[MOC] Endor Landing Pad

[starwarsfan66]

This is the endor landing pad from Return of the Jedi that I designed. I made it to fit the play-scale sets that Lego has been releasing like the AT-AT walker, TIE fighter, and Imperial Shuttle. But the UCS Imperial Shuttle does fit quite nicely on the pad as well. The whole build is a little over 7,000 pieces. The height is just right for the AT-AT walker to stand right next to one of the six hallways. The landing pad is the bulk of the cost because its mostly light bluish gray bricks which can get very expensive. The actual landing platform is about 4 studs tall, and is made up of mostly 2x4 and 2x8 bricks along with other bricks and plates as well. This helps the platform stay together. The platform rests on top of the 2 "towers". The best place to put a UCS shuttle would be right above the towers so that they can easily support the weight. But a play-scale size ship would pretty much be able to stand anywhere on the platform since it is so light. And I know that the landing pad is supposed to have 2 yellow circular outlines on it, but I left it out because doing it with bricks would have looked too blocky. Making and printing a large sticker would probably look much better and cleaner.

This model would go great with an endor forest moc. I do plan to design the endor bunker and shield generator for the death star in the future. I am also currently working on a larger version of this landing platform that is more to scale with UCS builds like the Imperial Shuttle and possibly even the rumored UCS AT-AT. But there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on that so I'm not too sure yet.  

But anyway, here are some images of the build:

 

pad with vehicles by ice chips, on Flickr

pad with vehicles_3 by ice chips, on Flickr

test_2 by ice chips, on Flickr

pad with vehicles_2 by ice chips, on Flickr

 

I made instructions for this build as well and linked them below. There are also some more images and angles of the build in them as well. 

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-63049/starwarsfan66/endor-landing-pad/#details

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this build! 

[Salty Balti]

This is very cool. Could definitely imagine it nestled among some trees and other foliage, with the dish in the background. This is also one of my favourite scenes/locations from the movie so extra points for that. Was kind of hoping that this was going to be the big $800 set that's rumoured for this year but I don't suspect it will be.

[Stuartn]

That's a great moc, love the smooth surfaces and it is a good scale to accommodate UCS and system sets.

Are you intending on making a base for this moc, it is great as it is though!

How well scaled is it with the current system AT AT?

[starwarsfan66]

15 minutes ago, Stuartn said:

That's a great moc, love the smooth surfaces and it is a good scale to accommodate UCS and system sets.

Are you intending on making a base for this moc, it is great as it is though!

How well scaled is it with the current system AT AT?

Thanks! I might consider making a base for it later on but probably not anytime soon. The AT-AT shown in the image is from 2014 and it is almost the same height as the 2020 AT-AT, so to answer your question, it scales pretty well with the current version. 

[Anarchyy]

Do you still have the instructions for this? It’s no longer available on rebrickable.

Edited August 14, 2021 by Anarchyy

[starwarsfan66]

On 8/14/2021 at 7:23 PM, Anarchyy said:

Do you still have the instructions for this? It’s no longer available on rebrickable.

Yeah I do. Sorry about that; the link should work now.