A few days ago, I did a review on the new The LEGO Ninjago Movie Fire Mech (70615) and one of the major complaints I had with it was there was no knee joints. Chubbybots over on Flickr saw more changes that they could make to the build to make it more articulated including changes to the knees, ankles, arms, and waist. They’ve even posted a video to show you how you can make changes to your Fire Mech as well.
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pretty well done
I wonder why LEGO didn’t do this in the first place, it’s actually not that difficult
Yeah, some of their decisions during the design phase are awful. This mech would be easily defeated in combat lol.
Now I only build in LDD. Some custom builds but mainly sets, to be honest as it costs nothing (not the same, I know). The majority of the time, I end up replacing a few sections in nearly every set that has move-able parts. That’s if I plan to put a model into a stance for a decent screenshot.
Makes you wonder what they were thinking of, when you know kids will want to play with it. I know back when I was a kid, that this would have disappointed me with the lack of articulation.