Showing posts with label CMF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CMF. Show all posts
LEGO Finds - 2015 Week 33
A simple week and a little late this week. A 2x8 DUPLO brick. Always nice to have longer pieces. Plus a space marine helmet from the CMF line. I love the grip on the front of the face mask so the fig can hold his helmet. Classy.
LEGO Techniques - Gingerbread Man Head
I'm not much of a CMF collector. I had a little run on Series 6 but beyond that it's been hit and miss. But when Series 11 came out I was impressed with the Gingerbread Man, mostly for the new head mold. So when I found one of these figures through the usual packomancy (feel for the mug) I was excited to give it a look over.
The very first thing I noticed about the head was that it was 2 pieces. I logged onto Bricklink and found I was not the first to make this discovery. The head is listed as a c01 piece (meaning complete assembly) using the number for the main head piece. However there is no entry for the filling. I took up my duties as a community activist and added the piece to be approved. BrickOwl has already approved it as a new part.
My first thought on the shape of this piece was that it resembled the Rebel Alliance symbol but without the barb/floret in the center. The addition of a small piece would make it a nice chocolate cream addition to a Star Wars diorama. I can almost hear Yummy Wan Kenobi telling Luke Stovewalker to use the Fondant.
So what can you do with this piece? It has some very odd dimensions. Where the Bionicle Zamor Sphere is 17mm (just over 2 studs) this interior piece and the whole head is 14mm in diameter (just under 2 studs). It's also too big to fit inside the bottom of a 2x2 piece (12.8mm).
LEGO element dimensions generally work on a grid of 0.8mm. Here, the thickness of the piece is 2mm which again presents a challenge. Most clips need at least 3mm of thickness to grab onto. The 2mm thickness also makes it impossible to fit inside a grill tile which is 1.6mm wide.
One dimension worth noting is the void inside the two clip ends. This space seems to be just under 8mm and can therefore grip onto a 1x element. The little guide nub in the middle can slip into a hollow stud for a little extra security.
So how to remove this piece? GENTLY pry both ends by the neck away from each other. An X-acto blade should be skinny enough to get in there. This should release the clips on either side just enough to shoot the piece off into your pile of clean laundry thereby requiring you to fold it all and put it away before finding it. Not that that happened to me. At least it wasn't dirty.
I look forward to seeing some creative uses with this piece. Feel free to post links to your creations in the comments.
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| As you can see I stressed it out trying to figure out the proper removal method. |
My first thought on the shape of this piece was that it resembled the Rebel Alliance symbol but without the barb/floret in the center. The addition of a small piece would make it a nice chocolate cream addition to a Star Wars diorama. I can almost hear Yummy Wan Kenobi telling Luke Stovewalker to use the Fondant.
So what can you do with this piece? It has some very odd dimensions. Where the Bionicle Zamor Sphere is 17mm (just over 2 studs) this interior piece and the whole head is 14mm in diameter (just under 2 studs). It's also too big to fit inside the bottom of a 2x2 piece (12.8mm).
LEGO element dimensions generally work on a grid of 0.8mm. Here, the thickness of the piece is 2mm which again presents a challenge. Most clips need at least 3mm of thickness to grab onto. The 2mm thickness also makes it impossible to fit inside a grill tile which is 1.6mm wide.
One dimension worth noting is the void inside the two clip ends. This space seems to be just under 8mm and can therefore grip onto a 1x element. The little guide nub in the middle can slip into a hollow stud for a little extra security.
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| The great frosted staff of Chocohlu |
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| "We've reached the temple! Only those who are delicious may enter." |
So how to remove this piece? GENTLY pry both ends by the neck away from each other. An X-acto blade should be skinny enough to get in there. This should release the clips on either side just enough to shoot the piece off into your pile of clean laundry thereby requiring you to fold it all and put it away before finding it. Not that that happened to me. At least it wasn't dirty.
I look forward to seeing some creative uses with this piece. Feel free to post links to your creations in the comments.
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