hello everyone this is Metal beards
heavy metal motor trike from the lego
movie - for its size this was fairly
quick and easy to put together with a
large portion of its length end kind of
visual bulk being made with a very small
number of pieces for the entire front
but that doesn't really take anything
away from it it does not feel hollow or
empty the big story with the trike is
that the entire vehicle is really metal
beard himself he has built this out of
himself or around himself and he is a
part of it this is not metal beard
riding on a heavy metal of motor track
this is metal beard as heavy metal motor
trike so really the the core of metal
beard himself is the head with the metal
beard and then the trunk here which has
some of his his original organic parts
within it but this is now his torso up
here it's able to actually rotate around
that's kind of cool it's very different
these are his arms on this side is a
shark shooter which is set up to
actually project one of these sharks out
they only give you one in there as
ammunition but you put this in it has a
little bit of a way to hold it in place
and then you just push this trigger
mechanism from the back and out it goes
it's very simple but it actually works
surprisingly well I thought it was gonna
be kind of lame but it's it's not and
the shark has a little special print
with an eye patch on it
the other arm of this version of metal
beard has a pair of cannons presumably
from his old ship they've been salvaged
and these are the existing ones that
have been around for quite a long time
they move updated the mold ever so
slightly at some point but they're
basically the classic ones that actually
shoot so you pull back back here and out
shoots a cylinder piece is what they're
designed to primarily fire and they give
you four of those in total I've got two
of them loaded in there right now you
can twist the or turn them independently
or you can move them together on the arm
which has a ball joint back there
you can angle all sorts of different
directions you can actually get pretty
respectable play out of both of these
shooting functions because they're
they're reliable and they have pretty
good distance and you can actually plan
your shots a bit got a crow's nest back
here also a ship element I just went
ahead and put the other couple of shots
in there because why not it seemed
pretty appropriate I personally like
what this looks like around the back
especially with the piping done for
exhaust here you can actually change the
angles of these a bit but I've got some
gunmetal grey elements in there and you
know small details like this didn't need
to be there but it's nice that it is
there rather than just putting a single
plate over that or even leaving it
completely exposed you have a little
winder over here as well you know I
think it it looks pretty consistently
good from all angles if you do like the
look of this in general and again the
ability to actually turn the torso from
side to side it's pretty cool I see if I
can get that to turn all the way yeah
you kind of get the the arms out of the
way it gets a little bit stuck on them
on the engine but you can bring them up
high enough but you see a lot of small
details were added in different colors
to make sure this didn't look like just
you know a large mass that was that was
built from the minimum number of pieces
incidentally this right here is a weally
weally wheel wheelie bar a single wheel
on it so that's able to come down like
this which allows you to actually leave
this opposed like so which is very good
one of the reasons that these exhaust
pipes angle up so much to give them
clearance and that's a cool look in and
of itself just as something to leave it
you know on display and again looking at
the not-so camera-friendly angles it's
not so bad here a couple of bits of blue
or are awkward but I mean you know the
fact that this is actually smooth under
here and you've got some additional
building additional texture again that
really wasn't necessary
I like that you know it's better than
just leaving anti studs exposed so this
is a pretty well rounded build and as
you look around the top closer in to
basically have a waist area
in lots of small details let the small
textures that were unnecessary we've got
actually a driveshaft approximated
they're nice to see and this engine is
very good I'm assuming that these are
supposed to represent exhausts appears I
don't know why it needs exhausts on the
side as well but I like all the gunmetal
gray that's in there with the first
appearance of gunmetal gray in ingots
this year and also the gunmetal gray
color for the the induction scoop up
there on top of a yeah you can see it as
a top of a supercharger if you want but
I don't know if it's supposed to
represent forced induction here but
whatever it is it looks cool and also
those little sleeves accidentally move
that down but the short sleeves that are
used for technic pins to be able to go
through or axles yeah this doesn't do
anything they're a couple gears that you
may see back there those don't do
anything but again it's just for the
sake of texture and up towards the front
this does feel very flimsy right here
unfortunately because well there's not a
whole lot of there's not a whole lot of
stuff here that's that's really you know
trying to keep this from moving around
it's not very well braced but it it
rolls just fine I think you might even
add a little bit to the character of the
thing you don't expect this to to drive
like a supercar you expect it to drive
like a like a hot rod you know cheaply
done hot rod at that but yeah pretty
good stuff nothing too incredible in
terms of the build I went together the
most interesting thing to me is how they
actually attached the front fork but
even that is you know not all that much
it's mostly just the use of this one
technique do you call that a beam I
don't know the the proper term for that
when you don't connect at the same angle
and we'll adapter but all in all fun
build definitely not something that's
for everyone you know the style is
intentionally junky not everyone will
like that set includes this new
apocalypse Borg version of Benny
who
with one mechanical arm interesting to
see how that comes into play and he's
got a welding pack on with a unique
print over there on the side that's able
