DarthHank

The reason why nobody responded is because you didn't attach the files or link to the original thread, so we couldn't easily test it for you. Anyway, after hunting down the original thread I downloaded the files and couldn't open them either, so it's not a problem on your end. My guess is the file is from an old version of LDD and isn't compatible or something, but I'm no LDD expert. Neither of those members is active anymore, but you'll be able to PM them once you have 10 posts I think. For anyone else trying to answer this question, I think it's this thread.

Very nice! About how big are these (in size and number of pieces)? They look much better than the pseudo-midifigures in the marvel sets.

Unlike many people here, I really liked TLJ. I mean, it's not as good as the originals, but I'd rate it as better than TFA, if only for its originality. I feel like many of the problems in this movie were ones created by TFA. 1. Hux had no character last movie, so I don't mind too much what they did with him here. I think they're making him the whipping boy here to create conflict for episode 9 - maybe he'll try to take out Kylo to become supreme leader himself. 2. I like having more humor than usual, although some was too much. The whole "Can he hear me" thing with Poe and Hux was dumb (and why did Poe need to kill time anyway?). The Kylo shirt thing was uncomfortable. The porgs were fine, and Luke's chucking of the lightsaber didn't bother me either; that's the kind of joyful subversion I can admire. I can also dismiss Luke's shoulder dusting as a way to bother Kylo. 3. The whole "we're running out of fuel but our ships are smaller so we can temporarily outrun them" thing was nonsensical. The FO could have jumped to hyperspace, for that matter. 4. Princess Leia getting sucked out into space and coming back looked dumb, but was cool, but then on closer examination is still a bit dumb. I liked Kylo's moment of hesitation. I object for scientific reasons to the surviving space thing, but really this has already happened countless times in Star Wars, so it's a moot point. The force use was cool, but for practical reasons they should have just had Leia die then - she's not super important in the rest of the film. 5. Speaking of Leia, what are they going to do for episode 9? I was convinced going in that she was going to die, but now that she's not things are going to be weird. 6. Not that important a point, but the number of resistance people makes no sense. They mention at one point they have 200 men, but each ship should carry that many - 1000 seems much more realistic. 7. Why didn't Holdo tell Poe her plan (especially when he revealed Finn and Rose's mission)? If she had, it would have succeeded, and the FO wouldn't have seen their pods go down to Crait. 8. I didn't mind Rose much, but she didn't really get developed that well, and that kiss made me really afraid they're going to start a love triangle with Rey. 9. One completely unforgivable thing is Luke even considering killing Ben. This is the guy that found good in Vader - he's not going to consider killing his nephew. That's unacceptable. 10. I don't mind Rey being nobody (although I still think she may turn out to be someone), but I hate that JJ built it up so much in the last movie. This is his fault - he tried to make the audience interested when nobody cared, so when the payoff is removed it's even lamer. Same goes for Snoke, a pale imitation of Palpatine. If they weren't going to make him unique, they should have brought Palpatine back (I think that would have been great). 11. Snoke's death was lame. You're telling me he didn't notice that lightsaber turn, or if he did, ignore it? Completely underwhelming. 12. The dark side cave on the island looked cool, but was kind of meaningless. I felt like on Dagobah the cave vision meant something, unlike here. 13. Rey continued to be overpowered. It's one thing if she had defeated the Praetorian guards using the Force, but instead she bested them in lightsaber combat, which should be what they excel at. 14. I don't like the force projection thing. Sure, it's cool that Luke walked through laser fire, but it seems a little outlandish. I did think Luke's real death, disappearing before the binary sunset was one of the most beautiful scenes Star Wars has ever given us, and was perfect. 15. Phasma - another character who's supposed to be badass yet we know nothing about. Lame. 16. Why did Leia let Holdo sacrifice herself? Maybe she should have gone. 17. Did the Crait speeders kill anything? Seemed useless. 18. Maz's cameo made no sense (where was the camera?) and should have been removed. 19. The kid at the end was kind of cool and shows the whole Resistance support everywhere and next generation of Jedi, but at the same time probably wasn't necessary. Until the throne room, I liked how everything seemed fresh, in comparison to TFA. Yes, the movie had many flaws, but they were unique - TFA played it too safe, and focused on enthralling viewers in Star Wars once more and using nostalgia. This was unique. It's biggest flaws, the plot holes of the resistance pursuit and Snoke's lameness, are insignificant next to the overall coolness. It's not as good as Rogue One, which has a good, but uneven first act and a near flawless second act, but it's its own film, which deserves praise. I'm concerned for episode 9; without the original cast members and Snoke things are going to be strange, and it all rests on JJ's shoulders once more.

Brickset reported it didn't pass quality control.

I think they're scaled accurately, but in your first photo it's awkwardly posed. The head on and profile shots of the rendering make it clear it's pretty much to scale (while I think the TLG ones have weird proportions), but in that first photo it looks like it's squatting. Very nice model - any instructions?

