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MKJoshA

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  1. As long as you don't put a direct link you're good.
  2. For the same reason I like the Mando Droid Tank/Spider thing I like the Yavin IV set. It's a great parts pack and has fantastic figures. So that's an easy buy for me. The other two sets though. Wow. What a waste. No one asked for the first Yoda starfighter, why would Lego make a 2nd? And that battle pack will be useful for army amass-ers. But a lazy battle pack overall.
  3. Congratulations everyone! Always great to see more GoH builds and this contest was a fun excuse to build castle again!
  4. As a dad of 3 kids I can say these will be extremely popular with children. If I got my son a Darth Vader mech and a Stormtrooper mech he'd just put his Han Solo or Luke Skywalker fig in the Stormtrooper one and say they were in disguise. Kids have great imaginations. Don't get me wrong, I don't like the mechs on an aesthetic level and would prefer something else. But I think Lego is playing a very smart game with these and we will see more. Not to convince me kids to spend their allowance on something else I can borrow parts from...
  5. Deadline extended to June 19th. Good luck everyone!
  6. While not exhaustive, Jay's Brick Blog has some lists that may help you.
  7. He made the pictures Private. @Broke4Bricks would have to change the privacy settings or re-load those pictures. What are you looking for specifically? Maybe someone here can direct you to another place to see pictures.
  8. I just bought 9500 Sith Fury-class Interceptor for $170 on eBay. Complete with all minifigures. Since Darth Malgus is going for $150 himself that seemed like a good deal for the whole set.
  9. I really like the concept. Cool to see the cargo pod both attached and detached.
  10. Yes! Thank you for making such a fantastic Legends ship.
  11. That's true. And we've seen more elaborate hoaxes before. I'd be inclined to believe either option at this point (real news or hoax).
  12. Anyone else see the picture on Instagram seeming to show that the $100 Jabba's Palace set has indeed been cancelled/replaced by the Emperor's throne room?
  13. You are welcome to add your own creative take on the kind of buildings or terrain. Planets are big places
  14. There is so much action going on here, I love it! Really creative ways to get different kinds of motion with the rocket, whistling birds, and rope.
  15. All of the talk about troop distribution and company breakdowns is interesting, but off track. And lets not start wishlisting for named clones please.
  16. INTRODUCTION The Mandalorian Season 3 has finished and Lego has started releasing sets based on its content. I ordered this on May 1st during Lego's May the 4th promo period. I got it today, 10 days later. Not too bad for shipping times. And let's be honest, if you were going to get this during May the 4th as like me then you had already made up your mind . So for the rest of you who were still wondering if this set was worth picking up let me share my thoughts. And let me add, I'm in the middle of moving/unpacking so I don't have my Lego or photo area set up yet. So this review is taken on a standard IKEA desk against a pleasant eggshell white painted wall I purchased this set with my own money. All opinions in this review are my own. If you want to see more reviews like this drop a comment and share this review with someone else! SET INFORMATION Number: 75346 Title: Pirate Snub Fighter Theme: Star Wars Released: 2023 Part Count: 282 Box Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.1 x 6.1 cm Weight: 2304 gram Set Price (RRP): £29.99 / $34.99 / 34.99€ Price per Part: 10.5p / 12.3c / 12.3c Links: Brickset, Bricklink THE BOX The front of the box shows the Snub Fighter in an asteroid field. The back shows the ship landed on Nevarro. CONTENTS OF THE BOX Inside are 2 numbered bags and a small sticker sheet. I chose to apply all stickers but those on the cockpit canopy. THE BUILD The build is very standard. A lot of laying plates. An expected amount of SNOT. Nothing fancy. As I was building what's probably meant to be fuel tanks I was struck (not for the first time) by the jarring change from round bricks to the SNOT brackets. With all of the new molds Lego has been making every year I won't be surprised if the make a bracket with rounded edges soon. And the completed build gives you the grey snub fighter and two minifigures. It's a sleek little fighter that looks good from every angle. The only minor exception is when looking at it straight on. Here you can see the gap between the hinged tile and the roof slope. But it's not a huge gap and you can pretend it's part of the greebling. Speaking of greebling, behind the cockpit the set designer added some nice bits. Though I was disappointed that it was the exact same pattern on both the right and left sides. Greebling should have some variety to it. There are two storage compartments hidden in the ship. The first is in front of the control computer. And the second is behind the pilot. The cockpit canopy is a new color, trans-black. And it looks so good! Here it is compared with some actual black parts. This would make for great tinted windows in City vehicles. And overall it just looks very menacing. The figures include a Nikto pilot for the Snub Fighter and Vane, also a Nikto. The pilot is wearing a beehive pattern on a gun-metal torso and Chima-orange pants. His helmet is pearl gold and looks great. Vane is wearing an outfit that could work for a regular pirate and suits him well. However I wish the head-piece for Vane had a more accurate color match-up between his skin tone and the printed skin on top. Seems like another one of those areas Lego is willing to say "good enough" on. But it doesn't seem like it'd be that hard to find what you needed to print on top of the black to get it to match. Both figs use the exact same head. I like that they have ridges printed on the back. But I wish they would have given us two different expressions on the front of the faces. OVERALL At $35 for only 282 pieces and two minifgures this set feels overpriced. It's a solid build, a sleek fighter, and the figs have nice prints. But it feels like a $25 set, $30 if I'm being generous. I highly recommend the set if you can find it on sale. SCORE How do I rate this set? DESIGN 7 BUILDING EXPERIENCE 5 FEATURES 5 PLAYABILITY 9 PARTS 8 VALUE FOR MONEY 4 FINAL SCORE: 6
  17. 2 figs and a droid would count.
  18. So I only saw parts from Jan sets. Do you think they'll wait another month before Feb parts are released?
  19. Thanks for mentioning that. Found a few more Friends hair pieces that way that I wanted to order.
  20. A lot of new parts are live in France. But the Blacktron torso is either already sold out or wasn't released yet.
  21. Thanks guys! As you can see from the Public Sheet, the Dark Side needs 29 more points to take M10 and the Mercs need 4 more points to take S10. Great work everyone!
  22. @Grand Admiral Thrawn Just a reminder that you still need to create a post on EB for each of your entries.
  23. This is fantastic! Love how you added Aurebesh letters to your images.
  24. The height limit is 16 studs. There's no cap on the number of minifgures. Entries will be judged as a whole, so both figs and habitat will be part of what gives the score.
  25. As Kallus said, purist just means Lego parts only. No 3rd party elements or decals.
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