Hi and welcome back to my blog about Lego compatible building block sets. I've got another set from JMBricklayer to show you today, it's the Mechanical Chameleon 70124 and it's the latest addition to my growing collection of mecha inspired building block sets.
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Here are all the parts for stage 1. At first glance we find that the brick quality is very good. Colours are consistent and the transparent blue eyeball glass is not scuffed.
This post about the JMBricklayer Mechanical Chameleon looks at the 5 major building sections and the completed set. For the initial unboxing post for the Mechanical Chameleon, you can find that post here.
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Here's the first stage of the build. As you can see it is comprised of the chameleon body and the head. The heart of the chameleon is a green light brick that can light up.
Here are the pieces for this stage.
I ran into problems on step 90 of the second stage. I couldn't keep all the pieces together when attaching the light tube as per the instructions.
This is how the assembled part is supposed to look like.
Here's the link to the tutorial page:
https://www.jmbricklayer.com/chameleon-70124-building-tutorial/
Here's stage 3. In this stage we are adding the tail and the green translucent shell pieces for the body and tail.
The moulded pieces are tinged in light green and have some markings on them. There are pieces for the head, body, tail, arm and leg.Since I had already assembled mine, I decided to keep it as is, but if you are building the chameleon for the first time, please use the tutorial in combination with the instructions.
The chameleon is perched on his display. This is the mechanical side on display.
And here is the translucent body side. Again I wish that somehow more lighting could be added to the tail and the tongue to give it extra effect.
In case you were wondering, I had a handful of pieces leftover and did not encounter any missing parts.
Just want to add that once the mechanical chameleon is mounted to the display, it is very sturdy and can be moved around easily. I took the set to the backyard to display and nothing fell off.
I hope you have enjoyed my review of the 827 piece JMBricklayer 70124 Mechanical Chameleon building set. I did have some challenges on step 2, but since it is mostly an aesthetic issue and not a functional one, it doesn't affect the display of the chameleon. Other than that, this was an enjoyable build and as you can see from the final result it was worth the effort.
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Thanks for looking!