Brick_Sash

On 11/16/2020 at 2:09 PM, Spiff said:

Very AWESOME!

I always loved Lego's as a kid. I would build Lego versions of ships I saw in movies from memory. No internet to look up pics. I especially remember after seeing Aliens, building a drop ship and the APC. I even had the turret on the APC able to move from the rear to the top! Ah those were the days, playing and building with Legos for hours on the floor. Now I can barely get out of a chair.... 

Lol that made me laugh. You can still have a good time with LEGO, according to them up to the age of 99

On 11/17/2020 at 3:18 AM, Convectuoso said:

I know what you mean. I'm seriously considering getting this one:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005001499184185.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.748e2e0euyOLLY

 

Cute, but a total rip off. At 129USD, you'd probably be able to build this set using real Lego's for the same amount of money. Download yourself LDD or Stud.io and you can rebuild the set based on the pictures. That's what those Chinese knock off companies do anyway with all the HOT sets on LEGO Ideas.

That's why I'll never buy a product from them. They rebuild sets based on pictures the original creator posted, and the result is just garbage. 

Since most designers don't post pictures of the internal structures, the copy cats have to improvise. What you get are disasters like the Lepin Gundam.

Sharing some pictures of the actual build. The project has now around 1270 votes with over 500 days to go. If you are internste, you can support the idea at: 

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/abb7ff10-7691-4461-8f95-3040a169ae48

Thanks for the support!

Hi guys.

One of my creations was accepted into Lego Ideas.

It's the VF-1A in fighter mode, 64cm in length, no transformation.

It features multiple features like sweepable wings, functional landing gear and wing flaps.

In order for it to make it into the review phase I have to reach 10000 votes.

If you like it and think it's something that would interest you, I hope you could support it on the Lego Ideas site.

You can find my project here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/abb7ff10-7691-4461-8f95-3040a169ae48

Thank you!

On 8/31/2017 at 8:41 AM, no3Ljm said:

Did you show him atleast a phone snapshots of your SDF-1?

 

No I didn't, my wife was using my phone to take pictures. I was just too focus on the two valks. One of them was partially disassembled , so before I met him I had to put it back together to have it actually signed. If he ever comes back to Manila I'll have one of the ARMD carriers signed and I'll print out a nice poster sized picture of the SDF-1 for him to sign as well. But knowing that Kazutaka Miyatake designed the SDF-1, I wonder if it would be okay though.

On 9/2/2017 at 11:47 PM, ScrambledValkyrie said:

@Brick_Sash, that's really cool (and fitting) that you got to show your amazing work to the man himself! Makes for a great and unforgettable story, for sure.

Thanks, it was  the number one topic during my last LEGO Group meeting. I'm happy that I was able to go and that my wife supported me in this. She waited with me for 9 hours. 

15 hours ago, chyll2 said:

haha makes you wonder, what will be his reaction if you brought your SDF-1 lego.

Haha, I'm seriously wondering that too. I wish I would have at least brought one of the ARMD carriers. But I had my hands full with the two battroids.

One of them was in my backpack the other one I had in a paperbag. I had to be ultra careful because people kept on bumping into my stuff.

51 minutes ago, arbit said:

That is awesome! Personally I think your Lego valk designs are amazing.

What did he think of your builds?

Did he check them out in detail, or too busy?

He looked very happy and pointed out areas like the chest and other pieces, he called his assistant over and had her take pictures.

He genuinely seemed to appreciate the builds. If it wasn't for the language barrier I'm sure we could have had a short but interesting conversation

about the MOCs.

28 minutes ago, Xigfrid said:

I don't if I could stand in line for that long, seriously you deserve the glory

The girl behind looked very interested and was taking pictures of the VF though!

Thanks! I would have waited even longer if it would have been necessary. There was a time where I thought I wouldn't make it because the line was progressing at a crawl.

Pretty much everyone who fell in line had items signed and commissioned a drawing/ sketch, which took anywhere from 5-10 minutes. Thankfully I was among the first 40-50 people  that day. We were there before the event started, and the lines were loooooong. I wonder if people who arrived in the afternoon were still able to get an autograph, I heard he signed till 8pm, I was done by 7pm. We arrived at the event at 8:30am.

Just wanted to share this with you guys. I had the honor to meet Shoji Kawamori himself during the Asia Pop Comic Con.

I waited 9 hours in line that day to meet him and have my LEGO creations signed. It was an amazing experience.

I felt like a little kid, I was nervous as hell. A moment I won't forget

CUSTOM BRICK CREATIONS- VF-1A& S

PDF instructions including parts list in Xml format and decal template (photoshop)

Bricks are not included but need to be purchased separately!

@Mazinger Thank you!

@arbit Try changing the theme into extended, that makes all pieces available in all colors. Otherwise, as already mentioned by M'Kyunn, the inventory is incomplete. It might take some time until it will be updated again.

Thank you guys! As said by @barurutor, this set wouldn't make it far. Licensing would definitely be a problem. On top of that, this is not really a play set. It's comparable to LEGO Ultimate Collector Series sets, it's made of over 1000 bricks and is rather fragile. You build it, pose it, and then place it in your display case/cabinet next to your other Valks.

I just wanted to create something that I could display next to my SDF-1 during conventions.

