Per_SW

Quoting @joebiwankenobi from the 2024 Thread here because my comment was more wishlisty than warranted in the news thread If they decide to commit to more ep I sets this year my best case scenario would be a new MTT for the 160USD slot and a midi scale Royal Starship similar to this year's Executor or next years' predicted Invisible Hand. Also a shoutout to @Mandalorianknight and @ArrowBricks for keeping this thread alive in the last few weeks =)

Thank goodness for that, I can rest without worry now :D

Love the news, always been a fan of KOTOR and Fives is one of my favorite clones, if not n°1 at least in the top 3, and if this escamotage opens the doors to legends characters I can start dreaming for an official Kyle Katarn. The only thing I'm afraid about now is for TLG to pull the rug under our feet and make the figures golden as with HP and Ninjago's anniversaries. I can take a "25" backprint as with the 2019 ones, but please let them be with regular prints.

The only thing that comes to mind is "Yes, I would like to buy some deathsticks".

Thanks to a combination of store points and a flash sale I got the new Gunship with a nice discount, can't wait to find the moment to build it. (And then MOD the hell out of it).

Bless amazon warehouse deals, I just got a Fett Throne Room 35%off for a bruised box but complete and mint set otherwise. Still have to finish the build but I'm mostly happy about the minifigs and to have snagged a set I wouldn't have considered buying without at least a 30%discount, which here in Europe is almost a mirage.

Always been a fan of alternate builds that try to evolve from the canon vehicle and this one looks perfect, I could see it being deployed as the command vehicle surrounded by 3 ISPs as a fast recon unit or two of them carrying a squad of 9 troopers + 1 sergeant/officer (are those numbers still canon? I cannot remember). All in all a nice little MOC :)

That's a wonderful looking model, love the choice of an unusual scale. I do agree with the above comment and now think that the mandibles could be a plate thicker, but didn't notice the "issue" (very heavy quotemarks, but I'm not finding a less heavy word than "issue") before reading that, so it's not even that evident to me :D Keep up the good work, and kudos for giving the Solo version some love.

Got the Tie Bomber during amazon prime days, it's a very enjoyable build, downsizing notwithstanding. Also a nice way to get an arm-printed Vader :)

Up until now I was hoping for a reprieve, for someone to confirm that the 200$ buildable Chewbacca was a joke, a misread by some leaker, some concept idea that was never to be acted upon. Unfortunately ti was true, and I can't help but wonder if there will be someone who will buy it at full price because they really enjoy it - not for a review, not to re-sell, not as a part pack, just to build it and proudly display it.

This would be the first quote diorama I'd probably buy at full price without batting an eye, if done correctly

Congratulations everybody, I really enjoyed seeing everyone's beautiful builds and finally challenging myself to build something from scratch after too long :)

That is a really nice vulture, love the angle with the click hinges for the walking mode

I managed to nab the Interceptor+Fang Fighter dual pack 30% off from amazon, I really did not expect it to get a discount this soon =)

The more I look at it the more details pop up, and I really like that "pixar" lamp =D

Indeed they were, I went through quite a lot of iterations and tests with different parts before the final result, which unfortunately sacrifices aesthetic faithfulness to the source in order to be sturdy enough -as stated one of my goals was to build something as close to a playset as possible. I still am satisfied with the solution because not only it gets the wings at the correct angle, but is strong enough to not dismantle if I were to pick it up and shake it like a lunatic (or an 8 year old), I did test it exactly that way =D

Thanks, I knew I was forgetting something :D

My entry for the Imperial Ship category.

I usually don't build MOCs, I dabbled in alternate builds sometimes, some MOD here and there, but I tend to limit myself to the instructions provided, while appreciating and looking with wonder at the works of others. Then came this contest and the Imperial Ship category gave me the push to try something that I'd been mulling over for some time: build a TIE Predator (or, to be correct, a Predator-Class Fighter) that could pass for an official playset. So between some slow night shifts and a couple of weeks off work I put myself to work and here it is: Pred_test_8 This ship is the standard Imperial (both Sith and Exiled) starfighter in 137 ABY, from the now Legends comics Star Wars Legacy. It is a step-up from the earlier TIE/ln having both a limited Hyperdrive and shields without sacrificing cargo capacity, and seats one pilot, in this case Captain Gunn Yage. Pred_test_9 Pred_test_4 Pred_test_3 The four ion engines are powered by the omnipresent solar panels which in flight mode run angled from the cockpit, while retracting parallel when the ship docks. Pred_test_6 This results in more visibility for the pilot, although only squad leaders were granted ships with the traditional octagonal window, the rest of the squad had to conform to a slatted front canopy. The fighter is armed with four laser cannons around the central canopy and, in keeping with the playability aspect I was going for, two of them can easily be replaced by stud-shooters if desired. Pred_test_7 All in all what I wanted was to build something with at least some play-features AND sturdy enough that could be swooshed by a child, and that's where I came across some hurdles: I had not free-built since before I was a teen, never used stud.io and decided that for my first try I wanted to build a BALL with moveable but also lockable wings. Stud.io was surprisingly easy to learn, and I finally found a way to use in my life the trigonometry I learned in high school (read "I cheated and used an online angle calculator, but still got to use Pythagoras'), but the fact I was not able to test how sturdy of a build it was irked me quite a lot. So I unloaded into a bin the ziploc bags with my dismantled sets and built one, and here it is, in all its prideful technicolor glory! Hope you enjoy the build, good luck everyone.

Kudos, definitely, for such a nice alternate, I really like how you captured the shape of the LAAT with that limited number of parts

Love the 2003 CW and definitely love your MOC

I didbuy the 4+ snowspeeder AND TIE fighter, but in both cases it was for the minifigs first and foremost (Wedge and the Fleet Trooper, although the couple of imperials were a welcome addition) and in both cases there was some kind of discount on the already low price, so it was more like buying a slightly more expensive microfighter. But no, the Tenoo set is not on my list, although I do like the characters it's not worth that price nor an interesting build/parts pack.

Ok, I'm one of them, who's the other one? :D Anyway to chime in the promo-debate I too would prefer they go back to minifigs promos (or small builds such as the Lars kitchen), but on the other hand I'm wary about it because it would mean the -already unreliable, as we've all seen- S@H site would be even more overwhelmed and I don't trust their stock estimates to be enough to meet the demand, leaving lots of people without the desired promo.

I did expand my collection quite a bit in the last few months, starting from when I managed to finally buy a couple of the Clone Blister Packs (last september, after many months of it perpetually out of stock) and the Republic Tank (wonderful figs, disappointing build, still wondering how to mod it). Then followed the Mando N1 but only because I managed to nab it for 31€ between coupons and other discounts, one wonderful AT-TE bought finally using some VIP points and then with the new year came a couple of 501st specialist BPs and the Slave I microfighter (which I bought mainly for the updated Boba Fett but weirdly enough ticks every box for what I wanted from such a set). Now I'm waiting for the Ferrix Tac-Pod to come in the mail, another set which I would not have bought if not for the VIP discount from May 4th, although I loved the Andor show. Now we patiently wait for the moment to spend on the Bomber, Interceptor+Fang and maybe the spider-thing, to be repurposed as a separatist vehicle.

DISCLAIMER: I don't want to stir any pot nor start the old argument between how detailed a MOC can be compared to a set, and it was not on my wishlist in the first place but, DISCLAIMER DONE, seeing your Endor speeder chase puts me off even more from buying the upcoming diorama =D That said my favorites of this batch have to be part 42, it really captures the scene, and 47, that forced perspective with the mini-Lambda is spectacular.