Grand Admiral

a post like this needs to be followed with a "no homo"

If lovin' the YF-21 is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Oh I am going to buy this so HARD.

Guys, I need support here - in the thread for Deep Space Starscream, the apparently movie-accurate repaint of Starscream, I have folks disputing the toy's accuracy because 'Starscream is tan', because the original release of the toy was tan and he looked that way in the movie. One guy is also claiming the Raptor is 'tannish grey'.

Wha?!

I still have my original Starscream. I'm not seeing any tan here.

I kinda like it but I'm holding out for a Dobber SV-51.

Friend of mine cleaned the "weathering" crap off his Masterpiece Starscream and the nosecone is BLUE!

(click for link)

Cool. I just played through that game again on MAME the other day.

How much do things like that cost for you to make via Bricklink?

There's no real way for me to answer that. It really depends on what parts you need, how common those parts are, who has them, how many they have, etc.

Bricklink has fluctuating prices and is very susceptible to supply and demand, since it's a fan-based site. Basically people open sets, sort the pieces, and sell them. The older and less common a piece, the more likely it's going to be expensive.

Here's a little something I cooked up this morning. Click it for the large size.

Here's a little something I cooked up this morning. Click it for the large size.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=16428

I ran a search on Brickshelf and turned those up. Thought they were pretty good. Now if only someone could build a mini-fig of it or some company make a candy toy of it...

This gallery is mine.

I built that several years ago. Unfortunately at the time I didn't have enough blue wings to make it completely accurate, and that was before I started buying parts from Bricklink.

Lately I've been thinking about building one of the Raiden fighters with some power-up boxes.

If I could figure out how to contact the make, I'd send him an e-mail or even leave a comment, but I don't see any features that let a person do that. I can figure out the majority of the parts they used, but I don't see them in the colors needed in the Lego Store, so I'm thinking he must have purchased a very specific kit that has all the parts needed inside of it. I almost doubt that some of the parts are Lego parts and not third party look-alike parts.

I don't see any clone bricks in these creations. However, I do see parts that were released in older sets that may not be in production now. LEGO doesn't produce every part in every color every year. Each year they have a part palette they work with, and only produce certain bricks in certain colors. They also don't make every piece in every set available online or through LEGO Factory at any given time.

If you're interested in getting specific pieces try http://www.bricklink.com/

I'm really tempted by Baikanfu. It's very much like the Gardian I had as a kid.

I thought they did a good job with the first one, so I'm all for it.

I love mine.

That is one ugly paint scheme. Yecch.

Please make the "Dobber" scheme SV-51.

And another vote for a VF-4.

I'm not planning to buy a 51, but I'd buy a Dobber-style repaint.

Yes, but these are like the 1978 Firebird gone horribly wrong.

"Fix me"

hold the arm (not the body) and pull the hand fewl!

I was holding the arm. It was some combination of the compression of the shoulder joint that caused it to break. The hands on my Convoy are VERY difficult to remove from the wrist sockets.

I'm certainly not so stupid that I'd try to pull the hand off by holding only the body.

Another vote for the "I'd buy both" camp.

Yeah the Super/Strike parts do add a lot of weight. It's too much to use the Yamato pose stand at certain banked angles.

Took a couple of new pics tonight.

I hate you people because now I'm thinking about buying multiples.

I wasn't feeling the sculpted fist either......which is why I cut into his hand a bit. It's a little tight, but my Destro can now hold his briefcase AND pop a cap off on a Joe, all at the same time.

I've found that minor cuttings (like for trigger fingers or for Duke's/Flint's elbow articulation) make a really nice improvement for the sculpts and the articulation.

I took the chance and cut on my Destro too. It worked well.

It works ok. The left arm is a bit floppy, but I had the magnets already. Ideally I'd probably use magnets that were about twice the size/strength.

It's ok, I fixed his shoulder with some rare earth magnets.