What's your recent LEGO Star Wars Purchase?

[RichardGoring]

I've been deliberating on it for a while, and still think I prefer the UCS Star Destroyer, but when Zavvi's $150 off the Millennium Falcon came around again, I went for it. My first LEGO Star Wars purchase.

[Kage Goomba]

6 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

That must look amazing . 

The width is a killer for display. I know where I could put the AT-AT, but the Gunship might have to end up back in a box. 

Thanks for the heads up. I've built some big sets recently, including the Hogwarts Moments and Hogwarts Castle, but I think this is going to be a new building experience for me.

For your viewing pleasure.

The Laser cannons blink green - camera didn't catch it in time.
The clone troopers are some Chinese knock off I bought off Ebay but for display purposes (minus the one that came with it) - worked out nicely.

And yes Mace Windu's Lightsabre is Mutha-fin lit. :)
Light kit is from Light my bricks.com - I highly recommend the kit - turned out nicely. (Be warned it won't sit flat without the stand but it looks better on stand anyway)

[BacktoBricks]

2 hours ago, Kage Goomba said:

For your viewing pleasure.
The Laser cannons blink green - camera didn't catch it in time.
The clone troopers are some Chinese knock off I bought off Ebay but for display purposes (minus the one that came with it) - worked out nicely.

And yes Mace Windu's Lightsabre is Mutha-fin lit. :)
Light kit is from Light my bricks.com - I highly recommend the kit - turned out nicely. (Be warned it won't sit flat without the stand but it looks better on stand anyway)

Thanks for the photo! Looks very cool. I can understand the knock offs as clones are ridiculously pricey. Some day soon Lego will revisit AOTC or ROTS and give us another way to get plain clones - they have too!

[The_Chosen_1]

I got the AT-AT (w/ Skywalker saber) last night as well!

Do we have any idea how long the GWP lasted for? The last I checked was around 1:00 AM EST before hitting the sack.

[Mandalorianknight]

Decided that unless my Death Star sells before christmas I'll be getting the Daily Bugle as a christmas present to myself instead of the AT-AT, but I'm eyeing the mandalorian forge.

 

Any suggestions for retired, currently $50ish sets from the OT or PT era? Wanting to bulk up my imperial, republic, and rebel armies.

[BacktoBricks]

Okay @Kage Goomba It looks like one of the January accessory packs is AOTC troopers!

[Kage Goomba]

3 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

Okay @Kage Goomba It looks like one of the January accessory packs is AOTC troopers!

I'll have to keep an eye out for it :)

The ones I got where supposed to match "cody" - all orange stripping and such - and a variety of weapons - so hopefully Lego will have some nice options.

[azzer86]

3 x 501st clone set. Down to £16.50 on Amazon UK*

(Sorry to those in Aus, where this set seems so rare. I did see how much shipping would be to help anyone out and it's probably not worth the price compared to the resellers/scalpers over there.)

 

*Also available from John Lewis for the same price if you don't want to support Amazon

Edited November 27, 2021 by azzer86
* added

[PreVizsla]

This week i ordered 8 first order trooper polybags for my first order army which will pretty much be turned into a squad of 9 led by Phasma. I am also rewatching rebels so i ended up ordering a good amount of stormtroopers: few from death trooper BP, 5 from rebels BP and 1 new one. And finally i got a 2020 tie fighter which is a first OT set i bought since the battle of Endor back in 2009. If i end up liking the new stormtrooper helmets i will get 2 imperial marauders and imperial dropship BP with Han to make a squad of 9 if not i will just buy old helmets and replace the 2 new ones, but won't get marauders or the 2019 BP. 

Eyeing a ton of other stuff especially for army building now that we know we will get phase 1 minifigure packs from the old phase 1 Lieutenant to lead my platoon to 4 old phase 1 sergeants to lead my squads. 
Also need to figure out who will lead my snowtrooper squad after i buy 3 new snowtrooper BP, will probably need to buy Veers.
Lot of fun projects for January.

[The Boba Fett]

A few months ago now, I somehow managed to get hold of UCS Snow Speeder 75144-1. I probably paid £40 more than it's original price but it was well worth it. A very enjoyable build which I've also enjoyed modifying to improve it's already good looks!

Saving now for the UCS Millennium Falcon and praying nothing else I really like comes out before I get one. I have no room for one but am considering moving all of my partners stuff into the back garden to do so... 

[RichardGoring]

Took advantage of the 15% Rakuten cash back on Monday to get the UCS Star Destroyer.

[McMurder_them_softly]

AT-AT from Thanksgiving should arrive today. 2 shipments (promo and set). Excited to add to the collection!

[Kage Goomba]

4 hours ago, The Boba Fett said:

A few months ago now, I somehow managed to get hold of UCS Snow Speeder 75144-1. I probably paid £40 more than it's original price but it was well worth it. A very enjoyable build which I've also enjoyed modifying to improve it's already good looks!

Saving now for the UCS Millennium Falcon and praying nothing else I really like comes out before I get one. I have no room for one but am considering moving all of my partners stuff into the back garden to do so... 

I've been aiming for that too - You shopping on Ebay or do you have a 'nother source for golden sets like that?

Been lucky myself - grabbed the TIE Fighter (75095) and Jedi Defender for 1-200 hundred USD cheaper - missing the Box for the TIE Fighter - had to spend 75 cents as it was missing one piece (pilots blaster) LOL! - Been aiming for the UCS Y-Wing (75181) and UCS B-Wing (10227) as well. Ok ill stop - my wish list is a bit long and spendy. XD

3 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

Took advantage of the 15% Rakuten cash back on Monday to get the UCS Star Destroyer.

