Hi guys, In between my major LEGO projects that sucked me many many weeks (months even) of time to complete .. I took a breather by grabbing a lego set and build (yet again) a LEGO Transformer. LEGO set 70842:Emmet's Couch Mech is from LEGO Movie 2 theme and only recently I managed to get it at 50% off. What a bargain! Since the set itself is officially a mech, so most of the parts are useful to build robots as well. The core design was completed by day 3... and I spent another 2 days more to refine it. A microscope mode was created purely out of experimentations since this lego set doesn't have wheels (for land based mode) or wedge/slopes (for swooshable plane/space jet mode). Transforming between modes doesn't require reassembly of parts. I'm very pleased to discover this set has parts for me to build the robot fingers as well , compared to just knuckles with holes in them. No wheels ? No problem! here's an extra hover tank mode. Attached in the gallery here are building instructions so I hope you guys can give that a try. If you're having problems following the building instructions here, you can pay a visit to my blog link below where I posted a detailed instructions with more detailed steps for beginners to follow: Alanyuppie's LEGO Transformers: Instructions for LEGO Transformer Microscope from set 70842: Emmet's Couch Mech! Have fun!
I'd call it a Hearts of Steel Perceptor. With the exposed gears, it looks like what a steam punk microscope would look like.
Thanks! I think you need to redesign a bit to avoid using this part that's not available in red. ref: 6271130: Plate 1X2 W/ Vert. Tube
The magnifying scope being the final component to build , from what's leftover from this lego set... made me felt the same steampunk vibe as well.
