More Star Wars: Obi Wan vs.General Grievous

Greetings, LEGO Fans,
Today's  post features another great Star Wars build - set #75040 - General Grievous Wheel Bike from the Clone Wars film.

This interesting vehicle was employed by the good gen'ral during the epic battle with young Obi Wan Kenobi.  The build is very fun and utilizes a lot of unique build techniques, particularly in the wheel tread.

My favorite piece in the set, though, is the Grievous minifig.  Not bound to the highly inaccurate body proportions as with regular human minifigs, Grievous looks just as menacing and cool as his movie counterpart, quad arms, light sabers, and all.  Arguably, the best minifig rendition of all LEGO-dom.

Though not as cool, the set comes with a minifig Obi Wan, complete with double ended light "lance".

What this set needs to be truly complete is a brick rendition of 'Boga', the Varactyl ridden by Obi Wan during the big running battle sequence.
I am toying with the idea of coming up with a MOC version of the beastie...

Star Wars AT-RT (75002)

Today's post features a set that I put together a few months ago, but am just now getting around to taking pics and writing up.

This set came to me mixed into the same bag as Benny's Spaceship, so I wasn't even aware that there was another build.  Since the general color scheme is similar to the Spaceship, it was that much easier to overlook. I should have noticed that there was a random Yoda minifig in the bag.

"Hmm...very strange, it is!"

Once Benny's  ship was completed, I noticed there were a lot of blue and gray parts left over.

I had to do some serious sleuthing on the Wonderful World Wide Web to find out what I had.

Taking one of the more unusual parts, I looked it up on Bricklinks and got a list of all sets that used it.  I finally came across a picture of the AT-RT set and noted there were other pieces in the box that fit.

After downloading a set of instructions, work got underway.

This is a very enjoyable Star Wars set to build and display.

The main build is, of course. The AT-RT Walker, followed by a Sniper Droid Droideka.

Minifigs in the set include Yoda, a 501st Legion Clone Trooper, and a Commando Droid Captain.

Upward and onward....

Bad Cop's Pursuit Set Build

As a major fan of the Lego Movie, I was very delighted to find a plastic bag in my recent yard sale haul containing the parts and instructions for set 70802, Bad Cop's  Pursuit.

After cleaning and sanitizing the parts, I gleefully got busy building.  The set is quite straight forward and easy to assemble.

By far, Bad Cop's  police hover-car is the star of the set.

It's  also nice to have a Bad Cop/ Good Cop to add to the collection of LEGO Movie minifigs.

The railroad bridge section leaves a lot to be desired, but it does at least help to set the scene.

Later on, I might moc build a blue water base, but for now the set goes in the display cabinet as is.

Here are some pics: