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Oh come on now...we all know we'd rather call it "Screaming Firehawk" :) Also would love to see the MCRN Donnager (sp?) :)

Now That is staying on target. Well said sir.

Sold out here in Seattle afaik area - granted they had enough until next day but they are just flat out based on talking to one of their employees. Lego.com is sold out as well. Popularity may not be outstanding - but they are selling and people are picking them up. Now if FedEx would hurry up and stop delaying my order for the 3rd time....grumble. (Was supposed to be here yesterday - now arriving tomorrow - *cries*)

Shield Dish Tower - ooooooo

If you call that "directly" - id have concerns about your spatial reasoning. :) Watch it again (yes I'm aware you will need a barf bag - your hatred is shared) I'm aware that Gravity will cause light to bend - but THAT Much? no.... (and yes physics in star wars are a "lol" but there's just no reason for this) A turbolaser is a turbolaser is a turbolaser - even a "bigger" one - just fire the damn gun and be done with it. Why they had to put flourish on it..... ugh. As for the bombs? This was explained in an earlier post. Mag-catapult/mechanism - shoves the bombs out the bay and let inertia do the rest - even if its a stretch albeit poor taste - but I can live with it. Planet gravity would have pulled them away at an angle even then as it was at their "backside" metaphorically speaking so gravity's pull would have little to no effect - I know this because hyperspace wouldn't have worked inside a gravity well - which they ignored in a later movie with skipping (not touching that nuclear subject) so yeah....they tend to ignore the "star wars rules of tech" too often.

I never listen to leaks - and never trust them. They are generally full of #### and not worth the stress. If they happen to be right - they are lucky. That's all it is. That said - an AT-TE would be a nice thing to see. :) Id also like to see an AT-MT >8)

If all it is - is a matter of following George's lead? Then yes - that's my point. Because frankly - it would have been consistent and would have made it better. The new movies where way off target - across the galaxy imho. To be honest in my case it was never a question of realism - just keeping things more Star Wars and less...whatever that was. I was content with George Lucas's fantasy world of Star Wars for all of its errors/weirdness/crazy. New Movies just kind of.....over did it? Or Ignored it. Now you want to talk realism? Go check out "The Expanse" - that's pretty damn close. No Shields - no fancy tech like "anti-grav" - not even Armor plating (cause Rail Guns say "lol") Now if only they didn't cheapen on the effects in the last seasons. But I digress. :) Should go see if there are some good Expanse Lego MOCs...tempting.

Erm....technically that wasn't a hatch. But then a Lightsaber says "Oh really?" :) (Teasing/being funny funny)

And you missed my point - George Lucas may have come up with the concepts and stories for the originals/prequels but that doesn't mean George made the call to do it the way they did it in the new movies - not by a long shot. They where making their own conclusions based on what George did in the previous movies. That much is clear with the insanity of various things they did throughout the series. Excluding Rogue One and possibly (possibly!) Solo (which have their own issues but nothing as stark as the new movies) Therefore - blaming George - isn't going to fly in my book. Hell - I don't think JJ and company even had a say in it either. JJ's work generally is of much better quality imho. Or at least it was. :P :) And yes its all subjective - but I can't fault George Lucas for all of it just because his name is in the credits

I'd not be so quick to say it was George....he pretty much walked away from this and let Disney have their way last I checked. yes he gets credit...but I seriously doubt he's hands on anymore.

Could always build the docking platform form Endor.

I had one...but I had a spare part that fixed that. Course in the end I wired it for Led's and that by definition anchored it lol.

I don't need no immunity...but I'd love 10,000 sets :) - you can keep the Mcdonalds card.

No one is really immune to stepping on legos. Albeit I've never had that issue before - aside from intentionally finding a missing piece - foot is a good way to do that hehe.

At least that explanation makes good sense - I can live with that. :)

My only reaction to your point 4- yes valid point - but the bombs simply "dropped" - didn't see anything pushing them - unless you want to pull a "there was anti-grav plating on the ship itself" that gave it a "nudge" - which gets into a very massive complex discussion that may not be appropriate here lol. In any case - yes....totally agree.

