I have designed the wings from the beginning in SNOT. It is very stable and consists of about 1600 parts and therefore roughly over 600 more than the progenitor. You may attach the landing gear but my model will always be presented on the stand. Wherever possible, I tried to reproduce or refer to the details of the original. Among other things, for this reason, I finally gave up the opened interior (on which I did not particularly care about). The biggest challenge was to keep the proportions as decent as possible, which, apart from the limitations resulting from the use of the 75094 skeleton, does not seem to me to be a simple thing on this scale.

First it was created in LDD and later, after ordering the bricks, I made a number of significant adjustments. I think that LEGO could easily have incorporated spring-loaded shooters into the wing’s bases where the actual blaster cannons are.My model of Lambda-class Imperial Shuttle was created from scratch and it is based on the construction solutions of the 75094 set.

My only other complaint is the stud shooters, which the designers simply slapped on the sides of the cockpit. The pilot is new in this set.Īside from my earlier complaint about the wings, which is easily remedied, I actually think this is a pretty decent set, and similar to the latest X-wing and TIE Fighter we recently reviewed here on TBB, the proportions, and the finished details are quite accurate to the source material, and the price is fairly reasonable for a set with 660 pieces. This version of Luke has appeared in four other sets. The third minifig is the shuttle’s Imperial pilot. Luke comes with his calm Jedi-focused expression, as well as the one you see if you’re a Sith lord and you bring up his sister. Darth Vader comes with the now-standard 2 part helmet, to re-enact the scene when Luke lets his father see him with his own eyes if the set included a boarding ramp. The set includes 3 minifigs and a pair of wrist manacles to re-enact what could be the most awkward father-son ride in history.

The mechanism includes a 1×2 rubber part that holds just enough tension to keep from slipping open while holding it, and I wiggled it a lot, but even when the model was finished, the connection held. Now we come to a surprising part of the model, which seems at first glance to be simply a Technic frame for the typically large dorsal fin to attach to, but turns out to be both a handle for picking up the finished shuttle and a mechanism to flip open the top gaining access to the passenger compartment. Also, the absence of even a single printed or stickered control panel makes one wonder if the pilot is force-sensitive, as there is no other way for him to actually pilot the shuttle. One other thing to note is that the way the top of the canopy attaches to the bottom leaves a very noticeable gap when viewed from the side. The canopy attaches at the front and tilts back to form the iconic angled cockpit. I guess Lord Vader will have to be more patient with him since there’s no co-pilot to take over after watching his boss get force-chocked for scratching the paint job. Next, we begin adding the lower portion of the cockpit, which unlike previous versions of the shuttle only seats a single minifig pilot. There are 2 sturdy click hinges facing out on each side which will attach to the wings later. The model starts off with the main body of the shuttle and we get a few relatively new parts an upward bracket plate with two studs facing out, and some 1×1 Technic axle bricks which first appeared in the new 75300 Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing set.

Lego shuttle tydirium mod