from the designer, the other is from a LEGO Moulding Engineer that came by to talk to us / introduce the set. I felt it was appropriate to get him to sign it too. I think I'm the first person to ask him for his autograph :P Thank you for the review, Simon. So that's why you missed the Lego Store grand opening last month? Bingo. I was disappointed I missed it - they'll only ever be one grand opening, there might be re-openings or other stores, but this'll be the first - "my" LBR store. But I guess I'm not going to get much sympathy eh? Hey - you going to RTL dinner tomorrow ? I'm going to bring the model out to show everyone. Quote
marakoeschtra Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Thank you for this awesome review, Simon! I'm building my own copy of this set at the moment. Your pictures are a great reference, but I can't figure out how the inside of the big machine looks like and how it works. Is it possible for you to make make a picture that shows the internal structure / mechanism? That would be very helpful! Quote
gmask1 Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 +1 for a tour review :) I only found out about the tour via your review, and while it would be crazy expensive to fly over and attend, the notion of going is now simmering away next to other ideas for an overseas trip next year. I can see from the main site that it's basically two days (one full day and two half days) and three nights, and that the schedule is pretty full - a once in a lifetime thing. But what's it really like? Would you recommend it? Thanks :) Quote
Si-MOCs Posted June 14, 2011 Author Posted June 14, 2011 I'm building my own copy of this set at the moment. Your pictures are a great reference, but I can't figure out how the inside of the big machine looks like and how it works. Is it possible for you to make make a picture that shows the internal structure / mechanism? That would be very helpful! I'll try to take it apart and take some pics when i get some time (and when I have the table space again!), but basically it's a ramp that's on vertical hinges that makes the little pieces drop down into the basket. If you look at the picture from above you can see the little chute that you drop 1x1 rounds into. there's another mechanism that pushes it into the the 'mould' then there's the handle that moves the mould back and forth (in otherwords once you 'open' the mould, the piece drops in to the hole, down the ramp, and into the basket!). Check out the video, you can see the inside. +1 for a tour review :) I only found out about the tour via your review, and while it would be crazy expensive to fly over and attend, the notion of going is now simmering away next to other ideas for an overseas trip next year. I can see from the main site that it's basically two days (one full day and two half days) and three nights, and that the schedule is pretty full - a once in a lifetime thing. But what's it really like? Would you recommend it? I'll try to throw together a tour review... I think ultimately it depends on how big of a fan are you, and if you can afford it. If you're a fan, it's a dream. Simply put. To see everything and meet everyone - it was just awesome. and yes it's a pretty crammed schedule. It's not something that I would do every year (even if I could afford it - though there is one guy that does). but I would like to try to go again in maybe 10 years if I can save up again. Keep in mind that it's about the experience, not the loot you get from it. You can buy a LOT of LEGO for the same amount (though if you live in EU/Denmark in particular, you can save a lot on sets. not as much of a savings as Americans, and lesser extent Canadians). Quote
Legoking Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 (edited) Wow, fantastic review. This looks like a wonderful set. I actually just received mine today, because it was the last day of the inside tour. I was wondering which month did you go on the tour? Also, I got #10/40 and the creator, Melody, signed mine too. I came all the way from NY to go on this tour. I was also wondering which prize category you had won in the competition. I had won the "Designers design award". LegoKing Edited June 17, 2011 by Legoking Quote
Piranha Posted June 18, 2011 Posted June 18, 2011 Thanks for this rare special review Super cool stuff! Quote
Lego Otaku Posted June 30, 2011 Posted June 30, 2011 someone figured out the machine and he has promised to post LDD file of it. Quote
Lego Otaku Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 Update from above post, he uploaded the instruction for both parts of the molding machines: http://falves.josesa.net/MouldingMachine/ As usual. LDD was kooky and the instruction seemed odd but you should be able to figure out most of them. Quote
mrtonyt Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 How do you get on an insider tour?? I have looked everywhere? Quote
CopMike Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 How do you get on an insider tour?? I have looked everywhere? Read this from TLG and you´ll understand! Quote
julesvincent Posted February 28, 2018 Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Hi @Si-MOCs, sorry for digging out this old thread, but could you tell me where the black "Arburg" sticker from the sticker sheet is supposed to go? I can't really see it on the pics here or on flickr. Thanks for this awesome review, I look into building this awesome set! Thanks, Alex Edit: Is it possible to make the timelapse available again? Surely appreciate it! Edited February 28, 2018 by julesvincent Addition Quote
4bee Posted September 3, 2019 Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) On 3/1/2018 at 12:05 AM, julesvincent said: Hi @Si-MOCs, sorry for digging out this old thread, but could you tell me where the black "Arburg" sticker from the sticker sheet is supposed to go? I can't really see it on the pics here or on flickr. Thanks for this awesome review, I look into building this awesome set! Thanks, Alex Edit: Is it possible to make the timelapse available again? Surely appreciate it! @Si-MOCs sorry to nudge you again, but I'd also love to see the timelapse video available again. There are other timelapse/build videos of the LIT sets on youtube (e.g. 4000025 at https://youtu.be/m5xCP1HN8q0?t=298) - would really appreciate seeing 4000001 too! Thanks :) Edit: @julesvincent I just found this photo (albeit a MOC) that shows the black ARBURG sticker on the back: Edited September 3, 2019 by 4bee Quote
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