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That's exactly my concern as well. Hopefully I can eke just enough signal at tomorrow's worksite to get through

 

My latest parts order arrived. I'll finished this project later but got impatient and had to check something out during lunch. Quick teaser:

 

You guys think Lego will let this one become a pre-order prior to VIP ending? Only thing holding up me ordering some sets

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/batman-classic-tv-series-batmobile-76188

 

HIGHLY doubt it.

I bought the shuttle on Saturday in a lego store. Just emailed them and said I’d like the double vip points. If they don’t get back to me or won’t do it. I’m gonna take it back. Return it. And then rebuy it. I don’t have a ton of faith that they’ll give me the double points without doing the return and rebuy

 

I'll be trying at 9:00 am sharp.. I'll let you folks know.

On a side note, using my laptop now and can't believe how nice some of these pics look. Good stuff

 

Latest projects:

A while ago I posted a render of a Classic Space heavy cargo crawler designed in Studio. Well now it exists in reality



Seats a crew of four: pilot, radar/communications officer, and two passengers. Access is through a hatch in the back of the cabin with a folding ladder to reach the ground.





There is also a crane arm that folds and stows under the cargo deck for moving lighter loads



Turning the black gear opposite the ladder articulates the steering. It works through a worm gear setup and linkages going to the fore and aft carbody. Turning radius is atrocious and everything is a bit floppy with heaps of backlash, but the concept is neat and I think it looks badass





The individual treats and roadwheel bodies also have limited articulation to traverse obstacles. Not the greatest, and it rubs a bit...



Next up is a small limestone mine built for a monthly challenge for my local club. This month's theme was to build a Micropolis module

 

love that crawler!

 

Those are pretty freakin' schweet! I didn't even know there were vented triangle pieces like those you used for the conveyors.

 

You must be psychic.... VIP site is down, I'll keep trying though.

 

Happened right at 9:00am EST, too. Was working fine at 8:59...

 

Legos rewards site is functioning perfectly.

 

Success!

 

Well that worked well. Thanks Lego.

 

I call BS.

Got a VIP system is down notice from 9:00 - 9:15. Finally got through to the VIP Rewards site only to get this message:
"Sorry, but this reward is sold out."

Will be pursuing further..

 

Well, almost a success...

I have the reward code, but the site crashes every time I try to check out. Code should be good for 60 days so I may just need to wait for traffic to die down a bit, but I'm a bit paranoid that something will still go wrong. You know, because these things always work out flawlessly...

 

I just wish a multi billion dollar company could get their stuff together.

 

Let me try to help you out, pm me the code and we'll see what happens

 

Tried checking out twice, got an error both times. Third time said the promo code was invalid, and my bank is now showing two pending charges from Lego (one is curiously $1.73 higher than the other, despite them being the exact same thing). I can't afford to sit on hold for customer service right now and haven't been thrilled with the delay in their email responses, so fingers crossed that at least one order has gone through.

No kidding. I love the crap out of their bricks but the website has always been hot garbage, especially the current VIP system.

You are too kind. Let me get right on that...