LEGO Star Wars 2011 Pictures & Rumors

[Mr Man]

The yellow is supposed to be yellow on the 'real' ship.

I know but I thought that chrome gold was closer to the shiny yellow on the ship than normal yellow, and I don't think they is a pearl yellow is they?

(BTW Brickdoctor that was a quick reply, I had only just refreshed the page ).

[Brickdoctor]

I know but I thought that chrome gold was closer to the shiny yellow on the ship than normal yellow, and I don't think they is a pearl yellow is they?

(BTW Brickdoctor that was a quick reply, I had only just refreshed the page ).

Not really. If you look at this picture of the full-scale model from Menace, the yellow is definitely not that shiny of a finish especially compared to the chrome. And the chrome should be shinier than the yellow, so if they're both pearl/metallic colors, it won't look right.

[BrickArtist]

Not really. If you look at this picture of the full-scale model from Menace, the yellow is definitely not that shiny of a finish especially compared to the chrome. And the chrome should be shinier than the yellow, so if they're both pearl/metallic colors, it won't look right.

I agree. I think they did well on the N-1, Chrome would be a lot to ask for.

[Mr Man]

Not really. If you look at this picture of the full-scale model from Menace, the yellow is definitely not that shiny of a finish especially compared to the chrome. And the chrome should be shinier than the yellow, so if they're both pearl/metallic colors, it won't look right.

You are correct . All my current experiences of the N-1 are from playing battlefront II, where it looks very shiny, I honestly didn't think to look on the SW wiki for an image. But my main point is that for that price they could have dropped the poodikaand chromed pearled the few grey bricks.

[Brickdoctor]

I agree. I think they did well on the N-1, Chrome would be a lot to ask for.

chromed pearled the few grey bricks.

Not to say that chrome wouldn't look magnificent on this model*, but yes, it's probably too much to ask for. The past two other System N-1s were grey anyways, so it's not like this is a step back.

*yes, fallenangel, I know that set is a poor excuse for UCS (and I think so, too, even though I own it), but the chrome is so...shiny.

I honestly didn't think to look on the SW wiki for an image.

That image is from Starship Modeller. Edited March 24, 2011 by Brickdoctor

[Mr Man]

Not to say that chrome wouldn't look magnificent on this model*, but yes, it's probably too much to ask for. The past two other System N-1s were grey anyways, so it's not like this is a step back.

*yes, fallenangel, I know that set is a poor excuse for UCS (and I think so, too, even though I own it), but the chrome is so...shiny.

That image is from Starship Modeller.

Well I meant anywhere that wasn't Battlefront II .

Maybe if when the new N-1 comes out if someone could mod it with the chrome parts?

On another note the chrome parts would probably raise the price up too much, but pearl grey would be cheaper, but still look great, still the back of the ship is all boxy from the astro socket.

Oh BTW that UCS N-1 is great, but not realy good enough to be a UCS, more like a hughly scaled midi , great shiny bits though.

Edited March 24, 2011 by Mr Man

[Brickdoctor]

Maybe if when the new N-1 comes out if someone could mod it with the chrome parts?

Pretty sure not all the pieces in the new one come in chrome. It would be easier to mod the UCS one to fit minifigs.

[Mr Man]

Pretty sure not all the pieces in the new one come in chrome. It would be easier to mod the UCS one to fit minifigs.

Blast I was hoping that a minimal amount of mix and matching between the 4 different N-1's would produce the almost perfect version, Ah well hiho hiho to MOC one from scratch I go.

[Brickdoctor]

Ah well hiho hiho to MOC one from scratch I go.

That's the only way to arrive as close to perfection as LEGO allows. Besides, you know me, the wings have to be SNOT for me to consider it perfect.

[Piranha]

But then it would have been even more expensive...

Hmmm I like that idea, $75-100

Includes Naboo Starfighter with chrome or metallic or pearl or silver instead of bley, 1-2 vulture droids, hanger area, cargo items, 1-2 naboo pilots in cuffs, Anakin, R2, Obi Wan, Qui Gon, Padme, Naboo security guard, 2-4 battle droids (security) , droideka. Very similar to the Home One set.