Congrats on buying your 3 Foot long beast of a beautiful set. Take your time with it - its VERY challenging - you won't forget it. I actually "lit mine up" with LED's. :)

2 hours ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

AT-AT from Thanksgiving should arrive today. 2 shipments (promo and set). Excited to add to the collection!

I'm jealous - mines arriving tomorrow *pouts*

[RichardGoring]

3 hours ago, Kage Goomba said:

Congrats on buying your 3 Foot long beast of a beautiful set. Take your time with it - its VERY challenging - you won't forget it. I actually "lit mine up" with LED's. :)

Yes, I'm tempted to put some lighting in it. Not sure whether to light the engines and display them outward, or try to get some shadows on it, to make it dramatic like the box art. But looking forward to it!

[Kage Goomba]

15 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Yes, I'm tempted to put some lighting in it. Not sure whether to light the engines and display them outward, or try to get some shadows on it, to make it dramatic like the box art. But looking forward to it!

I went with brickmax ( https://www.briksmax.com/products/light-kit-for-imperial-star-destroyer-75253?_pos=5&_sid=066da9313&_ss=r)

Took me a month - its very intensive - but I felt this was the closest to "appropriate" lighting up the Star Destroyer.

If you need pointers let me know - If you DO get this kit - PM me - there are things you might want to know. :)

Can provide pics if you want.

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, Kage Goomba said:

I went with brickmax ( https://www.briksmax.com/products/light-kit-for-imperial-star-destroyer-75253?_pos=5&_sid=066da9313&_ss=r)

Took me a month - its very intensive - but I felt this was the closest to "appropriate" lighting up the Star Destroyer.

If you need pointers let me know - If you DO get this kit - PM me - there are things you might want to know. :)

Can provide pics if you want.

Thanks! Will do! Might take me a while to build it though. Need to move house before I have space for it. Hopefully soon.

[Kage Goomba]

22 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Thanks! Will do! Might take me a while to build it though. Need to move house before I have space for it. Hopefully soon.

Took me 2 weeks myself - A month for LED Kit after that - I also had to replace the manual....as mine arrived damaged - Lego sent one that was also damaged - 3rd one was lost in the mail.

So yes...I have 3. :) It's a funny story for a nice model hehe.

[The Boba Fett]

18 hours ago, Kage Goomba said:

I've been aiming for that too - You shopping on Ebay or do you have a 'nother source for golden sets like that?

Been lucky myself - grabbed the TIE Fighter (75095) and Jedi Defender for 1-200 hundred USD cheaper - missing the Box for the TIE Fighter - had to spend 75 cents as it was missing one piece (pilots blaster) LOL! - Been aiming for the UCS Y-Wing (75181) and UCS B-Wing (10227) as well. Ok ill stop - my wish list is a bit long and spendy. XD

Managed to find th Snow Speeder in its original box on BrickLink. There's not really any more of the older UCS sets I would get as they have too many studs showing for my liking and of course build techniques are so much better and cooler now. MOC wise I would love a Tie Advanced and an X-wing Fighter. That's all I'd want (besides a UCS Falcon) to complete a Star Wars "classics" collection. I have the UCS Slave One, which is such a cool set but I've had to do a LOT of modding to that and even now I'm considering a rebuild of the cockpit! I'd be tempted by a B Wing UCS to mod too such a cool, unique looking craft....all very spendy! lol

[SquirrelArmy]

7 hours ago, The Boba Fett said:

 MOC wise I would love a Tie Advanced and an X-wing Fighter. 

This post actually reminded me that I needed to post some updated pics of my Trench Run MOC. Here's a little inspiration for you!

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/165390-trench-run-moc-to-display-minifig-scale-ships/

 

[Kage Goomba]

My AT-AT with Lightsaber arrived today finally.

Box is in mint condition - they had extra padding in the shipping box - at least on the sides.

Hopefully Manual is in mint condition too. :)

Can't wait to get started on it.

[The Boba Fett]

On 12/2/2021 at 9:05 PM, SquirrelArmy said:

This post actually reminded me that I needed to post some updated pics of my Trench Run MOC. Here's a little inspiration for you!

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/165390-trench-run-moc-to-display-minifig-scale-ships/

 

Very cool! I need to get some shots of my modified Snowspeeder up!

[Tipsy46]

Got the UCS A-Wing last Saturday and the UCS AT-AT on release day (although it’s a Christmas present so can’t open it yet...)

[Kage Goomba]

4 hours ago, Tipsy46 said:

Got the UCS A-Wing last Saturday and the UCS AT-AT on release day (although it’s a Christmas present so can’t open it yet...)

The A-Wing is a joy to build - they did a great job - It's also my first LED'ed set as well - look forward to it.
I'm on the final box with my AT-AT - already trying to figure out how I'm going to light it up. ^_^

[Tipsy46]

3 hours ago, Kage Goomba said:

The A-Wing is a joy to build - they did a great job - It's also my first LED'ed set as well - look forward to it.
I'm on the final box with my AT-AT - already trying to figure out how I'm going to light it up. ^_^

Nice

I’ve never fitted lights to a set

I build Rich Boy Jhaes Razorcrest last year which came with lights but that’s about it 

Do you use kits or buy the LEDs and make them yourself? 

[ArrowBricks]

Amazon UK: 

AT-AT (2020) -£104

Darth Vader’s Castle - £100 

Plan to sell both within the following couple of years.