Elephant Knight

I have ironed my sails, and did it straight onto the sail, had nothing between the iron and the sail. I do short, quick strokes, and I do it in stages. My sails have been fine so far.

So, in 2006, 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer was released. I really wanted it, and I was able to save up and get. 2014 rolls around, and TLG releases a second one. I was meh at first, as I already had one, but I caved in and bought. After I did, I just knew I had to build my old and and compare the two. and now you can too! prepare for lots of pictures (It's a review, what were you expecting?) Box fronts by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Let's start with the boxes. Very similar looks, though the styling is different. Since there is a 12 year gap between releases, that should be expected. 6211 has a longer box, but 75055 has a thicker box. Part count is very similar with them having 1339 and 1324 respectively (Though Bricklink doesn't take into account the minifigs) Box Backs by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr The back of the box shows various play features, but 6211 has the added bonus of showing alternate models. I give the nod to 6211 for better box, but it was close Instuctions by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr On to the instructions. 6211 has 2 sets of instructions, and 75055 has three. All the booklets are in the range of 70-80 pages, so 75055 has more steps, though it has less parts. 6211 also wins, just cause it takes up less space when storing. No pictures of the build, as I haven't had the time or desire to do it, but I will say that I enjoyed 6211's build more, but I was also really tired when I built 75055. So 6211 takes a 3-0 lead! ISDs front by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Looking at the two ships straight on, 6211 is definitely larger, though I will say right off the bat that it is weaker. 75055 is smaller, but much more solid. 75055 is also better proportioned. I give 75055 a point for head on view ISDs top by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr The view from above really shows off the size differential. Top view goes to 75055, as it has the notches in the proper amount and spaces. 6211 now leads 3-2. ISDs rear by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Rear view. Both ships are but ugly from this point of view, but 6211's engines look better proportionally. So 6211 now leads 4-2. Honestly, the engines are the ugliest part of 75055. They suck. ISDs bottom by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Bottom view. is this even a contest? 75055 wins hands down, though it is missing the hanger bay opening, which 6211 does have. 6211 leads 4-3 ISDs opened up by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Time to open them up! even though 6211 is prone to falling apart, I much prefer it's method. 75055 seems a bit awkward. And I just like the cute switch at the back to lock the top part of 6211 to lock it into place. And I don't like how the top part of 75055 isn't attached. it just sits there. 6211 leads 5-3. 6211 inside overview by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Ok, 6211's interior as a whole is pretty spacey. It contains an escape pod (I have no idea why...), a gun rack for some spare guns, Darth Vader's chamber (Which shouldn't be here, as it was on the Executor.) and a hologram of the Emperor with seat. 6311 bridge inside by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr There is also the tiny little bridge up top. 75055 bridge by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr 75055 shares a few of the same things, like the bridge, weapons rack, and hologram of the Emperor. 75055 Vader's chamber/ engineering? by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr It does not include an escape pod or Vader's Chamber, but it does have a small station with readouts of the Death Star. Going head to head on the interior, we have: Bridge: 75055 wins. more space, and looks like a ISD bridge Emperor Hologram: 75055. That hologram part is what made me buy this set. Seriously. I wanted that part. Weapons Rack: 6211. It's actually a pretty cool feature, even if it doesn't really look the best. 75055's is just boring. 6211's escape pod and Vader's chamber vs 75055's panel: I'm going with 75055. That panel has much uses in store for it. Escape pod and Chamber make no sense to be on an ISD. Our total is now tied 6-6 75055 guns by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Back outside, but for details! 6211 Only has 2 turbolasers on each side, whereas 75055 has the proper 4 on each side. No pictures of 6211's as I forgot, but an extra picture of 75055 to show a play feature. move the thing sticking out on the back, and all the guns (On the one side) move in unison. Guns go to 75055. 75055 spare ammo by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr A convenient spot flips up at the back to hide the extra bullets. 6211 and 75055 Minifigs by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Now for the figs! 6211 Minifigs by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr 6211 has 8 figs and the mouse droid. Two Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Tarkin, Two Imperial Guards, Imperial officer, and a black droid. 75055 Minifigs by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr 75055 has 6 and the mouse droid. Two Stormtroopers, Darth Vader, a Imperial technician, and two Imperial Officers. Stormtroopers by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr They both have two stormtroopers. I prefer the old style, though the new ones are growing on me. They also have faces and better guns. Stormtroopers go to 75055 Darth Vaders by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Darth Vader. 6211 is pretty much the original design, whereas 75055 has a new and unique design. Going to go with the classic one, as he has a chrome lightsaber handle and the new guy's head doesn't look like Vader. It was close, as I really like the new one's printing, but going to have to go with 6211 Imperial officers by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Imperial Officers. Grand Moff Tarkin and a very bland officer loose out to the new and more versatile officer and crewman of 75055 Other Minifigs by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Extra figs. I will never understand the inclusion of the Imperial Guards. The mouse droids are identical, the black R2 isn't the best black R2, and one can never have enough Imperials, even if they are technicians. 75055 wins, though it was close. The final votes are in, and 75055 wins 11 to 7! What do you think? Which Imperial Star Destroyer will rein supreme? EKnight

