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LEGO Star Wars 2023 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
dvw2 replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Well, that would be fun! -
LEGO Star Wars 2023 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
dvw2 replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
That could work! Considering the ongoing Bad Batch season: thoughts on whether we’ll see any TK Troopers show up in sets this year? The armor design was introduced in season 1, so presumably there’s been time to figure out a minifig translation. -
This was a fantastic summary of the Alvah plot lines, and kind of nostalgic for me, reminding me of all the episodes my daughter and I watched together. Well done and thank you Aanchir!
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The F-101 Voodoo is/was a Cold War USAF and RCAF fighter jet. So the OP has reimagined that as a Rebel fighter, essentially. Nice!
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I very nearly ordered 75333 Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter tonight along with a few other small things, but chose to wait in favor of pieces for a project. It’s really the only thing on the shelves I like right now (well, that I don’t already have—I do have a few of the currently available batch). When I do eventually get it (maybe with the mythical clone battle pack) I plan to build it with mcphatty’s modifications. I had the option to get something bigger but the $100+ sets aren’t doing much for me, I don’t have the space, and I can’t swing Mos Eisley. Sigh! I guess the most recent actual purchase for me is 8093 Plo Koon’s Jedi Starfighter. I had three pieces of it from a bulk batch I got a few years ago: a stickered slope, a canopy, and a droid head with a stud kraggled to its top. Eventually I got curious enough to track down where they all came from, and ordered the remaining pieces this summer. It was fun to resurrect something from a few scraps! Still need a sticker sheet for it and a Plo Koon, but the ship and droid are enough, really. But I do like Obi-Wan’s Delta 7. It’ll be here. Someday. I’m sure it’ll look great right next to Plo Koon’s 7B.
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Well done! Garindan does his deed.
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Agreed! The stickers definitely help spruce it up. It’s funny to see the one you posted from the Build Your Own Adventure book, which has a pretty similar “opening” method, where the two halves interlock and slide apart. I hadn’t seen that before!
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This is great! I'm glad the entrance topic came up today as I'd been meaning to chime in. Last year, as a follow-up to the HP advent calendar I created for my wife in 2018 (Brickset Forums link), I made a little Entrance to Diagon Alley scene for her. I've been wondering if it would work with this new upcoming set. I'm staying away from the leak images, but I have read the description and followed this topic for weeks now. Here are some photos I took of my creation last October. Can't wait to see the official images (soon? maybe? who knows?) to see if this will fit in. (We have some of the brick wall stickers from the Hogwarts sets on these panel backs now.)
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That’s very nice of you to say. Thank you! The same to you.
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Day 20: Micro-Gym Well, we've come to the end of our calendar this year. It's a few days short as we're packing up for a road trip. I thought it would be fun to go out with a self-contained build that our daughter could keep on her dresser or next to her gymnastics trophies. So in the spirit of microscale stadiums and skyscrapers, I've created a Micro-Gym! It's got all the apparatus needed for a women's competition, plus a podium, and mostly mirrors the color scheme of the main gym we've spent almost three weeks putting together. Telephones for uneven bars! The kiddo had the genius idea to grab a microfigure and use it on the equipment. I really should have thought of that but luckily we had a spare from the Harry Potter sets. Unfortunately one Bricklink order included the wrong color for a single tile, but it seems OK. I have to dig around deeper to see if we have a replacement. And with that our team salutes to close out the calendar. Thanks for reading along with us. It's been lots of fun and made for some really memorable mornings!
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How did you do the carved relief above the marquee on the cinema? Can we see a closeup of that section? It's beautiful, and just-so. Really great work!
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Day 19: The Olympic Rings Our new teammate has brought some gym decorations along with her! Time for some exciting tales of past glories. And it turns out the rings can do double-duty for some agility drills!
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Day 18: The New Teammate We're nearing the end. What could today bring? It's a new teammate! She's a highly experienced transfer from the UK. It seemed essential to include this super figure in the calendar. After all, how many gymnast Minifigures has LEGO made? As far as I know, three. So now the kiddo has the full complement. The squad congratulates each other after their meet!
