LEGO Star Wars AT-DP Walker (75083)

I think it's a nice model made by LEGO. The way LEGO made the sides mounting with the body was pretty smart. I got this set for almost a year and I didn't even know where I stored it until recent storage arrangement. I will put 4 new joints to it later. Stay tuned!

Lego Star Wars Rogue One AT-ST (75153): A Simple Fix

Finally, a new AT-ST set came out before I started my MOC project. Because of work and school work loads, I couldn't start that project. Now, I'm happy to get a set and modify it later. \

The first thing I needed to fix is the shape of the head and the two tiny opened windows. The original set's "face" was vertically downward like a block. At this stage, I just did a simple slope to the "face" and made the windows a bit bigger. I have no idea why I couldn't find the opposite 2 x 4 triangle as a pair (should be misplaced in other tray). Then, I used a Lepin triangle to replace it for now.





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Sorting LEPIN Bricks

 I have to say that Lepin triggered many Lego fans' evil mind deep inside. Most Lego fans treasure the nicely designed Lego and they love the designers inside Lego company. However, Lego is getting more and more expensive recently. I can say some of the sets are over-priced. On the other hand, I know it is not an excuse to support the knock-off brands and bootleg Lego sets. But... I fall into the dark side because of the limited availably of Iron Man suits minifigures and the attractive retired UCS sets. Moreover, the curiosity also brings me to their world. Why so many people said Lepin has very good quality? As my previous post mentioned, I bought one Lepin made First Order Transporter as 1 of 3 sets that I got for building 2 MOC Transporters. The bricks were pretty bad and I regret that too. But somehow, I saw Lepin had Creator series' Café Corner (2007 Retired Lego building). Other than a missing 1x2, two wrong 2x4 brown bricks instead of two 2x3 and a half broken window frame, everything was very nice. The feel and sizes improved a lot. Then, I decided to see if other sets were ok. Ghostbusters Fire House was my second big set of Lepin copy. It came in a big bag from DHL. The DHL people did the same thing again... The delivery guy signed by himself and left the huge package at my door steps without even press the door bell. No one knew about the delivery until I checked my front door at night. I thought DHL just let them do this. What a bad managed company!

 

The instruction was pretty thick and heavy. Same as the previous sets, they didn't have the numbered bags like what Lego had. Some people sorted them in colors. It would consume a lot of time and I would never suggest this way. The best way to save time is keeping them in the original bags but sorting them in a logical way. See the photo below...

 

I find this way is the fastest and easiest for how my mind works. It may not work for all people, I have to say.

LEGO Darth Vader's Advance TIE Fighter from the set 75150

I've been waiting for Vader's TIE a long time. It looks nice but I think the size of the wings are a bit smaller and closer to the body. What do you think?

Lego Star Wars: Rey Rescues BB-8 Scene

It's part of the set of Encounter on Jakku 75148. Because of work schedule, I don't have time to finish Unkar Plutt's shop. The color of the beast is a bit crazy (full Cyan?!). I know the original color below the dusts and rusts should be cyan but I prefer it is in grey. I may replace the head pieces when I have time.

Lego Star Wars: Carbon Freeze Chamber 75137 MOC

Lego Star Wars Carbon Freeze Chamber 75137 is a relatively cheaper set recently. It includes the operator, Boba Fett, and Han Solo (and carbon-freezing version). It's not something very cool coming out from the box. The main key selling point should be the minifigures. If you don't do anything to the set, it is just a half carbon freeze chamber with some play features. I don't think it's a very good deal if you expect it gives you the scene in Empire Strikes Back.

So now, I got two sets for getting two operators. Many pieces for this MOC come from my own stock. However, I don't have Lando and his assistant present in this iconic scene. I hope I will get them in other sets later.

LEGO Star Wars First Order General Hux Speech Scene MOC

This LEGO MOC scene is one of the iconic moment in The Force Awakens movie. In the scene, General Hux gave the speech to the army before The Starkiller Base launched the weapon to destroy the New Republic Government.

The reason for me to start this small project was about storage of First Order Officer minifigures from the battle packs and Kylo Ren Shuttle set. I thought they should have a "story stage" for display. Because of the limited space, I decided to build it on a 32 x 16 studs white board. Everything was built in a much smaller scale. It looked quite cute (unexpectedly).



After watching some YouTube reviews of the UCS Hoth Echo Base set, I decide not to get one. Other than the "play set" issue, the unfinished back side of the base and cannons really destroy the whole thing. The CAD300 set simply looks like being designed by a newbie builder. I feel bad for the one who approved this unfinished product in LEGO company.