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It might be years late, but I'm very glad that Lego finally got around to making their rendition of Cobb Vanth's Speeder. It's a pretty solid set in its own right, with two fantastic figures, despite being very overpriced. Speeders in Lego are often oversized and many pointed to this one as another example of this trend, but I don't think that's the entire story. Once I was able to get the set in hand at a discount, I started tinkering. For me, the main contributor to its strange proportions was the seat. It was very bulky, put the rider far too high on the bike, and lost the "floating sidecar" vibe that the original speeder had. With a quick rework of the internals, I was able to slim down that sidecar, make it "float", and add a screen-accurate helmet mount to the rear of the seatback, using only the parts from the original set. Free Instructions on Rebrickable The speeder is more than stable enough to stand on its own, though you will have to brace it when seating a figure. And the helmet mount is surprisingly sturdy. It was probably the part of the build that took to most iterations as most of my initial attempts would fall off if you looked at them the wrong way. The internal storage capacity is unchanged as well, so you can ditch the mount and store the helmet inside the speeder if you prefer, alongside your all-important stash of weapons, fruit, and blue milk. Due to the limitations of the parts in the Lego set, it's still a little boxier than the "real" thing, but I think it captures the look pretty well and pairs nicely with Mando's speeder bike. Here's a quick side-by-side from its appearance in the show: And all photoshoots must include some fun shots too:

These are phenomenal! Great job! I look forward to your Episode II series! It's a small detail, but I really loved the white technic axles used to represent stars.

Thanks! That alt build was kind of my gateway drug for getting into Rebrickable/instruction making, alt builds/MODs, and even finding my way back to this site after 10 years away. Thankfully my go-to username wasn't taken yet when I made a new account here. I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds it fun, even if most of my friends don't get it.

Thanks! I'd not heard of MLCad before, I'll have to check it out as well as the OMR. I really appreciate the tips!

I'm not sure the official term, but I've gotten requests for "rework" instructions meaning the instructions would start with a completed official build, show what sections and parts to disassemble fully or partially, then rebuild. I'd assume a majority of those looking for MOD instructions to tweak an existing Lego set would've already built it the official way, so it makes sense that they'd want to minimize unnecessary disassembly. I've just been struggling with how to show the disassembly portion of the steps in Studio.

I've worked on a couple of No Extra Parts MODs to sets as my first crack at breaking into the MOD/MOC side of the hobby. I really enjoy it so far and making the instructions, while tedious, is also fun. However, I've gotten a lot of requests to make "rework" style instructions as these are MODs to existing sets and many users have already built them to the original Lego instructions. Instead of disassembling every part and rebuilding from scratch, it's theoretically easier for those builders to keep some sections intact if they are partially or completely unchanged from the original build. But I've struggled to find a way in Studio to accurately do this outside of "build to Lego Step X" and then swap to MOD instructions, back to Lego for Steps Y-Z, back to MOD, etc. This works fine in some cases, but feels like a hack job in others with a lot of PDF editing and clarifications needed (e.g. disassemble section A, but modules B and C intact, then build Lego steps G - J, etc.). Does anyone have any tips for a newbie to make this style of instructions in an easy, clear way? Thanks for the help and advice!

I know it's bad form to reply to such an old thread, but I just wanted to say thank you for the kind words about my MOD! I was totally caught off guard when I found this post. As a newbie in the MOD/MOC world, this was incredibly confidence boosting and made my day. I was checking my Rebrickable stats and saw some random views coming from Eurobricks, a site I hadn't thought about in over a decade. My old account was long since forgotten in my dark ages, but I had a lot of positive memories that came flooding back. So thanks for helping me find my way back here and for the shout-out, it really means a lot.

Hello all! It's good to be back! I had a profile on here from back in 2010, feels like an eternity ago. I went into a bit of a Lego Dark Age during college, but slowly got back into things once I started making my own money. Years later and I've become less interested in just building sets, but starting to fiddle around with MODs and MOCs and Alt Builds and it's so much fun. I mostly lurked on reddit and forgot about this lovely site until one day I noticed my rebrickable alt build was getting like 2 views randomly from Eurobricks. Well, the memories came flooding back and I suddenly felt the nostalgic urge to rejoin the crew. My old account's password is long since forgotten, and the email I used to start it is defunct so I couldn't recover it even if I wanted to. But I'm happy to be back. Big thanks to Clone OPatra for shouting out my U-Wing alt build in their review of the 75399 set. It was totally unexpected and completely made my day. For a newbie in the MOC/alt build space, it was really a big confidence boost and makes me want to keep creating and improving! And was also the only reason I found my way back here in the first place.