Tanotrooper

Splendid looking minifigure! The colour combos and mix of classic and new parts looks wonderful. TT

Well I'll certainly enter this contest. Now I can finally unleash all the disturbing ideas I never dreamt of making in LEGO! I'll certainly enter category C and maybe one of the others aswell. Just one question, the minifigures do have to be yellow right? (or are all tones of flesh allowed aswell?) TT

The battle droids are just getting up and marching straight forward. (controlled by computer) The way the clones turn 45 degrees and switch their rifles perfectly at the same time is pure discipline. TT

Very true. Although the beginning of ROTS was more of a thrill for me. (Well I didn't see ESB in theaters.) The sole Venator flying by with just the drums is just epic if the sound is as good as in theaters, and then the Force theme appears when both Jedi starfighters fly in and gently fly along it. Everything seems quite calm until they fly down and that's when you see the giant battle going on. Masterful combiantion of music and scene. Although I'd have to say, the scene that gave me the most 'chills' in terms of space scenes was at the end of ROTS. The Venators and V-Wings are stripped of their colours and you see the very start of the Galactic empire. The Jedi and clone crew have been replaced by uniformed naval crewman and officers, who only just began to learn how to handle the star destroyers. (one officer helps one of the crewman) The scene ends with the basic construction of what will be the Death Star, all the while playing a mix of the funeral theme and the Imperial march. (reflection of Darth Vader's thoughts at that time, the love that has died and the incarnation of fear he has become.) I'm enormously looking forward to seeing this in 3D. About all the tweaking in the OT: yes, some of them annoy me (Boba Fett's voice change for example) but the point of view now is different now than 30 years ago: the OT formed one complete story, which in general was a bit 'light hearted' (less dramatic than now) and really showed the good vs. bad storyline. With the addition of the prequels, the OT has been integrated into the saga and the story isn't about Luke anymore. The main storyline of the Star Wars movies is that of Anakin Skywalker, as Lucas intended. But Anakin's story is different from Luke since a lot more dark elements are added in, which completely turns the atmosphere around. Where the OT was a story with a happy ending, the prequels and all games and EU sources have shown that the OT is only a small part of the saga. The very essence of the Star Wars universe is that there is no 'happy ending' or victory for the good (the Empire wasn't destroyed in ROTJ) but that there will always be 'wars' amongst the 'stars'. In this way, Star Wars represents human life and history perfectly. So I'd say, if you want the original story, watch the original versions. If you want to see the movies as a part of the entire Star Wars saga and universe (nostalgica aside) watch the newer versions, especiallly in 3D. Any way, as long as the original versions will be included in the Blu-ray/DVD releases, there isn't much to complain about. One of the main reasons to keep updating the OT is to remove the imaginary line between both trilogies. (Personally, I agree since I don't want to see the OT as 'those old movies' but rather as a part of the bigger picture. One thing that always bothered me is the lightsaber duel in ANH. Those lightsabers are way outdated and don't even have the white line in the middle, which is included in every other movie though. I hope they'll standardize some of the effects in these 3D versions.) One last note: the scene I'm most looking forward to in 3D... The Clone Troopers marching on Kamino. Blew me away the first time I saw it, imagine seeing that in 3D! TT

Hmm this is a very interesting and unnusual set. The gun itself is designed very nicely aswell. TT

This is true. I picked 5 random packets and saw two had the same dots. Turns out I got 5 different figures... TT

Ah excellent, that's what I was hoping for. Due to the lack of many colours in the male Belville range the Technic figures might be able to offer aditional options. TT

Indeed. The set I got BTW is this one (and dark pink REALLY is DARK pink quite a special colour.) : Got it at 5O% off this saturday (dusty box! Parts were new though. ), always wanted a belville figure to see how the scale would work. And once the girl was mounted, I was amazed with how realistically she was sitting on the horse. The sadle wraps around around her legs a bit aswell which makes her sit quite firm on it aswell. The scale offers a lot of possibilities but it's a shame only so few males are released. I wonder if they can be combined in some way with the technic figure though? TT

Well nothing an armoured breastplate can't cover up I'm planning on making a French cuirassier: Once I get an adult figure, I'll see if I can come up with armour, helmets etc. made out of LEGO parts. If it works, it should be interesting. (turning a girl theme into a battle hardened man theme ) All weapons will have to be completely redesigned because of the change in size though. TT

Ah, most excellent news. I'll order a few and see what I can come up with. Also, do you have any idea if the hands from children are interchangeable with adults? And if female/male limbs can be swapped? I'll post the results of my project here when finished. TT EDIT: accidently hit the submit button

I think it might be a brown western rifle but don't know for sure yet. This series is looking GREAT so far, especially with the first Roman themed minifigure ever! British guard will be an absolute army builder. Loving all of them except the clown and dwarf. I seriously hope the series won't include an army of clowns like Playmobil's Specials have... TT

Hello everyone, I got my first Belville set today (should I feel proud? ) and was wandering through Bricklink today. Since the amount of Belville figures isn't that huge (especially male), I was wondering if any of you already tooke some figures apart and switched heads, arms, etc. Having one figure at the moment, I don't want to force it to see if the head etc. is removable. If I understand correctly, the older figures have arms like the big Technic figures used to have, and are therefore easily removable. The newer ones however seem to be more difficult to remove. Also, are lims, heads,... switchable between 'grown up' and 'child' figures? Any advice, ideas, pictures would be appreciated. And if you must know, I'm looking if I can make some Belville cavalry! TT EDIT: Disection in the title should be dissection of course.

