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LEGO Super Heroes: Spider-Mech vs Venom
Cross Posted to BrickSet
Venom has anti-studs are exposed in two highly visible locations, under the forearms and on the inner sides of Venom's thighs. Even then, they don’t take away from the look of the kit. The exposed surfaces are in black, the arms are usually posed so under-arms will be hidden and the thighs have inverted slope pieces used to help give the legs shape.
The Builds
Venom
The main attraction of this set, I find Venom to be a fine build. He is satisfactorily bulky, towering over the accompanying Spider-Mech. The designers put this bulk is put to good use by having a minimum of exposed anti-studs, lots of interesting sub-builds and a fantastic color scheme!Venom has anti-studs are exposed in two highly visible locations, under the forearms and on the inner sides of Venom's thighs. Even then, they don’t take away from the look of the kit. The exposed surfaces are in black, the arms are usually posed so under-arms will be hidden and the thighs have inverted slope pieces used to help give the legs shape.
Thursday, January 9, 2020
LEGO Speed Champions 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1
Part 0: Thoughts on the 2020 Speed Champions
The start of 2020 has brought with it a whole lot of new LEGO kits! There's new Marvel sets, new Star Wars sets, a new Creator building and; most importantly for me, new Speed Champions! I went ahead and and ordered three of the new kits along with the last 2019 Speed Champions set.
For anyone who haven't heard yet, these 2020 SC kits have changed from the standard 6-stud wide construction to a new 8-stud width. This should allow TLG's designers to more accurately design each vehicle and include more details. However the new width means more parts are used which means the price for the Speed Champions has been bumped up by $5.00...
As I mentioned the increased piece/price allows Speed Champions cars to look more detailed. Now each car have the proper two seats and a stick/e-brake in between the seats. So now our drivers aren't sitting in the dead middle of a weird single seat car. A great improvement!
However, I've had a few reservations with the new scale. Primarily the fact that the more curvy vehicles have looked off to me in the promotional materials. Because of this bias, I decided to begin my journey with the new SC width with the Audi Quattro S1. Since this vehicle comes straight from the 1980's I hoped the boxy proportions would translate well to LEGO.
Link to Speed Build:
The start of 2020 has brought with it a whole lot of new LEGO kits! There's new Marvel sets, new Star Wars sets, a new Creator building and; most importantly for me, new Speed Champions! I went ahead and and ordered three of the new kits along with the last 2019 Speed Champions set.
For anyone who haven't heard yet, these 2020 SC kits have changed from the standard 6-stud wide construction to a new 8-stud width. This should allow TLG's designers to more accurately design each vehicle and include more details. However the new width means more parts are used which means the price for the Speed Champions has been bumped up by $5.00...
As I mentioned the increased piece/price allows Speed Champions cars to look more detailed. Now each car have the proper two seats and a stick/e-brake in between the seats. So now our drivers aren't sitting in the dead middle of a weird single seat car. A great improvement!
However, I've had a few reservations with the new scale. Primarily the fact that the more curvy vehicles have looked off to me in the promotional materials. Because of this bias, I decided to begin my journey with the new SC width with the Audi Quattro S1. Since this vehicle comes straight from the 1980's I hoped the boxy proportions would translate well to LEGO.
Link to Speed Build:
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