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Grey is good.

The commander doesn't need to be in the highest rank of the RPG to lead an strike team, It just has to be the highest ranked on its strike team. On the second matter, each team will earn points with every regular soldier that lands on the ship (the commanded troop builds), but to do so, they will need to go under the command of an officer (the commander) and be transported by a landing craft (second in command or pilot) which will not contribute directly to the score but will have a very important role, plus one additional point that will be awarded to the best build in each category and the most important element to have in mind is to earn the extra points for the best team (best organized/strategic/with common aesthetics) that will earn one score point per each player included.

I never use the stickers, sometimes I replace them with printed bricks (or bricks of another color) that can do the same job or some other times I simply keep it with its plain bricks.

The one in the episode II battlepack.

I think that would be a little troublesome for the staff, there is no need for too much secrecy but you could also stay linked with the secret transmission via another player that is still in it.

Commanding a strike force is not an easy task, you should communicate with your teammates either in your HQ or via PM to join a strike force, there you should see which assignment fits better your skills.

I am impressed how the blue one actually looks better than the green one even though it's the oldest Y wing model, I also think that the other one has to much green.

Agreed! after that one they only started to look quite awful.

Thanks guys, I updated the first post with your pics.

Thanks for that PaulPrime, I will find a place for your pic later.

Outstanding! I like you x wing better than the official one, this way even the blue rubber bands would go unnoticed.

Movie accurate or not, I dont like how it looks, but nice try, if you really like it this way you should try to do it in real bricks.

I would recommend removing the clip brick in front of the stud shooter and keep the "cheeks" how the looked in the official set and try to lower the R2 unit one plate.

Very nice! How much bigger is this AT AT than the official set one?

What about the Tydirium set?, its wing deployment is totally manual, but my personal taste is just that, personal, I mosty display my sets and modify them to disable some play feature that I dislike, but what I dont like of the ruber bands is the fact that it bends the bricks of the wings and when they are closed they flap when you move the vehicle fast, I prefeer simple and sturdy solutions, I am not a fan either of the tendency of rising the sieze of the ships but dont take me wrong, I am not trying to make change your points of view. Back on topic, I am impressed that there are still going to release episode II and videogame (BF) sets, that is good news for me since I am not onboard of the hype train for the new trilogy.

I totally agree with you, there is no need for automatic and simultaneous wing deployment.

Judging by what we can see on the current TFA sets, let my make some predictions regarding to the film: the millenium falcon is in the hands of thugs/smugglers/criminals and our heroes will have to steal it from them, thats why its so messy inside the new TIE (the special forces one) is some sort of prototype that will be reverse-engineered and is very important for the plot because it has been stolen the black x wing is going to be actually featured late in the movie and will be the product of reverse-engineering the TIE Rey's speeder is made with the former thruster of a pod racer Judging by the coloring of its arm (seems to be a trend on the first order), C3-PO may be in hands of the first order, and maybe Luke could be behind them (just like its father before him) These are just my thoughts and plot speculations based on what can be seen on the sets, thats why it doesn't need to be placed on a spoiler tags, I haven't seen any spoilers either but I am pretty sure that at least two of those will be true (they seem quite obvious to me).

Thank you Brickprawn!!! these pics will do just fine, I had to choose only one pic per set because their size but that will allow us to give a good look at the sets, thanks again and may the force be with you always . By the way, I updated the first post with these pics of yours:

That's one handsome trio, I also like grey better but I also think that regular FO TIEs won't have the red windshield so the only missing part on it is the black top hatch.

I really like what you have done here, if I ever had this set this is just what I would have done, this is sort of what I do to all my sets (that are not dismantled for pieces): make them sturdier, close the gaps, correct the color flow and disable silly, pointless and anti aesthetic play features, good job .

I have a thing for comparisons, can you post a side by side with the grey one? by the way, it looks pretty awesome.

Thanks again Lego-Freak, God has a special place for guys like you .

Once you see it in the movie I am sure you will want all your x wings in black, there is a reason for it to be as what it is and it's very likely to have an advantage over regular fighters.

Yes please! I would very thankful.

I have been asking for such pics since the release of the new sets, this is the best we got so far: By Rand Holindale: By mordatre: tiecompare2 by mordatre, on Flickr