Rust in vrede. Mijn innige deelneming aan de familie. Gaetano

Looks great! Overall I like this one better than your inspiration one, this one's built more in proportion and in scale of minifigs. I like the use of the halfpin's mold marks as details on the face aswell.

The Brickforge pauldrons use a thickness around the neck that's thicker than the epaulettes as far as I remember from pictures I've seen. And I'm a purist aswell, so you won't be seeing anything from vendors on my MOCs. I think I'll make small instruction sheets using ldraw for events which I'll also post online later on. I won't be uploading anything for the next 16 days since my exams are starting tomorrow, but as soon as they're over, I'll post a new MOC in this thread Thanks again for the comments! TT

Love the way the E-wing is built, reminds me of the start of the SW theme. TT

Hello everyone, I don't know if there's already a topic on this, I tried the search function but didn't find anything on the first few pages. LEGO has several Disney themes at the moment although these are mostly based on Pixar and live action movies. In the past, we also had a Winnie the Pooh theme (DUPLO) and a Mickey Mouse theme. I grew up in what I consider to be the height of Disney, the time when they made beautiful, powerful movies that were usually drawn by hand. (Hunchback of the Notre Dame, Hercules, The Lion King just to name a few) And I was wondering weither or not LEGO would produce sets of these movies? I don't expect LEGO to make several sets from one movie, but for example: Notre Dame with Quasimodo, Frollo, Phoebus, Esmeralda, Clopin and perhaps brickbuilt gargoyles. Dwarf house with Snowwhite, seven dwarfs, prince and witch ... This way good sets with the main characters could be made instead of a whole theme like Toy Story. They could make all these sets into one theme, for example Disney Classics. One may say there isn't a market for it although all of these movies are quite well known by children and the characters reappear at things like Disneyland/world and Disney on Ice. So, do you think there's a possibility for this 'theme'? Share your thoughts in this thread. TT

Thanks for all the comments and I see I've received a title aswell! I use epaulettes in order to get the arms more colour accurate (e.g. Boba Fett's pauldrons) or to show a difference in texture on the arms. I don't use them on stormtroopers since the arms are already armoured but the snowtrooper has very few armoured parts on his arms. (The shoulder pads are quite large aswell.) I compared the fig with a Hasbro figure both with and without the epaulettes, and without them it doesn't look good enough on this scale. (It ruins the more stretched look of these figs) Here is an image to visualise it: I wasn't sure about the colour of the arms either. Some shots showed the clothing underneath as regular white and some showed it as a more gray or tan look like the image above. Still I think that light gray or tan would look too powerful compared to the white. On second thought, I might do a light gray and tan version aswell and let you decide what's best. TT EDIT: @ Brickartist: yes I'll be doing a Grievous in the future, probaply using the head of the CW Grievous.

And here he is: First of all, I'm not happy with the blaster. This'll be replaced by a more accurate E-11 design when I get the parts together. The snowtrooper, perhaps the most menacing looking type of imperial infantry. The Tamina (PoP) keychains were on sale on Shop@Home so it was the perfect opportunity to check if this design would work with the cape. The cape is a bit too long and because of it's stiffness he isn't able to stand up properly but that'll change over time or when he's on a base. Comments are appreciated as always. TT

Feel free to use the designs (I'm honoured BTW ) but I'd prefer it if you'd post them seperately, if only to avoid confusion. @Mr. Sandman: thanks I'll be posting the completed B1 and OOM series at the end of this month, including instructions. I'm going to take pictures of the snowtrooper now, so they'll be up here within an hour or so. TT

Well I removed the minifig hand in the last shot to make it look like a clean cut. The minifig hand is used in all the other pictures though. The legs use an opposite design where I put the T piece on backwards in order to be able to fit that plate with clip onto it. The hand is just behind where the plate attaches and the hand 'base' is now in the most forward space of the torso, instead of the back. Hope that helps TT

It is, but I wanted to show Maul's death in the last picture @Prateek: Thanks, but all parts are available in tan. I'm in the process of getting all of them together to build around 30 of them. @ Brickdoctor and Matiam92: well if the head is the problem, it'll be changed anyway this summer when the new head is released. (and this head wasn't really designed to work without the hood.) Thanks for all the comments, almost thought Maul wouldn't get any love from you guys That being said, I'll post my snowtrooper later this day. TT

This is certainly wonderful news but like the post above I have been thinking: does this work on everything LEGO 'glued' over the last couple of years? And more importantly, does it work on keychains? I'll try to find out myself although I don't have a thermometer for the water... TT

Hello again, I got tired of waiting for a correctly sized double lightsaber handle so I made my own. (pieces: flickr missile and half pin) Then of course I had to make Darth Maul to accompany it. Maul pretty much made Episode one so here he is in his most famous poses. The cloak uses 4 standard capes and he wears the entire outfit underneath it. Once the new head will be released, I'll have to update this although I think the hooded ones will remain the same. The only thing I need now is a metallic siver flickr missile and half pin Link to Flickr entry As always, comments are very appreciated. TT

Since TPM 3D is coming up: Naboo Final battle playset: sort of like the Cloud City playset, one long line of several rooms. Rooms: throne room, hangar, duel of the fates scenery (small catwalk with red ray shield and circular catwalk with pit behind it.) Minifigures: Padme Amidala/'Queen Amidala' (white makeup), Naboo security guard, Qui-gon Jinn, Obi-wan, Darth Maul, Nute gunray, Anakin, battle droids (2?), droideka? Small scale vehicle: Naboo starfighter (like the DV Tie Advanced from the Death Star set) price: 120 euro? TT