Thanks for uploading the review Michael! I'm aware of the issues you mentioned in the instructions and I'm working on a fix. I'll be uploading the v2.2 instructions soon which will also improve a couple of parts on the tank, mainly related to color variations, exterior details and making the periscope hatch sturdier. Don't worry, you won't have to take the whole tank apart this time, but these 2-3 tiny details will make it even better (this will be the final version, I promise 😂, I just want a clean design to be as accurate as possible to the real tank and I'm very very close) I hope you give this one a try, stay tuned for news!

This video is both a testament to and a forewarning of the world of Lego MOCs and Bricklink. Abandon ye wallet, those who enter here...

1989? Wow, I was like 6 months old when that movie came out in June. Yeah, six months, I was born in December 1988. Man, it must have been awesome watching it in theaters.

This, the Submarine from Raiders and the Grail Temple were the 3 sets I always wished they made for this line. Its honestly surreal to see it in real life.

I loved the use of the indy clips in this video, absolutely hilarious when combined with the frustration! I’m an AFOL myself and i can tell you now that piecing together sets using bricklink never gets easier 😂😅

I gotta say Michaels dedication is on another level.

Challenging journey, but what a destination. Your patience and attention to detail was rewarded with a beautiful piece to display within your collection.

Keep hearing "print media is dead," but I'd love to see a book by you on any/all branches of Indiana Jones lore. It would be stunning.

It is amazing how much we see eye to eye on stuff. I feel/felt the same way you did about the tank in The Last Crusade. I have always wondered why they didn't make this set. It is a real head scratcher.

Excellent video as always Michael. I am 53 years old. It is so amazing how LEGOs have evolved over time. When I was 8yo, a year after I saw STAR WARS, I tried to make an X-Wing out of LEGOs, and as you can imagine, it looked pretty pathetic and because LEGO pieces only attached in one direction at the time, the sad excuse for the lower s-foils fell off way too easily.😄 Keep up the Awesome Work! GOD Bless You, Melinda and all of the guys!

Very great video! It just shows how far Lego fans have come to make some iconic vehicles and models on our own!

What a lovely story. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is the only Indiana Jones film I saw at the cinema. So it will always have a special place in my heart. The tank looks great and you have a great display.

Yeah, Lego bricks and gunpla assembling was fun for me back then since I was a kid. Whenever I completed the set or figure the feeling of satistaction is so heavenly. Now, my son enjoys building his Lego bricks and watching him complete the set is also gratifying.

Good karma coming back to Michael French. You love to see it. Literally, That tank is sweet too.

Your passion for this subject bleeds through your well presented composition on the KZfaqs. Hats off to you!

It belongs in a museum! Awesome build.

That is an Amazing Adventure you’ve gone on. Through the jungle of the many different aisles of a bricklink and trials of redesign. You have choose wisely. ☺️ also those photos and stories of younger you are Awesome.

That's an awesome build Michael, I'm glad you've got an actual piece of movie memorabilia

PHENOMENAL to get a piece of the movie You are definitely worthy of it and these Lego builds are truly special

Very impressive video Michael! The work you put into that tank is unfathomable. And such a great story of your Indiana Jones story. This is Retroblasting at its finest.

Another great KZfaq video and the sheer amount of hard work that went into making it shows why michael has so many subscribers

As someone who grew up with a lot of Lego, this only now made me realize how hard it would be to get into for someone who never grew up with it.

when Michael shown interest in the lego Indiana jones sets i knew this would be a rabbit hole that he could not escape

Gotta say this has been one awesome, sincere, and at some points funny story! The movie clips fit perfectly too! And I know the feeling of frustration with working on something just to have to do it over...

Fantastic video. The Lego tank, the story behind it and that piece of memorabilia. Congrats!!!

Oh wow. That is quite the undertaking. And a very touching anecdote at the end there. Thank you for sharing this with us!

You say it all the time, and it's more true everyday. The fans are doing the best work.

This belongs in a museum.