to just freely spin around so there
isn't really a specific place where you
can keep that but it's supposed to be
like so but good luck keeping it in in
that orientation yeah pretty good
looking thing and he also comes with a
new unique printed face shield it's the
first time to see an actual visor on him
doesn't fit all that well cuz wasn't
really wasn't really designed you know
the the standard style modern standard
style and shape of visors weren't
intended to go with the classic style
helmets but yeah it does the trick and I
appreciate the fact that it has print on
it
here's Benny's main face very very happy
appropriate to him here's alternate very
very sad that's a very useful face
because to me it the the crying is just
so extreme it's like a like a comic
strip or or cartoon version of a baby
from many decades ago you know it's it's
really really distilled down to extreme
sorrow
it also comes with a sweet mayhem who
looks consistent from set to set because
she is consistent from set to set with
one exception that I'll show you in just
a second but I said it before I'll say
it again it's a very nice looking figure
simple blaster a few pieces works well
these wings look great you can adjust
the angles of them so you can retract
them down like so and she has one of
those heart tiles which is brand new and
will fit onto a stud and the thing that
is unique to this set I believe it's
unique it in actually look carefully
enough through the entire line but her
face very angry or at least very annoyed
I'd say is what that that looks like to
me of course it's a mini doll so you
don't get an alternate face but that's
just that and they do give you a couple
of small assemblies to add to her feet
to represent power blasts
Rocket her around and those have a
little bit of glitter in them and they
once again include hair for her which is
great because I want anyone who wants
this hairpiece to be able to get this
hairpiece without having to purchase a
very specific set you know if they had
made this exclusive to one set that
would have been really mean because it's
a really nice piece with a unique new
style a new type of treatment on it with
the your Desson highly highly highly
your add essence spray that went on it
with a gloss coat over the top of it
very cool stuff and has a mini peg hole
on the top so if you want to add a bow
or something or maybe sunglasses or
something from or a crown from friends
or Disney princess dolls mini dolls you
can add that as well so it also comes
with one star with the printed 2 by 2
tile there and if you want you can take
that tile off and just use this as a a
platformer as a glider as I say for
sweet mayhem so rather than flying
around on her her thrusters she can just
stand there's just a a suggestion for an
option here are the parts that were left
over from the build and it's quite an
impressive selection including some
pretty special pieces like that print
from the site of Benny's welding tank
also an extra one of his visor you get
one of these in white this is a hollow
stud here this is also a hollow stud
that translate blue one these two of
these techniques leave pieces in
gunmetal gray I don't think you're
supposed to get an extra hole blaster if
you do happen to get this set if you've
gotten this set let me know or let other
viewers know down in the comments if
you've got an extra one of these as well
that's a uncommon color for that extra
one of these hearts I mean just just a
very generous selection of very useful
and interesting extra pieces of course
the build for this set is already live
on my build channel so if you want to
check that out
got a link in the pinned comment in the
card over on the right-hand side of the
video and also at the end of the video
which is the the easiest place to get to
it
be sure to subscribe to my new channel
if you want to see more
builds in this style as soon as they
come out all in all I have to say this
set is cooler than I originally thought
it was going to be I really appreciate
the level of detail that went into its
build and like I said it really went
together more quickly than I expected I
thought I was going to get a little bit
annoyed putting in some of the the small
bits to create something that didn't
feel like all that much once it was done
but no it felt felt very proper if not
even a little bit on the on the e-zine
generous site and one thing that's not
generous though is the value here I have
to say the price in the u.s. is $60 for
461 pieces priced apart ratio is kind of
at the upper upper end of what can be
okay but the price to volume of stuff
ratio here doesn't feel all that great
this this is nice right here and with
the amount of care that goes into the
number of pieces and everything the nice
pieces it feels like about $40 tops gosh
the more I look at it the tougher that
is for me to to come to terms with it we
even seeing $40 on on the real thing on
the actual thing that that's here
thinking yah a nice truck is like 20
bucks do I see 40 bucks I'll give it 40
bucks I'll be I'll be generous including
the figures you know the figures are
good you don't actually get a metal
beard figure but they're good this cost
extra or is you know valued a little
extra I rise the tire and wheel they're
extra big you have extra value and
everything but definitely not worth $60
at this whole thing no way not a chance
so I would strongly recommend that no
one pays $60 for this in in the US
definitely wait for it to come down 50
is even a stretch maybe if you can see
it for 15 you want it now
that makes sense otherwise I would much
prefer to see this come down to like a
$45 range not on the basis of priced
part just based on the basis of what all
you get here and how much value I see
relative to other things that that seem
like they're priced reasonably and kind
of what what I expect from Lego even
today so a little bit of a mixed bag
there but those are my thoughts and you
have seen the thing hoped that I showed
you everything that you want to see here
to help you to come to your own you know
for your own opinions and come to your
own conclusions about its value if you
have anything else that you would like
to share about this that I didn't cover
please feel free to let your thoughts be
known down in the comments I'll talk to
you in soon
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