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[wokajablocka]

Im sure it got to do with the printing of elements. I notice the hollow studs and head when double sided faces started to appear. The machine needs to run a few diffrent colours and print on either side of the element, so to do this it need to know which way the element is facing. Inside the stud it has 3 little bars, this is how the machine knows which way the element is facing.

Now to answer your question - Not sure. Maybe sets before the double sided faces appeared have a solid stud and after have the hollow? Hope this helps.

[Brickadeer]

I supposed that it is related to the year of production since e.g. Fox, my 8014 clones and Chrome Vader have hollow studs while the recent ARF Troopers don't.

Thanks for your replies, though.

[Fallenangel]

I don't know about the minifigure, but someone once said that a minifigure-scaled Jabba the Hutt would be about six studs high and twelve studs long from belly to tail. If you're feeling braver, Pepa Quin made a brickbuilt Jabba in a larger-than-minifigure scale some time back.

[distortme]

I don't know about the minifigure, but someone once said that a minifigure-scaled Jabba the Hutt would be about six studs high and twelve studs long from belly to tail. If you're feeling braver, Pepa Quin made a brickbuilt Jabba in a larger-than-minifigure scale some time back.

Nice! But not that brave to build one - however it does look good!

I will buy a minifig Jabba at some stage but not until I've build parts of the MOC with existing bricks. So it's the minifig's size I'm after.

[Ceroknight]

Hello, I have two questions

Is the rebel scout trooper worth £ 6.95?

And can you help me find some major flaws in the 10212 Imperial Shuttle?

Thanks

[Fallenangel]

And can you help me find some major flaws in the 10212 Imperial Shuttle?

True! But...

The beak on yours [cavegod's] is shifted a little too high so the 'bat wings' located behind the cockpit glass sweep above the upper line of the fuselage. It gives your overall cockpit section a nicer line than Dmac's and matches the dimensions of the set mock-up from ROTJ but it doesn't follow the ILM studio model's silhouette quite so closely. The neck on yours looks to have followed the same blueprints and so is thicker than the studio model. Both of these choices allow more room for all four figures to fit comfortably (and presumably help make room for a ramp too).

If you were to follow the ILM model as closely as possible then the neck should be more slender under the nose (by about a brick's width) and your cockpit/nose section shifted down (also by about a brick's width). This keeps the clean line of the cockpit and has the bat wings terminate at the right level. Consequently I reckon you'd then have a harder time fitting all the figures and the ramp in (and I'm assuming this ramp to be fully functional with a reasonable entrance into the interior).

Dmac's cockpit terminates at the right height with the fuselage (but lacks the neck detailing that succeeds so nicely on yours) and therefore runs out of head room for the second row occupants in the cockpit. He could fit all the seats in with his CAD model but opted for only two seats with the actual physical MOC in the end. He could have thickened the neck to accommodate the head room needed for the additional figures or raised the height of the cockpit section but chose to maintain accuracy instead. He was also able to fit his ramp in comfortably while keeping the low profile nose section intact.

It looks to me like TLC have also tried to match a 'low profile' nose. This has meant their design resembles Dmac's and faces the same problems- how to create the headroom for the second row of seats? Rather than dump space for two figures their solution was to thicken the neck under the beak. Now the neck is pretty much in line with the fuselage below and leaves little room for a ramp mechanism that could do the model justice.

So its true, you could have four figures and a ramp but the result is less accurate externally. Mind you I've done all this speculation in my head whereas you've built the crazy thing. Its all just hypothetical to me....

As for an interior its good to know that its like an empty TARDIS in there. Does this mean that if we incorporate a ramp we only have to click our fingers to open it?

[into the blue]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to complete my collection of minikits and I'm looking for a parts list for the unreleased 30053 mini AAT.

I found the plans to make the kit in the Star Wars Instruction Index, but being a bit of a n00b (and being colour-blind as well) I find ordering the correct parts very difficult without the piece numbers.

I was wondering if anyone had a complete parts list or if anyone could point me in the right direction?

Cheers.

[Thego]

I'm trying to complete my collection of minikits and I'm looking for a parts list for the unreleased 30053 mini AAT.

It's 30052 I think. Sorry, I couldn't find anything on Brickset or Peeron.

[Petit-bleu]

Hello.

I have seen somewhere a mod for 8129's "head", in order to manage to put in 2 pilots and Veers. I don't seem to find it anymore. Does anyone remember this?

Is the rebel scout trooper worth £ 6.95?

