Brickdoctor

You'd be surprised how many reports we get for minor offenses or petty disagreements. I think this sort of functionality would just be asking to be abused.

There is absolutely no evidence to suggest we'll get a UCS Falcon rerelease at any time in the future. Everything pertaining to that idea in this topic is based entirely in wishlists and the fact that TLG is apparently willing to rerelease 10188. Discussion of anything related to a 10179 rerelease or a UCS Falcon in general doesn't belong in either of the rumor topics. Let's get back on track.

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...and base complete: As this is a display base meant to showcase the Snowspeeder, I kept it clean and simple, rather than adding a bunch of trenches and gun emplacements, as was my original plan. I suppose this means I need a similar display piece from Star Wars now that I've got the T-47 from Empire and the AT-ST from Jedi...

This isn't a chatroom, guys. Isn't that just the amount you'd get back in VIP points?

From a manufacturing standpoint, it's probably a pretty different set. It's not without precedent; we've seen sets rereleased under different numbers before. What if they just wanted to change the number to reflect their new numbering scheme?

Why cut something if you don't have to? Also, unlike cut flex tubing, I'm not sure how purist cut string would be.

Wait, if we're discussing sets, not MOCs and sets in general, isn't this just the Future Star Wars Sets topic with an OT specialization...?

The 'real' harpoon gun is a lot more complex than two barrels. I can't do much more in LEGO, but the string adds a bit of texture that doesn't seem out of place.

Thomas Benedikt (who's an inactive EB member) has done Home One.

I mean, you can certainly take off the 3/4 pin and attach it to something else with the string wedged inside, but I'm not going to add an oversized, bulky, wildly inaccurate hook and launcher. I don't make design decisions for the sake of play features, and that goes for the winch as well.

Has Walter not built a UCS TIE/sh? Or did he only do the boarding craft variant?

Um...don't? As with any other remake or re-release, if you're already satisfied with what you have, great; don't buy the new one. I imagine those of you who already own 10188 aren't TLG's target demographic with this set. They can't cater to everyone, and I don't think ensuring completionists don't end up with duplicates would be that high of a priority.

That's what I did with my previous version. Also not really worth it. It still takes too mich force and too much time to wind up the prefab winch part. Much easier to just open the canopy and wind up the bundle to pick up the slack. Besides, it's not as if the other end is connected to something that can be fired.

It wouldn't be that tricky to squeeze in, but there isn't much point. It'd be too hard to get in and work the winch, I think. So I just ran the string into a bundle tucked next to the gunner.

Agreed. The EU definitely suffered from the sheer number of (often subpar) authors all trying to one-up each other with the next great revelation or addition to the saga. (*cough* the Jedi Prince series *cough*) No disrespect intended towards Leland Chee, but he wasn't a storyteller. They needed someone with a big picture plan to manage continuity, as opposed to someone who only told authors whether or not they were contradicting an equal or higher level of existing canon. We ended up with people like Zahn who'd write great novels and then have their characters altered, put down, or killed off by other authors in their efforts to make the next big impact.One of the very few reasons I'm glad for the canon reboot is that it stopped the power creep that culminated in the ridiculousness that was the Fate of the Jedi series.

To be more helpful... The current rumor is that there is no Yoda's Hut; that the set with Yoda and Artoo is instead Yoda's stubbier version of the Eta-2 Jedi Interceptor, which I'm told appears in some of the later TCW episodes.

If you don't like that sort of coincidence to give backstory to events...let's just say you should never read Darth Plagueis...

Of course! You don't need my permission; no one owns building techniques.

Yes. (And check out some of the author's other books, like Death Star [co-written with the author of the similarly excellent Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter] while you're at it; they're all good.)

Just for you, mortesv! This is as close as it's going to get, I think: Parts in red need to be substituted with parts that aren't in LDD. You'll need at least: Two of the 8L pneumatic tubing. I just bought one 17L piece and cut it down to size. Two of those tabless, removable hose bases. Two of the old Technic bushing-pulley combo pieces. Four of the metal train axles. Roughly 10L flex tubing. Two of the toothed half bushings; make sure to get the ones with four inner teeth instead of two. Two red rubber bands, either Technic or the ones off of the flanged drivers. One string that's wedged between the ¾ pin and the 3L flex tubing of the harpoon gun and run through the radiator to somewhere in the cockpit There are also some part and color variations that are probably ignorable. For example, I've used two styles of the 1x1 tiles with clips, depending on how much friction I wanted for the particular connection. Also note that some of the dark bley inserts for the repulsorlift housing are just 'floating', held in by friction. If you buy new pneumatic tubing, you might need some lubrication to get the train axles in; I just used canola oil and washed the assembly off with a bit of soap afterwards. T-47.lxf

If I remember correctly, we disabled that because it doesn't actually resize the image, only the size at which it's displayed. The full size image still has to be loaded.

Another potential cause of delay: when building the second Death Star, the Empire only had to pretend that the location was secret. When building the first one, they had to keep everything about it secret, and not only hiding it from the galaxy but also sneaking things related to it past the senate. They had to hide the Wookiees they enslaved, the prisoners they forced to work, the massive amounts of raw material they consumed, the scientists and engineers that figured out such a weapon was feasible, the military units that were reassigned... Certainly, that wouldn't cost them sixteen years, but it'd contribute to the idea that the second one was simply much more straightforward to build.

Indeed, and make sure to use the four-toothed 'a' variant, not the two-toothed 'b'; the two-toothed one will be almost impossible to center around the flex tubing.

No, at least in my case, I don't mind new versions and I'm not looking for an end point. When I say I prefer the older designs, I mean that I like the simpler, more abstract stylization of earlier designs, not that I want them to stick with the older designs and never change them.