NerdYoda

Well, as an adult and collector I'm currently hoping for a passable set to The Mandalorian. If you start to shrink at this point, it definitely doesn't fit to my sets of the past years. That would be a pity, but then it does and there is no LEGO Star Wars set for me in 2021. On the other hand I understand that the sets shrink and become cheaper. The target group of LEGO is still children. And these children, or their parents, must be able to afford the sets. And of course they should be swooshable, which should definitely be a given with the TIE Fighter. However, the TIE is nowhere near the original. The dimensions do not fit the Lucasfilm models anymore. I am happy for the kids. As an adult collector, the only thing that remains for me and my preferred model sizes is to hope for the set to The Mandalorian.

I fully agree with this. In fact, this is my first MBS/UCS set and it's already been a day one purchase. All in all I give the set 5/5.

Here are my exhibition areas. Once an IKEA PLATSA cupboard with virtrine doors. And a slender IKEA Billy for smaller set combinations.

I am absolutely flattened. Besides papaglop's version, this version would also be one that I would put in my showcase. Great work! I am already looking forward to the presentation of the final result.

Feel free to borrow them mate. Thanks for the compliment. Much appreciated.

Before: 75283 Armored Assault Tank (AAT) Since last Friday: 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina, regular price

Looks excellent @azzer86! Maybe it's really useful for you to wait for the upload of the manual, pack a parts list and order it. That way you could MOD and thus match the sidebuildings to your MOCs and add them afterwards. This would definitely be the cheaper option for the time being.

Thanks, glad you like it. I will post another update as soon as the parts for the overhauled Mandalorian Outpost have arrived and it is finished.

I ordered the Cantina on the first day and am absolutely thrilled. In fact, I thought about buying a second time - without minifigures - in order to complement my mini diorama with a corresponding building in a similar style and to develop completely new buildings from the parts of the cantina and the small store as such. This would add many chic details to the collection. In the end I came up with a list of parts. The side building with the two flat roofs costs in parts around 25 EUR, without interior. So I think 150 EUR is quite reasonable for the cantina with the side buildings and without figures. Anything from 200 EUR without minifigures would be too expensive, based on the price of the parts. In view of what I have written above, I fully agree. That would certainly be the better deal.

Based on the shape, the proportions and the level of detail of the interior, I would most likely go with papaglop's version of the Razor Crest, if it is to be a UCS style model that is also in the minifigure scale. To be honest, the only part missing, because of the massive drive, is the rescue capsule, the end of the second ladder, which he wasn't sure where it would lead to at the beginning. Since I don't have room for such large models myself, I will probably do without a UCS, or UCS-like version in my showcase.

