it's also the first set i remember ever getting, now that i have the 2008 death star the black stormtrooper sits proudly next to his other 2008 stormtroopers
I could see this being used as a smaller cheaper alternative for the Imperial police gunship that would be used on backwater outer rim worlds like Tatooine where there's not a need for an ISD (at best maybe an Arquitens with a Gozanti or two) and can also double as a cargo transport. AKA, a multi-role gunship/dropship for small presence worlds.
That dropship battle pack was such a god tier set. Super cheap and the vehicle itself had a lot of utility either as a transport or a gunship like a little bird helicopter. Not to mention buying 2 or 3 got you a lot of stormtroopers
It kinda looks like it would fill the role of the real world UH-1 Huey whereas the LAAT is kinda like the Mi-24 Hind. Use it for insertion of recon or special forces types, establishing a foothold somewhere etc
This looks absolutely amazing! Not only does it look like it belongs in the aesthetics of the SW universe, unlike the versions Lego released, it also seems like a realistic vehicle!
@@2bricksI imagine it has a similar function to the MH-6 Little Bird. A small light aircraft that can be used for inserting and exfil of troops, especially special forces who need to be brought in stealthily. Anyways a great design with designs of cool functions in such a small build. Definitely going to be making it.
OMG I love the look of this thing. Its so reminiscent of the old one while still looking so new and fits right in with Imperial vehicles. Really feels like a smaller and more modern version of the LAAT/le (the patrol gunship we saw in late Clone Wars, Rebels, and Ahsoka).
Like there’s this one type of shuttle that you use to transport to different Flashpoints and other non speeder fast travel points that I’ve wanted to build for a while.
Looks great! Reminds me of the cockpit section of the Nu shuttles. In many toys it can detach and be its own ship so If you want to make some lore you can say the imperials repurposed those cockpits as police shuttles.
Very well done! You nailed the Star Wars design aesthetic, I guess due to having so much practice with existing designs! I for one would love to see more original pieces from you
Awesome. I always felt this ship like a sort of “lighter” or smaller version of the imperial patrol gunship/laat. I think that would be cool to see different kinds of “transport modules”, like the one for troopers, one for weapons only, etc..
Damn that’s such a banger of a MOV! As some have said, that was also one of my first Lego Star Wars sets and yours looks just fantastic! I remember really liking the imperial droid brain tie fighter as well, it’s rectangular wings were super cool, so nice addition ^^
I think you could probably make the drop pad for the stormtroopers a little bigger to accomodate more troopers if you wanted, but also most official minifig scale vehicles end up on a tighter scale than their "real world" equivalents, so maybe a full-scale version of this could seat like 6-8 troopers. I wonder if the drop pad would have other systems designed to interface with it, like maybe it's built into some elevator systems in the base so that the troopers get in at some deep sublevel and then carried all the way to the landing pads without having to get out (or getting the opportunity to go AWOL before they reach the battlefield)
I how you put so much thought into such as small package like with the droid brain easter egg and the little station on the pallet for recalling the ship! Even though they're not canon and I've never had any of them, I have a deep affection for all iterations of these imperial dropship sets. I think there might be a third one coming out this year along with a rebel speeder. If so, it would be really cool to see a video comparing all three official Lego versions plus yours!
That's a very very nice design! I love the scale, small, well playable, but very detailed and star warsy. It will defenetly get another like on rebrickable! 😉👍
broo, you absolutely nailed it! Its literally perfect and so professional and its such a good "lego" and not so "moc" design! You definately know what you are doing and all the fans needs people like you😅
I love the design! I can totally seeing this as a small multipurpose drop ship from transporting a small squad of Stormtroopers to transporting proper cargo, and doing it faster than other Imperial transports.
The set looks great, well done! However, I really think the wings should rotate down. It would look cool and also provide cover for the troops during transport. I plan on building it and trying that change out myself.
Nice! 👍 actually had experimented with exactly that idea, but I had the impulse to make the wings bigger and bigger to provide more cover, and it started to feel like I was getting too far away from the original - I’d love to see your take though!!
