VaderFan2187

Yes! I'm seriously sick and tired of the rebels having such easy victories like that and the Empire, which is powerful enough to keep the entire galaxy in order, hasn't even won a major victory in the show yet. Ridiculous!

Isn't "Custom Purist" an oxymoron? Purist is something done by LEGO, custom is something done by fans…

@Cyh Naan looks really good! Though I prefer the TIE Advanced with red laser tips Also, nice new profile pic!

@J4ck welcome back! It's rumored but there is no confirmation that I know of.

Babysitter! We got a baby

My build Return to Jakku has been posted! UPDATE: Freebuild Rendezvous at Geonosis posted too.

Previous Episodes: The Beginning of a Journey Bounty Hunter - Rodian Imperial Base VaderFan2187, the Empire is preparing for the upcoming battle against the rebels. But for now, you are temporarily released from duty for 7 days to return home. Thank you, officer. Long live the Empire. Will be glad to see my family on Jakku once again. Jakku, eh? We just had a confrontation there with the rebel scum not too long ago. Oh well, here's the key to the TIE you'll be using. You gotta fly it yourself, our pilots will be taking leave too! Don't worry, the TIE Aggressor is easier than regular TIEs to fly, and has good weapons should you come across any rebel scum. Thank you. You'll need an astromech to help you pilot it, though. Here's R2-PO. Beep bwoooooop! Haha, come along, let's get to the hangar. It's a surprisingly long walk, oh well, why am I complaining? I get to fly a TIE! Oh wow, that's a nice ship! Beep dwoop beeep! Quick, let's get in! Ready? Tweeeep! Setting course for Jakku! We should be almost there soon... Wow, it's rather warm! Seems a bit warmer than last time I visited. Bwoop? Yep, over that hill over there and walk a short while more, and we'll be there! I can't wait to reunite with my family again! What? Nooooooo!!! No!! This can't be! Dad? Mom? Drrrr? What did you say? Drr boop beep tweeeb! You're right. Given how this settlement here has the family of Imperial soldiers, the Rebellion must have come here and wiped them out. Rebel scum... you took my family away. I swear vengeance! To the TIE, R2. Those accursed rebels will pay dearly for this!

Absolutely a lovely build. Much better than any Modular MOCs I have done (come to think of it, haven't done them in a while, maybe I should do more…)

Well, which would be better: 100% of sets had both men and women in them, or 50% of sets had all men and 50% had all women? Making all-men and all-women sets will not unite men and women, it will only further divide them.

That's all? Well, I must say it looks good. Oh, and I hope they kill off Maul.

It's a good book. I have it. Lots of good fun, but quite a few Technic bits, so depending on his LEGO skill level you may have to build the models. If you get two I guess you could race some of the vehicles included

Depends where you live. In Singapore I got Battle on Takodana at 33% off from a rather large retailer. Later I saw an advertisement that said the Spiderman Bridge Battle was 50% off.

VaderFan2187 TOTAL = 15 points Rank: NCO (Armor Unlocked) Side Builds: [GBW] - Media - Refnor - Refnor Wants YOU! (Side Build 0.1) - 1 point [GBW] - Supporting the War Effort - Refnor - The Enlistment (Side Build 2.1) - 1 point [GBW] - Media - Refnor - Trouble at the Mall (Side Build 2.2) - 2 points [GBW] - Troop Movement - Refnor - Pushing into Briolui (Side Build 3.1) - 2 points [GBW] - Troop Movement - Refnor - Onward! (Side Build 3.2) - 2 points Campaign Builds: [GBW] - CP2 - Refnor - Capturing the Bridge - 7 points

April 1st? that's a strange opening date... Lucky you, prices are 2x US prices down here

Maybe because it IS a measly set? If it was a full NASA Space Station full of women of NASA I think it would be much better received, but as it is now, I'm sure many can quickly build it in LDD. The build is honestly pointless.

But I heard someone say that they left one of the most famous women out… don't exactly remember who, but it seemed many others agreed. If you're going to honor them don't leave them out. Well you could consider it anti-communist as well…

@Blondie-Wan my point is that, if you take away the minifigures in most Ideas sets, the builds themselves still look good. Wall-E = really great, didn't even come with a minifigure right? Big Bang Theory = decent living room Ecto-1 = Not a fan of Ghostbusters, but it's undoubtedly a good car Back to the Future = The build was junk but it tried to represent something iconic from the movie Birds and Maze didn't even have minifigures. Take away the minifigures from Research institute & "Hidden Minifigures (jk…)", and you have a series of very underwhelming vignettes.

Well, the U-wing Microfighter has 109 pieces and the minifigure is 4 (or 5 including his blaster) of them, yet many AFOLs buy it for the excellent figure only. The focus has always been on the minifigures. I'm not saying it isn't allowed to have minifigures + throwaway builds (heck, LEGO does it themselves too), but that's not the focus of LEGO Ideas. I'm sure many people bought the licensed Ideas sets just for the minifigures, but they all provided a generally better and longer build experience than just a few disjointed vignettes.

Ohh okay, sorry I misread your comment RM 200 for a battle pod would be ridiculously expensive.

Ringgit converted to Singapore Dollars = ≈ $63 Singapore LEGO prices converted to US LEGO Prices = ≈ $31.5 They might sell it around $30?

Yeah they said they won't sell merch containing slave Leia again. Kinda sucks because we might not get that minifigure again then.

@samuraiturtle cheers

Because one of the builds was actually good enough to be passed as a normal Ideas set and the other was a women minifigure pack. Wasn't it called "Women Minifigure Set" or something like that at first?

So you own the Spider-Gwen custom you have in your profile picture? I saw it featured in Blocks magazine.