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Day 17: Ceremony Flags A medals podium needs flags. And LEGO flags require stickers! So I made some stickers. My daughter thought it was pretty funny that I made flag stickers for her own gymnastics club to go with national flags. She has her favorites... Gymnasts salute!
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Day 16: Medals Podium A meet needs a fancy podium for awards, right? Right.
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Thank you Wout! It's been really fun. And it's great for our daughter to help connect this hobby with a real-life pursuit. Anything's possible with this stuff!
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Day 15: Scores A gymnastics meet needs scoring, so today we have a swiveling score flasher. Before a routine the start value is shown. And our team gymnast has done well! She's scored a 9.45. (Our daughter's top level 3 score from last year.) Hooray!
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Day 14: The Judge A gym meet needs a judge! Here's our honorable official, complete with scorepad, writing implement (alas, a paintbrush), and the all-important coffee. (A meet is a long day) The team gymnasts line up at the table for the judge's introduction & instructions.
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Day 13: Judge's Table With the gym fully equipped, it's time to get set up for a meet. Today we have a simple judge's table, and the teammates run a mock meet at practice. Fluted bricks work nicely to suggest a draped tablecloth.
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Day 12: Balance Beam The final apparatus for us the fearsome 4" wide, 16' long balance beam. With all equipment complete, what else is needed to hold a gym meet? I guess we'll find out in the next week.
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Day 11: Uneven Bars After floor and vault comes the bars. This is probably the most technical piece of equipment in the gym, so naturally it uses a bunch of Technic elements. I had a few versions going when the official set came out this spring, and while I didn't like the bars component of that set, it did have some really helpful part usage. That set uses the Bar 8L with Stop Rings and Pin (Technic ski pole). That allows the build to have a proper bar width, since regular LEGO bar pieces are not very long. I ended up using a similar setup, though without spinny handles on the outside. Getting all the geometry right to fit on the system grid was a challenge, but ultimately I made it work. The bar spread is even adjustable like a real bar set! My solution alongside the bar set from 41372: Mia & Stephanie cheer on their teammate. Technic elements allow for a (slightly) adjustable setup. Giants on the high bar!
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Day 10: Vault mat & runway Let's finish the vault event! The vault requires a landing mat and a runway, so that's today. For the quickest and seemingly simplest event, there's still a lot of equipment! The kiddo had her characters try out a few more vaults now that the apparatus is complete. Stuck it! And time for a little breather after the workout.
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Side note on this subject matter: There is an amazingly entertaining Minifig-point-of-view blog post by photographer Lynn about the official Friends gymnastics set over at Toy Photographers. It's beautifully shot and a great read. It features the Mia & Stephanie figures seen here but also a pair of Team GB gymnasts from the 2012 CMF collection. Go check it out!
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Day 9: Springboard This one I'm pretty proud of. A springboard was essential, and it would of course have to be actually bouncy. I dug into the BrickLink catalog for pieces with springs, and it turns out there aren't too many, aside from giant Technic suspension pieces. But there is one 20-years-defunct piece that turned out to be perfect for this build: Vehicle, Spring Wheels Holder 2 x 2 I went through a bunch of iterations of this last spring and gradually found my way to this final design, which involves Technic bricks to support the axles of the spring piece and some empty space to allow vertical travel. The kiddo was pretty amazed that the piece isn't made anymore, and was excited about the springiness and also the "collar," the padding you see around the springboard in televised meets. At her level they don't use that padding yet. For this it was essential, as it includes the Technic bricks. In retrospect it might be possible to use plates with clips to grip the axels instead, but the measurements of the spring piece do not match up cleanly with System dimensions so I can't say for sure. Might be worth an experiment.
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Day 8: Vault Table Today we have a new piece of serious equipment, the vault table! I think this came out pretty well, in terms of authenticity. it's got an adjustable angle by way of a click hinge (not height, though), and looks about right, if maybe a bit large. But then again, compared to an 8-year-old, maybe it's OK!