So, I am not really sure where this fits best, so I'm just going to post them here. Anyone remember that game Lego released back in 1999 called Lego Racers? If so, be prepared for a wave of nostalgia! (If you liked the game, that is) This is a prejoct that I had been working on for quite a few months now, and have finally completed. What is it? I built all the race cars from Lego Racers! First off, the 7 Circuit Leaders: Captain RedbeardandCircuit one King Kahuka and Circuit 2 Basil the Batlord and Circuit 3 Now, since Circuits 4,5 and 7 are just the reversals of 1,2 and 3 respectively, I am only going to link the circuit leaders. Circuit 4, Johnny Thunder Circuit 5, Baron Von Baron Circuit 6, Gypsy Moth And now for Rocket Racer and Circuit 7! And now for a group shot! Comments and criticism are welcome to race! EKnight And don't let me forget Veronica Voltage!

Nope, the odd decal is the only customization in these racecars.

Thanks! it was my first time trying out a bow in that style. I feel it turned out rather well. The sails are my first parer sails in awhile. I think I prefer paper, partly because i can do things like this.

169B So, back in 2011, I built a ship that was based on one of my earliest sailing vessels, the HMS Dauntless. Sometime in the last year, I wanted to fix up this ship, as it had slowly been falling apart. Picture of the Dauntless taken right before construction began. And now I present, the newly renamed, Impavido: I am very happy with how It turned out. Everything is just much more clean and smooth, and the dimensions are all around better (And now I can call it a Spanish Galleon, as opposed to some galleon/barque hybrid) Comments and criticism are welcome to port! EKnight

Hello! I would like to show off my custom X-wings. I first built Corran Horn's (Rogue 9) and I thought, why stop there? These X-wings are in minifig scale, so pretty close in size to the original one form 1999. Ok, enough talking. First off, all 12 together First, the ones whose colour scheme is described in the books: Wedge Antilles Corran Horn Tycho Celchu Gavin Darklighter Ooryl Qrygg And the ones that aren't, the ones where I first went off a picture on Wookiepedia, but then went into my own imagination. Asyr Sei'lar Aril Nunb Nawara Ven Inyri Forge. Trieds to go with a flame motif with this one. Bror Jace. Why Classic Space? Why not? Rhysati Ynr Riv Shiel My two personal favorites are Corran's and Tycho's.

Okay, here is the comparison shot asked for: 6211 and 75055 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr ISD 002 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr I actually plan on doing a full review of these two against each each other.

Sure. I'll try and get to that tomorrow, if I have time.

I find your lack of Star Destroyers disturbing. Imperial Star Destroyers by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr There, problem solved.

Thanks for the replies! I have another Star wars EU (or rather, Star Wars Legends......) MOC on the way, as well as a generic SW MOC.

