LEGO Digital Designer 4.3 >> For Mac OSX << Minimum system requirements for Mac Operating system: OS X 10.10 or higher CPU: Intel processor Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 5200/ATI Radeon 7500 or better RAM: 1 GB Hard disk space: 1 GB LEGO Digital Designer 4.3 >> For Windows PC << Minimum system requirements for PC Operating system: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10. CPU: 1 GHz processor or higher Graphics card: 128 MB graphics card (OpenGL 1.1 or higher compatible) Hard disk space: 1 GB LEGO Digital Designer version 4.3 is not available on PowerPC Macs To allow PowerPC users access to their models, we have made a special version of 2.3.20 available exclusively for that architexture. However, this version is no longer supported by LEGO. It can be downloaded here: LDDMacInstaller.zip LEGO Digital Designer version 4.3 is not available on PowerPC Macs. To allow PowerPC users access to their models, we have made a special version of 2.3.20 available exclusively for that architecture.
This version can be downloaded here: LDDMacInstaller.zip Disclaimer The LEGO Group of companies (LEGO) is providing LEGO® Digital Designer (the Software) at no charge. Any commercial use of the software is strictly prohibited. The entire risk arising out of the use or performance of the software remains with you. The software is provided as-is without any warranty of any kind. The entire risk arising out of use or performance of the software remains with you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the LEGO Group of Companies (including LEGO Systems A/S) and its suppliers and licensors, be liable for any damages arising out of the use or inability to use the software. To install and use the software, you must agree to the terms of the LEGO Digital Designer 4.3 License Agreement included with the software. Please be sure to read the License Agreement before installing LEGO Digital Designer 4.3 on your system.Those of us who attended a LEGO club meeting here in Seattle this past weekend got to see Taylor Walker wield his enormous LEGO Darksaber inspired by Sabine Wren’s new weapon in Star Wars Rebels.
Despite the brick-thin blade, the life-size weapon is incredibly sturdy, reinforced by subtly integrated Technic beams in the blade’s black core. While the blade and its sturdiness are certainly impressive, the handle has a great design, with geometric striping, an angled hilt, and small gold details.Tell all your friends! View all Top LEGO Toys View all LEGO Angry Birds LEGO DC Super Heroes LEGO DC Super Hero Girls LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Free next day Click+Collect* benedetto bufalino's disco ball cement mixer turns a construction site into a night club an improvised dance floor takes shape on the sidewalk, as the giant disco ball spreads beams of light across » benedetto bufalino (11 articles) benedetto bufalino installs a walled football field on a beach in anglet, france seen from a distance, the outline of this low, walled enclosure conjures the image of a life-size lego » benedetto bufalino (11 articles)public art (86 articles)
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But by upping the scale a smidge, designer Michael Psiaki (yep, Lego is name-checking its designers now, just like a real car company) has captured the F40’s distinctive form quite beautifully. What’s so special about the Lego F40? The detail in this thing is just fantastic. Both front and rear clamshells open in the same manner as the original – making these strong enough while still looking good is the area of the model Psiaki describes as the most challenging – as do the doors. The headlights pop up, and there’s even a can of tyre gunk in the area of the engine compartment that looks like it should accommodate a spare wheel but isn’t actually large enough – neither in real life nor in Lego. And better still, if you sense your Lego Ferrari F40 isn’t quite firing on all eight of its cylinders, you can pull the twin-turbo V8 out of the back and inspect it more closely. What are the Lego Ferrari F40’s vital statistics, when does it go on sale and how much does it cost?
The Lego Ferrari is 27cm long, 14cm wide and 8cm tall – versus 4.36m, 1.97m and 1.13m for the original. It’s constructed from 1158 pieces and aimed at builders 14 years old and above (we’re clinging on to the ‘above’ like a lift raft here). Its Lego set number is 10428, and it’s part of the life-like Creator model line. The Lego Ferrari F40 goes on general sale 1 August 2015, and in Europe will be price at €89.99. We’re awaiting confirmation of UK pricing, but expect to pay around about £70-£80. Which is a lot of cash for a ‘kids’ toy, but considerably more affordable than the real thing. We receive loads of requests to blog digital creations here at TLCB, and our answer is almost always ‘no’. However this time we’ve bent our usual rule, because this, readers, is how to build a digital creation. Designed by Alan Guerzoni it’s a Speed Champions scale Ferrari 512 Long-Tail as raced by Ecurie Francorchamps at the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours. Not only is Alan’s design brilliantly executed he’s also maximised his use of the digital medium, by adding Ecurie Francorchamps period-correct decals and a printed canopy (as LEGO do themselves) to recreate the 1970 512 as accurately as possible.
If you like Allan’s historic Ferrari as much as we do you can vote for it to become an official LEGO set via the LEGO Ideas platform – click this link to make the jump and add your vote. We’re not really sure why this ’34 Ford Coupe hot rod is called the Chicken Coupe, but we do know that we love it. TLCB regular _Tiler is the builder, and as always it’s both beautifully built and photographed. See more at the link. The annual bandwagon that is Febrovery is over for another year, with rovers of all shapes and sizes being submitted by the online community. We’re ending our coverage of this year’s event with two rovers from the very opposite end of the roving spectrum. First above (above), and suggested to us by a reader, is this neat tracked satellite dish transporting rover, resplendent in a Classic Space livery and with a beautiful classic space monorail pictured behind it. There’s more to see at RVA LUG’s photostream by clicking here. Today’s second Febrovery entry (below) comes from previous bloggee F@bz, and although it too is mini-figure scale, it’s an enormous machine.
