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I like it! I like it a lot!

Very cool, the lights really complete it.

My UCS imperial shuttle (10212) arrived today! And some magnets, to see if I can pry the minifigs off... ;)

As I said in an earlier post, they're what the bodies for Kyosho Mini-Z RC cars come in. Typically, these are thrown out by racers, so you could try getting in touch with a local (RC) hobby store or RC club that races Kyosho Mini-Z cars. You could buy a model and throw that out, but I'm sure there are better alternatives. ;) I would suggest Google to find a store or club and try to get these for free, or look on eBay for a modelling display case, there are manufacturers out there that sell these type of cases in all shapes and sizes... Just type 'model display case' in eBay and I'm sure you'll come up with something. Mind the dimensions though, because some may be very small... Or very large. You're in the US? Check out towerhobbies.com, they should have this sort of thing. Good luck!

I suppose it could hold 45 if I really crammed them in there - and they're not too big. Another picture without the dome: And for your entertainment I made another one, to show you how. This box has a slanted floorboard so I didn't have to use any bricks at all, I just needed to bend the figs back a little to make them stand upright. First up: the case Then, the floorboard after taking out whatever was in there (chassis, screws, some paper, ... ) Next up: cutting my lego board to size: ... Some double sided tape... And there it is! ... and now with figs. I have placed these a lot closer together than with the other stand as the box is smaller. They still all fit, with some rooom to spare. Hope you enjoyed it!

Kyosho Mini-Z RC car bodies come in this type of stand, and I happen to collect those (among other things). Once in a while I need a new body for my car and I don't throw the boxes away. So I have some of these to convert to Lego display cases :)

I like it more, now after the review. Didn't care for it much but if the price would drop (significantly) I might get one. I like all the minifigs in the set, they look great.

Very cool!

I wanted to make a compact, cheap, dustproof display stand for my minifigs. Everything I managed to design from lego (LDD) cost at least €5 in bricks per minifig, so that was not an option. As I didn't have many bricks to spare (just getting back into Lego) I took a display case from one of my other hobbies (RC cars) and taped part of a base plate to the bottom. Then came some 2x4 bricks ro raise the back figs and there you have it! Dustproof minifig case! As I have some more of these display cases, I will be able to make more as I collect more figs. Hope you guys like it!

Thanks guys, It'll take me weeks just to read everything I'd like to read on here :)

Last 2 weeks: X-Wing 9493 Y-wing 9495 Tie-fighter 9492 Fury class interceptor 9500 Polybag ISD 30056 UCS Super Star Destroyer 10221 Saesee Tiin's starfighter 9498 Endor rebel troopers 9489

Hi everyone I am (or am quickly becoming) an AFOL. I'm 34 years old from Belgium and have played with Lego during my youth till I was 14 or so, one of my last sets was a Technic set. Now that my son is 5 years old, he's starting to collect a few Lego sets and my interest is sparked: it's fun to build these new sets, and I found myself enjoying helping him build his sets - and secretly rebuilding them. Obviously, a 5-year old's set is not much of a challenge, so I started searching the net for more challenging sets. I easily found the star wars UCS sets. I'm a big star wars fan, and have always wanted a decent star wars model. The fact that you get to build the Lego sets is just a bonus. I started by buying a few kits in my local toy store (Fury class interceptor and X-wing). I think it was the same night I ordered my UCS Super star destoyer along with the Y-wing. Next up were the speeder bike (set) and TIE fighter, and a very small imperial cruiser. I also got another set on sale: a Saesee Tiin starfighter. All this was in the course of 2 weeks. I'm currently looking at the UCS imperial landing shuttle, UCS B-wing, and am in the process of composing the UCS Millennium Falcon from bricks, wich will probably take a while yet (Will start a thread about this one). The rest of the wishlist: UCS Snowspeeder UCS AT-AT UCS Y-wing ... Unfortunately, they're currently mainly bringing out kits from clone wars and/or the first 3 films. I'm mainly interested in the stuff from Ep. 4-6 - hope they'll (re-) issue some of thise kits. I found this forum searching for MOCs and other cool mods to UCS kits: I sure did find them here! Hoping to get some useful tips & tricks from the experienced builders here.