They shipped my order finally and its on the way. Hopefully its a bit faster this time because holidays are over...

But I wasnt lazy in the meantime and went full "All-in".
Assembled 2 of those Ikea Alex drawer Units with 6 Drawers and filled them with my current collection into bins.

And started ...

Big order placed again on webrick:

21 "sets" - 5000 pieces - around 290€ (with shipping)

Some sets I ordered more than once - like powerpoles.
Also created some 1x1 and 1x2 "empty" tiles to make dioramas less packed.
And ordered pieces for the steam-engine and boiler version 2.

Main new sets ...

On the cloned bricks you can get the pins in any color you want basically but you are right, that I made some mistakes here:
I ordered all pins without friction ridges (basically the grey Lego equivalent). Thats a big reason why there is so much play in the system.
For Version 2 I changed all of ...

Its easier to get more information in a video so I made this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Ol0SMqFUQ

A small tour around the Steam-Engine, all its (current) weakpoints and how I lan to solve it.
English is not my first language so be patient...

Yeah they seem to be used a lot. If you click on eugenekeys link you find the set-list if you click on the "426 sets" (top right)
There are plenty released in 2025

Thank you for the clarification - I just stumbled across this piece on a Bluebrixx set my kids got for Christmas.
Interesting how much have been changed since I was a kid.

Overhauled the Steam Engine to get rid of all the flaws - need to compare the parts list for version 2 and what I have in stock now to order the missing pieces with the next batch. The model has a higher part count now but they are 99% standard bricks/plates to increase stability.
Recorded a Video ...

This guy is also done:

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And this build was a really nice experience. Only some really small things in the design that I will fix later on:
Sometimes I used 2 bricks next to each other that can be replaced ...

Steam Engine completed:

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The parts have a really good quality.
Only on one piece there was a big difference in color (light bluish gray) but thats it.

The ...

After my count there were 2 pieces missing.
But no big things, just a 1x3 plate in green and a 2x2 tile with 2 studs. I can borrow this from my kids..
I am not complaining however:
Other pieces i got too many of. I think its 15 pieces too much overall...

Started the build now!

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It was full to the brim!

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Unfortunately not sorted - so I spend the whole evening sorting and started counting to see if something is missing. So far it looks good. Some parts are more than i ordered but i ...

Yes thats what I did (Ordered from a shop called Webrick - should be all Go-Bricks elements)
Recieved my package today!
Will post some pictures after work.
Then I need to check if everything was shipped properly and start building my first Factorio sets!
Will keep you posted!

Well maybe watching a big german Youtuber for years without even having a single brick pays off now...

Your comment honors me but lets see the models in reality first...
I think its easier to keep the designs as MOCs (just instructions and parts-list) since all the "work" is outsourced to the customer.

Otherwise you need somebody to make the sets (pack parts, print instructions, boxing, etc) for you ...

Yes I will try to create those bigger buildings now.
I have some time now because I am still waiting for the first order and already have 19 more sets in my cart to order as soon as I am happy with the first one.
So thats another 2 months of waiting it seems.

The Problem with those buildings is ...

Yes - I know that I wanted to create a different colored building now but when looking at the ingame buildings I stopped at the gun-turret...
So another Pearl-Gold model it is!

This was by FAR the most challenging model I did so far:
It has to be the same scale as the other buildings (6x6 studs per ...

Thanks - Happy that you like it.

I wont forget delivering the Instructions and BOM for all my sets - I guess I will upload them to rebrickable and mby I will do a little Video for each set also explaining where and how i got them.

The knees can bend indeed +/- 30 degrees. There is a Ball joint ...

Forgot the price / part info for the Mech-Armor:

463 Pieces - The store sells those pieces for 21,51€ so we are at 4,65 cents per piece and totally in my desired region

Happy New Year!

And yes - I am not doing much else currently (besides spending time with my family of course).

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Not sure if it is able to stand upright with this big "backpack" but it has some articulation (knees as well) and hopefully there is a way put ...

Something small for today - I wanted to make a medium electric pole so I dont end up with 3 wodden ones in my 2 dioramas:

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pretty much the same color palette as in the Spidertron but I am a little in love with those.
Unfortunately those big support ...