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They could also do the N-1 vs. a regular Droid Fighter, Jango's Slave I vs. Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter, an Ewok Glider vs. an AT-ST, Tauntaun vs. a Speeder Bike (although I know that's a bit of a stretch since the Speeder Bikes aren't really seen during the Battle of Hoth), and perhaps even do Dash Rendar's Outrider vs. Prince Xizor's Virago. There's a lot of possibilities.
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Wow Dude! Your micro's are insane! The Y-wing, and the Battlestar Galactica Viper are really fantastic, all the others too. But those I think stand out most. The classic space micro's are also instantly recognizable. Well actually all of them are totally awesome!
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The microfighter collection is definitely not a waste of money. I've got three from series one (2014): X-wing; Tie-interceptor; and Star Destroyer. And from series two, all six models. They are really fun to build, look not just goofy and fun but actually capture the design of the vehicles really well too. All of them contain a nice minifig. Also they always have a great parts selection.
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I think it would be great if TLG, next year would design a next generation Advent calendar, with which you could build with all the parts from all those mini micro builds I don't care much about a proper micro fighter like the ones from the microfighter series. Wouldn't that be awesome?! That would also justify the current price tag much better IMO.
I'm a HUGE Battlestar Galactica fan so I want to see how those turned out.
http://battledroidbricks.blogspot.fi/2015/07/planets-got-series-4-how-about.html
a few thoughts about Microfighters in my blog
Microfighters Hero Starfighter (75125) – EUR 9.99
Microfighters Villain Blue Craft (75126) – EUR 9.99
Microfighters The Ghost (75127) – EUR 9.99
Microfighters TIE Advanced Prototype (75128) – EUR 9.99
Microfighters Wookie Gunship (75129) – EUR 9.99
Microfighters AT-DP (75130) – EUR 9.99
We may never see SWTOR or SWKOTOR again, sadly...@vorpalryu
Hero Starfighter and Villain Blue Craft? I can't help but think they're Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter and Jango's Slave I.
Well... Too much Rebels is too much. More OT stuff and why not some prequel vehicles as well. TOR would be great, but not realistic, I guess.
Another Microfighters blog update (Snowspeeder and Homing Spider Droid photographs)
http://battledroidbricks.blogspot.fi/2015/08/photographs-comparing-two-microfighters.html
Then I decided to just get the OT stuff, as I tried to collect the planet series and now regret it, was trying to limit that from happening again.
Then I decided to find them on clearance cause they were everywhere.
Then I decided to skip them.
Now I changed my mind and want them all and of course series 1 is gone, so the past week I've been in a scramble to find them, I have 3/6. lol
BTW @VorpalRyu That's some amazing work!I particularly like the Dark Aster. It was a pretty bland ship in the movie but I thought it was cool how you captured its appearance on that scale!
Speaking of Series 1, I've recently seen the left over stock from other Coles Group stores (Target/Kmart) have been dumped into some of the local Coles Supermarkets across Adelaide. Kind of was shocked to see they've done this especially since they're charging the full Australian RRP of $16.00.
I would suggest try Bricklink, I've seen them going for prices below the cheapest sales prices we got over here, just out of curiosity, which ones do you still need?
I'm not a completist - my LSW collection is gradually growing as I add certain OT sets. Here's my Microfighters collection so far - the X-wing (#75032) from Series 1 and the Hoth sets (#75074 and #75075) from Series 2.
As you can see I've added micro display stands too as a nod towards the UCS set they share a shelf with :)
Have there been any rumours about Series 3 yet?
Rumours are, we'll be getting four Rebels sets & two TFA sets... But I suspect that the codenames for the last two might be something else.
There's a lot they could still do from the movies. I still want an A-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (since they did the Interceptor already). Although I also badly want a UCS A-Wing.
^ Of the Series 3 sets that have been announced I think I'm only currently interested in #75128. I wonder which minifigure it will come with though?
And it looks like there aren't going to be any OT sets in Series 3 :(
I'm not surprised that they aren't doing anymore OT microfighters. The new movie is on the way and they want people to buy merch for that instead of reliving episodes IV V VI again and again. It makes sense from a marketing perspective.
