11 hours ago, DarthEnderX said:Jesus Christ people, it's a joke.
13 hours ago, That Blasted Samophlange said:To me, this is all I see when I look at the Assault Gunboat.
Looks like the lovechild of a Lambda and a Viper from Battlestar Galactica.
13 hours ago, Tsiegtiez said:I never knew there was a Star Wars / Wacky Races crossover. I'd watch that all the time.
But if we're talking random Kenner stuff, I want my dang Cruisemissile Trooper . They're canon I guess?
I have one of those! I call her the Carrion Spike.
On 13/09/2017 at 6:56 PM, GrimmyV said:I say we ask Fractalsponge very politely to make a rendering of the XG-3 version. Time to think up some stat lines and stuff!
Cannon, Crew and System. Maybe 3 attack. Remove missiles and torpedoes.
4 minutes ago, Odanan said:Cannon, Crew and System. Maybe 3 attack. Remove missiles and torpedoes.
Cannon, system, missile, tech, att 3, add a shield, it’s the FO GUNBOAT!
On 9/13/2017 at 11:23 PM, Wondergecko said:I have one of those! I call her the Carrion Spike.
Cruise missile Carrion Spike for the next Imp Huge Corvette. But only if the model will include the pilot figure in a secret compartment so he can peek out and see the pew pew pew!
do you have the pics during constructing this beauty?
53 minutes ago, GrimmyV said:Cruise missile Carrion Spike for the next Imp Huge Corvette. But only if the model will include the pilot figure in a secret compartment so he can peek out and see the pew pew pew!
do you have the pics during constructing this beauty?
I do! Scroll down a few rows at the page below and you'll find them.
https://www.instagram.com/table_top_gun/
Edit: I had an incomplete parts list for this if anyone is looking to replicate the build.
1 hour ago, Wondergecko said:I do! Scroll down a few rows at the page below and you'll find them.
6 hours ago, GrimmyV said:
I noticed you called the Shapeways GUNBOAT an ‘assault shuttle’. Back in 2014. I’m sure you know better nowamazing work! I love the Scout ship! At first I thought it was a squarish IPV.
Oh, man -- you give no quarter! Hahaha. I didn't play X-wing or TIE fighter as a kid, just Rogue Squadron, so if it wasn't in there or the essential guides, I didn't know that much about it. I stand corrected, friend.
And, thank you! I guess at the low poly counts of the old PC games, everything was sort of a squarish IPV, eh?
On 9/13/2017 at 9:21 AM, Jetfire said:Oh boy, I have one of those at home. That toy line got a bit nutty at the end.
OH DUDE I REMEMBER THOSE.
THOSE ARE MY FAVORITE.
On 9/13/2017 at 6:24 AM, FTS Gecko said:Ah yes, the Kenner mini-rigs. I remember those oddities.
The first ep of a doc series, The Toys That Made Us, is all about Kenner getting the Star Wars toy rights; they touch briefly on the mini-vehicles and I think I remember having the weird steamroller thing.
Seriously great series if you're interested, on Netflix:
1.Kenner/Star Wars
2.Barbie
3.He-Man
4.G.I. Joe
...lots of fun nostalgia, next four eps dropping in January I think.
On 9/13/2017 at 1:16 PM, Kieransi said:I wish my younger self had had the dough to afford Brickmaster... now I really wish I knew what the fluff text was for that model! (The text to the left of the instructions).
Wish there was a better scan.
That XG-3 model is, sorry to say, simple and ugly. It doesn't pay enough respect to the glorious original model.
After seeing some ucs models such as the Firespray and the B-Wing (not to mention the Millennium Falcon) I am positive that models can be assembled with waaaay more detail.
Edited by Arma QuattroTrue, as a frequent LEGO builder, I also think that the XG-3 shown is kinda simple. Keep in mind that it's an alternate build for a set that only had a couple dozen pieces and was sold in gas stations and checkout lines for like $5.
I bet the real XG-3, wherever that may be, is a thing of beauty. Also, a UCS GUNBOAT would be the best thing ever. Do it, LEGO!
38 minutes ago, Kieransi said:True, as a frequent LEGO builder, I also think that the XG-3 shown is kinda simple. Keep in mind that it's an alternate build for a set that only had a couple dozen pieces and was sold in gas stations and checkout lines for like $5.
I bet the real XG-3, wherever that may be, is a thing of beauty. Also, a UCS GUNBOAT would be the best thing ever. Do it, LEGO!
Keep in mind, I love Legos (and Gunboats ?) and seen through the eyes of a kid even a bunch of bricks assembled together become the coolest starfighter ever.
I even admit that I loved flying my millennium falcon around the living room after building it. ?
On a side note I saw on the Lego Ideas site that the Assault Gunboat did not get enough supporters to even get past the first step.
Disappointed, me was.
On 13.9.2017 at 3:34 PM, Tsiegtiez said:I never knew there was a Star Wars / Wacky Races crossover. I'd watch that all the time.
But if we're talking random Kenner stuff, I want my dang Cruisemissile Trooper . They're canon I guess?
Imperial-only ordnance, incomiiiiing!
On 9/13/2017 at 0:48 PM, AllWingsStandyingBy said:Apparently Gun-Boat fanatics are a little too defensive about their fetish-ship...
Star Wars fans low-context and defensive?
Never happens.
