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16
Dec
2019
Baby Yoda MOC Instructions

Baby Yoda MOC Instructions

Famed Lego MOC builder hachiroku24 has produced a terrific Lego version of “the Child” from Mandalorian, otherwise known as Baby Yoda. The build is essentially the floating egg, baby Yoda’s head, and a cloth to nustle around the head to look like swaddling and disguise the fact that there is no body.

I watched his video and built my own. This is a collage of my copy. The little 2×2 disks around ears were dark tan but I painted them sand green. They simply aren’t available from Lego in that color

You can see that the build is super cute and obviously uses lots of on the side building techniques. The best part is that the groove on the bottom of the 1×1 cheese wedge piece perfectly resembles a little mouth with a small lower lip. The fact that the center segment of the face is actually mounted on a hinge and then flpped into place is quite impressive. There was at least on place when building this that I decided to make my own revision, and that was purly for increasing the structural integrity.

Link to Bricklink Digital version with Instructions

Check out hachiroku24’s build video:

Here is my video Overview / Review of the Baby Yoda MOC. Note, I did make a few changes to the design, but just small ones.

Overall, this little Hachiroku24 MOC is quite impressive and looks great in my little Star Wars display!

Posted by Farquar in Lego
18
Feb
2019
How to get Lego R2D2’s head to spin

How to get Lego R2D2’s head to spin

Lego has been making R2D2 in minifig form along with his cousin’s for years now.  And to this day they still don’t make a version where the Droid’s head can pivot.  Since this is a classic feature of R2D2, and in part lend’s the the astromech’s emotive quality, I really wanted the Lego Minifigure to be able to turn its head.  This is the second method I’ve come up with, and like the first, requires modifying Lego parts.  So no, its not “legal” build, but you’ll never get the minifigure’s head to spin if you don’t think outside the box.

Essentially, I replaced the top 4 studs of the R2 body with just 1 central Stud.  It works great.  In this video, you’ll see my dremel wielding Methodology at work.

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17
Jan
2018
Lego Microfighters Series 5 Overview

Lego Microfighters Series 5 Overview

The 5th series of one of my favorite Lego product lines has been out since the start of the year. Its already been long enough for prices to start dropping at Amazon by 20% here and there. These days it only takes a short amount of patience to get most lego sets for about 20% off so it is frequently a worth while wait. And the Microfighters are definitely on my must have list.

This series unlike some previous ones finally includes some actually named characters from the movies. This is notable because many of the microfighters come with a generic pilot, even though their ship is associated to several characters in the movies.

Series 5 also introduces some twin packs where two ships for the twice the price are included…a gimicky side build is included out of seemingly spare parts.

Top of the list is the A wing vs Tie Silencer:

Lots of good stuff happening here:

  • We finally get an A Wing
  • Kylo Ren himself is included
  • Kylo comes with his Light Saber

The ships are reasonable representations although it looks like the “missle” holders on Kylo’s ship are just cluged onto the bottom. We’ve seen that before in previous microfighters. The tilted rear section of the A Wing looks quite ideal.

Series 5 also comes with its first Re-Hash: The Millennium Falcon returns this time with Chewbacca as opposed to Series 1 which came with Han Solo.

Series 5

Series 1

The other changes include switching from flick shooters to stud shooters, the radar dish goes to 1×2 jumper, the printing on the cockpit went from black to gray, the center tilted section has been altered a smidge, and some other little parts are recolored. It is a near clone which in some regards is great because the original Series 1 10$ sells for up to $40 these days. You can buy this new version, change the dish, and have an original trilogy ship.

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Posted by Farquar in Lego, 1 comment
05
Nov
2016
What Lego Microfighters do you want to see next?

What Lego Microfighters do you want to see next?

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The Lego Microfighters Star Wars series 1 through 3 are amongst my favorite Lego sets.  They are compact (almost pocket friendly), they draw close resemblance to the craft they are emulating, and they are a great way to get a Star Wars craft even if you can’t buy the larger models.

There are so many great Ships already made in the first few Series including the Millenium Falcon, 2 Types of X-Wings, and 2 of the Variants of the Tie Fighter.  Plenty of other ships have not yet been represented, even important iconic ships like Slave 1 or the Imperial Shuttle.

What Star Wars ships would you hope will be made in the next series???  (The Survey images feature various Fan creations of Micro Fighter style ships)

Other ships to consider for the future are: Gungan Sub, ETA-2 Jedi Starfighter, B-Wing, Sail Barge, Speeder Bike, Rey’s Speeder, and Vader’s Tie.  There are of course hundreds of other ships that have appeared in the 7 current movies, and with Rogue 1 and future “Story” movies coming, I’m sure Lego will want to feature some new movie ships in subsequent microfighter series.

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Posted by Farquar in Lego, 3 comments