Wow, didn't expect the hilt. I forgot about the other chromed parts, I don't come across them often. But yeah, they're still rare.

Reminds me, I found a slightly better image of the Naboo Starfighter...

Here!

I hope linking to it is okay.

Thanks that is a much clearer picture

here is the translation for the naboo starfighter

Powerslide the Naboo Starfighter the way through the battle droid in the hangar and Droideka to take on the Droid Control Ship! Set includes Anakin Skywalker, Naboo pilot, R2-D2. The Starfighter has a cockpit that opens, R2-D2 with ejection function, access ladder and swivel stand. With service vehicle.

Keep up with Anakin and Naboo Starfighter on the invasion of Naboo!

• Contains Naboo pilots and 2 Safety Battle Doiden

• With young Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2 and Droideka

• The Starfighter has a cockpit that opens, R2-D2 with ejection function, access ladder and swivel stand

• Service vehicle with detachable trailer

Dammit TLG got it wrong I thought it was based on the scene where they rescue the Naboo Pilots hence the handcuffs and not the scene where Anakin destroys the Droid Control ship. What the heck is a Naboo pilot doing in the droid control ship during the battle. Oh yes Mace was on Kashyyyk

[Fallenangel]

Not really. If you look at this picture of the full-scale model from Menace, the yellow is definitely not that shiny of a finish especially compared to the chrome. And the chrome should be shinier than the yellow, so if they're both pearl/metallic colors, it won't look right.

You are correct . All my current experiences of the N-1 are from playing battlefront II, where it looks very shiny, I honestly didn't think to look on the SW wiki for an image. But my main point is that for that price they could have dropped the poodikaand chromed pearled the few grey bricks.

Wookieepedia doesn't have much in the way of screen captures, mostly CGI renders and illustrations, so it's not that great of a visual source. But the N-1 is supposed to be a showy ship so I guess chroming the whole thing would look good to some people.

Where were N-1s in Battlefront II?

Blast I was hoping that a minimal amount of mix and matching between the 4 different N-1's would produce the almost perfect version, Ah well hiho hiho to MOC one from scratch I go.

Nah, LEGO sets aren't intended to look good in the first place. More often than not, scratchbuilding is the way to go if you want something that looks good on your shelf.

That's the only way to arrive as close to perfection as LEGO allows. Besides, you know me, the wings have to be SNOT for me to consider it perfect.

Are you sure? (Not that I don't like this MOC, but...)

Dammit TLG got it wrong I thought it was based on the scene where they rescue the Naboo Pilots hence the handcuffs and not the scene where Anakin destroys the Droid Control ship. What the heck is a Naboo pilot doing in the droid control ship during the battle. Oh yes Mace was on Kashyyyk

Probably so kids would have the choice of having either a pilot or a 9-year-old fly the ship. To my knowledge there are no significant variations between the N-1s in the film (unlike X-wings and T-47s) so it would work.

Oh, and for anyone wanting to mod 10026 to fit a minifigure (it's more of a toy than a UCS after all) it's been done fairly well.

[Brickdoctor]

Where were N-1s in Battlefront II?

I'd like to know that as well. Wookieepedia says they didn't appear in BF2.

Are you sure? (Not that I don't like this MOC, but...)

I meant that SNOT wings would be one of the factors I would take into account before dubbing an N-1 MOC perfect.

Oh, and for anyone wanting to mod 10026 to fit a minifigure (it's more of a toy than a UCS after all) it's been done fairly well.

Yup, did it myself back when I was still a n00b on MOCpages. That's more of mod only to the cockpit, though, and I didn't touch anything else. Mostly it's just a matter of hollowing out a space for the cockpit and raising the hump that holds the Astro droid up a plate or so to make the transition better.

[Fives]

The Naboo Starfighter has not appeared in either Battle Front games.

[Tamamono]

Man, I'm really disappointed in the Naboo Fighter.

Other than a few tweaks to the engines, the ship itself hasn't really changed since 2007's version, and the ejection function for R2-D2 just makes the cockpit boxier.

Also, the Droideka is . While it looks fairly accurate, it's way too big.

