During my time in London I took a lot of busses. And while I have a soft spot for the venerable Routemaster, I would have been riding this bus all the time if it existed. It's the R2-D2 bus, a Star Wars reimagining by builder lucbyard. I have to assume that the football hooligans that inevitable congregate on the upper level late at night can be easily ejected like Luke's Lightsaber.
Check out these awesome little Star Wars MOCs from builder DOGOD Brick Design. It's everyone's favorite droid trio, C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8. With a pin or magnet on the back they would be a pretty nifty little wearable. But as they are I'm going to call them mini busts.
Things might have gone differently in so many situations if R2-D2 had his own mech like this one from M<0><0>DSWIM. Tuskin Raiders? No Problem. Fell in a swamp? No problem. Stormtroopers? No Problem. Battle of Yavin? Ok, fitting him in the back of an X-Wing might have been a small problem, but I'm guessing this baby has flight capabilities, so no problem!
As I type this (in a McDonald's in San Gabriel) I'm counting down the hours to when Bricks LA starts. One of the things I'm looking forward to, besides spending time with all my AFOL friends, is seeing so many awesome MOCs in person. I'm especially looking forward to seeing this amazing group by Miro78. Threepio is the latest addition to this excellent Star Wars collection, and he's all built in gold, with an especially clever use of Wu's hat on his belly. I will point out however he should have a silver lower right leg, just sayin'.
Fun fact, it wasn't until late high school that I first saw Star Wars and then it was on a very loud charter bus on one of those old-school tiny overhead CRT screens. Despite the terrible viewing environment I was drawn into the Star Wars universe and have been a fan since. One of the first scenes that drew me in and got me hooked was the one where Leia despite all the chaos around her is uploading the secret Death Star Plans to R2-D2. To this day I cannot explain why I love this scene so much, but I would like to thank builder Miro Dudas for taking me back down memory lane.
...and all through the shop
Not a single brick was clicking
not one single MOC
The stockings were hung, Mickey, Pooh Bear and Tigger
ready for polybags, or something much bigger
Nerdly was nestled, all snug on his shelf,
Too blocky and cool to be confused with an elf.
Mrs BrickNerd in her Ugg boots, and I with my Mac,
Ripping off classics, like a no-talent hack.
We're all ready for Christmas here at the BrickNerd residential compound (my house). We have a few last minute projects to do, but for the most part we're just waiting for Santa and his reindeer. Speaking of which, check out this spectacular recreation of the classic Lucasfilm Christmas card from 1978 by builder Kevin Wollert. It's a very Star Warsy Christmas indeed.
Yesterday was Force Friday, and while my current budget doesn't support a Star Wars shopping spree, it was certainly fun to see such a rush of Star Wars activity all around the interwebs, including Flickr. And while I understand that these droids by Umamen aren't the droids you're looking for, they're for sale if you want them, and you should move along.
R2-D2 certainly had a way of getting into trouble didn't he? Luckily for him he also had a way of saving the day, so that sorta makes up for it. On this fateful day though, the Jawas got the better of him. But he was reunited with C-3PO, and then it was off to the Lars homestead, and you know the how that turned out. Nice build I Scream Clone.
I know this started as an official set (which just so happens to be one of my favorite sets ever) but builder LEGO Will has taken it to another level with these modifications. We've all enjoyed watching our favorite little astromech save the day over and over again while revealing yet another hidden tool. And as many as we see here, it's not all of them.
In my post SDCC afterglow (my mind is still swimming from that awesome EP7 behind the scenes reel) I find myself even more excited for the upcoming Star Wars film, which I didn't think was possible. And my Flickr feed seems to reflect the fact that everyone else is getting pretty jazzed about Star Wars these days. And this excellent little vignette by StarWarsKev124 from one of my favorite scenes from A New Hope, where we learn that Chewie likes to win...I mean he really likes to win.
Here at BrickNerd we like to look back from time to time, sometime a long, long time ago. It's a big week for me as a life-long Star Wars fan. I'm off to LA today to help a friend prepare for Star Wars Celebration and attending the first day on Thursday. I'm involved in a couple projects and events I can't publicly discuss (but they're AWESOME) And the digital versions of the movies just came out. So I thought I'd go a little retro with an old favorite of mine from SPARKART! I've always been a fan of Ralph McQuarrie's inspirational illustrations, and I love when they're brought to life with LEGO. This early R2 concept is excellent.
Builder M<0><0>DSWIM is back with a brilliant anime/sci-fi mashup, the X-Wing Gundam. At first glance it's a fairly typical mech, but then you start noticing the color scheme, the design elements, the nods to the classic Star Wars ship (check it out, it's Red Five), and of course R2-D2. There's even a cockpit for Luke.
I love a good mashup, especially when Star Wars in involved. Builder paddybricksplitter has taken everyone's favorite feisty astromech and mashed him with everyones favorite cantancerous pirate mech Metalbeard and created R2-D-Beard. It makes me wonder what could be done mashing up the Tantive IV with the Sea Cow, hmm...
I love a MOC picture that makes me look twice. This one by markus19840420 is so carefully reconstructed from the pivotal scene in Star Wars that it almost looks like a still from the movie as a thumbnail. I especially love the sandcrawler, which is built with a great care to look like scene in the movie. And Threepio's silver right leg, nice touch.
Thanks for the head's up Vince
This is a MOC with a couple of robot looking guys and a girl with cinnamon buns stuck to her head. Or maybe that's a futuristic trash can? This must be from that Star Trek show or maybe that other one, Starbucks is it? I don't know. The things that show up in movies these days.
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