I would say no to that. An AT-ST or hover tank seems way too heavy for it. Maybe a troop/supply transport for backwater outer rim worlds with a small Imperial presence (not needing a huge Imperial presence) that can be a cheaper alternative to the Imperial police gunship.
I also thought it was the coruscant police ship from first shots. Definitely like this upgrading of sets (I don't have nostalgia for the original though 😊), and you nailed it with this one!
Love your cockpit work. Did you mess around at all trying to use piece 61409 and a combination of brackets and snotted bricks to do the internals of the wings?
Thanks!! I wanted to keep the parts count low so I didn’t mess around with snot wings like that- if I ever do a “more serious” version of the ship I might though! Like one that can carry serious cargo, I think that would be cool!
Sir i love it. Imo its better than the police gunship Brace yourself, because here comes a rabbithole lol but this build reminds me of the obscure side of Star Wars where we got a lot of ships that are mainstream now but were very niche then. And for some reason i see this existing in the Star Wars: DROIDS show lol and not a bad thing, i love the show. It has that far, far away element, where its in the Star Wars universe but its some world on the outer rim, and the Empire cant budget a bunch of Sentinel shuttles or other tranaports for such insignificant operations, so they use a short range in atmosphere craft to do all of the logistical operation. Maybe they dont always transport troops, maybe its a generator one day, or a munitions stack, or mining equipment, etc. Idk it just has that "real" Star Wars feel. And thats not me hating on LEGOs models, love both of them. But those felt purely for battle and were super sleek, but this just has that Star Wars juice lol
A really sleek model ! I really like the way you've designed the cockpit, and the solar pannels, while retaining all the previous play functions ! Congrats ! How are your other Star Wars projects moving forward (T-6 Shuttle, Mantis) ? Do you use any software to help you design these models ?
Thanks! The T-6 is almost done but the last part is giving me much trouble. The Mantis, I’m not sure what you’re referring to there because that thing has been done and out! Check out my rebrickable page to see the 2023 version, I’m really proud of it! As to software for design, nope! I design everything using physical bricks first and then simply translate the finished model into bricklink studio to make the instructions
This is a fully new design that only draws inspiration from the original, so the best thing to do is order the parts on bricklink using the included parts list on rebrickable!
FUN! Very cool innovation at play here. The spirit of Star Wars is strong with this one! And to my great surprise, I was the first to give it a "like" on Rebrickable.
Nice! I would normally have published in the morning but I’m determined to take a weekend off for the first time in goodness knows how long so I’m putting this out on a Friday night- lucky for you! 😅
I think the original was was one of my first Lego star wars sets, true classic.
Awesome!!
it's also the first set i remember ever getting, now that i have the 2008 death star the black stormtrooper sits proudly next to his other 2008 stormtroopers
@@oktalley99 awesome!!
Same! I love this reimagining
Thanks!! 🙏
Finally, something to make use of those numerous calendar weapons racks!
Haha yes!! Now I need to find a way to make use of all those battle droids we’ve gotten over the years!
Great job. Police gunship vibes and im here for it
Awesome!! That was one of my inspirations for sure!
Yeah it reminds me a lot of that.
I could see this being used as a smaller cheaper alternative for the Imperial police gunship that would be used on backwater outer rim worlds like Tatooine where there's not a need for an ISD (at best maybe an Arquitens with a Gozanti or two) and can also double as a cargo transport. AKA, a multi-role gunship/dropship for small presence worlds.
@@ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 seems right to me
That dropship battle pack was such a god tier set. Super cheap and the vehicle itself had a lot of utility either as a transport or a gunship like a little bird helicopter. Not to mention buying 2 or 3 got you a lot of stormtroopers
Totally!
A whole ship for 4 singular soldiers is a crazy concept even for the people who made the ISD
lol. The empire are not known for wise resource distribution
It kinda looks like it would fill the role of the real world UH-1 Huey whereas the LAAT is kinda like the Mi-24 Hind. Use it for insertion of recon or special forces types, establishing a foothold somewhere etc
This is a beautiful remake I absolutely love it!
