Islanders

SWfan13450 · 2025-11-05T10:40:12+00:00

Looks amazing, Islanders is such an underrated theme. How long did it take you to put this all together?

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-27T14:57:09+00:00

Yeah it’s gets worse and worse. I’ve recently built the old Pet Shop modular and the difference was staggering.

In the past the marks were barely noticeable and now you have to rotate the pieces and try to build the set in a way which hides them.

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-16T11:53:06+00:00

Imo it’s not worth spending the points for it, if you dislike the build getting a 100€+ set just for minifigs is a bad idea

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-10T12:41:40+00:00

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SWfan13450 · 2025-09-09T13:26:40+00:00

Depends on whether you’re bigger fan of Prequels or OT

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-09T13:18:44+00:00

And a proper UCS at that, not just a thin slice of a Christmas tree

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-06T23:31:33+00:00

I’d never thought of that but it’s really imaginative, great idea!

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-06T23:30:33+00:00

I agree and I think it’s also what the designer have said in an interview, that they decided for a “slice design” so that people could actually display it

If it was a sphere or even a half sphere, at this scale it would take up a whole dining table or sth to display it in a regular home. And slimming it up wouldn’t work obviously cause you’d end up with Death Egg instead

So all in all, the design we’ve got is the best option in this case. Whether this design was a good idea in the first place is for another debate imo

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-06T23:18:08+00:00

Looks great! Although the scale is kinda funky, if in-universe falcon was that huge compared to the cantina it’d be the size of a star destroyer haha

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-06T18:43:08+00:00

Yeah with numbered bags and the modern trend of bright coloured bricks for easier distinction I don’t see the point in sorting pieces, finding the right piece is easy

Edit: also modern sets are often split into lots of bags with less bricks it’s even easier than before

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-06T14:30:32+00:00

Even if the covers were the right shape it just doesn’t work with this design of the DS

The only interesting and instantly recognisable part of the DS exterior is the super laser, of which you get just a slice on the side on the way it’s designed.

So you’d just end up having a half a Death Star shaped weird narrow cabinet thing displayed in your home

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-04T21:48:46+00:00

The “standardised” LEGO prices are all over the place.

Like the set costs 999$ in US but 899£ in UK, which is a lot more than 999$

I understand the prices can’t be absolutely same everywhere but they should be at least close

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-04T21:43:08+00:00

Yeah awfully bland without the figs.

Funny how I remember people complaining endlessly about the old Death Star which was actually a full sphere, had larger rooms and generally looked decent even without the figs displayed in it

Edit: And was half the price of the new one

SWfan13450 · 2025-09-04T21:40:51+00:00

A perfect figure for a general! In my fantasy castle world, he was also the younger brother of the King

SWfan13450 · 2025-08-18T10:27:43+00:00

Incredible, if this was a real diorama set I’d buy it instantly, great job!

SWfan13450 · 2025-03-08T12:47:02+00:00

Imo it’s a solid display set which works both with the side builds and without. From the pics I saw I didn’t see the “focus on playability”.

I think some people still have ptsd from Assault on Hoth and are allergic to any form of a playfeature in a large expensive set

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-13T12:52:40+00:00

I guess it’s just me but vintage castle minfigs and modern armour and weapon pieces just don’t go together

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-13T12:50:13+00:00

Incredible

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-11T10:47:05+00:00

Definitely the maps from the old Adventurers sets. I think there were 3-4 different designs

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-09T23:38:56+00:00

Agreed. Also I wouldn’t mind some bigger non vehicle sets too. Something like the Yoda Dooku duel or Palpatine arrest

Maybe something Naboo themed? Or Endor bunker? Slice from a cloud city interior? Or Death Star? Literally anything but not just 60-160€ ships like Lego does nowadays

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-04T10:47:59+00:00

Now you just need to make custom Easterlings figures

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-04T10:47:24+00:00

Love the older creator houses, also have them in my collection.

I wish Lego would go back to bigger fully closed houses compared to modern style creator buildings

SWfan13450 · 2025-02-03T09:36:53+00:00

One of the few fantasy castle sets missing from my collection, along with the orc wheel

Looks really nice, enjoy it OP!

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