Fallenangel Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 I think that's just the lighting, as in some of the shots on Wookieepedia it isn't that dark. We know the studio model is light grey and we know that that was the model used throughout the movies. Perhaps fallenangel can shed more light on this. No pun intended? This was addressed on FBTB last year in discussion of 8099: They'd [the Star Destroyers would] be production accurate if they were white, but not screen accurate. Many of the ships in a New Hope that look gray were painted a shade of white because gray paint came across too dark in many of the original shots during filming. In any case, many of the ships (the Falcon and Star Destroyer) are supposed to look gray. Quote
CopMike Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Some more pics (you beat me to it cavegod ) and a video: Built in 7 steps. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 No pun intended? Nope. (no, seriously, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out)Thanks for the pics, CopMike. Always interesting to see the innards of big sets. Quote
gotoAndLego Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 (edited) Man, it really does look cool in person, well video at least. Those huge sets really are a joy to behold. I'm normally not a fan of numbered bags on adult sets, but after wading through all the piles for Imperial Shuttle maybe its not such a bad thing; can you imagine hunting for a grey piece amongst all the grey. I hadn't planned on getting it right away, but I can feel myself waffling. Edited June 23, 2011 by gotoAndLego Quote
cavegod Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Plus with th eparts list it is now possible to bricklink all the parts! does it work out cheaper though?? Quote
streifen Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Plus with th eparts list it is now possible to bricklink all the parts! does it work out cheaper though?? Getting the parts from Bricklink will be a mammoth task and i doubt much savings can be obtained. Quote
Aeroeza Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 i still can't help but wonder why they used Light Bluey instead of Dark Bluey for the hull. I'd say Light Bley is the closest you'd get for the SSD's blueish grey appearance in the films when depicted in Lego. Just use Old Light Grey for your mini Star Destroyer if you'd like to get the relative differences in tone apparent in the films due to lighting and compositing multiple film elements from different passes with a motion control camera... Quote
cavegod Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Getting the parts from Bricklink will be a mammoth task and i doubt much savings can be obtained. when you have bricklinked the best part of 10,000 parts for a moc 3000 is straightforward Quote
Aeroeza Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 when you have bricklinked the best part of 10,000 parts for a moc 3000 is straightforward When you've 'Bricklinked' the best part of 10,000 parts for a MOC then I'd reckon absolutely bloody anything in life would be straightforward in comparison!!! Quote
cavegod Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 When you've 'Bricklinked' the best part of 10,000 parts for a MOC then I'd reckon absolutely bloody anything in life would be straightforward in comparison!!! lol true! Quote
StoutFiles Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Say you could get the parts through a few sellers to avoid all the compounding shipping charges. Are you going to bricklink the minifigs and stickers? I'd hope not since they will be very overpriced. Either way, I'd rather pay more for something that will hold its value well. In five years you'll be able to sell it for more than you bought it for. Quote
cavegod Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Say you could get the parts through a few sellers to avoid all the compounding shipping charges. Are you going to bricklink the minifigs and stickers? I'd hope not since they will be very overpriced. Either way, I'd rather pay more for something that will hold its value well. In five years you'll be able to sell it for more than you bought it for. nah i wouldn't bother with the minifigs and i could get a sticker from Lego for free, it's just wether the price would be cheaper than buying the set. Quote
Arfman Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 nah i wouldn't bother with the minifigs and i could get a sticker from Lego for free, it's just wether the price would be cheaper than buying the set. No one noticed THE spelling error on the display? "turoblaser" instead of turbolaser. Sloppy. Quote
Mr Man Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 No one noticed THE spelling error on the display? "turoblaser" instead of turbolaser. Sloppy. Yeah it was mentioned on the previous page or so. Quote
Fallenangel Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 No one noticed THE spelling error on the display? "turoblaser" instead of turbolaser. Sloppy. Haven't you heard? A turoblaser is a blaser of the turo variety. I love the way FBTB put it: "Dear LEGO, There's a Typo In Your $400 Set". Quote
P4trickvH Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Follow this LINK for a better part list, check out the full size. Quote
Lego Otaku Posted June 23, 2011 Posted June 23, 2011 Man, it really does look cool in person, well video at least. Those huge sets really are a joy to behold. I'm normally not a fan of numbered bags on adult sets, but after wading through all the piles for Imperial Shuttle maybe its not such a bad thing; can you imagine hunting for a grey piece amongst all the grey. I hadn't planned on getting it right away, but I can feel myself waffling. You should try putting together set 10179. 5200 pieces and no numbered bag = 1 hour looking for 1 piece. If going by BL route, it may be possible to save a bit if you skip on the useless minifigs (not to scale ) and skip part of the bridge. If I get this (either by BL or whole set) I'll see about filling in that ugly gap. Quote
streifen Posted June 24, 2011 Posted June 24, 2011 When you've 'Bricklinked' the best part of 10,000 parts for a MOC then I'd reckon absolutely bloody anything in life would be straightforward in comparison!!! i would have gone mad... Quote
Brick Smiley Productions Posted June 25, 2011 Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) I think bricklinking all these parts would be alot cheaper than getting it official. Looks fun to build and display! Edit: Whoops just saw post above suggest bricklinking Now I really feel like building this thing. Edited June 25, 2011 by Brick Smiley Productions Quote
Aeroeza Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 For those of you who enjoy building fleets to scale (especially MOCers fond of building vessels in the old UCS SD scale) I've just noticed a happy coincidence between the size of the UCS SSD and the 'Quest for R2' Malevolence set (a build I've always felt was a UCS release by stealth). Now I realize there are two lengths for a Subjugator Class Cruiser floating around- Wookipedia states these vessels are 4845 metres whereas the Star Wars: Republic at War folks give us a more generous figure of 7892. I've always preferred the second figure as it's more in line with estimates given by the Republic forces in the Clone Wars cartoon when first discussing the possibility of a monster ship with ionic weaponry hunting their strike fleets. It also works beautifully for a Lego Malevolence that is a smidge over 55 centimeters in length sitting next to a 1.245 meter Executor! Assuming the UCS SSD is 17.6 km (all controversies aside) then the Lego Malevolence is only about half a centimeter too short to be an exact match in scale! (What's a stud between friends?) (124.5/17.6) x 7.892=55.8 If you take the SSD to be 19 km long then you're 3 or 4 centimeters short of the mark... (124.5/19) x 7.892=51.7 ... but still close enough to sit the two models proudly next to each other and give any passerbys a lesson in Star Wars capital ship comparisons (mind you, I hear that's not the best way to make friends at most social gatherings )... So perhaps we have a new UCS SSD scale to inspire the fleet builders out there? It seems TLC have already, inadvertently, started using one! Quote
Mr Man Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 The Lego Malevolence is only about half a centimetre too short to be an exact match in scale! (What's a stud between friends?) Excellent!! Two baddey dreadnoughts in scale with each other , perfect. Quote
TheBrickHitHouse Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 So when we dont like the sizes given to us in official publications we just make up figures ourselves? Ohh the executor is 17km! Okay, if we're going to be stupid about this I now proclaim the Death Star is the size of a tennis ball. From now on anyone that disagrees is somehow wrong, including Lucasfilm. I have spoken! ...wait, do I need some saggy MOC before I can make stuff up? Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 So when we dont like the sizes given to us in official publications we just make up figures ourselves? The published dimensions don't match those of the studio model. As LEGO builders, we build models, so if there is a model used in the movie, it's considered more important than a printed figure and bunch of drawings. Quote
Enilder Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Will we see "First Edition" (CoA) with this set or unknown as of yet? Quote
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