If you're talking about the whole battlepack i would say yes. But i feel we will soon see a remake of these figures.

[22kane]

I'm at my local TRU right now and they have 2 X-Wing fighters 6212 for sale. This set was released in 2006 so it's weird to see it on the shelves. The price is $59.99 which seems a bit high but I'm having a hard time turning it down. The question is, why do they have such an old set? Ive never seen anything like this at a large chain.

Edit- at the register the price came down to $50 so it turned out to be a good deal. They also threw in a free Harry Potter promo set.

Edited September 5, 2011 by 22kane

[Brickdoctor]

Up until the middle of this year, 6212 had yet to be retired and was still listed for sale on S@H.

[Thego]

The 6212 X-Wing was on the US S&H page yesterday when I looked.

[TFGuy89]

Hello, this might sound like a obvious question, and I'm not even sure if it belongs here, but it's my first time ordering on Bricklink. I was wondering if it is usually the policy of Bricklink sellers to provide the minifigures' lightsabers or other accessories (like blasters) along with the figures? Nowhere was it stated, and the stock photos of the figure do not show the accessories. Thank you!

[prateek]

You have to buy accessories separately, unless it's stated.

[TFGuy89]

You have to buy accessories separately, unless it's stated.

Darn, that's a shame. Thank you very much!

[Gokey]

Not exactly star wars related but can someone explain why the September Lego calender said you would get a free lego city mini airplane with a $75 purchase yet i dont see it when i add anything to cart? Or does it just not show up like it used to anymore?

[moop]

Hello,

I just picked up a bag of about 40 minifigs at a flea market. I'm trying to put them together the best that I can, but is there a resource for matching pieces on the different star wars minigigs?

[Ceroknight]

Hello,

I just picked up a bag of about 40 minifigs at a flea market. I'm trying to put them together the best that I can, but is there a resource for matching pieces on the different star wars minigigs?

Try Brickset.com

[moop]

Try Brickset.com

Thanks a bunch

[Brickadeer]

I received the impression that recent TCW clone minifigs (7913, 7959) have significantly more often slight misprints or inaccuracies than early TCW clone minifigs (8014, 7676). Is this correct?

My second question is about the announced set 9488. Everyone seems to like the ARC Trooper. I don't understand that, because this figure simply looks awkward to me. It simply looks much worse than the phase I clone troopers, which is a bad thing, since apparently the phase II armors as shown in season 3 of TCW were obviously meant to look much cooler. Am I the only one who doesn't like the design of the ARC Trooper?

Edited September 14, 2011 by Brickadeer

[Fallenangel]

My second question is about the announced set 9488. Everyone seems to like the ARC Trooper. I don't understand that, because this figure simply looks awkward to me. It simply looks much worse than the phase I clone troopers, which is a bad thing, since apparently the phase II armors as shown in season 3 of TCW were obviously meant to look much cooler. Am I the only one who doesn't like the design of the ARC Trooper?

I thought the 'Phase 1.5' ARC was a bad Photoshop job the first time I laid eyes upon it. The combination of the Phase I fin with the Phase II air filters and visor is simply bizarre.

[Ceroknight]

I received the impression that recent TCW clone minifigs (7913, 7959) have significantly more often slight misprints or inaccuracies than early TCW clone minifigs (8014, 7676). Is this correct?

My second question is about the announced set 9488. Everyone seems to like the ARC Trooper. I don't understand that, because this figure simply looks awkward to me. It simply looks much worse than the phase I clone troopers, which is a bad thing, since apparently the phase II armors as shown in season 3 of TCW were obviously meant to look much cooler. Am I the only one who doesn't like the design of the ARC Trooper?

I think it is because the recent ones are more detailed in the printing.

And I completly agree with you about the ARC trooper. That has to be the most funny looking figure ever

[Solscud007]

Sorry, I've been away for a little while. Has there been any news on Halloween lego sets at Target?

[Ritz Brick]

I was considering buying 10030 via the parts for the set off bricklink instead of buying the set itself (which seems to be fairly common now) for some ridiculous price. If I were to resell it in a couple years, do you think someone would buy it? Even if it isn't actually 10030, it's just a remake? I wouldn't try and pass it off as the real thing.

I've calculated that buying the pieces for it instead of the set itself would only cost about $300-$400 depending on if I got the sticker or not ($52 )

[Fallenangel]

I've calculated that buying the pieces for it instead of the set itself would only cost about $300-$400 depending on if I got the sticker or not ($52 )

This isn't directly related to the question, but might I ask how exactly you came to this figure?