Lego The Batman Batmobile (76181) Modification

 

I couldn't believe I bought this Batmobile set. Actually, I didn't think it was a good Batmobile but I had to say it's a good muscle car model. The original Lego model had two shooters at the front. Buttons were placed on the hood between the 2 bigger grey stripes. The car top was replaced with smooth tiles too. (I think no one likes studs, right?)

To be honest, I don't have any expectation on the up coming The Batman movie. No matter what I will watch it and buy the Bluray when it's available like the previous Batman movies.

I removed the buttons and the shooters and replaced the grey stripes with a smaller slope and height. The hood became smoother.

I also modified the car front side. I extended the lights and fenders by one plate thickness. 

One of the best feature of this set is the engine design. I like it very much and I will not change anything on it.

I like the recent 3 Lego Batmobiles a lot however, I still don't have a place to display them inside the display case.

LEGO Razor Crest 75292 Modification

 

I knew I didn't post new Lego sets in this blog as often as before. Yes... because I seldom had time to build/buy new Lego sets recently. At the same time, I felt Lego was re-making old sets again and again especially Star Wars series. I lost my interest in those new trimmed version X-Wing, Tie Fighters. Poe's orange X-Wing in The Rise Of Skywalker was ugly in my taste (but I liked its new structure). As a Star Wars fan, I felt this series just went crazy after The Force Awakens. No one could save this train going down the cliff until The Mandalorian this TV series from Disney+.

Unfortunately, a great TV series didn't have much iconic stuff from Lego except the Razor Crest. That was why I only ordered this set from the Lego Store. For what I got from the box, I thought it was a bit over priced at CA$180. The main problems that I found at the first look (from preview photo) was the shortened front and the small engines. I told myself I had to fix those things when I built it. So, after months... I finally opened the box and started building it.

Because of the limited time, my plan was extending the front part by 2 studs (original plan was 4 studs) without changing much of its original structure. I also planned to "wrap" around the engines to make them bigger then I didn't need to change too many stuff. Therefore, the engine width was increased from 6 studs to 8 studs. The rear landing gears were widened to the sides instead of hiding right under the bottom. The front of the engines was an easy fix.

At this moment, it was all I could build with my brick inventory. I needed more specific bricks to finish it.

Future plans on this Razor Crest:

When I have time again, I will get some triangle bricks in light grey for replacing the walls into vertical building walls (not using the plates) for maximum smooth looking.

*Recently, I bought a Vader Lightsaber (Aliexpress version) to build. It was surprisingly good in design. Strongly recommended.

*I guess this time Aliexpress sellers won't steal my photos because this is not a newest set. I hope they will not mislead the buyers with modified version.

Cheers,

Raymond