Archive for the ‘Creations’ Category
Ryan | November 7th, 2009 | Creations
Ace | October 28th, 2009 | Creations
[MOD] 7778 MIDI-scale Millennium Falcon + Lifelites eLite Jr.
When I was building the MIDI-scale Falcon set for the review, I was noticing just how much hollow space there was all around the ship. Then I got to thinking about modding it to have working headlights and a glowing engine; all that empty space should be enough to hide some wires and a battery box or two. I turned to Lifelites to see what was possible. After consulting with Rob, I ordered two sets of eLite Jr. kits and got my kits in the mail a few days later. If you want to see how the mod is done, hit the full article link below.
Ryan | October 19th, 2009 | Creations
Gettin’ His Hurr Did
We don’t post nearly enough SW mocs these days. I woke up to this one from im.mick in the FBTB Flickr Outpost from this morning and I’m laughing too hard to not share it:
Ace | October 5th, 2009 | Creations
R2-D2 Minifig Brickmodder’ed With Lights and Sound
Rob over at Brickmodder Labs is a master at lighting up minifigs. He was the one responsible for my light-up chrome C-3PO fig. I always knew he was able to do an R2-D2 minifig, but he decided to take it one step further. By taking the sound and light components from a Hasbro action figure, he modded the circuit board and cut it down to size to fit inside an R2 minifig body to create the world’s first minifig with sound. For more information and a video, check out the Brickmodder Labs Blogology post: R2-D2 minifig with lights and sound . And just to answer everyone’s questions up front: no, he is not selling his fig; and he has no plans on mass producing it either.
Forum Topic of the Moment
Have you missed me? I’ve certainly missed all of you. I’ve been on the forum and site a lot less since starting work for Legoland, so I only get to peruse the topics late at night or on the weekends.
This thread caught my eye, and I thought I’d highlight it to generate more conversation.
Why do some MOC topics get comments and others don’t? Lack of a picture in the post? Is it the name of the topic, or the name of the creation itself? Is it the builder? Don Solo has some suggestions if you’re a frustrated builder not getting the attention you seek. Chime in, I’m looking forward to even more enlightening discussion on the forum.
My own thoughts: Like anyone, my circumstances and attitude have changed over time. Years ago when I started on FBTB, I was a builder who rarely stepped foot outside the MOC forum. I responded to creations as I hoped/expected others would to mine. But ever since becoming an admin on the site (and before my new job,) I had to do my best to read every topic in every forum. I saw all the creations. But because I was so busy doing my rounds of the forum (troublemakers to attend to!) I didn’t have much time to respond. I’m viewing, but not posting, as many people seem to be doing.
So why do I think other people respond to some models and not others? I don’t think it has anything to do with the general quality of the models lately, or for any one single particular reason. As Turk’s post put it, this site and forum has become more a place for product and theme discussion rather than model discussion. This isn’t a bad thing, just something that happened over time as member and staff focus has shifted.
Is this something we need to work on? Do you miss seeing models on the main page? Do you care either way? Let’s talk.
Life-sized LEGO Destroyer Droid
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
There was an event at LEGOLAND, CA called the Star Wars Galactic Challenge Building Contest. The winners of the challenge (one in each age group) were able to pick a droid of their choosing to be rendered in LEGO form as part of the eye-popping prize package. One of the winners picked a Destroyer Droid, of which FBTB was able to get exclusive pictures of. You can read all about it and see the pictures of the model on it’s featured page:
UCS Models by Gareth
Gareth Bowler, longtime SW mocmaker extraordinaire, has been posting some new/newish/old models to Brickshelf. Here’s a couple of his latest, a UCS Speederbike, and an updated A-Wing!
Click here for the full gallery!
Of the two, my favorite is the speederbike, which has some really great details I like, such as tires for the handle grips, and some fantastic greebling where the steering vanes connect to the main body.
Click here for the A-Wing gallery!
The A-Wing is sleek as ever. The canopy stands out to me.
Click here for the full UCS gallery, which includes a new TIE Interceptor, Swamp Speeder, and General Grievous Fighter.
We’ve gotten emails and forum posts from people asking where Gareth’s spotlight page from the old site is. It’s archived, but we’re still trying to cement our plans for handling spotlights here on the new site. Although we may not end up featuring individual builders with their own pages like we used to, we still intend to highlight the best and most amazing Star Wars-related creations we find.
Share your thoughts via the Comments button below.
Final Lap
OK Bothans, the race is back on and the competitors are headed out on the track. The ranks are mixed up as they leave the chaotic pit lane, some got hit harder than others… but no one was immune. The more damage dealt, the farther back they start the final lap. Curious how the high and low ends of the rankings were the biggest targets, and that classy iPod Racer ended up as the most loathed by a single vote over the Desert Nomad. Meanwhile the G-pod, Exo Racer and Unspod had the lightest attacks… maybe these sleepers from the center of the pack are going to burst through to the front to take the win!
Here is the voting lineup for the final lap (but NOT the current rankings!):
Make sure you stop by the final lap thread to get your votes in!
Ryan | March 18th, 2009 | Creations
FoxHound’s Mon Cal Cruiser
Thomas “Fox Hound” Benedikt presents his 30,000 piece Mon Cal Cruiser, and boy is it a beauty!
Click for HI RES version
Some notable stats:
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Length: 260 Studs or 208 cm or 6’10” (82 inches)
Width: 48 cm (Max)
Height: 28 cm (Max)
Weight: 52 lbs (Approximate)
Cost: $5500 US.
Find all this and many more photos and more information via his MOCpage or Brickshelf, and leave him some feedback here on FBTB!