I think the (incredibly dumb) controversy surrounding it was that it looked like a mosque, "with machine guns in the minaret and a disgusting hookah-smoking slug man inside." Hard to believe Disney would keep TLG from making Slave Leia or Oola, after all, Aayla Secura still was made in the last year.

Most of the sets will be a pass for me, but they seem decent objectively. Nothing impressive, but solid. I definitely will get a couple of executioner battle packs, but it bothers me that yet again they put two crew guys in the pack.

Yeah, other than constraction figures the only sets in stock are the turbo tank, tracker, and kylo's shuttle. I'm not seeing any mention of the free minifigure other than in the legalese at the bottom of the promo page, so is that out of stock too? Or since there are no more star wars sets in stock are they just not advertising it? I suppose even if they still do have it, they won't give it with backorders. Have to say, TLG did a pretty bad job of predicting demand here. Update: Just tried adding $50 worth of backorder SW items to my bag, and it gave me a free Yularen polybag (as well as the "minifigure travel pack")

Not quite sure what you're asking, but you can check these Wookieepedia pages: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arquitens-class_light_cruiser & http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arquitens-class_command_cruiser It seems like the bridge crew is two officer-pilots and the captain.

^Where are those legs from? Looks nice.

What I don't understand is why TLG decided to use a real picture of the falcon box covered in white - they could just as easily shown a picture of a plain white box with nothing underneath. If that's the way they're going to be, they might as well just come out and say it's the falcon without showing any pictures.

The walkers are ugly, but since they're FO I'll probably still get them (on sale, hopefully). Kylo's fighter looks really cool, and the resistance pod/speeder thing is meh, but if it's cheap it'd be worthwhile. I didn't realize how huge the bomber was until now! Not a resistance fan, but that's impressive - it's like a mini Nebulon frigate. As others have said, the FO SD looks cool on the outside, but the inside is what really blows me away - every SD we've had has had a pretty lackluster interior, and all of the sudden we have this! Overall, I'd say this wave isn't as good as the R1 sets, but it's better than the TFA line.

I dunno - I'm not quite sold on that head. Definitely better than the scary one on the original minifigure, but the expression and the beauty mark don't really fit. I do like the legs and arms.

I know the episode 8 sets come out on September 1st, but do non-TLG sets come out earlier, and if so when?

I just started building the quadjumper set today, and when I opened it up I noticed that the stickers were not packaged with the manual, the cover of the manual was made of rough paper, and the bag numbers were in different styles (bag 1 had the white ribbon with a black number, bag 2 was covered in black twos outlined in white, bag 3 was covered in black threes outlined in blue, etc.). Is this a normal phenomenon?

We can't decide for you; it's subjective. Do you include First Order TIE fighters? Do you include Fel Empire TIE fighters like the TIE predator? Do you include the Chiss Clawcraft? If you do, then it seems like you would want to be consistent.

Great job! I just saw this now because of Ramses' post. I didn't think it was even possible to incorporate the treads. How many pieces does it have?

I really like it! I wish TLG had made it like this - if they'd made it this size everyone would have bought duplicates. Of course, this only fits two minifigures, but so does TLG's, so it's not an issue. The official one is so blocky - yours is nice and sleek. Great job.

I thought there was a thread about Star Wars stuff on Bricks & Pieces, but I can't find it now. The thread for all licensed parts is still active though.

Seems lame, but looking at past advent calendars, only 2012 (Santa Maul and snow R2) and 2013 (Kid Boba and Santa Jango) had 2 exclusive figures. Although still bad price/piece ratio, it's better than years prior, and imperial officers with different ranks are actually useful (although not as fun as an exclusive Santa). A general is a type of officer...

Look at the URL - that's not your camera roll specifically; it just links to the camera roll of whoever is logged in (so when I clicked on it, it brought me to my own camera roll).

Why doesn't TLG just print a visor-down and a visor-up face for OT X-Wing pilots? Really the visors are supposed to move, so it seems like if they don't want to apply the TFA mold to OT pilots, they could at least take advantage of it by giving better alternate faces.

What's the deal in the US with R3-M2? Is he available the same time as in Europe, right after the main May the Fourth promotions end? And I'm already tired of the Falcon bulletin dispute. The nature of the internet makes it difficult to tell if Stash is being sarcastic (although if he's being serious, I would still add that it doesn't take much skill to fake a bulletin like that; it's not like nobody in the world has any idea what TLG's documents look like). It doesn't really matter; at this point it's close to certain that the Falcon is happening, so no need to dispute every little thing that might confirm it.

I'm not sure what country you're in, but it seems like you can get the whole set for 80 USD on bricklink, which is only $10 more than it originally sold for. That's definitely the best way, and if you really need to recover some cash you could sell the landspeeder. It would cost much more to get all the pieces and find the minifigures, even without the landspeeder.

It's not horrible, but the truth is it's no better than the last one. Part of it is the color, and part of it is I prefer the Eta, but the older one just looks better. I already have the Fetts and Kenobi, and too many starfighters, so I'll pass. Has everything been revealed now except for the Episode 8 sets?