Edit- Ps: they are making a new imperial dropship and rebel scout speeder set in October of this year
Thank you! Yeah I saw some leaked images of the set and it looks pretty good! I’ll be picking it up and doing a comparison for sure!!
This looks absolutely amazing! Not only does it look like it belongs in the aesthetics of the SW universe, unlike the versions Lego released, it also seems like a realistic vehicle!
@@Larry-Lobster thank you so much!!!
@@2bricksI imagine it has a similar function to the MH-6 Little Bird. A small light aircraft that can be used for inserting and exfil of troops, especially special forces who need to be brought in stealthily. Anyways a great design with designs of cool functions in such a small build. Definitely going to be making it.
@Larry-Lobster I really appreciate it!!
This might be my favorite MOC of yours. It looks so good and nostalgic, it's just perfect!
Haha damn!! I’m so happy people have responded so well!
Dude this is SO COOL. Keep doing MOCs like this.
Thanks!! I will!
I LOVE this.
Thank you so much!
This moc looks pretty nice. I had the original one a really long time ago.
Thanks! Yeah hard to believe it was 16 years ago that the original went on sale!
OMG I love the look of this thing. Its so reminiscent of the old one while still looking so new and fits right in with Imperial vehicles. Really feels like a smaller and more modern version of the LAAT/le (the patrol gunship we saw in late Clone Wars, Rebels, and Ahsoka).
Thank you so much!!
You should make some modular cargo pods for this craft to drop off as well, like an ammo pod, a medical pod, fuel cells or whatever
this thing looks SICK
Thank you!! 🙏
you're very welcome, also looking forward to that official Empire vs Rebels battle pack coming in October
This makes me really want to pick up my Star Wars the Old Republic ships moc. I don’t know exactly why but it inspires me so much.
Like there’s this one type of shuttle that you use to transport to different Flashpoints and other non speeder fast travel points that I’ve wanted to build for a while.
That’s literally made my day!! I’m so happy any time something I’ve done inspires someone else to make something cool!!!
I think you nailed how that ship should have been. Great looking "little" ship.
Thank you!!
Looks great!
Reminds me of the cockpit section of the Nu shuttles. In many toys it can detach and be its own ship so If you want to make some lore you can say the imperials repurposed those cockpits as police shuttles.
Genius!!
Very well done! You nailed the Star Wars design aesthetic, I guess due to having so much practice with existing designs! I for one would love to see more original pieces from you
Thanks that’s so kind! I really might just do that, this was a blast!
Brilliant! Just bought it! The moc I didn't know I needed until I saw it. :)
Ahh thank you for the support! Happy building!
Love everything about this model and idea! Great work man
That means a lot, thank you!!
I love the amount of content you’ve been blessing us with recently. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 love the vid
~love the idea of mocs inspired by past sets and lesser known vehicles
Thank you!! I’d love to do some more like this!
Awesome. I always felt this ship like a sort of “lighter” or smaller version of the imperial patrol gunship/laat. I think that would be cool to see different kinds of “transport modules”, like the one for troopers, one for weapons only, etc..
Yeah! I might have to make a few extra cargo units!!
Love the update of the droid-brain!
Thanks!
Damn that’s such a banger of a MOV! As some have said, that was also one of my first Lego Star Wars sets and yours looks just fantastic!
I remember really liking the imperial droid brain tie fighter as well, it’s rectangular wings were super cool, so nice addition ^^
Thank you!!!! I’m so happy to trigger some nostalgia for folks! It’s a nice feeling :)
Looks amazing. Great work!
@@TheFirstCurse1 thank you!!
I think you could probably make the drop pad for the stormtroopers a little bigger to accomodate more troopers if you wanted, but also most official minifig scale vehicles end up on a tighter scale than their "real world" equivalents, so maybe a full-scale version of this could seat like 6-8 troopers.
