[EMS] Level 227!

Still at one level a month it seems! I doubt that would be the same case for Level 228, but either way - I can't keep up the "one level a month" thing forever though. But at least if this EXP a day should stay consistent, perhaps Level 230 wouldn't be too far away after all...

[EMS] Amaterasu's Helm - Finished scrolling!

Another Amaterasu equipment done! Now, I only have my Mark of Naricain, Ani Pendant and Rex's Perfect Red Earrings left to scroll - which is a total of 73 slots on my current layout ICOG'd so far (a grand total of 108 slots on all equips combined), and only 17 slots remaining for these last three equipment...

The stats gained from ICOGs on my Amaterasu's Helm have been pretty much the same as my Amaterasu's Overall: it's okay. The total attack gain is under average but aside from that I should not forget that my Amaterasu's Helm will be the second highest STR/DEX source in my equipment inventory, being just a tad behind my Amaterasu's Overall when it's done. Of course I would've preferred higher stats, but I suppose we all do and there's always something left to improve.

At least it's important to note that my Amaterasu's Helm fortunately is without Additional Options, so I can always safely use an Innocence Scroll and give the scrolling as many attempts as I want to. Then again, the Ark update should also allow us to rescroll equipment without losing Additional Options, by using the Ark Innocence Scrolls. Although it's probably better to finish my three remaining items first, as it would otherwise be a waste of (expensive) resources and my mesos is currently better spent elsewhere.

Oh, by the way: I've also managed to get my second 20% Item Droprate Potential line. That means I'm prepared and ready for the next Murgoth event, and that I can pour my next Meister cubes in Unique-equipment-that-have-yet-to-become-Legendary again. Speaking about the Murgoth event: why don't we have the Soul Extractor in EMS yet?

Anyway, with my Amaterasu's Helm done; I'm done with scrolling all of my Amaterasu equipment! For now...

That's it for today guys - I'll see you again next post!

[Lego] Black light - #6989 Mega Core Magnetizer

Since it has been a while since my last non-project related LEGO® blogpost, I thought it might be a good excuse to dust off one of my favorite Space models for a Black light post! It has also been almost 1,5 years ago since my last Black light post.

The #6989 Mega Core Magnetizer was the largest set of the M-Tron line (released in 1990), a theme that started the extensive use of magnets in non-train sets. It held the record for being the largest Space wheeled vehicle set that LEGO® for almost twenty years, with the #7699 MT-101 Armoured Drilling Unit (Mars Mission, from 2007) holding the current record.

Large Space wheeled vehicles is unfortunately not a common thing to see in Space sets. Rarely has a wheeled vehicle been the largest set in a Space subtheme, with other names as the Arachnoid Star Base (Insectoids, 1998) and the Galactic Titan (Galaxy Squad, 2013) being other notable examples. Either way, Space hasn't been such a common theme to be done since Star Wars was released - most likely because Star Wars cannibalizes the sales of Space, and not many children are as interested in most evergreen LEGO® themes (i.e. Pirates, Space, Castle) as most adults have that were born before 2000.

 

The Mega Core Magnetizer is packed with lots of play features, most of which are designed around the main crane it has. The crane contains one of those magnets, and pretty much every cargo has a magnet too. Almost every Space theme had a story-based role and existed in the same imaginary universe that LEGO® set up since Futuron, and M-Tron were set up to be the mechanics and engineers to repair broken spaceships and other stuff (as shown in promotional material).

All of the cargo conveniently fits in the main vehicle build and the crane can easily reach every cargo without much hassle. Despite this being an old set and perhaps "blocky" for today's standards, it screams to be played with and I can imagine it made a lot of children happy! PS: I did not own this set as a child. On the contrary, this set is older than I am.

While nowadays a lot of modern LEGO® Designers keep track of what sets they've designed in the past few years, it is fairly difficult to find out who designed the older LEGO® sets before 2000. Just only a handful of LEGO® Designers from before 2000 are still working at this day, and fortunately a colleague of the designer of this set has kept track of what he has designed over the past almost 30 (!) years. I was surprised to see he was responsible for a lot of fantastic and well known sets that are highly coveted by a lot of fans, including some favorite sets of mine...

Speaking of old! I own the original box of this set with the instructions and all. This is probably going to be the oldest LEGO® box I'll ever own, because I have little interest in sets prior to 1990. Either way: if this box were a legal citizen, it would've been old enough to vote in most countries.

That's it for today - I'll see you guys again next post!