165D Here is my ship (Finally...) the HMS Gallant: Pirates aren't the only ones who like treasure. When the Imperials caught wind of all the pirate ships that were heading out to find Blue's Treasure, the HMS Gallant, a 74 gun 3rd rate ship of the line, was dispatched to destroy the pirates, and collect the treasure, if it was true I finally got around to building my first ship with two gun decks. been wanting to do that for sometime now. It was built for the JRC 3.5 over at the Forbidden Cove. Cap'n E

Quite a fantastic collection of M-tron vehicles you have there! I am not sure about the inclusion of all the extra colours (It seemed like a lot when you made the list) but it is mostly subtle, so it still looks like classic M-tron. My favorite is your Mega Core Magnetizer. EKnight

Thanks for the replies! The picture is a link to my Flickr page, but here are some pictures: HMS Gallant 010 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr HMS Gallant 005 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr HMS Gallant 003 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr HMS Gallant 004 by Elephant-Knight, on Flickr Thanks for the tip about the stern!

I recently got around to taking pictures of my latest Blacktron II ship, er ships. In fact, it's a whole fleet. The flagship of the fleet, is the Epsilon Corvus Two support corvettes the Beta Centauri and the Delta Centauri. The Tyrax, the state-of-the-art Talana Class Frigate. A Super Nova 4, a Allied Avenger 2, and a Atmo Bomber provide Fighter cover. A small shuttle is there bringing the esteemed mad scientist Dr. Winks. A troop transport has also been added to the mix, in case any enemy ships need to be boarded. And hanging behind, the heavy cruiser Gamma Centauri. Thanks for looking.

I present to you, my first Space Police SHIP, the Galactic Interceder: My first SHIP that isn't Blacktron. Shocking, isn't it? Hey, my Blacktrons need someone to pick on, after all... Comments and criticism welcome.

Thanks for the response! Haha,I never build in LDD. Doing the three layered cockpit was one of the biggest reasons I built this, actually. Unfortunately I only own three prison pods right now.

This is made out of pure win! I love seeing large scale bases for official Space themes, and this one doesn't disappoint. All the action that you have going, plus all the great sub MOCs, like the redone Particle Ionizer, are excellent! Keep up the good work! And yes, those Blacktrons are up too no good.

Hello! I have two new creations to share with you. The first is a redo of an old Classic Space ship. I was inspired to redo it after seeing pictures of Benny’s ship for The Lego Movie. I had actually been wanting to redo it for awhile, this was just the kick in the pants I needed. The second is a Blacktron II forklift. This was built for a future project, but due to other ideas, and current MOCs (AKA, the Dalek) this future project will have to be put on the back burner for awhile. Oh, and here’s a giant Fleebnork

I built this awhile ago, and after I modified it, I figured I ought to finally take some pictures. Galactica I feel that my mediocre picture taking don't do this MOC justice. As it is, this stands as one of my favorite MOCs I have ever built. Galactica Comments? Criticism? EKnight

Thank you for all the replies! Perhaps I might have to give a shot at the original Galactica now. I have only seen a few bits and pieces of the old stuff, so it will require some research. I would say there is 0% chance of instructions, sorry. I might take a picture of it 'blown up' a bit.

[pid][/pid] 149A Hey, I would like to show my most recent tallship, the HMS Audacity. A 42 gun frigate. I built it so I had a proper sized ship to go up against my USS Constitution, but I feel the Audacity surpased the Constitution. Though I have since dismantled the Constitution, this ship will stay built a while longer (At least until Brickcon) Comments and criticism are welcome. EKnight [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp]

Thanks for the replies! Alas, I haven't done much Pirate MOCing as of late.

Yup. It is finished. Well, it has been finished for awhile, but I just finally got around to taking some proper pictures. So without further ado, I present my life-sized Blacktron 2005 series Dalek. More pictures in the Photostream

Thanks for all the replies! To answer all the main questions, 1) It took about 13 months to build. The first few months was rather sporadic, but it picked up a bit after Christmas. 2) I am guessing around 20,000 pieces. 3) I don't plan on building a TARDIS or Cyberman. 4) It usually sits at the end of my bed. Winbrant, I plan on bringing it to the 2014 CCEE. Tedward, you're lucky I disabled the gun!