I wonder if the drop pad would have other systems designed to interface with it, like maybe it's built into some elevator systems in the base so that the troopers get in at some deep sublevel and then carried all the way to the landing pads without having to get out (or getting the opportunity to go AWOL before they reach the battlefield)
Nice ideas!! Thank you for the comment :D
Brilliant build. Keep them coming
Thank you!!
I how you put so much thought into such as small package like with the droid brain easter egg and the little station on the pallet for recalling the ship! Even though they're not canon and I've never had any of them, I have a deep affection for all iterations of these imperial dropship sets. I think there might be a third one coming out this year along with a rebel speeder. If so, it would be really cool to see a video comparing all three official Lego versions plus yours!
Thank you!! Yes I’d love to do a comparison and of course coming up with fun little details to include on my builds is just what makes me happy!!
very nice! 100% fits
Thank you!!!
Love it the design so much better than the original 🤩
Thank you!!
That's a very very nice design! I love the scale, small, well playable, but very detailed and star warsy. It will defenetly get another like on rebrickable! 😉👍
Many thanks!! I never know how something like this will be received so it’s been lovely to see people embrace the model so fast!
broo, you absolutely nailed it! Its literally perfect and so professional and its such a good "lego" and not so "moc" design! You definately know what you are doing and all the fans needs people like you😅
@@akispag1519 thank you so much!! That really means the world!
I love the design! I can totally seeing this as a small multipurpose drop ship from transporting a small squad of Stormtroopers to transporting proper cargo, and doing it faster than other Imperial transports.
@@Falx415 thank you!!!
This is just so awesome and perfect
Cheers!!
@@2bricks I’m gonna try to build it soon…but in black for shadow trooper squad.
@ivbremkinjardii5713 heck yeh!!!
Looks like the Stormraven gunship, I like it
Oh yeh! Totally :) thanks!
I remember having this as a kid. I think I had a few of them. Nice! Now you should redo the Rebel Alliance Battle Pack to compliment this!
Thanks! Perhaps I will!!
Very nice design!
@@leonsixt2744 thank you!!
I like this it looks really good
@@theconductoresplin8092 thanks!!
This is fantastic
Cheers!
For the size and design of the ship it seems to fit the roll of a humvee or equivalent.
Yeh totally!
The set looks great, well done! However, I really think the wings should rotate down. It would look cool and also provide cover for the troops during transport.
I plan on building it and trying that change out myself.
Nice! 👍 actually had experimented with exactly that idea, but I had the impulse to make the wings bigger and bigger to provide more cover, and it started to feel like I was getting too far away from the original - I’d love to see your take though!!
Maybe consider elongating the ships rear so it looks more sleek and fits and additional out of troopers.
If I was designing it from scratch I definitely would have!
Done right and should be featured in the next Star Wars Movie.
Kick gotten out of it. ❤
Awesome, thank you!!
Gread Job for building this, but change the blue color to black it fits then perfect to the wings
Totally! You can swap all the parts in dark blue to black easily if you want to build the stealth covert ops version :D
This is fire
@@enchantedarts5881 thank you!!!
awesome revamp
@@thebossbaby7402 thank you!!!
Could be fun coming up with attachment points for other imperial vehicles as well! I could see this thing dropping off AT-STs or hover tanks!
Totally!
I would say no to that. An AT-ST or hover tank seems way too heavy for it. Maybe a troop/supply transport for backwater outer rim worlds with a small Imperial presence (not needing a huge Imperial presence) that can be a cheaper alternative to the Imperial police gunship.
The droid brain for the tie fighter variant was the TIE droid, or TIE/D automated, from the Dark Empire comics.
Yes!! Right you are :D
This is sick.
Thank you!!
I also thought it was the coruscant police ship from first shots. Definitely like this upgrading of sets (I don't have nostalgia for the original though 😊), and you nailed it with this one!
Thank you CoreFlux! I realized part way into the design process that it was sort of resembling the police gunship and leaned into it a bit!
Watch, loved it.. Just subscribed . Continue the great content!!!
