Post your general LEGO Star Wars questions here

[Sucram]

16 hours ago, RetroInferno said:

It's a really good model but an expensive one to be sure, I bought it nontheless, I used all of my VIP points for the whole wave and double VIP will be nice for the winter wave :)

Cool thanks

[Kakureon]

Very new to this, I would like to know what the best millennium falcon set to buy is?

[Flandy]

Most cost effective has to be the currently available one, especially with the triple VIP points, which is an effective 15% discount. Previous system scale falcons are inferior, and the UCS one is about 10 times more to buy even if you bricklink it. If you can find a cheaper used earlier system version, then it might be worth it, but they lack detail and accuracy the further back in time you go.

[Kakureon]

1 minute ago, Flandy said:

Most cost effective has to be the currently available one, especially with the triple VIP points, which is an effective 15% discount. Previous system scale falcons are inferior, and the UCS one is about 10 times more to buy even if you bricklink it. If you can find a cheaper used earlier system version, then it might be worth it, but they lack detail and accuracy the further back in time you go.

Cheers. I thought as much.

[Bolingbroke]

never mind the triple points, on amazon uk it was recently discounted by about 35%.

[Kakureon]

Is there anything on a box that tells you that the set is a mini fig scale set?

[Artanis I]

5 minutes ago, Kakureon said:

Is there anything on a box that tells you that the set is a mini fig scale set?

If you can see by the photos that minifigs fit inside it. If multiple minifigs are listed for the set.

Such as this:

or this:

but not this:

or this:

[Kakureon]

Thanks ??

[DarthHank]

I already have the 10188 Death Star, so I have no interest in getting the new one, but I am interested in the 3 new Imperial officers: SW770, SW774, and SW775. Right now they are very expensive on Bricklink, around $25 each. How long will it take them to go down in price, and how far will they drop?

[RetroInferno]

Tarkin costs around 40-45 CAN, that is ridiculous.

They may drop because no one buys them, and I'll hold into my wallet. There's already a planned imperial officer for both the Y-Wing and Krennic's imperial shuttle January first, who could very take some of these elements introduced in the Deathstar remake. 

I could see them drop as low as 20$ USD, the only thing that is worth reselling are the figs of this set. 

[VaderFan2187]

Which is better: 2002's UCS Star Destroyer or 2011's SSD?

[Robianco]

12 hours ago, VaderFan2187 said:

Which is better: 2002's UCS Star Destroyer or 2011's SSD?

They're both quite different ships and I think as sets they look quite different due to the scale. 10221 is a very impressive build but I think the Star Destroyer is a far more iconic shape so the scale of the 10030 UCS set looks better to me. I've not built either so you'd have to ask those that have which of them was a better build experience and which has the better rigidity etc.

[Richpepperell]

I'm looking to do some (Star Wars) polybag trades - is there a suitable thread for this anywhere - moderators please feel free to redirect me!

[Jar Jar Bricks]

Any one else feel like attack of the clones hasn't been very well represented in the last couple of years, I know that in 2013 we got pretty much all the geonosian based sets and that is most of the vehicles from Ep2, but why release them all in one year? Why not space them out a bit? Besides what about obi-wans delta 7? Or even remakes of the coruscant chase scene and anakins speeder when he goes after shmi

[Robianco]

On 15/10/2016 at 9:39 AM, Richpepperell said:

I'm looking to do some (Star Wars) polybag trades - is there a suitable thread for this anywhere - moderators please feel free to redirect me!

If you haven't had a response to this yet then maybe set up a thread over in the B/S/T/F part of the site: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forum/16-buy-sell-trade-and-finds/

[GeekByKnight]

I'm planning to buy Obi-Wan's Starfighter, then buy yellow parts to swap for the red ones.

The only problem I'm finding is the stickers. The ones that go on the outside of the flaps at the end of the wings don't match the yellow. So I was thinking of cutting off the red parts and using them that way.

Has anyone modified stickers like this? If so, any advice?

[MaxTube55]

I don't know if prices are bad on the secondary market, but why not buy the recent actual Anakin set. 

[TWP]

45 minutes ago, MaxTube55 said:

I don't know if prices are bad on the secondary market, but why not buy the recent actual Anakin set. 

Indeed, that will be cheaper overall, and both sets look nearly identical. Also, you'll get the correct minifigs.

[GeekByKnight]

The cheapest I've found it is £40. Meanwhile I can get the Obi-Wan set for £17 and the yellow parts I need for about £10. Even after i buy Anakin, its still cheaper, plus it's a good entry level attempt at a moc as I haven't done anything like this before.

 

Any advice for cutting down stickers? Which the yellow set doesn't have.

[Hold0511]

Not seen anything on cutting down stickers - one of the topics is on colour swapping the Eta-2 class Jedi fighters (to Anni's black imperial style scheme / purple etc) and involves scanning and printing new amended stickers off the lego ones - perhaps that may help?

Edited October 19, 2016 by Hold0511

[pittpenguin123]

Scan the sheet and edit the red to be lego yellow. (you can find the RBG number on peerion i think)

[GeekByKnight]

Okay. The scanning thing sounds like it might be a LITTLE out of my league, but I'll look into it.

[MKJoshA]

9 hours ago, GeekByKnight said:

I'm planning to buy Obi-Wan's Starfighter, then buy yellow parts to swap for the red ones.

The only problem I'm finding is the stickers. The ones that go on the outside of the flaps at the end of the wings don't match the yellow. So I was thinking of cutting off the red parts and using them that way.

Has anyone modified stickers like this? If so, any advice?

I moved your question and the comments to the "General Question" topic.

[Artanis I]

17 hours ago, Jar Jar Bricks said:

Any one else feel like attack of the clones hasn't been very well represented in the last couple of years, I know that in 2013 we got pretty much all the geonosian based sets and that is most of the vehicles from Ep2, but why release them all in one year? Why not space them out a bit? Besides what about obi-wans delta 7? Or even remakes of the coruscant chase scene and anakins speeder when he goes after shmi

The reason heaps of sets came out for it that year was because Lucasfilm was going to release 3D versions of Episode II & III then (having already done Episode I), but Disney bought SW and ditched that, instead deciding to make 6 new movies. The Lego sets were already designed and in production, so they came out with no accompanying cinema promotion (sadly for TLG).

[irispen]

Can anyone tell me the real size of TIE STRIKER? its so long in lego form, comparing it to the official tie interceptor lego set, it is twice as long!