Lego Marvel Super Heroes: The Hulkbuster Smash-Up (76104) - Modification 2

A lot of people messaged me about how I did the mod. I don't have time to do make the instruction but I can show you some close ups. Take your Hulkbuster 76104 out and compare with my model, then you will know how easy to DIY. Basically, I just rearranged the bricks in this mod.



1) I shortened the body by one stud. The golden part was taken out



2) The legs were in one piece at L-Shape before. You can just take them apart into two parts. I use two small joints in one leg but there is a better way to do it... I will come back to work on it when I have time.



3) The most important thing is the upper body width. I extended each side by one stud. I also replace the original black arm armor with deep red one.







If you have question, please let me know. I will try to check the comments more often now.

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: The Hulkbuster Smash-Up (76104) - Modification

The Hulkbuster Smash-Up (76104) is a cheap set at Canadian $40 for 375 pieces. It's an ok fair price in 2018. It has a gear triggered right arm. The huge turning knot is at the back of this Hulkbuster. Maybe it is the reason why the shoulders are way apart from the body. Quite horrible when you look from the front... Like the arms are going to fall off. Lego set's "play value" is always a problem to many Lego model's shape.

The set comes with instruction booklet, 4 bags and a sheet of sticker. I think it is about the same as the hulkbuster from Age Of Ultron.

*I didn't follow the instruction fully in the first build.

When I open the instruction booklet, I study the structure of the gears inside the body and the arms. Because of the simple structure, I can change the shoulders easily. At the same time, I move the shoulders one stud out to make it wider.

The original legs are quite weird but.. quite impressive for the Lego designer to use less pieces to build the legs. I modify the legs into 3 sections instead of 2. I really like the original design of the lower part of the legs. I haven't touched the back of Hulkbuster because I don't even know what it looks like at this stage. All film photos and toy photos from Marvel are front view only.

I don't think I will spend money and time on buying the UCS version. It's all gone in every where.

White Vehicles

Recently, I put the white and black together and I found they match with each other very well. The white truck is from Vulture's set and it was well designed by Lego. I modified a bit on at the back to make it nicer.

LEGO Iron Man Armor's Weapon Addition (MOC)

I think Lego Iron Man series is something with unlimited fun. Similar to Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark made many many armors and weapons in his lab. It gives Lego hobbyists a lot of inspiration to build their own Iron Man scenes and related creations. I can't stop myself adding things to this Iron Man armor bit by bit. At this stage, I add two weapons to it: rifle and machine gun.



That's how the weird shields work.





Not a great looking machine gun for sure. I will change it later when I get my work done.





Comparing to Detroit Steel, Iron Man armor is more interesting to build.

LEGO Ironman Armor MOC

Using the Ironman Hulkbuster set was the simplest way to get smooth and rounded deep red bricks and golden bricks. Although I still had the feet to finish, I wanted to see if it came out ok in photos. At the same time, I played a bit of the robotic arms shields which was the design of "Gundam: Thunderbolt". Basically, the shields with arms would block projectiles from any angles without occupying any arm. I thought it was a crazy design before I watched Gundam: Thunderbolt.

Now, I think it's an interesting idea.










I tried to put the Hulkbuster's head on it but it didn't look too good.

LEGO Iron Man: Detroit Steel Strikes (76077)

When you look at the recent Lego sets, you may have a question in mind: When Lego has a lot of amazing models but it produces ugly models at the same time? Although Detroit Steel isn't a popular villain for Iron Man, Lego shouldn't just put some bricks together for consumers. I guess 90% of consumers buy this set for Agent Coulson's car: Lola. Detroit Steel is mainly for price adjustment (making it at around $40).

I have to say it again... It's a very ugly model.

Let's take a look at Detroit Steel in comics:







I couldn't stop myself rebuilding Detroit Steel.

LEGO MOC Tony Stark's Audi

I've been working (paused) on Stark's Audi for years. I think I should put a few more bricks to "complete" it and take a photo of this stage. When I have more time, I will come back to work on it again.

LEGO Marvel Iron Man Malibu Mansion

This set is a very long time project. I have been building it slowly for almost 3 years. The top part is small but it costs me 3 sets of Lego Malibu Mansion sets.











I updated my collection at a stage.



This stage is the Party Protocol level. Still in progress.



It also acts as my "storage space".