Outdoor Rollin'

this here's a nice outdoors, Lego truck in the real world pic. up until my recent off road adventure, i had thought trucks would roll over large rocks easily. not so, as a rock too large would mean disaster for the tires. a punctured wheel in the middle of nowhere was no fun...

meanwhile, i'm having fun with my troopers. not only have i made them stand in fun lil places with backdrops, i have started to make little wordings and stories to go with them. they are no longer, one picture one story.

Troopers Moving Across the Desert

Gosh! i really like making clone troopers moving across the desert floor. i dont often get the chance to actually have the background to place them in this environment.

Things You Can Build with 8014

I was getting my shampoo at my usual place, when I unwittingly glanced at the "on sale/clearance" section. There, sitting next to Bakugan (which was 35% off), was a stack of Clone Trooper Battle Packs (8014). The sale price stickers on them read, "$7.39." This item is usually $11.99, altho in Toys "R" Us, they got for $14.99 (or $17.99 during the holidays).

I apologize for oinking out on these sets, but like those crazy shop-a-holics on tv sitcoms, i swept my arm over the shelf and pushed the boxes into my cart. There were a few droid sets, and as i placed them back on the shelf, a Lego hungry mom swooped into my cart for my goods. When i informed her that those were mine, she merely gave me a dirty look and insisted that she thought i was an employee putting boxes onto a shelf, despite my non uniform/colored attire.

I took them to the cashier, and for some reason, rang out to be $6.28 per set. I made it home, with no problems, unless i count the mom i saw in the parking lot later who purposely pushed her cart at my car...

Hey.. I got away with less then ten boxes in the end...thats fair game, the way i see it. Its not like i walked off with 2 dozen boxes... thats a lil obsessive, even for me.

Those sets are your basic walker sets, but most people that buy them are after the clone trooper minifigs. While we can always follow the instructions to build the walker, i find that there are other things that can be built using the same pieces from the set.

For instance, we can build...

...a speeder. Fit for one clone trooper or two. Or just for one trooper and his radio intercepter unit. If SW isn't the thing, why not a ....

..derringer anybody? Those sets seem like a great bang for the buck, not just for the minifigs, but also for the pieces that come in the box. Altho... me paying $14.99 for one at Toys "R" Us, is highly unlikely.


Combine two sets, and see what kind of other walkers you can build. Its not in the picture... but turns out with 5 boxes, a person can build a 10 legged beast of some sort complete with turrets and holders for drop troops.