I frequently encounter what I call "zealots" that swear what some website said (even wookiepedia) is NEVER WRONG and such. I have a very large library of books - blueprints - tech manuals - I'm a stickler for ship tech and minor things. One of the reasons I utterly despise this "new time line" is the mass chaos it caused in changing so many things that did not need changing. you likely saw some of this mentality on my MOC project lol XD Granted debate and discussion is inevitable - but the things that are considered "canon" tend to royally fry my tail feathers when it comes to common sense and reason. Sure - I can get behind that....but the older movies didn't have the tech we have today in terms of CGI/Rendering. So it can be forgiven to some degree - but today? Nope..not a chance. That and it's not as painfully obvious as it is today in term of "wut" factor. Even if Star Wars physics are "far out" - at least keep it consistent!

Feel free to show me what you got in PM and ill trade you what I'm working on if you keep quiet a while longer. I tend to have an head for weirdness - I'm no expert - but sometimes you need a 2nd set of eyes to see something you didn't see.

Most-annoying-thing-ever these days. Examples of my biggest pet peeves that make my friends laugh (not all pertaining to lego): 1: You go look for a TIE Fighter LED Kit - lasers are red. THE #### IS THAT?! It's like they've never seen Star Wars Movies! 2: 1st of the new movies - a scene where the "Imp" officer orders the Laser Cannons to open fire - scene cuts to a Gun Turret launching obviously a Concussion Missile or a Torpedo. (screams internally) 3: 2nd of the new movies - Large Dreadnought starts firing its main guns - laser shots are "arc'ing" in space....yeah 'nough said. 4: Bombs mysteriously dropping in space with no obvious gravity or propulsion (2nd movie again). I get that these little details may be funny to some - but its the little things that make what we enjoy so much special. Lego's are a big deal to me in that regard. Whomever they have checking facts - should be a die hard fan-atic to ensure things are accurate. I get creative liberties - but seriously - continuity for the sake of continuity! Even in Star Wars movies themselves - they just simply don't make im like they used too.

I'd like to think many will be pleasantly surprised - but I could be wrong. Thus far no ones really done something like this before - and my "quiet helpers" are all surprised as well when they found out what I was working on. :) That said if you got some ideas - please share - need a methodology to be able to finish this "proof of concept" Once I get a good portion of the main body figured out - It will be safe to show off my project as it goes from "an idea" to "yeah it can be done" ^_^ PS: AT-AT is delayed by 1 day :P sigh - just means more work to be done on the project hehe.

Was more teasing of a better "I shall attack" meme/phrasing that would be appropriate in a Lego themed discussion. :D

Update: I've managed to get a rough idea of the frequently seen "cargo hatch" on the left/right side of any given YT ship - this particular one was nasty as its not generally exact match to the Falcon. Framing wise should be adaptable as I was able to reuse sections for this. Now I'm working on the monster of the "saucer/dome" section - the main body overall. Having to teach myself techniques in how to build these out. My UCS AT-AT arrives today <supposedly> likely going to focus on that unless I get inspiration so ill be slowing down a bit on designing my dream model. ^_^ If you guys happen to be pros with making domes/saucer shaped legos with plates - please hit me up with a PM and introduce me to some techniques. Starving for ideas here.

Wow loving this. And thanks to this thread - you may have given me a solution to my Corellian transport project. Trying to find ways to do angling of plates/doming for what is frequently seen on saucer sections of these transports. :) I'll have to experiment with this. Also - love your collection - looks glorious - especially that SSD. Major props. I also see you have a Tantive IV with the light kit - is that any good? Had mixed feelings as I'll eventually get one.

If I decide to get a moc..it will be one of these -> https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-82268/MOCOPOLIS/sw-ucs-imperial-tie-defender/#details Gorgeous TIE Defender - utterly beautiful - but damn....1000 bucks plus easy. <cries>

It's amazing what people can do with a few parts in lego's. :) All of these are great.