Single Set Challenge, One More Time

Since we've had a lot of people try the Single Set Challenge since I first posted the idea in 2012, I figure we should take a look at what has produced.

The archive topic on the Hangar forum.

A search for "SSC Lego"on Flickr.

A search for "Single Set Challenge" on Flickr.

A search for "singlesetchallenge" on Flickr.

I'm thinking of starting a Flickr group just for Single Set Challenges.  Anyone interested?  I'm also thinking of making it a permanent page here on the blog.

Single Set Challenge: 30250 Ewar's Acro Fighter

I've had a lot of fun with this set and managed to make more builds from it than I expected.  I named all of my builds so far "Ewar's {blank}", mainly because I'm lazy and din't really have the time to figure out names and stories for all of them.

"Ewar's Walker."  MFZ Stats: 2Rd (dorsal
guns) / 1B (Chi gem) / 1G (extra legs) / 2W
Brickshelf gallery.

"Ewar's Frame." MFZ Stats: 2Rh+d8 (wing

blades) / 1Gd8 (no ranged weapons) / 2W

Brickshelf gallery.

"Ewar's Tank."  MFZ Stats: 2Rd (Chi cannon)
/ 1B (wing armor) / 1G (hover plates) / 2W
Brickshelf gallery.

"Ewar's Station."

Brickshelf gallery.

"Ewar's Robo-Tank."  MFZ Stats: ?? / 2W
Brickshelf gallery.

"Ewar's Frigate."  MFZ Stats: 2Ra (dorsal guns)

/ 2Y (sensor arms) /1G (frigate movement) /2W

Brickshelf Gallery.

Single Set Challenge: 31145 Transformers Mirage Set

I had more fun with this one than the last two.  So much so that I've been trying to track down more copies of this set.

"Mirage Flier".  Stats: 2Rd+d8/1G/2W.

"Number One Frame".  A bit basic but it can

be built at the same time as the Mirage Flier.
Brickshelf gallery.

"Mirage Frigate".  A fun build, very swooshable.  I'd like to have a squadron of these for a Kre-O Intercept Orbit fleet.  Stats: 2Rd+d8/1Y/2W.
Brickshelf gallery.

"Communications Center" Station.  A lot better

than my previous attempts at Station building.
Brickshelf gallery.

"Mirage Walker".  I wanted something a little different for this build and the idea to use Kreon legs as "fingers" was a great bit of inspiration.  It can be built at the same time as the Communications Center.  Stats: 2Rd/2Rh+d8/1G/2W.
Brickshelf gallery.

Single Set Challenge: A3371 Star Trek Jellyfish Set

 I've been meaning to post these for a while.  Most of them were in my review of this set and they've all appeared in my Flickr stream.

"Death Drone".  I cheated a bit here with the flight stand.  MFZ Stats: 2Rh+d8 (blades & claws) / 1Y (sensor dome) / 1Gd8/2W
Brickshelf gallery.

"Stalking Horse".  A simple base quadruped frame with plenty of room for attachments.  Brickshelf gallery.

"Micro-Frigate".  of course this is only five studs long so it may be a bit tiny for the normal IO scale.  It might work better as "terrain" or a HVA.







Station.  All three of these builds can be assembled at the same time.


This is a fun set.  I should have picked up more when they were on sale at 50% off.

Single Set Challenge: 31144 Transformers Bumblebee Set

Here's a compilation of all the builds I did as part of my SSC for the Kre-O 31144 Transformers Bumblebee Set.

This is the one I started with and prefer out of all the builds from this set.
MFZ Stats: 2Rh+d8 (big fists) / 2B (armored panels) / 2W
Brickshelf gallery.

I call this guy "Skinny", 'cause he is.  It looks like a good place to start but nothing really special.

Brickshelf gallery.

An attempt at a Station.  Yeah, it's pitiful.

The fourth, and last, build from this set is called "Laser Hands".  Yeah, the name's silly but I like this build better then the "Skinny".

MFZ Stats: 2Rd+d8 (laser hands) / 2B (shoulder armor) / 2W.

Brickshelf gallery.

Most of these have appeared in my review of this set and all have been featured in my Flickr stream.

Single Set Challenge: 30243 Umbaran MHC Polybag

You could almost consider this as shooting fish in a barrel.  The Umbaran MHC polybag is essentially tailor-made as a set for MFZ.  That being said, you can still build a lot more with it than the one mech that you are provided instructions for.

Ground Attack Vehicle.  Flickr page.

These two can be built at the same time.

3x3 Mech.  Flickr page.

Longneck.  Flickr page.

These two can be built at the same time.

Weather Station.  Flickr page.

Scorpio mech.  Flickr page.

Finally we have the Centaur Warrior.  Flickr page.  This one uses all the pieces from the polybag.  Stats for MFZ: 2Rh(staff)/1B(shield)/1G+d8(extra legs)/2W.

All of these designs can be considered for MittenNinja's 3T Challenge as well.

Single Set Challenge, Redux

Last year I posted a challenge to the community called the Single Set Challenge.  It involves using only the pieces from one set to build a frame -- or frames.  I've tried it twice.  The first was the SpAAT which I made from two sets and a handful of my own parts.  The second, and closest I've come, is the Bullfrog which needed one single outside piece.

Recently two builders have stepped up to the Challenge.  Both have succeeded, but in wildly different ways.

The first is Gusindor.  He came at the SSC from a mostly normal direction.  He just went bigger than I stipulated in the "rules".  The Rusty Rovers uses set 31005 to create five frames and three stations.  That's enough to play a game right off the bat.

The second is darksyntax.  He was inspired by a question on G+ about using a basic brick set to build enough frames for a few players.  MFZ-6177 is the answer to that question.  He even takes the time to give you a breakdown of the parts count and how they're used.

Awesome job guys.

Kre-O Frame

As I mentioned elsewhere, I built a frame from pieces in the Land Defense Battle Pack set.

I'm calling it the Bullfrog.

I'm thinking it's a standard soldier loadout (2Rd/1B/1Y/1G/2W).  It has a gun, an armored cockpit, a comm antenna, and those funky legs for attachments.

Back in May of last year I proposed the Single Set Challenge.  This design almost qualifies.  I had to use one extra piece from a second Land Defense Battle Pack.

Here's the Flickr page.
And the Brickshelf gallery.
ipernity page.
Mobile Frame Hangar discussion topic.

The Single Set Challenge

Some time last year Gnomick/Cid Kraken, over in the [Mechaton] Frame Design  topic on RPG.net Other Games sub-forum, put together three simple mechs using the 7977 Seabed Strider set.  As can be seen here. 

The closest I've come to that is my SpAAT frame.

It's built using the Hallowe'en Spiders and Star Wars AAT polybag sets.  (And a few extra pieces.  Sshhh, don't tell anyone.)

With Memorial Day and the long weekend coming up here in the States, I'd like to propose a little challenge.  Pick a small to medium size set, it can be any set old or current, and build any number of mechs from that set.  You don't have to use all the parts but you have to use only those parts in the set.  To keep things fair, I say everyone goes by the Bricklink Catalog set lists.  You can do this "in the brick", on LDD, LDraw, or any old way you can manage put some bricks together.  You can post a link to your results in the Comments section of this page.  You can also post a picture to the Flickr group,  the Hangar forums, or the Facebook group as I'll be cross-posting this challenge to those sites as well.

I look forward to seeing what people build.