I’ve given my hot take about Indiana Jones. But your enthusiasm ALWAYS captures my interest on things I otherwise would not seek out. Between this and the “perfect Raiders Indy” Hasbro figure, there may be some hope for me that I finally come around on these movies. Well done, sir!

Props. Your frustration is why I never got into Legos. I'm surprised Lego doesn't have a sell parts, so people can make their own customized items.

Getting that tank piece is AWESOME!!

Genius of the Restoration; Aid our own resuscitation. Awesome build! I definitely don’t have the patience for LEGO. That pairing, along with the gift, is fabulous! Thanks for the vid, Michael and RB! Looking forward to the next one!

That was a great find. Thanks for letting me enjoy vicariously through your exploits.

Can we all convince Brickmania to make a “Last Crusade” tank? Great video Brother! I graduated high school in 1989 and I too have very fond memories of the third Indy film. Cheers! “Only a Penitent Man will Pass!” 😺

Epic. Been in similar LEGO build situations but to this magnitude. Hat’s off. Thumbs up. BOOM!

I genuinely loved this video. Adam Savage said once that any story can be interesting if it happens to someone who is interested in it. The adventure of not getting all the lego parts needed for a custom moc may seem mundane or silly, but the care you had for it plus the sentimental and relatable story at the end tied everything together into a story I got invested in. Thank you for this awesome video, I'm excited to watch more!

That is really awesome. It’s not a rabbit hole I want to explore but I admire the final product.

My son and I watched your video, really enjoyed it. I can 100% understand the drive to get the tank right. Besides action figures, we both collect/build/mod Lego sets. It's a pain in the ass to gather the pieces, but the end result is very much worth it. The Lego Piece Gring is real! Also, my kiddo wants to do this tank build, and I told him he'll need to get a job. I deal mainly with castle sets, and he already maxed out our tan and sand color pieces with Indy set ups.

Man!!!! I felt like I was watching an HBO documentary. Well done sir. Such amazing content and articulation I had to go and watch it again, it’s that F….NG good!

Awesome custom build.

I remember seeing that tank on Pinterest 😆 thanks for the review

Fantastic upload; super enjoyable to watch - great work!

That last part made my heart full

I’ve been n Bricklink for 23 years - still trust my handwritten lists more than want lists - so I understand your pain. Rebrickable instructions break physics at times.

You have chosen...Wisely 🍻 👊🏽 💯

Really good video, Lego MOC's are indeed a very useful way to get models of vehicles and characters that never have gotten a good toy. I had to substitute my own Daleks out of Lego in lieu of Character options Daleks not being available in my area and being expensive to import. I was able to build The Supreme, Imperial, Special weapons and a Emperor Dalek from evil of the daleks. Also I was able to engineer a pretty convincing mechanoid as well

Awesome work and memories

This was my dream set as well as a bridge from ToD final showdown.

Cool story! Thanks for sharing!

Love listening to your stories , I am always entertained!

You get me, I have been looking and looking for this thing as a set but now I know I must build a moc

Wonderful video. Absolutely wonderful.

Fantastic video and awesome tank build!

looks amazing, was one of my fave scenes from Last crusade

Great video! Great finishing script.

Awesome build!

Great video mate. Loved it.

Great video not only for fans of Indiana Jones, but also Lego fans and tank enthusiasts.

Impressive Nice Job 💯

What a beautiful tank!

Really nice👍!

thats an amazing story.

I share your frustrations with Bricklink - it can be a real pain to use! Often very worth it in the end, though.

Outstanding!!

Amazing work on the tank(s). Even more amazing to have an actual piece of the tank! Appreciate the shoutout. I have a new Indy prop project in the pipeline. Will keep you posted.

Brilliant, well done Michael, imo this is your best video since "Star Wars Follies: Micromanaged Galaxy Vintage Kenner 1982" (which is unsurmountable) thanks so much for continually making such entertaining and informative videos.

Great video

Love the Indiana Jones stuff

loved this video, I was your age in 1989 during 1984 when Temple of Doom came out,I am just so glad I was able to see all three original films as they came out to theatres, I still Hold Raiders high up on it's own pedestal. keep on keepin on Michael!

