Markalus Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 Hey Daniel, I purchased the Dec. edition of Brick Journal as one of the main reasons was the instructions to your BB-8 MOC. My kids love BB-8 and I using this model to teach my daughter the wonders of bricklink ; ) We might give the other droids a go too after that as they look great together. I supported your mid-sized Droids Lego Ideas project. I agree the similar project should be disqualified but therein lies one of the issues with Lego Ideas! Thanks for making instructions to your MOCs available. Good luck with Ideas! Quote
Markalus Posted January 17, 2016 Posted January 17, 2016 FYI, its not viable to bricklink BB-8 at this stage. There is only one person selling the orange plate, round half 3 x 6 with 1 x 2 cutout. 12 are needed and they want $12 USD per piece! Its a pretty key piece and not one you can readily color substitute. Would 3 x 3 round corner plates work instead? Bloody captive market. They were selling for ~$0.60-0.70 per piece a month ago. It's pretty obvious why the price has now skyrocketed! Quote
DanSto Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 Hey Daniel,I purchased the Dec. edition of Brick Journal as one of the main reasons was the instructions to your BB-8 MOC. My kids love BB-8 and I using this model to teach my daughter the wonders of bricklink ; ) We might give the other droids a go too after that as they look great together. I supported your mid-sized Droids Lego Ideas project. Thanks for making instructions to your MOCs available. Good luck with Ideas! Thank you very much. I agree the similar project should be disqualified but therein lies one of the issues with Lego Ideas! I told to the Ideas support that this is not Fair Use of my original design of the panels : they answered that both models are welcome . Similarly, I have contacted the builder who does not see where is the problem because the inner design and the head are different . FYI, its not viable to bricklink BB-8 at this stage. There is only one person selling the orange plate, round half 3 x 6 with 1 x 2 cutout. 12 are needed and they want $12 USD per piece! Its a pretty key piece and not one you can readily color substitute. Would 3 x 3 round corner plates work instead? Bloody captive market. They were selling for ~$0.60-0.70 per piece a month ago. It's pretty obvious why the price has now skyrocketed! Yes I know : if you look at the price guide on bricklink for this part you get this selling quantities : January 2016 Total Qty: 320 December 2015 Total Qty: 236 November 2015 Total Qty: 425 October 2015 Total Qty 48 September 2015 Total Qty: 29 (my 12) August 2015 Total Qty: 10 July 2015 Total Qty: 8 ( http://www.bricklink...18646&ColorID=4 ). Concerning the present high price of this part (the part as a value around 0.2 EUROS), I agree with you but there always people who try to profit from our passion . The 3 x 3 round corner plates do not work so well because they do not form a circular disk. We definitively have to wait that these parts become available again . Quote
DanSto Posted January 20, 2016 Author Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) The famous couple of droids of "The Force Awakens" movie. These two droids are particularly essential because each of them owns a part of the map allowing to find Luke Skywalker. BB-8 : "Come R2, let's have a glass of fresh oil !" R2-D2 : "..." Having approximately 750 parts, this model is more suited for the standards of the LEGO Ideas projects -BB-8 alone is too small and C-3PO increases too much the number of parts). So it is my new project : https://ideas.lego.com/projects/128669 and it waits for your support . May the force be with you to support this project and to share it with all your contact. Thanks. Edited January 20, 2016 by DanSto Quote
DanSto Posted January 21, 2016 Author Posted January 21, 2016 A picture of the real model BB-8 and R2-D2 by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr BB-8 : "Come on R2, let's have a glass of fresh oil !" R2-D2 : "..." (Silence) (dialogue translated from the bip-bip language of Astromechs ). Quote
DanSto Posted January 25, 2016 Author Posted January 25, 2016 Well, after a few minutes, BB-8 starts to tickle R2-D2 and it seems working BB-8 tickles R2-D2 by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr but R2-D2 reacts a little bit to strongly R2-D2 kicks BB-8 head by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr This illustrates how it is easy to add arms or a camera to these two droids. Quote
Markalus Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Now that Lego Bricks and Pieces has re-opened after the break the orange half round plates are available directly for purchase in quantity and at retail price! Quote
DanSto Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) That's a good new because some bricklink sellers were exploiting the popularity of this droid : Notice the "Build the droid of your dreams!" Edited February 3, 2016 by DanSto Quote
Markalus Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Yep. That's what I was referring to. It couldn't be much more blatant than that! Even selling the required number of plates. At least now we can all build the droid of our dreams for a reasonable price : ) Quote
DanSto Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 Yep. That's what I was referring to. It couldn't be much more blatant than that! Even selling the required number of plates. At least now we can all build the droid of our dreams for a reasonable price : ) Agreed ! BB-8 and Finn by Daniel Stoeffler, sur Flickr Quote
Markalus Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Hey Daniel, I just wanted to give a shout out for sharing your model. My daughter and I are having a lot of fun with BB-8! Cheers mate Quote
Ellisss_ Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) These are amazing! Great Moc's . Edited February 22, 2016 by Ellisss_ Quote
DanSto Posted February 24, 2016 Author Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Hey Daniel, I just wanted to give a shout out for sharing your model. My daughter and I are having a lot of fun with BB-8! Cheers mate Thanks for the pictures and the nice smile . I think I should also make a picture of BB-8 with Rey . Edited February 24, 2016 by DanSto Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 I see only now these fantastic droids! My compliments! Quote
Midlife-crisis Posted April 30, 2016 Posted April 30, 2016 A picture of the real model BB-8 and R2-D2 by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr BB-8 : "Come on R2, let's have a glass of fresh oil !" R2-D2 : "..." (Silence) (dialogue translated from the bip-bip language of Astromechs ). Great project! Hope you can gather supporters. Quote
Midlife-crisis Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 Thank you for your instructions! Finally finished the Robots today, needed to substitute the Blue round Tile 2x2 for R2-D2. Quote
Midlife-crisis Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) As the part price for the Blue round tile is skyrocketing it thought about another solution. Maybe there are some other ideas too. The Tile with hole can be placed lower but this will reduce integrity. Edited May 20, 2016 by Midlife-crisis Quote
DanSto Posted May 24, 2016 Author Posted May 24, 2016 Nice to see that you have build the pair . For the top of the head of R2, you could also use the same build as for BB-8 with a Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Groove and 1 Stud in Center (ref 87580) instead of the 1x1 plate . Quote
Midlife-crisis Posted May 24, 2016 Posted May 24, 2016 Nice to see that you have build the pair . For the top of the head of R2, you could also use the same build as for BB-8 with a Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Groove and 1 Stud in Center (ref 87580) instead of the 1x1 plate . HA! you´re right, have plenty of them in my pile. :) thx! Quote
Midlife-crisis Posted November 22, 2017 Posted November 22, 2017 On 3.10.2015 at 10:14 PM, DanSto said: BB8+R2-D2 by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr The 3 droids stars of SW7 five_droids by Daniel Stoeffler, on Flickr Enjoy Hello DanSto, did a few mods to the R2-D2 to fix a little stability issue with the feet and it provides a better mounting of the last trunk plates. With the rounded slope plate instead the rounded axle-plate. I think you see the changes well enough and hope you like it. best regards mc Quote
DanSto Posted November 28, 2018 Author Posted November 28, 2018 Just seen on Instagram into a redesign of the Sisyphus by JK Brickworks. Quote
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