Bartybum

Aaaahh it’s beautiful ;^) If it’s got four engines, then technically it’s a QIE Advanced hehe

IIRC each UCS set is available for two years. If I want one then there’s really no reason I shouldn’t be able to find one for RRP sometime in those two years. If I can’t afford it at that stage then bad luck, perhaps Lego isn’t the hobby for me. Oh the poor souls, god forbid they have to wait a bit longer to buy some Lego. If I want it on day one then I’d better get there first - simple as that. If I can’t then tough titties, there’s always the not too distant future when the next shipment comes in. If I end up having to wait a year then that’s Lego’s doing by not making enough sets available, not investors’. I’m willing to bet that most scalpers are also fans of Lego too by the way. EDIT: typo

Why? True fans don’t miss out on anything, they’ll still eventually get one for RRP because true fans understand not to buy marked up prices. People who can’t stand waiting and fork out extra cash just to have one early only have themselves to blame for their lack of patience. Using Lego as an investment is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.

I think you should try design the column with some forward-backward stability so it doesn’t bend

I regret not picking up 42053 when I had the chance. I love the Volvos Lego’s been bombarding us with. Kinda a shame we haven’t gotten any news considering the recent City and Creator leaks.

Exactly! From a design perspective walkers are stupidly over complicated and not practical, but we accept them because they’re awesome as hell.

You could make the columns start halfway and have rollers on the top as well. That way the tracks will have rollers to hit instead of columns.

Because it looks cooler, that’s it. People like to harp on about aerodynamics and design choices in Star Wars, but in reality none of the fighters could fly in atmosphere. The TIE Fighter is a ball with vertical aerodynamic surfaces. The TIE Interceptor is a ball with diagonal aerodynamic surfaces that wouldn’t produce any meaningful amount of lift. The X-Wing couldn’t fly because its wings are too far back and so it’s ridiculously unstable. The wings also don’t have an aerofoil shape that can produce lift. The Snowspeeder is a brick. The Y-Wing is a brick. The U-Wing is a chined brick. The only starfighter that maybe could fly, emphasis on maybe, is the A-Wing, which looks like an aerodynamic lifting body. But even then it would need to fly really fast to generate significant lift. The ships in Star Wars behave like aircraft with flight computers hooked up to impulse drives that push and rotate the aircraft so that it feels like flying a plane. When designing a starfighter, you base its flying characteristics on what role it needs to fullfil, and then you design a shape that looks cool when it performs that role. That’s pretty much it. I’m 90% sure what @Kozikyo86 did was he sat down and looked at a TIE Interceptor and Silencer and said “yeah but what if they pointed outwards”

Looks awesome, but after seeing it built I feel the nose might be a bit too long. Can we get a side shot?

Pls not here lmao.

Because it’d jack up the cost of the DS even more than the rip off it is now.

I’m digging the front. Has this bulky yet smooth feel to it

That difference is tiny and not worth stressing over. You could try contact Lego for replacement hinges but given how tiny the difference is I doubt they’d oblige.

Man this looks awesome, amazing job. I checked out your Flickr page, and I’m loving the FO AT-ST you made too

Treats people like what? The community wasn’t hostile to Bublehead. I found it pretty clear that he’s just too close to the matter and builds for recognition rather than enjoyment, like @nerdsforprez said. You may not care if people are causing drama, but many others and I do, because we don’t want the forum to run itself into the ground. This is something he has to figure out on his own. Many of us have no interest (and shouldn’t be expected to) in supporting his actions, and that’s been expressed multiple times fairly.

I reckon it’d look better if you scrapped the giant diffuser and elongated the back by two to three studs. Giant diffusers don’t really appear on supercars unless they’re GT racers, which this car doesn’t seem to be

@Bublehead Dude you are literally fishing for sympathy. I just went through your comment history and you have no reason to be mad at anyone. But @Meatman was 100% right. Your first post was calling your MOC a game-changer. You built up the hype yourself and then went on the defensive when it backfired and people got annoyed at you. You need to learn forum etiquette. Until you do so, people aren’t gonna give a crap if you leave.

You sound like you’re building because you want positive reactions from people, not because you enjoy it. That shouldn’t be the case. As for custom parts, check out efferman’s stuff. He 3D prints a lot of custom pieces and people love him. People here tend to like custom pieces especially when they’re neatly designed, so I see no harm in making them

I just checked your rollercoaster post and literally every single comment was praising it, as well as in the YouTube video... the two comments that pointed out it wasn’t technically a rollercoaster were also praising it highly, so I don’t know what you’re talking about

Dude you got no responses because people probably don’t find battery drills interesting enough to comment on. If you make something that doesn’t have a wide appeal that’s generally how things go down

UCS playsets are a problematic idea fullstop.

I was under the impression that SvL confirmed the transport? I’m probably mistaken

20hrs old and still no pics ): pls no bamboozle

Considering that the real Chiron is bulbous in almost every aspect, you’ve done a pretty good job. For future models of the Chiron I’d recommend staying away from panels and sticking to flex axles, because they can be bent to 100% capture the shape of the bodywork, whereas panels tend to leave you with awkward flat gaps.

Can you not post a thread before you have progress photos please? It’s really annoying having to filter through this kinda stuff