The only reason to get this set would be for the new Naboo Pilot and the Security Droids, which can probably found on ebay or bricklink.

In any case, this set's a pass for me.

[Fallenangel]

Oh BTW that UCS N-1 is great, but not realy good enough to be a UCS, more like a hughly scaled midi , great shiny bits though.

On the contrary, both 7778 and 8099 were done in the style of UCS sets so 10026 couldn't be described as a midi.

Man, I'm really disappointed in the Naboo Fighter.

Other than a few tweaks to the engines, the ship itself hasn't really changed since 2007's version, and the ejection function for R2-D2 just makes the cockpit boxier.

Also, the Droideka is . While it looks fairly accurate, it's way too big.

The only reason to get this set would be for the new Naboo Pilot and the Security Droids, which can probably found on ebay or bricklink.

In any case, this set's a pass for me.

I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head there.

[AndyC]

Pretty sure not all the pieces in the new one come in chrome.

Well there are always those Bricklink stores that do custom chroming....

[Mr Man]

The Naboo Starfighter has not appeared in either Battle Front games.

Ah no sorry they are not in the actual games, but I was playing a MOD map of Naboo Theed Hanger, which had lots of N-1's, the actual N-1's where taken from the game source files, and where originally going to be in the game, the models where made but cut from the game at the last minute to save space. (you can see them in some of the old trailers)

[StoutFiles]

Nah, LEGO sets aren't intended to look good in the first place. More often than not, scratchbuilding is the way to go if you want something that looks good on your shelf.

That's only for personal preference. Not one person of the many people who have seen my sets has examined them for movie accuracy, or even cared. They're ships built out of Legos, that's the novelty. They look great on display either way, its up to you how much time/money you want to spend on accuracy, especially when 100% accuracy is impossible to obtain.

[M'Kyuun]

That's only for personal preference. Not one person of the many people who have seen my sets has examined them for movie accuracy, or even cared. They're ships built out of Legos, that's the novelty. They look great on display either way, its up to you how much time/money you want to spend on accuracy, especially when 100% accuracy is impossible to obtain.

What a great statement. I absolutely agree. Given the choice to buy a LEGO set or a Hasbro version of a SW ship, I'll always take the LEGO set. I think the Hasbro toys are quite brilliant in their own right (I only own the Deluxe AT-AT and newer AT-ST), but I'd rather build mine in most cases. And the figs are the icing on the proverbial cake, now more than ever.

Given the constraints the designers labor under, I think most of the sets are well done. And, unlike a Hasbro product, you can mod the crap out of the set much more easily without the fear of damaging your toy irreparably.

My non-AFOL friends are always amazed by my sets...they can't even conceive how they are made from just LEGO bricks. They're just cool as-is. In kind, I try to enjoy them for what they are, flaws and all. I still remember when there were no SW LEGO sets and fervently wished there were. So, I'm thankful, and try to keep my criticism at bay.

[eriochrome]

What a great statement. I absolutely agree. Given the choice to buy a LEGO set or a Hasbro version of a SW ship, I'll always take the LEGO set. I think the Hasbro toys are quite brilliant in their own right (I only own the Deluxe AT-AT and newer AT-ST), but I'd rather build mine in most cases. And the figs are the icing on the proverbial cake, now more than ever.

When I compare how my Lego's survived play when I was a kid and how my Star Wars toys failed to survive it, it is no doubt that the lego versions are better. My daugther has crashed her lego x-wing multiple times without any permenant affect. My plastic x-wing had to have its s-foils glued together rather quickly and only on side is still attached to the hull. Similar stories for the snow speeder missing most of its parts and AT-AT without guns.

[Piranha]

Probably so kids would have the choice of having either a pilot or a 9-year-old fly the ship. To my knowledge there are no significant variations between the N-1s in the film (unlike X-wings and T-47s) so it would work.

Oh, and for anyone wanting to mod 10026 to fit a minifigure (it's more of a toy than a UCS after all) it's been done fairly well.

Thanks for mentioning that, the original only included Anakin, while the 07 and this one feature the option to have either a Naboo Pilot or Anakin fly it, which is a really good improvement. I missed out on the 07 one so this one with a new naboo pilot, security droids and albeit a large droideka is good enough for me. Also that is a cool mod, I like seeing those type of things.