I'd love to see them expand the range to things outside of SW. I think there are already some great concepts out there. I'd be interested to see what the LEGO design team could come up with.
Only OT? HA! Lets see how long that lasts. Did I already mention how epic Poe Dameron's X-Wing is?!
And I think we will definitely see his X-Wing in black and orange one day as a microfighter, and if not his then one of the other resistance X-Wings in white, grey, and blue.
Btw, added a few more Microfighters to my Microfighters album on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjblkcz/albums/72157652267209033.
If anyone is interested in building them, I now have them up on my bricksafe account: http://bricksafe.com/pages/Vorpal/cjxmf.
I am not a watcher of the TV series of star wars so I know that I won't be buying any of the Rebels ones. However I know that I will go after TFA ones. I love these little sets and need to brick link the ones that were from the Comic Cons.
Of the exclusives, I'd rate them the following way:
1) Mini Slave I
2) The Ghost
3) Sith Infiltrator
4) Luke's Landspeeder
5) Jek-14 Mini Stealth Starfighter
You think so?!
IMO Series 3 seems really great.
2 ep.7 sets and 4 SW-rebels sets. And from what I could tell from the leaked pics someone posted on this forum (they have been removed), all of them look very nice.
It seems the 'la résistance' X-Wing pilot is a new minifig, with a different print on his helmet. Too bad the snowtrooper from the TFA snowspeeder does not seem to have that fabric piece of cloth for around his waist. Other than that it is the same figure, I think.
So if you don't care for the SW-Rebels mirco fighters, chances are you might still like the other two.
About the P-trilogy; I was never too bothered about all the slack people gave those films. The films provided plenty of visual delight, and a wonderful universe full of fascinating creatures, worlds, and spaceships, which kept me interested. Of course IMO George Lucas should have done a lot of things differently, and probably have left the directing to someone else. All this could have improved the overall story much. Personally back at the time, when I had not yet seen ep.1 I hoped that Lucas would approach the prequels in a similar fashion as Francis Ford Coppola did with The Godfather II. After I saw The Phantom Menace, I have often wondered why Lucas never looked for inspiration and the best examples in film history to elevate his SW universe to true greatness. The Godfather: Part 2 has two parallel storylines, and went back and forth in time with lots of flashbacks to highlight the history and origins of both Vito and Michael Corleone. Jumping from New York in 1910 to America in the late fifties, as well as Sicily before that, and many point in time between. If George Lucas had only looked at how Coppola and Mario Puzo had done it, the origins of the Jedi, and how Anakin became Darth Vader, would have been a much more sweeping story. Instead we got Jarjar.
IMO, the RGS is fine (a little cutesy with the oversized engine pods, but it works, and the pilot is great) and the ARC-170 is pretty good. I put my MFs with the BP vehicles so it's a big good vs bad battle.
There's a lot of bad to them, sure, but there's also an awful lot of good subtle things in there that are great if you really watch and pay attention.
For example, in Episode II the Jedi librarian gets kind of angry when Obi-Wan says there should be a planetary system at the coordinates he was given. I've always felt like that was to show how arrogant the Jedi had become, as she claims there's no way it could exist if they don't have a record of it, and also complacent because the idea that it could have been deleted never crosses her mind.
When I said that Series 3 looks uninspiring, I meant from the point of view of an OT collector. I'm desperately trying to stick with a sub-theme, hence not being enthused by the Rebels sets. #75128 (the Series 3 Tie Advanced Prototype) does look nice though (and it's also in the OT), but it's so similar to the Series 1 Tie Interceptor (it even has the same minifigure).
I agree that the PT back story (the Clones, the fall of Jedi and the rise of the Empire) is good, and the films do get better with each episode. I too saw the leaked photos (although not on Brickset), and I agree that #75125 (the Series 3 Resistance X-Wing) looks cool. I may have to make an exception for that, even though it's a TFA set ;)
@TitanArch
Starting to collect PT sets is a slippery slope I'm not sure I should go down. The minifigures are probably what attracts me most to #75072 and #75076 anyway.
http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Star-Wars/subtheme-MicroFighters/year-2016
To me, #75125 doesn't look as good as #75032 from Series 1...