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I saw this on Facebook Marketplace in SoCal. Seems distinctly Star Warsy with the shield deflector domes on top and it kinda resembles the concept image from The Art of the Rise of Skywalker book.

It's large unfinished model, made of wood and plastic, over four feet long, and seemingly too detailed for a throwaway tradeshow booth display. Seems like it was made to shoot with a movie camera in a studio, because of the heavy duty fixture?

I'm curious on others' thoughts, opinions, or insight?

I read the Lobo comics in the 90s when I was in college, and laughed at the insanely over-the-top violence and hijinks. Somewhere along the way, Lobo's been toned down enough to appear in animated shows targeted towards kids, go figure.

Years ago, when DC and Marvel superheroes minifigs were being rolled out en masse, I wanted a Lobo, so I made one with these parts (BrickLink numbers noted): Hair (11908) ; Head (3626pb0757) only available in glow-the-dark white ; Torso (973pb0467) ; Legs (970c00pb0046).

2026 marks the 45th anniversary of the animated adult fantasy anthology film Heavy Metal (1981).

I thought the droopy Batarang accessory for the McFarlane White Knight Batman looked a little sad, so I replaced it with a LEGO Batarang and some stiff picture-hanging wire. The photograph looks so boring, I thought I'd experiment with making comic-book style splash art.

I've no talent, training, nor interest in drawing things myself, but it's funny to me how easy it is to cheat a comic-book style drawing with no AI, just free paint.net, and stolen stock elements online.

I think it's fun recreating toys with another toy, i.e. making toy models out of LEGO pieces. When I see LEGO parts that rekindle some toy memory, it inspires this creativity. In this case, the white arch pieces made me remember the Time Traveler action figures.

It amused me that the Micronauts Time Travelers seemingly wore moccasin chukka boots, so fashionable in the mid 1970s LOL. That's my favorite detail with these figures, the shoes, because for any adventure, proper footwear is essential.

I made this homage to the 1970s Micronauts toy line with LEGO BrickLink Designer.

The 80s Transformers toy Jeep Autobot was Hound, but IIRC Bumblebee also did a Jeep stint in the 2018 movie with Hailee Steinfeld.

So few cars today use real wood, it's a shame.

This is actually an old custom creation; I made it over a decade ago. Today I revisited the design with LEGO's digital building tool, BrickLink Studio, and made some parts replacement/refinement with newish current production elements. It's less than 6-inches tall (15 cm).

I plan to make some BrickLink orders and update my physical model.

Join the party pal, adolescence is tough for EVERYBODY!

I found a shadow box at the thrift store and squeezed that old model kit I recovered from my Mom's house (https://www.reddit.com/r/macross/comments/1sg7ghc/old\_model\_kit\_i\_found\_at\_moms\_house\_that\_i\_built/) into it.

I made a background from a scan of a vintage model kit box. It's actually not the same kit, it's the same scale, but the box art is for a kit that does not transform into the various Valkyrie modes.

I based this custom LEGO build more on the classic Marvel comic book version of Acroyear than the vintage toys.

Seeing the new GITS Plamax model kits reminded me of this rare model kit in my collection. It's a 1/18th scale Tachikoma sculpted by "Tyranus" and offered by Samurai Monkey maybe twenty years ago. This stands out in my collection of unlicensed low run garage kits because of the extremely high quality of the sculpture and product.

The Batou in the last pic is not part of the kit, that's a Yamato collectible mini figure that looked about the same scale, so I just keep it in the same box.