[MOC] Yoda vs Palpatine Senate Chamber Duel

[darththeling]

 

Here's a small playset idea. I've had it on the back burner (please excuse the dust!) not really sure if it 'works' or not, but it's kind of unbelievable that Lego hasn't given us this in an official set yet. This represents a quarter of the room... it would take a minimal investment to create another 1/2 or make a full circle but I'm not sure it's necessary. 

It was important to me that the senate pods were simple and small. They should be able to to whipped around by Yoda and Palps. I had some color in them but they didn't look right. I think all medium stone grey is the way to go. I'd like to see an official set like this around the $30 price point, a la carbonite chamber. 

 

Thanks for looking. Feedback welcome. 

 

 

 

[JoeChu1980]

Nice represent of EP3 scence, and very good reference for simplified senate tables, to duplicate them, may finally assemble a larger scene of the senate.

what if to use the transparent part for supporting, it may show a little bit more suspending.

[Ebkas]

It looks great! I like that it's simple but gets the point across all the same. If you're trying to go for something similar to what Lego would put out, maybe you could add some play features like launching pods or something like that. 

 

[LegoAcklay]

Very cool, I wished they made this a set.

[darththeling]

Managed to 'round' this build out a bit more with a trip to Bricklink:

 

On 5/22/2018 at 8:07 PM, JoeChu1980 said:

Nice represent of EP3 scence, and very good reference for simplified senate tables, to duplicate them, may finally assemble a larger scene of the senate.

what if to use the transparent part for supporting, it may show a little bit more suspending.

Thanks! The senate pods are very lightweight and low piece count so The Emperor can throw them around. I tried using transparent parts but I felt it was getting expensive, so I am trying staggering the pods on two levels to give it some feeling of depth. Now every pod has a balcony to dock with.

I tried using screen-accurate colors on the pods, but they just look better in this simple build all one color, I think.

On 5/22/2018 at 8:47 PM, Ebkas said:

It looks great! I like that it's simple but gets the point across all the same. If you're trying to go for something similar to what Lego would put out, maybe you could add some play features like launching pods or something like that. 

Cheers, I was thinking launching pods might be too parts-heavy for a little build like this, but maybe not. A simple, well placed lever could do the trick... it would be hilarious to go around the whole arena popping them all off at Yoda [Palpatine laugh]. A set with an epic duel like this should have an action feature, too. I'll see what I can do. 

I'm not even against flipping Yoda into a flashy red Bail Organa speeder for a getaway... now that we're apparently getting a Bail minifig.

On 6/8/2018 at 9:38 PM, LegoAcklay said:

Very cool, I wished they made this a set.

Thanks! I really enjoy your Geonosis Arena set, too!

Edited March 9, 2019 by darththeling

[Per_SW]

Love the design, I agree with the comments that such a set is quite overdue.
Also, I think that the smaller iteration is perfect for the 30$/€ range, maybe losing one of the 2 Shocktroopers shown in the last picture (Lego has become quite jealous of its minifigs lately) and with a simple lever mechanism to make the two "higher" pods jump out, while leaving the three "lower" ones as they are, still easily removable.