I love this channel.

Great video 💪🤓

Amazing

really like you're enjoying lego as i am enjoying your other content 😆

my husband told me he remembers watching Last Crusade in 1989 Honolulu drive-in theater. My husband still has the hat his father brought him from the BX on Hickam AFB. I kind of look at my husband as an Indiana Jones type gentleman. 10 years in the South African Defense force always adventures in the Jemez springs in northern New Mexico with me and our children and working in African and Asian History at the university for a short while before he formed a private security company. I guess it can be said my husband was influenced by both his father also ex-military and Indiana Jones. My husband also speaks Japanese fluently Swazi,Dutck Afrikaan and German. Everytime you all do Gi joe,Action Force and Indiana Jones toys and retrospectives my husband’s eyes light up and a nostalgic grin opens on his face. Thank you everyone at Retroblasting you make me and my family happy everytime you post a new video. Thank you for doing what you do!

Remember its not about the destination, its about the journey.

On one hand I can understand why Lego opted not to make this tank as it would go against their anti-military rule, but then again, the Flying Wing and the vehicles from Crystal Skull say otherwise. Even in this 2023 wave I would've liked to see that tank over a redo of the plane. Maybe as a D2C set? Having a piece of that screen used stunt tank tread though, that's priceless

Good story!

This is beautiful…

Impresionante video! Muy instructivo. Ese tanque me recuerda al Leman Russ de Warhammer 40000.

I finally found a video that makes this tank

Great story, Michael! You have inspired me to start, and hopefully complete the LEGO Star Wars ARC-170 61543 MOC kit I bought online. Love me some fighters or bombers with bubble turrets and/or tail gunners. Good gosh, I hope all the parts are there! Wish me luck!

This is amazing. If one were to play with this, it would be fun to attach a Kübelwagen to the tank gun.

Magnificent

The steel beast!! She lives

I don’t know if you know this but bricklink isn’t the only platform to use. lego also sells they’re own pieces on their page, it’s called “pick a brick” it can bit more expensive that bricklink but they have a bigger variety of pieces and if your order is over 35 dollars shipping is free. So maybe in future you can use that, as someone who bricklinks a lot, I’m starting to use pick a brick as often as I can for harder to find bricks

That piece of the stunt tank is basically a relic- your very own Holy Grail. =)

What a fantastic build. Great video man 🤘🤘

If this was an actual set this would be amazing

As a Star Wars fan/collector I am so glad I never let myself fall into the Lego Pit-of-Darkness although it tempted me many, many times over the years.

You’re my kinda Indy guy, Raiders and Doom are my top picks too.

That tank looks great,It seems to make the headache and the hit to the wallet worth it,it's also probably best that hasbro doesn't produce such a product as they would most likely muck it up either in it's design or buy putting it behind some astronomical pay wall.Once again great video sir.

Love that indy tank from movie

... OMG I had this very same tank back in the 70s as an Airfix kit!

There's very little you can't do with Lego, this MOC looks great. And I know what you mean about your love for the ww1 tank, I have the same feeling for the staff car Belloq and Company drove in Raiders, which I also got to be up close and personal with when the screen used stunt version came to one of my local fairs

The oh shit one got me 😂

My first job was at a veterans home. The Kokado veteran i used to visit's father got trapped under an A7V tank in the last days of WW1

I used to get Star Wars Insider, and on the middle was the prop shop catalog, and for $30 was Indiana Jones' hat. For a highschool student in the late 90's $30 seemed impossible. Not as impossible as like hundreds of dollars Luke lightsaber. Lol

If you ever meet an old man with an eye patch under his glasses, wearing a wide brimmed hat, realize, he will never die. He drank from the grail! Good work Michael. May your enthusiasm and love of what is right never die. The righteous man walks by faith. The righteous man knows the name of the LORD. The righteous man chooses wisely. May you never die!

I just got done watching Temple of Doom for lunch. 10 minutes later this RB video released... Creepy.

Michael, I'll say it because no one else has yet.... tanks for the great video! *sorry*😅