Jedi Starfighter & Hyperdrive Ring (#7661)

This one is just cool, Obiwan's Jedi starfighter and hyperdrive ring from Episode III. The only opportunity for improvement with this set is the hyperdrive ring needs to be a bit stronger, I just haven't figured out how to do it without making it look clunky.



The starfighter docks using a couple of technic axel pins that slide and lock into place. The blue wing flaps on either side fold up and down to complete the effect of being locked into the ring.


After I got this set, I retro-fit Anakin's yellow starfighter to dock with the ring as well. I thought about making a yellow and grey one to go with his color scheme, but I honestly don't know where I'd put it on the shelf.


I also built Obiwan's red starfighter to be compatible with the hyperdrive ring.

The set also comes with the exclusive Kit Fisto minifig. I would've included him in the photos, but he's currently on assignment in the Republic Gunship. The only modification I made to this one is replacing the flick missiles with the technic axels to hold the missiles in place where they belong. It's hard to be intimidating in a dog fight when you lose your missiles every time your ship tilts forward.

Sith Starfighter

This one started out as a modified Anakin's starfighter (#7256) based on the Hasbro version. The one pictured here is probably my 4th or 5th variation in my attempt to get it perfect. Once the hyperdrive ring came out (#7661), I retro-fit Anakin's fighter and the Sith fighter to dock with the ring.


I got an extra sheet of stickers for the Imperial Dropship (ordered off Bricklink, I love that place!) for the flaps, which I had to spray-paint black. I also put the droid's head on a small turntable so he could look around (that's important for an astromech droid).


There's Vader...


There are the axels for docking with the hyperdrive ring.