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So the Lego Design By Me thing is a little pricy ??? you pay an extra $15-20 over the base parts cost, and that parts cost seems to be the Pick-a-Brick prices, which are already above the average. But, you get to design your own custom-printed box! …

By the way, if you got the LEGO advent calendar this year, and want the plans for the Battlewalker, here they are: http://rapidshare.com/files/331452610/adventwalkerprime.lxf They aren???t precisely accurate ??? there???s some coloring changes I had to …

By the way, if you???re mad enough to want to buy the Spidowalkers from LEGO, download the Digital Designer software I linked below, and then get this file from Rapidshare: Spidowalkers.zip You can then open the design files in the Digital Design so…

I downloaded LEGO???s Digital Designer software with an eye toward making a digital representation of the Battlewalker, so I could have assembly instructions in case I wanted to rebuild it at a later date. Of course, nothing is ever that simple. Thi…

Rear view. I really like the detailing on the engine in back.

So I???d said I was going to build something that used all the pieces in the advent calendar, but that turned out to be not very feasible. The models it gives you are such little things ??? a toolbox, a traffic light, a legless park bench ??? that you d…