That's only for personal preference. Not one person of the many people who have seen my sets has examined them for movie accuracy, or even cared. They're ships built out of Legos, that's the novelty. They look great on display either way, its up to you how much time/money you want to spend on accuracy, especially when 100% accuracy is impossible to obtain.

+1 LEGO is LEGO afterall

[Fallenangel]

That's only for personal preference. Not one person of the many people who have seen my sets has examined them for movie accuracy, or even cared. They're ships built out of Legos, that's the novelty. They look great on display either way, its up to you how much time/money you want to spend on accuracy, especially when 100% accuracy is impossible to obtain.

Just so you know I did not explicitly mention accuracy in that statement. What I was really getting at was aesthetic quality in general, which not all sets have. 7778 may be inaccurate but it looks good enough to me that upon buying it I was unsure whether the Falcon really did have huge mandibles and beefed-up docking rings. Neither Hasbro and Kenner toys have been much for aesthetic quality either (e. g. old Kenner X-wing was incredibly deformed) so I attribute this to the fact that it's a toy. And while 100% accuracy is impossible to obtain that doesn't mean you should forget it completely because without the source material where would we get LEGO Star Wars sets? Disregarding accuracy completely is just as extreme as insisting on 100% accuracy (which by the way I have not, though I will admit it was only a few steps removed). You can't have LEGO Star Wars without Star Wars. It would just be LEGO (which I suppose most AFOLs are happy with, so maybe that doesn't help my argument).

And as for 'great on display either way'... that's not always the case.

My non-AFOL friends are always amazed by my sets...they can't even conceive how they are made from just LEGO bricks.

:laugh: Those non-AFOLs... they probably think the miniland T-47 at LEGOland California is the best anyone could do too. LEGO's made some pretty great stuff (e. g. Green Grocer) but I think that with things like the miniland T-47 they've sometimes given AFOLs a bad rep.

When I compare how my Lego's survived play when I was a kid and how my Star Wars toys failed to survive it, it is no doubt that the lego versions are better. My daugther has crashed her lego x-wing multiple times without any permenant affect. My plastic x-wing had to have its s-foils glued together rather quickly and only on side is still attached to the hull. Similar stories for the snow speeder missing most of its parts and AT-AT without guns.

Well when you put in that way it's really the fact that the LEGO elements themselves are hardy than anything to do with the design of the actual sets. LEGO was smart enough to realize that when a kid plays with something it's not over until the toy is demolished.

[Brickdoctor]

J :laugh: Those non-AFOLs... they probably think the miniland T-47 at LEGOland California is the best anyone could do too. LEGO's made some pretty great stuff (e. g. Green Grocer) but I think that with things like the miniland T-47 they've sometimes given AFOLs a bad rep.

Well I remember reading an interview with Erik Varszegi, and he said when took the Venator to Celebration III, the most common question he got was "Do you have any special bricks molded for this?" And he said that he thinks the majority of the people think TLG only makes things like 2 x 4s.

[Fallenangel]

Well I remember reading an interview with Erik Varszegi, and he said when took the Venator to Celebration III, the most common question he got was "Do you have any special bricks molded for this?" And he said that he thinks the majority of the people think TLG only makes things like 2 x 4s.

I believe I've read that same interview; he's probably right. I can see where they're coming from though - when I was very young my collection of LEGO was so small that I thought plates were extremely rare pieces and that Technic pins had no purpose. Kind of funny looking at how many plates I'm using in version 9 my continuation of version 8.

Also, Varszegi's Venator is so amazing. The fact that it's the size of a bathtub means he was free to do pretty much whatever he wanted with the bricks (and he did some amazing things). At that size, I don't think you would even need specially molded bricks unless you want large conglomerations of parts (which can be advantageous structurally).

Edited March 26, 2011 by fallenangel309

[Brickdoctor]

At that size, I don't think you would even need specially molded bricks unless you want large conglomerations of parts (which can be advantageous structurally).

If you think about it, he did have large custom parts in the middle - except they were made of steel.

But anyways, back on topic.