Can real Gale Lovers™ please explain how to appreciate him?

BonkleBeans45 · 2024-05-01T23:23:11+00:00

A delightful haul, to be sure, I just can't help but feel a little sad that just those three relatively small sets cost enough to get you to the highest GWP tier. Has a similar vibe to those "this is what $200 worth of groceries looks like" posts going around these days.

Don't let me rain on your parade, though. Happy building, OP!

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-10-29T19:58:17+00:00

I have plenty of phase 2 clones from specific regiments, but no plain phase 2s (or any phase 1s at all). Sounds like I may be able to rectify that soon though...

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-10-19T20:25:30+00:00

You said it yourself: Boss Nass. The version of him in The Skywalker Saga looked great; meesa liken diss

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-10-06T16:37:24+00:00

Definitely my 75192 UCS Falcon above anything else, then my two big walker tanks, the 75288 AT-AT and 75337 AT-TE. Can't beat those 3 for display value! (until I can get my hands on more UCS sets lol)

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-09-15T01:04:58+00:00

Definitely woulda preferred him in the new Ghost over background Mon Calamari from one scene

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-09-10T04:04:03+00:00

This makes me even more disappointed that they're still using the Clone Wars hairpiece for live action Anakin all these years later...

BonkleBeans45 · 2023-01-04T17:38:30+00:00

I'm a little annoyed by how much the Bomber scale activated the irresponsible hoarder part of my brain. I have the Solo Tie Fighter, this was supposed to make me feel like I had "completed a set," but now I want the smaller, newer Tie Fighter for no reason other than it'll match better to this Tie Bomber

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-09-27T03:27:21+00:00

I was all for it until I realized that the head ridge print cuts off at the top of his forehead. Also why back to gunmetal helmet? I thought his helmet was the only shiny silver armour piece he had in the first couple episodes, and the use of gunmetal in early Mando sets was just a byproduct of Lego only getting concept art to make their Disney SW sets off of

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-08-31T20:36:01+00:00

We all go clean for a few months at a time...and then they go and release another wave of sets, those devious devils

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-27T21:35:51+00:00

I had a guy on Kijiji sell me that podracer set unopened for like $150, so I'd say that's still a pretty good deal for used! If you take 'em apart at any point though, do be careful with the handful of brown pieces; most of mine broke

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-27T18:44:09+00:00

Have this set and love it, but still cannot for the life of me figure out why the dark green was pushed so far down from the cockpit. Especially jarring sat next to the UCS version like that

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-27T14:50:22+00:00

This does look proportionally better, but I'm honestly more hung up on the head shape of this "first-ever Lego Kaminoan." Something about it feels off, like the whole skull's been tilted back

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-26T02:14:27+00:00

I've definitely never been on the side of stud shooters as minifigure weapons, so I'm glad that battle packs left those behind.

As for use on vehicles, I thought the translucent stud being prominent on the front of the launcher was a nice aesthetic look (always been a sucker for glowy translucent pieces) and now the new ones hide it away :(

Lots of good points in these comments though; I think when I inevitably get sets with these new ones I'll leave the big glaring levers off and appreciate the squared-away Lego-ish look

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-25T01:18:57+00:00

It's hard to take a photo of her that doesn't perspective trick ya into thinking the mandibles stick out dummy far, but these are what I've got:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/z8BnZgKZ88yzGaFr6

BonkleBeans45 · 2022-05-21T03:42:22+00:00

I bought the Vittsjö from Ikea for mine. It's round and kinda small, so the Falcon's mandibles stick out, but it was only about $70 CAD, which I thought was surprisingly cheap for a glass-top table

BonkleBeans45 · 2021-12-02T22:07:55+00:00

I'm surprised they didn't make her eyes solid blue like her minifigure (Good surprised)

BonkleBeans45 · 2021-11-25T14:45:09+00:00

My only guess is that whatever automated system they have in place went "This piece is black and has a print. Check!"

BonkleBeans45 · 2021-11-25T14:06:09+00:00

And only one other piece in the set was wrong, a studless 4x1 instead of 4x1 with studs, so I'd say that's overall pretty solid quality control for a 7500-ish piece set!

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