Awesome! Thank you and welcome 🙏
I really like it man! If I do ever build it I might msk it so the wings rotate 90° but who knows lol. Keep up the fantastic work
Luckily that’s easy to do! And thanks!
AWESOME
Thank you so much!
Nice..! 👍🏻
Thank you!
Love your cockpit work.
Did you mess around at all trying to use piece 61409 and a combination of brackets and snotted bricks to do the internals of the wings?
Thanks!! I wanted to keep the parts count low so I didn’t mess around with snot wings like that- if I ever do a “more serious” version of the ship I might though! Like one that can carry serious cargo, I think that would be cool!
Sir i love it. Imo its better than the police gunship
Brace yourself, because here comes a rabbithole lol but this build reminds me of the obscure side of Star Wars where we got a lot of ships that are mainstream now but were very niche then. And for some reason i see this existing in the Star Wars: DROIDS show lol and not a bad thing, i love the show. It has that far, far away element, where its in the Star Wars universe but its some world on the outer rim, and the Empire cant budget a bunch of Sentinel shuttles or other tranaports for such insignificant operations, so they use a short range in atmosphere craft to do all of the logistical operation. Maybe they dont always transport troops, maybe its a generator one day, or a munitions stack, or mining equipment, etc. Idk it just has that "real" Star Wars feel. And thats not me hating on LEGOs models, love both of them. But those felt purely for battle and were super sleek, but this just has that Star Wars juice lol
Thank you so much! What an awesome comment!
A really sleek model ! I really like the way you've designed the cockpit, and the solar pannels, while retaining all the previous play functions ! Congrats !
How are your other Star Wars projects moving forward (T-6 Shuttle, Mantis) ? Do you use any software to help you design these models ?
Thanks! The T-6 is almost done but the last part is giving me much trouble. The Mantis, I’m not sure what you’re referring to there because that thing has been done and out! Check out my rebrickable page to see the 2023 version, I’m really proud of it! As to software for design, nope! I design everything using physical bricks first and then simply translate the finished model into bricklink studio to make the instructions
This is going to make me want to buy the upcoming stormtrooper and rebel battle pack so I can fill this custom model with stormtroopers
Thanks so much! I’m really bummed we don’t get the shadow trooper in the upcoming one :( seems blasphemous
Neat!
They’re remaking this one again in a new set along with a remake of the Rebel Scout Speeder
I’ve since seen that, yeah! Excited to do a comparison :D
Do I need more parts than in the original set? Like parts from other sets as well to build this MOC?
This is a fully new design that only draws inspiration from the original, so the best thing to do is order the parts on bricklink using the included parts list on rebrickable!
I’m on holiday so I have no Lego to build 😫. Nice build though.
Thanks!! Well no rush, it’ll be here when you get back!!
FUN! Very cool innovation at play here. The spirit of Star Wars is strong with this one! And to my great surprise, I was the first to give it a "like" on Rebrickable.
@@brickrichbuilds thank you!!! It just came out so you’re very early!
Está genial la nave de lego
Thanks!
@@2bricks de nada y dime te funciono de lo que dije de la nave de MAUL
How long does a build like this take to design and put together?
Design took me about 3 days, I built and iterated probably a dozen times in that time. Instructions took a full day.
Getting some strong little bird vibes from this
Totally!!
It only costs me 33€ + Shipping this is great
Excellent!!
@@2bricks I forgot to change the country due to moving and now it’s even cheaper at 27€
@tommuller6373 even betterrrrr 🎉🥳
The dropship we got vs. the dropship we deserve
Haha thanks! And “the one we need right now” *dark knight theme kicks in*
Lego is also releasing an imperial drop ship this fall in the celebration set, but I gotta say, yours tops them all for sure.
Thank you! I saw that after I finished mine and got excited to do a comparison video!!
first !
Nice! I would normally have published in the morning but I’m determined to take a weekend off for the first time in goodness knows how long so I’m putting this out on a Friday night- lucky for you! 😅
Noice