This project is delayed for almost a year!
This is LEGO 10338 Alternate Build, transforming the Bumblebee set into a monster truck
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PROLOGUE
Amongst my bigger LEGO sets that I dedicated to build Transformers using, set 10338: Bumblebee carries the most potential. And each time I cimpleted building a Transformer using this set...... I gained 2 more ideas to be added to the to-built list. One of my best Transformer to come out of this set is Transformers:One Bumblebee (video below)
Project TF:One Bee above was completed about a year ago. It utilized just two actual wheels from the set, and I think I mentioned somewhere that the next Transformer I will build using this set will make use of all the four wheels , probably with a monster truck mode.
However.... I was distracted again and again and suddenly a year had passed!
ABOUT PROJECT MONSTER TRUCK TRANSFORMER
This project was started out of burnout of sorts. Almost all the Transformers I built using this Bumblebee set was were inspired by actual Transformers characters. This means I gave my all to replicate them to be as close as possible to those characters. And my perfectionist nature delayed the project further as well.
So now ... a generic Transformer that turns into a Monster truck relieved me of such burden. I can freely build to my hearts extent.
This time.... I am free to implement a driver compartment for this creation/ vehicle mode.
Initially only the car roof is hinged but I was having problem placing the minifig into the compartment. So I decided to have the windshield to fold up as wekk.
TRANSFORM!
One incredibly happy thing was that I built his head without considering how will it conceal underneath the vehicle (read:between his legs). I didn't need to redesign them to make it work!
The head is connected to the body via one angled single stud.
ROBOT MODE
The biggest challenge in this project is how to prop the kibble to prevent it from drooping to the butt. So I ended up created a hinged spur extended out to his back.
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