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LEGO Technics – Beach Buggy – Toy Review

LEGO has launched a new set of Technics for 2009 and Qdog and Mr Moyle sat down to build the Beach Buggy/Quad Bike. Check out the video review where we time-lapse us building it and then take the beast off road to test it.

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7 Responses to “LEGO Technics – Beach Buggy – Toy Review”

1. Dane says:

   Awesome review guys. Really dig the format.

   May 7, 2009 at 1:34 am
2. RHys says:

   I didn’t kow lego marketing bought coolshite

   Liked the video thro hope to see more of this sort of thing on the site

   lvoe you lots keep shiteing xxx

   May 7, 2009 at 9:38 am
   • Q-Dog says:

     no, lego haven’t bought us… we just got sent a kit to put together through their PR company “Zing”. As such we put it together and had a lot of fun. In the spirit of open-ness and transparency i tell you these things.

     i hope to see more of these things. i would happily spend another few hours whacking one together… i have a MASSIVE Millenium falcon to put together one day… its INSANE.

     May 7, 2009 at 10:16 am
3. Rhys says:

   awww, i’m jealous i allways wanted a lego Millenium falcon when i was a kid. can you film putting that together?

   May 7, 2009 at 10:34 am
4. Q-Dog says:

   absolutley, The Space Monkey and myself might have a shot at it one of these weekends. once again all timelapsed and full of awesome.

   its HUGE… like, HOURS and HOURS of putting together….

   will be fun though…

   keep an eye out for it.

   May 7, 2009 at 10:48 am
5. Geoffrey Emerson says:

   Love the reflection of Bruce in the Watchman poster Great post guys

   May 7, 2009 at 1:03 pm
6. Scott From LA says:

   Am I the only one disturbed that the music used for the time lapse took me directly back to Clockwork Orange?

   May 14, 2009 at 5:52 am

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