Hello everybody, I am new here and would like to present you my first Star Wars mini diorama. It's a diorama that can represent pretty much every desert planet in the Star Wars universe, from Jakku or Jedha to good old Tatooine. It certainly didn't use the most sophisticated construction techniques, which is because I was looking for a simple appearance. In the beginning, it should only serve as a presentation surface for two of my LEGO Star Wars models, and not distract the eye too much from them. The size was chosen so that it would easily fit on an IKEA Billy shelf. For this it was necessary to cut approx. ½ nubs away from the left base plate (32x32 nubs). In total there are 3 base plates with 32x32 studs each. In the middle there is a quite large but flat sand dune, as you can easily see. Originally this dune was planned to present the LEGO Razor Crest. But after some extensions with additional details in the background I have discarded this idea so that finally the Imperial Assault Hovertank (75152) found its place there. On the right side you can see Kuiils' hut, which is actually just a mirror-inverted version of Obi-Wans' hut (75270) - a spontaneous idea I had while building it. The hut is completed by an additional roof element so that it can be completely closed from above. That I integrated existing LEGO Star Wars sets you will notice elsewhere. Next you will see a small outpost of the Mandalorians behind the central dune. Part of it is the command post of the Mandalorian Battle Pack (75267). I designed the adjacent "building" myself. The same applies to the rocky outcrop with the maintenance platform on the left side of the diorama. It is the part that - in my opinion - has the most details of the whole diorama. Kuiils' hut. Inside, the brown box now contains numerous tools and serves as a workbench where Kuill does his many technical jobs, such as repairing IG-11. In front of the hut, you can see Kuill (a customized Ugnaught made of original LEGO parts) standing at the entrance of the hut. Next to him you can see Cara Dune (from set 75254), the child and the Mandalorian Din Djarin (the latter two are LEGO-compatible custom figures). Of course IG-11, who is doing his work in front of the hut, is also present. Finally, there is a radio mast incl. generator and a well for drinking water. Mandalorian outpost. The outpost consists of a command post on the left side and a two-story building on which a laser cannon is mounted for defense. On the first floor you can see individual weapons (a thermal detonator and a weapon box in which 2 blaster are hidden) and a control panel, while the first floor serves as a weapon control for the laser. Outside, we have a small courtyard with a power generator for the laser, a box with coaxium and a melting furnace for the processing of Beskar, to mention only a few essential elements. There is of course more standing around, but this is more to simulate a full yard. The yard is overgrown with a desert palm that could be used as a camouflage from the air. Also a tentacle of a Sarlacc was integrated into the yard. The outpost is occupied by three Mandalorians from the Mandalorian Battle Pack (75267) and the blacksmith from the series "The Mandalorian" (also a compatible custom figure). The rocky ridge. The first thing you might notice is the small cave under the top of the ledge, where a somewhat shady figure is sitting in front of a campfire. Above the cave, you can see power units of several LEGO Star Wars models (X-Wing (75218), Y-Wing (75249), and Swoop Bike (75215)) lying around on the platform. At the rear end of the platform there are three boxes of coaxium and a power nozzle under a small pavilion. Between the pavilion and the boulder you can see an old, broken Assassin Droid, the front rudders of a Swoop Bike, a proton torpedo and the KX9 laser cannon of a T65B X-Wing. Some may also recognize the laser emitter of a quad laser (as used in the current model of the Millenium Falcon (75257)), a hyperdrive unit and many other parts standing around. Under the floor grid in the middle of the platform there is a maintenance hole, with various installations. The platform is manned by a Mandalorian ground technician and is guarded by a Mandalorian Commando (all figures made from original LEGO parts). Further details. Among the - not yet named - details, the most important are probably Chirrut Imwe and Baza Malbus, which are located below Kuiil's hut in the area of the dark brown rock, as well as a Probot Droid, which hovers near the hovertank, and a Sand Trooper flanking it. Finally, olive-colored grasses and bushes give the whole thing the look and feel of a desert and complete the small diorama. In the meantime I found a nice MOC of the Z-74 Speeder Bike, which I have rebuilt, equipped with a Scout Trooper and the bag with The Kid (instructions for the bike can be found at https://rebrickable.com/) and a white water vaporizer near Kuiil's hut. Copied from the LEGO Sandspeeder and found to be good, especially regarding the size and proportions of my MOC. I hope you like it!? Please let me know your opinion!It certainly didn't turn out to be a masterpiece right away ;-). PS: Besides the Razor Crest and the Assault Hovertank there is also room for an X-Wing (75218, 75102 or similar) on the central dune. So I can decide at will which model I want to present. Without the drive units, the Jakku Quadjumper (75178) fits comfortably on top of the ledge as well. How does it go on? I will rebuild the Mandalorian outpost. In the future it will be based on the outbuilding of the new LEGO Mos Eisley Cantina to better stand out next to Kuiil's hut. In addition the laser cannon with tower will fit perfectly on the flat roof and at the same time receive a new design and construction technique. Instead of an inner courtyard, the MOC of the Mandalorian Outpost will have second outbuilding – which has been reduced to a ruin – and serve as a gun emplacement. Instead of a sniper rifle, an E-Web Blaster will be used to protect the outputs even better. The smithy will move inside the building in this context as well.

This seems to work just fine :-).