@ScrambledValkyrie Most parts were sourced off Bricklink, some came from my own stash. But Bricklink is your #1 source for LEGO bricks. When I build the actual set, I back track my own steps based on the LDD model. I use blueprint to create instructions, LDD's generated Instructions are useless in most cases, You've got to group and subgroup parts of your model, and even then LDD creates steps that can't be followed.

You can export a parts list/ inventory any time, it just can't be imported into Bricklink. You have to manually search for each part. 

Time to update this thread with the actual builds. I've made decals to add detail to the mocs. I haven't taken pictures of the A yet, so I'll just post the S for now.

Some quick info on the set, it's 39cm / 15.8 inches tall, approx 1150 bricks.

Thanks for the kind words guys, I'm glad you like it.

Sorry you guys had to wait this long, but I finally took some pictures. I finished the last ARMD carrier last night for today's event, so you guys finally get to see some pictures of the finished SDF-1. I'll update the first post as well. Hope you'll like them!

This is amazing! Keep up the great work.

On 12/31/2016 at 6:06 PM, big F said:

That seems to be one of the main problems on the fan build submission site, they have ignored so many really good AFOL creations just to go with something that they can turn into a commercial piñata. The amount of builds over the years that have made the 10,000 votes and dissapeared into the void afterwards, it can't all be down to Lego saying it would be commercially to expensive or difficult for builders to make. Not when they can toute a personalised mosaic picture of yourself with a total of £25 worth of bricks for £100, and people que up to get one. 

 

Would you you consider making the build file available for the ARMD 01 available ? I've always loved them as a design, I've tried the LDD on several occasions and can honestly say I'm crap at it. Give me a vat of bricks and a few days and I can build stuff, but the budget doesn't stretch to the random bulk buying of new and used boxes of Lego that it used to do. So that kinda approach is out of reach now. 

Let me clean up the file before I post it. I made some questionable choices, like using a 1x2  and 2x2 in places where I could have used a 2x3 plate. I fixed those issues when I made the actual build. It seems like I was a bit in a rush when I built the ARMD carriers.

3 hours ago, MechTech said:

The valk looks great!  I think it's one of the more accurate versions I've seen! - MT

Thanks MT !

20 hours ago, spanner said:

the 25 looks great so far! I've tried messing about with the lego builder but its not as easy as one would think.. which I found curious as I played with lego a great deal as a kid and thought that would carry over but it didn't really.. 

Thanks! Funny because a friend and I were talking about LDD vs actual brick prototyping.

He told me he admired people who use LDD because he just can't get the hang of it. Personally I envy him because he has enough bricks to just go ahead and prototype. I have to say that some things are easier accomplished with real bricks. LDD can a bit tedious at times, but I have no other choice. 

10 hours ago, spanner said:

very nice work mate! they look fantastic! even if they don't transform.. 

now all you gotta do is create gerwalk and fighter fixed versions! 

be sure to post those photos when complete! 

Thanks mate. Some time ago, I started work on a VF-25 but it's on ice right now. I might make some changes and turn it into a gerwalk VF-1 or fighter mode with strike pack. It's of a bigger scale than the battroid though.

9 hours ago, Xigfrid said:

Looking really nice as is!

Thanks !

Hi guys !

So after finishing the SDF-1 I thought that something was missing. Of course the SDf-1 can't be without it's squadron of valks.

I loaded up Lego Digital Designer and started on working on Hikaru's VF-1A from DYRL. I didn't want to spend all that much time,

so I decided that I'd only build it in battroid mode, no transformation.

Finished product sports approx 1030 bricks, a lot less than the 11.000 brick heavy SDF-1.

Now it's time to start the actual build.

19 hours ago, big F said:

As a long term Lego collector who has easily spent as much on Lego as Macross, I am in awe of this build.  I often wondered when someone might try and do this correctly.

Id be up for building one of these, brick link and my Lego account would take a bashing

Awesome work.

 

Thank you ! I hope you get to build your own SDF-1 one day. I love Lego but I have a feeling that other themes are being dominated by anything Star Wars.

You get dozens of replies/feedback for the 100th iteration of an AT AT, Star Destroyer or Millennium Falcon, but out standing MOC's in other themes often fall through the cracks.

I'd love to see more attempts on Macross other themed MOCs.

12 hours ago, MechTech said:

That looks  great!!!  Also congratulations on being one of the few people here to start something that big and actually finish it! - MT

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that ! I enjoyed every moment working on this project, and at the end I can say that it was worth the effort.

The SDF-1 has been completed and I will update the first post once I have some better quality pictures.

In the mean time you can visit the Facebook page.

I recall you put the LDD file up for sale.... I suggest you do that through rebrickable.com and other MOC sites too....

I was planning to sell the LDD file, but I decided to finish the actual build first. I made some improvements to the frame and some other important

changes to improve the overall sturdiness of the MOC.

Once I'm done I'll consider if I'll sit down and take the time to work on some instructions. But for now I just want to concentrate on finishing it.

Anyway, thanks for the advice. Could you please name me some other MOC sites besides mocpages.com ?

Here is the latest progress. I improved the docking blocks, they are much thicker and stronger now. Holding up the ARM carriers should no longer be an issue (I hope so).