4 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

Eh

On Earth, yes.  The bombers just need to drop bombs from distance and let gravity / guidance system takes care of it ONE WAY.  On SW universe, however, bombs need to be dropped up close to any surface of the target, ie. they should be able to bomb the belly of a Star Destroyer from "under" it.  Thus SW bombers should be slim and able to manuever without its energy source drained by multiple turrets...

 

1 minute ago, Darth_Raichu said:

On Earth, yes.  The bombers just need to drop bombs from distance and let gravity / guidance system takes care of it ONE WAY.  On SW universe, however, bombs need to be dropped up close to any surface of the target, ie. they should be able to bomb the belly of a Star Destroyer from "under" it.  Thus SW bombers should be slim and able to manuever without its energy source drained by multiple turrets...

 

Bombers targeting Star Destroyers need to be able to run the gauntlet of ties buzzing around them from every direction, so you either have a fighter escort or you have a bomber which has enough fire power to defend itself, ergo this grey and blue monstrosity. I so wish they'd gone with a darker colour scheme, could have been a good set.

Just now, Sprocket77 said:

Bombers targeting Star Destroyers need to be able to run the gauntlet of ties buzzing around them from every direction, so you either have a fighter escort or you have a bomber which has enough fire power to defend itself, ergo this grey and blue monstrosity. I so wish they'd gone with a darker colour scheme, could have been a good set.

Y-Wings are fine with just 1 turret.  I do not see how this monstrosity is an improvement over it..  
If anything else they should worry about the turrets on the surface of SD.  Bigger ship  = easier to target by those turrets.

 

I think they want to match the X-Wings with that color scheme?? 

5 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Why are there so many gunners on a bomber????

4 hours ago, Sprocket77 said:

Eh

33 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

On Earth, yes.  The bombers just need to drop bombs from distance and let gravity / guidance system takes care of it ONE WAY.  On SW universe, however, bombs need to be dropped up close to any surface of the target, ie. they should be able to bomb the belly of a Star Destroyer from "under" it.  Thus SW bombers should be slim and able to manuever without its energy source drained by multiple turrets...

29 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Bombers targeting Star Destroyers need to be able to run the gauntlet of ties buzzing around them from every direction, so you either have a fighter escort or you have a bomber which has enough fire power to defend itself, ergo this grey and blue monstrosity. I so wish they'd gone with a darker colour scheme, could have been a good set.

22 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Y-Wings are fine with just 1 turret.  I do not see how this monstrosity is an improvement over it..  
If anything else they should worry about the turrets on the surface of SD.  Bigger ship  = easier to target by those turrets.

Ah yeah....

4 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Y-Wings are fine with just 1 turret.  I do not see how this monstrosity is an improvement over it..  
If anything else they should worry about the turrets on the surface of SD.  Bigger ship  = easier to target by those turrets.

 

I think they want to match the X-Wings with that color scheme?? 

Says the nation with the worlds largest aircraft carriers.

 

If you want to talk stratergy why do imperial/FO forces rarely deploy fighters to defend key assets furthermore look at R1 why should Krennic fly out there to the Kyber facilty  when they can shoot Gaylo Erso or bring him to the DS and why did Tarkin delay the investigation. (down to lazy writing and the fact the rebels must win everything)

Further stratergy problems why not shoot the escape pods in a New hope at least for the target practice as if looking for plans why not intercept them considering they could have been on there from the imperial view point.

The reality is if you start looking as deep as this debate is then Star Wars starts to look unplausible as a story.

Edited July 27, 20178 yr by Will 4

The reality is if you start looking as deep as this debate is then Star Wars starts to look unplausible as a story.

MALARKEY!

Or rather if you dig too deep into Science Fiction you can take the fun out of Fiction.

44 minutes ago, Will 4 said:

Says the nation with the worlds largest aircraft carriers.

 

If you want to talk stratergy why do imperial/FO forces rarely deploy fighters to defend key assets furthermore look at R1 why should Krennic fly out there to the Kyber facilty  when they can shoot Gaylo Erso or bring him to the DS and why did Tarkin delay the investigation. (down to lazy writing and the fact the rebels must win everything)

Further stratergy problems why not shoot the escape pods in a New hope at least for the target practice as if looking for plans why not intercept them considering they could have been on there from the imperial view point.

The reality is if you start looking as deep as this debate is then Star Wars starts to look unplausible as a story.

I thought we were talking bombers ? Well, there is a major flaw in the strategy if our carrier ever gets too close to enemy's battleships that it has to manuver out of the way  

All I know is I used to play SW BAttlefront 2 and there is no way to get anywhere near SD with bulky ships.  The auto defense turrets would maul you down if you are too big flying too closely to an SD

Seems the official pictures are now available for the upcoming Sep release:

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/07/27/full-assortment-star-wars-last-jedi-lego-sets-revealed-news/

14 minutes ago, Halfrig said:

Seems the official pictures are now available for the upcoming Sep release:

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/07/27/full-assortment-star-wars-last-jedi-lego-sets-revealed-news/

I saw these last night & am still undecided. The scout walker could be interesting if the play features are smooth (doubtful).  Im sure BB8 will look great next to 10225 r2,  but probably a pass.  The HA walker will/should keep AT AT prices at current or slight uptick, it just isn't the same or that appealing.

With all that said, as much as i dislike Kylo Ren's character, this new striker is growing on me.  cant go wrong with some badass black and trans red!

Edited July 28, 20178 yr by BricksBrotha

Even though the at-at looks a bit like an old man on his zimmer  frame, I still like it a lot.

I just need to know why Snoke is in his PJs. 

1 hour ago, BricksBrotha said:

cant go wrong with some badass black and trans red!

So I'm going to guess you LOVE this build.

1 hour ago, biking_tiger said:

I just need to know why Snoke is in his PJs. 

Maybe he lives in a penthouse surrounded by bunnies

21 minutes ago, pstebbing said:

So I'm going to guess you LOVE this build.

That is the Empire's version after they .. uh.. confiscated it.  Yes, I would totally buy one

Do you have a link to that build?  Also, is there a good site that has a lot of MOCs like this I could browse through?

Edited July 28, 20178 yr by Halfrig

September 1-3 (Force Friday) LEGO is doing double VIP points and giving away the Scarif Stormtrooper polybag with all the new sets.

So now I... kind of don't want to go to TRU. 

Hmm that seems hard to get the amount of scarifs I need.  

2 minutes ago, ravenb99 said:

Hmm that seems hard to get the amount of scarifs I need.  

Never stopped you before. ?

Hmm that seems hard to get the amount of scarifs I need.  

Do or do not. There is no try.

More and more shops are putting up images, some new, some old, all without watermarks

I don't think LEGO cares anymore. 

5 hours ago, CM4Sci said:

More and more shops are putting up images, some new, some old, all without watermarks

I don't think LEGO cares anymore. 

Disney should have approved of the new toys for the movie being released at SDCC.  These always leak well ahead of their online podcast. 

10 hours ago, fossilrock said:

Disney should have approved of the new toys for the movie being released at SDCC.  These always leak well ahead of their online podcast. 

I don't think that would be a good idea either. 

LEGO put the pictures up on their asset website for shops to take. Way too early. They haven't taken them down either I guess 

Sorry if reposting, sorry for poor quality.

Someone from Oakdale PA has the TLJ sets on eBay 

The US Toys R Us eBay shop had all the Last Jedi sets available this morning to be delivered by next week... if you bought one you are lucky cause they have now been taken down