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Dear all, I have been a Star Wars LEGO collector from the start in 1999 (for the young ones here: that was when Apple shares were still affordable *sigh*), and whilst gradually building up my collection, I noticed LEGO as a company could not really satisfy my needs for figures and vehicles, so I did what I thought anyone would do with LEGO: I started building what I wanted. I started making my own SW-figurines, my own SW-vehicles, and throughout the years made about 40+ vehicles of my own (and sometimes that of other people’s) designs and about 80 unique minifigs which I still have on my shelves today and enjoy very much. I have been out of the running of MOC building for a while now, and upon my return to the world of LEGO Star Wars, I confess I was shocked to see what has happened: The Eurobricks Star Wars page consists more of Clone Wars episode reviews these days than MOC showcases, which I can’t really blame as there are hardly any new MOCs in the forum anymore! Look at the hot topic these days: - What did you buy lately - What should LEGO bring out next - What did LEGO bring out recently - What minifigs should LEGO make - Show your enormous minifigs collection - Where can I find building instructions of a LEGO set so I can rebuild it - Look at my recreation of a LEGO set with parts I hunted down from Bricklink And so forth. People, I ask you; why? Not only here on Eurobricks, but also on FBTB.net, Imperiumdersteine.de and so forth I find an entire dip in creativity and ingenuity of MOCs, hardly any Star Wars MOC builders display their skills, and it seems the only thing that runs the MOC sections are single pane funnies and photographs of minifigs in the real world (Stormtroopers in the living room, Scout troopers in the woods, Snowtroopers in the snow etc.). I see pictures of LUG meetings, and Star Wars MOCs seems entirely vanished… I really wonder where that came from? With the Clone Wars and TOR there are tens of vehicles and hundreds of characters which could / should inspire the Star Wars LEGO fans, and with LDD there is an extra tool (next to Ldraw) that enables anyone to create without any limits, but it seems hardly anything derived from any of these sources. Why I that? Is it maybe laziness as LEGO churns out so many sets that it’s better to wait out and beg for sets rather to create your own? Is it lack of creativity? Is it because of the costs of building MOCs? I see endless streams of people complaining of what LEGO doesn’t do, but why not starting doing something yourself? Believe it or not, but you can build virtually anything out of LEGO, so why don’t you all do exactly that? I look forward to read your reactions concerning my worries J With kind regards, HJR, (fellow) Star Wars MOC builder