There’s some wonderfully inventive building in evidence too, and you can see more at F@bz’ photostream by clicking here. Despite having zero sci-fi knowledge we’ve rather enjoyed this year’s Febrovery, so much so that we may get involved next year (although probably not in the way you’d expect!), so until then, happy roving, and we’ll return to vehicles of a more earthly nature. I Believe I Can Fly We’re longing for the day when the hover car is a reality. Better yet, for when a normal car can be retro-fitted with a hover function. It happened in Back to the Future Part II, which whilst set in the future is now of course in the past, and they accurately predicted the flat screen TV, video calling, and gesture control, so there’s hope! In the meantime we’ll turn to Flickr’s Tim Henderson, who has retro-fitted some of his lovely Town-scale vehicles with their own hover function by replacing their wheels with a variety of futuristic hovering paraphernalia .
Each vehicle’s hovering facility is unique and all can be viewed in more detail at Tim’s photostream by clicking here. If you’re reading this and work for a tech or car company, take a look and get to work! Lamborghini Centenario – Picture Special This incredible-looking car is a Lamborghini Centenario, built to celebrate the 100th Birthday of Ferruccio Lamborghini, and based on a 760bhp version of the V12-engined Aventador supercar. Just forty Centenarios were produced, each costing well over $2million, and all were pre-sold, so it’s unlikely that we’ll ever see one. Fortunately Ryan Link has built the next-best thing; a near perfect Model Team replica of the limited-run supercar. With a detailed interior and engine, opening doors and engine cover, and the Centennario’s carbon-fibre monocoque recreated beautifully in brick form it’s a model that’s well worth a closer look. The full gallery of images is available to view on both MOCpages and Flickr – click the link to make the jump.
We thought that Febrovery had every possible base covered by now, but Flickr’s Galaktek has managed to find a roving niche as yet unfilled. And now we think about it, it’s an obvious one too. Any planet worth inhabiting must have water, but until now the liquid surface of space has been completely ignored by the rover designers of the internet. However, with niftily retractable wheels and a suite of propellors, Galaktek‘s Beatles-esque ‘Submarover’ can explore the oceans and land in equal measure, all whilst singing an irritating tune. Set sail via the link above. Flickr’s vehicle-building society LUNuts are very on-topic right now, with their current monthly building contest taking in all things dystopian. Previous bloggee Lino Martins’ entry pays homage the bleak dystopian masterpiece ‘1984’, which contains absolutely no similarities with the current state of U.S politics. Coincidentally, we’ll hand over to Lino to explain some of the features of his ‘Murica-mobile’;
“The roof mounted loud speakers are so that the driver may broadcast alternate facts, and many people are saying that the gun rack and truck nuts are a classy touch. And no one knows classy better than I do. Let’s make America great again. See more courtesy of Lino’s photostream. This year’s Febrovery is almost at an end, with rovers of all shapes, sizes and designs hitting the interweb over the last four weeks. Flickr’s Brian Grissom is sure to take home the ‘Nice Parts Usage’ Award (which we’ve just made up) with his effort, which has taken Duplo-building to another planet. There’s more to see of his ingenious Duplo Classic Space Police thingumy on Flickr – click here to see more. The Porsche 911 was not a complicated car when it launched in the 1960s, and some would argue it still isn’t today. It is however, fiendishly difficult to built accurately from LEGO, as every single panel seems to have three different curves on it. Flickr’s Michael Jasper has nailed it though, with some ingenious building techniques that have bricks facing in all six possible directions.
See how Michael has done it, thanks to a handy cut-away image, at his photostream here. This Eastern European oddity is an air-cooled Jawa 350 motorcycle, a bike that was launched back in the ’50s, yet is still in production today. This neat Technic recreation of the Czechoslovakian motorbike comes from František Hajdekr and there’s more to see at his photostream via the link. Back To The Future’s on TV Again! We’ll watch the Back to the Future trilogy literally every time it’s on television, which means it plays quite regularly here at TLCB Towers. Flickr’s Primoz Mlakar has gone one step further though, as cinema’s most iconic movie car is permanently showing on his TV. This absolutely wonderful period-correct 1980s Sony television, complete with the famous flying DeLorean from Back to the Future Part II, has caused our collective jaw to drop here in the office, and we cannot recommend taking a closer look highly enough. This is the build of the year so far.
Before the Mini Traveller, now called the ‘Clubman’, became a larger rebadged BMW 1 Series, it looked like this. This is the van variant, of which over half a million were produced until the early 1980s, but with a payload of just 1/4 of a ton it wasn’t going to trouble Ford’s Transit. However, the Traveller van was perfect for light-duty work nipping down city streets, which is what Flickr’s Peter Schmid has deployed his to do, delivering pizza for Al Capone’s pizzeria. Based on the official LEGO 10242 Mini Cooper Creator set, Peter has faithfully replicated the van version of the iconic original Mini, complete with the famous twin barn doors at the back. Place your pizza order at Peter’s photostream via the link above. A seemingly inevitable fixture in old-timey race movies, a car or plane will crash through a barn and emerge out the other side covered in hay and miraculously unharmed chickens, and followed by a wildly gesticulating farmer. Exactly as per this glorious action-shot by Flickr’s PigletCiamek, who has absolutely nailed it!