Japanbuilder
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Fire!!!! P5160880 by Macster Tome, on Flickr And me wishing we had bounty hunters in the new trilogy. Since we don't I made one! Calling her Ire Thull P5160889 by Macster Tome, on Flickr
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Show Your Army, Navy, and Collection Display
Japanbuilder replied to BillytheKid's topic in LEGO Star Wars
My current FO Army and my current Resistance Army. P5180910 by Macster Tome, on Flickr P5180917 by Macster Tome, on Flickr -
They have a lot to work with for season 3 I think. The Agent Kallus (forget his spelling atm) story thread was left very much on a cliffhanger of sorts. He seemed to be questioning his loyalty. Zeb and Sabine need more work I feel. Ezra I believe is becoming more desperate to "win" rather than "survive" though his first true taste of the darkness was a bit flip-floppy to me (he manages to see he made an error but then opens that holocron anyway??? hmm...some lesson learned I guess). Kanan Jarrus and Hera have a lot to do, though I am shocked they seem to be leaving Kanan in the state he is in. You can fix amputated limbs but not that??? Say what??? Ahsoka Tano seemed to live unless that was a cut away of her lifeless body falling down a hole. Guess We will have to wait and see though I wonder what role she will fill going forward? And yes more crack Storm Troopers pls! But only because they are my favorite! Heh heh! Can never have too many of those guys!
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This wave in general definitely is very expensive. But despite it, that Fun in the Park set is gonna be mine!
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[MOC] swimming lesson for the troopers, and vader's puppy
Japanbuilder replied to adde51's topic in LEGO Star Wars
hah hah, glad to see my household isn't the only one with Friends animals playing fetch with the likes of dark side force users. We don't obviously tell Mia her pets are missing though. My daughters make me promise as they escort the animals to "play" with Kylo and gang. -
Finally got a FO Transporter and 2 more FO Battle Packs. Now just waiting on my blasters to come in and they'll all be set.
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Begging like mad to all divine beings to remind you where you put that piece you're looking for! And you search for days and days only to remember weeks later you used that piece on a detail build in the corner of some MOC. Then realizing you can't take that piece back...and now your new MOC is swearing at you for being so dumb. GRRR!
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Yes, the one film didn't have it, which is why I made the comment that I liked the inclusion of the mount on both the official LEGO set and on Fightingswords' MOC. It adds a lot of utility to that particular speeder model.
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Now that looks awesome. Much closer to the Gian-211 Speeder the set is based on. Plus the gun mount is much more believable here than on the official set. I like it is inclusion though on both sets as the one seen in the film was displayed sans the gun mount.
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[MOC] Zeb's Bo-Rifle made with spare parts
Japanbuilder replied to JekPorkchops's topic in LEGO Star Wars
I think your design hits closer to the mark of what we see in the series. Great work! -
Great review! Though I wonder how LEGO thought to bump this up to the 25$ mark. It seems an odd pricing choice. We got the excellent 60116 for 20$ and 3 mini figures were included in that set and the design is also twin engine. Do prices usually shift that bad among similar sets released the same year?
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He is lucky wherever he is. He has tempted me back to the Volcano sets. I hope he gets the park set soon, I am really looking to see how it turns out and is the city set I am most itching for this year.
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You think that is bad? Try 64,800 yen, then ask how Darth Vader that price really is. http://www.amazon.co...words=UCS 75098
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Amazing! Where are you storing when not on display?
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I got it and immediately used the parts to make a Jedi Temple instead. But I am glad I got it for the figures those are really good. The parts are really useful too I found (for the aforementioned Jedi Temple I made). In fact I will expand upon it using the pieces from the Encounter on Jakku set when that comes out and have a massive temple instead of the main chamber and gate I have now. I would encourage your kids to reassemble it into something more interesting. That's where it will shine best.
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I liked Jang's take on the negativity surrounding this set. He pretty much condensed it into what a lot of us have been saying about this set. But also took into account what the actual LEGO demographic would think of it and I think he pretty much has it right there too. Basically, for kids this is awesome. A huge good-guy play set complete with action features and fun figures. For older fans it is an incomplete experience and most certainly not a UCS set. As a play set it is an incomplete experience as it is lop-sided in the negative towards the assaulting team. Price aside, since we can all accept LEGO is an expensive hobby, this thing is a bruising learning experience for LEGO. I am sure they are already setting systems in place to doubly-triply check anything coming down the UCS pipe for the next time.
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I remember the old chrome stuff from back in the day would wear pretty fast. Don't now if that has gotten better over the years but I have taken a liking to the gun metal black (as in Kylo Ren's hilt) and I like the new silver plastic too I think they look pretty good and will last longer. But given the various other colors that piece comes in I just think any will do. It makes each Jedi/Sith you give one too that much more individual than all chrome on all of them.
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Warm greetings to you all from Japan. I have recently returned to building with Legos after many many years of being in a Dark Age. At present I am trying to complete the Swamp Police series from last year. I am very close but some sets are proving difficult to get as we did not get every set for this line. I look forward to seeing everyone's creations and opinions! 宜しくお願いします！
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So close to rounding out my FO collection. Got 1 5004406 (First Order General PB). Next month I am going for the FO Transporter and probably 3 more BPS. Also got 20 of the Pearl Grey Blaster rifles too. Now my Resistance troops can fight in style.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Video Game Discussion
Japanbuilder replied to npgcole's topic in LEGO Media and Gaming
Doesn't look that way. The thumbnail to the video shows them all black. Then the rest of the shots show only the underside as white the rest black, then all black. So very strange. Unless maybe the weapons change colors if they have a level up feature? My dream is LEGO reduces the build sizes on battle packs and actually packs both types of blasters going forward. That would seem a good compromise for me. Getting these dual colored ones for new FO battle packs would be just fantastic! -
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Video Game Discussion
Japanbuilder replied to npgcole's topic in LEGO Media and Gaming
I can't wait for this game to come out. I also noticed watching the trailer for gameplay that there are inconsistencies with the blaster rifles shown on screen. Of note at 0:37 I noticed this: Screen Shot 2016-04-28 at 3.35.11 PM by Macster Tome, on Flickr The rest of the time they are the older all black types. I really hope they keep the dual color ones and that they start mass producing those for sets after the game is released that would be AWESOME! -
Has anyone else gotten it? I started to dabble in it some and found the stop motion tool to be pretty useful. The tip videos were pretty nice I hope they keep that updated as time goes forward. The games are simple but they do entertain. Has anyone found a way to further edit the videos made form the app on other apps? I am not too technically inclined on the iPad so any tips would be welcome =) http://www.lego.com/en-us/creator/apps/creatorapp
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Do they? Do you know the name of it? This app is not solely for stop motioning but it can link to your LEGO account. I would say the main draw would be the stop motioning but it definitely has things children will be interested in beyond that.
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Long Live the Empire!
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I am on iOS and it seemed to run reasonably well there. I will also search the App Store to see if there are simple alternatives there too. Thanks!