Joemmo

You could do a version with the trooper standing by the rim of the Death ray thing on Starkiller Base trying to toast his marshmallow in the beam when it fires.

Clever stuff, I particularly like the last set. Very inventive

thanks - good luck to them though. It wouldn't be easy losing 30% of the parts to keep to the price point. One thing I learned doing this is how difficult it must be for the designers to work with tight part counts on the smaller sets, especially where they are licenced and the have to represent the source design credibly. Much easier if it's a theme where you can modify the design to match the number of allowed parts.

Really nice photography and lighting. I had to double check it wasn't a CG rendered scene.

Wow... This is astonishing. Amazing work

Thanks for the kind comments, glad you like it. Yes it is a bit big for a Microfighter, mostly in volume rather than dimensions but its not too far off... Here's the LXF file if anyone wants to take a look at the build or replicate it: https://drive.google...OV9HZF9XN0hRNTQ

Hi Although a bit less spectacular than many (most) of the efforts on here I thought I’d post the first of a couple of recent projects for people to see and comment on. I know they divide opinion but I’m a big fan of the Microfighter range. I like the fun style, the playability, the low(ish) price and the Star Wars-ness of course. As a result I’ve collected 12 of them - all the OT sets and a few from the prequels and the most recent 2 from Episode 7 It was a little disappointing to only get 2 TFA Microfighters but as the theme has sets of opposing pairs and Episode 7 didn’t really give the Resistance a lot of new craft, the designers hands were a bit tied. Anyway, long story short: I designed a couple more in LDD, prototyped them from our box of bricks and BrickOwled the parts - and here is the first one. Briefly, the aim was to keep to the scale and design ethos of the Microfighter theme so they had to: Be no bigger than 12 studs in the longest dimension Be robust enough for swooshing about Have space for a mini-fig Have flick missiles or a stud shooter Have around 100 parts max (hmm..) Here then, is my First Order Troop Transport Microfighter. This one went through a load of iterations and build methods until I settled on an almost all plate-built design. Initially I tried making it big enough to sit a mini-fig inside but it was just too bloated looking so the compromise is that you can at least fit one in lying down and shut the ramp. It also wasn’t possible to fit a pilot in the control tower so I went for a gunner position instead and added a hatch. I tried to add a swivel for the shooter but it was getting too tall and cluttered on the top so settled for a fixed gun. Again, the fig sits a bit high but it’s OK. Buildwise it's really solid and quite heavy, just needs a little mod to the ramp hinge to make it more durable and it'll be done. Details I like - the engines, the ramp and the overall shape which is close enough to be recognisable within the style. Less successful - I completely blew the parts count at 141 although a lot of those are small pieces. It just wasn’t possible to get a pleasing rendition that wasn’t a solid block so from that perspective it was a bit of a failure. It's kind of in the right scale but its a bit chunkier next to other Microfighters - more like Battlepack scale, or Micro + or something. Regardless though, it looks quite funny with a group of troopers spilling out, like a cross between the Tardis and a clown’s car and I'm pleased with it. That’s about it so here’s a few more photos to wrap up. Comments and critiques welcome Cheers Joe

Yes, I know it's completely the wrong trooper but the gun worked out ok... Able to swivel in all directions.

Very cool. I'm about to order the parts for a Microfighter style lander and came to the same design solution for the engines as you. :)

Great idea and execution, love it!

Go for it, I got all the parts in 3 bricklink/owl lots with some careful shopping and it came to about £8.50 GBP for the ship and I think it was around £7 GBP for the Poe mini-fig so not too ridiculous. I sold one of the kits to a friend who has the full size Poe's X-Wing, they look pretty good next to each other.

Hi I just finished this and thought I'd post it. Not really a MOC as such as it's the same piece for piece (apart from 2) from the Resistance X-Wing 75125 but I liked the idea of a limited edition Microfighter and thought it would make a good base for my first forays into Bricklink/Owling parts. I'm pleased with the result - just as well since I bought enough parts to make 2 more! It makes a nice pair with the original fighter too. As mentioned, it's the same as 75125 except the orange wedge with cutout doesn't come in 4x3 so I subbed it with a 4x4 and fitted a 4x2 wedge behind. Anyway, I've got the bug for this and have a couple more TFA micros on the go in LDD that I plan to build for real shortly. cheers

Nice mod, maybe you could move the cutout wedge sections forward and make some space for the minifig to sit in?