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Nice set Homer

 

pretty cool offerings

http://citizenbrick.com/

 

They have a Walt minifig! Hehehe "Chemistry Enthusiast" ROFL

http://shop.citizenbrick.com/Chemistry-Enthusiast-81320.htm

 

"... while cooking up the purest product on the market." Holy shit, that's so wrong.

 

$20 is a lot, but I am sooooooooooo tempted...

 

Out of stock. :-(

Saw a pic somewhere where someone had made a detailed model of Wales lab out of Lego...

 

It should be for sale soon

 

that website has zombie lego babies

 

Can't wait!

For some reason the original cuusoo one looks better?

 

This has to be a big seller.



LOL

 

My kids saw that & lost it!

they were kind of freaked out by all the zombie stuff though - then I got yelled at for showing it to them.

 

I liked the bong as well. An oldie but a goodie.

 

reason for the blocky hood

 

I see that however I offer that this still looks better.

 

This reminds me of the DeLorean that I saw this past weekend. Sadly I didn't snap a picture fast enough.

 

got me a VIP credit waiting to spend on this

 

Me too but I can tell you I'll be making it look more like the cuusoo design.

 

Apologies again for the photobomb, but I finished the AT-AT and wanted to show it off

The final model is about 23" tall and about 28" long. It's got roughly 2800 bricks. It has a crew of 22 Snowtroopers, 2 Imperial deck sergeants, 2 AT-AT drivers, 2 Imperial commanders and a General (Veers). It's also carrying full weaponry for the entire crew, and a single Snowspeeder. And of course there's a young Jedi hanging from the belly, ready to throw thermal detonator into the hull. The level of detail puts it amazingly close to the movie, and it totally deserves a UCS plaque (might work on that next).

I have to say, this could never, ever be an actual Lego model. The whole thing is frighteningly fragile. In the middle of taking the pics, I accidentally bumped it and it crumbled into about 100 pieces. I damn near cried. It also required a lot of modification just to make it somewhat stable. The neck required a significant amount of reinforcement within the body to ensure it wouldn't just fall off and take the front of the body with it. Prob spent 4 hours on that alone. The legs, while sturdy, are attached with a single technic pin, which makes the whole model very wobbly. And if one leg goes, the whole thing goes (see above for the results!).

I know I said that I'd be happy to share my parts list and annotations to the instructions, but in the end I borrowed a lot of parts from my spares box to keep the neck stable and connected, and didn't keep track of any of them. I also added some interior detail that I didn't keep track of. So I've got a parts list that's sort of complete, but I won't know exactly what bricks are in the model until I take it apart some day. Still happy to give you what I've got, but understand that your milage may vary. Send me a PM if you're interested.

Overall, I'm really happy with how it came out. It was an amazing project. It was a scavenger hunt (for some very rare bricks), a puzzle and a source of frustration all wrapped up in a big ass model.

Thanks for the great comments on the progress pics. If it wasn't for this thread, I prob wouldn't have finished it until 2015

And now for the pics!

Sides, front, back, angles:















Cockpit crew with General Veers leading the charge:



Rear cargo bay with Snowspeeder and armed Snowtroopers:



Upper deck troop hold:



Upper deck weaponry (created largely because Snowtroopers can't sit down with their helmet/backpack on, so I needed a place to store them):



The upper deck crew area is removable to get to the lower deck:



Lower deck crew hold from the top:



The doors on the lower deck crew hold slide up into the upper deck:





There are also four small doors per side to give a view of the inside without having to lift the upper hinged hatches:



And of course it wouldn't be complete without Luke ready to cut open the hull, throw in a thermal detonator and take the beast down!



Hope you guys enjoyed following this project as much as I enjoyed posting about it. And now for

 

holy smokes that's awesome great job man

 

Un. Fucking. Real.