LEGO Destroyer Droids! All Variants vs. Custom Build!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Let's take a look every Droideka/Destroyer Droid that LEGO has made, then see if we can make one a little better.
Which one was your favourite?
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I didn't think the official builds were that bad until you showed your version. Absolutely smokes them!
Nah the first one that was made is peak
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Could you talk about the folding and rolling ability of all the droids, and also try to make a moc that dan fold up nicely.
Those fourth and fifth designs were pretty good at rolling, so thats why they were my favorites. Would love to see that as well.
The first one also folded up pretty much perfectly into a ball.
I made one out of spare parts I had as a kid and it was my favorite thing ever since I could actually roll it like a Lego Bakugan
@@RoanWitchArtFirst one was perfect for rolling.
@@RoanWitchArtbakugan....... shouldve kept making the good old series instead of the new ones
No the first ones legs stick out to much wenn folded up, but is think its still the best one out of all the Lego Editions
I was expecting your build to be the classic moc-maker "three times as many parts, half of which are in out of production colors", but your design is surprisingly modern and genuinely looks like something we could get from a set today!
Yeah! I was impressed how simple and good it is!
Biggest issue is the classic revolvers which Lego seems to be straying away from with what I’ve seen but they did bring them back for the Indiana Jones line so it’s definitely a lot more possible. Not like they couldn’t replace that part anyways.
Wow, I really like your droideka design! The use of the claw piece is genius! I haven't used droidekas in my videos because I've just never found a design I liked, this one may be a winner!
Thanks! Glad I could help!
@@groovybonesYou stole the design!
from whom
There's another variant you missed. It has a singular blaster pole sticking out of the center, and it's the biggest and tallest droideka. Pretty sure it's the Sniper, don't remember which set it's from.
I had that one. You’re right it is based off a sniper droideka from the clone wars which was only in an episode or two. The set is the 501st at-rt but I don’t know if it came in any other sets. I really like the curvature of the brown “spine” but the scale is waaay to big.
its from the 2014 AT-RT set the sniper droideka
Sniper
Yep, the Sniper droideka, from the 501st At-Rt. Strangely from a set themed around the Umbara arc, where outside of the supply ship, no battle droids are present.
@@Witherlisk yeah, the Droidieka Sharpshooters first appeared at the start of the zygerrian arc; laying down suppressive fire against anakin and asokha when they're trying to defuse a bomb
I'm really suprised at how good your's looks for being in scale. That's exactly what LEGO should do.
Thanks! I think my design might be a bit too fragile for a real set haha
It’s light enough on the pieces that this could probably be an Advent Calendar build
@@groovybones Lego could produce a custom body piece really, they did for pretty much every other droid. Anyway, your design looks great
@@genadiyrool I personally feel like there's a magic to things being entirely brick-built. I'm sure that would help with accuracy, though.
@@billywerber9117 of course, i agree, there is an art in this which is absent in pre-molded shapes. but i personally do think of droideka to be more like a minifigure rather than a construct. brick built objects to me have a feeling of something inanimate (not that droidekas are, but i think you know what i mean)
Droidika and Bohroks always felt like the same idea in different worlds at the same time.
They both have a similar design, they roll and some bohrok can shoot or produce a shield. Plus lego made both.
There's something about robots that roll about that is so unique and menacing.
The thing that kept me up at night as a child for bohroks though were the parasitic brains 🤮🤮 when kid me saw the phantom menace, droidekas freaked me out for a very different reason - i really didnt want liam neeson to die
Both got lego sets in 02 despite appearing prior (Droidekas in 99 and, while not directly appearing I don't think, MNOG was heavily drenched in Bohrok references) late-game)
No wonder I loved both so much! I don't remember which I was exposed to first, Bohrok, or Droidekas? I was born in 2002 so it could have been either, but MNOG seems to contain some of my earliest memories so I'm really not sure
That was by far the best smol droidika that I have ever seen
Like everything else was multiverses away
Honestly that og droidika is done so well. Not only does it have the profile of the droidika matched almost perfectly, but it also plays very well, being the only one to properly roll up and having a ton of articulation compared to the later offerings. They really did peak with that first one and god damn was it good.
Wish you could buy them individually
I mean, it's nostalgic, and it does roll up well. But its head/neck is missing so much of the essential brown/copper carapace. Also loses points in my book for not easily standing without support.
@noahblack914 it does lack in some areas but as a lego toy, it's the best one
@@brenscott5416 Definitely the best as a toy, completely agreed. The ability to properly roll up is critical, which is why so many of the official ones fail. The new one looks nice, but that ball just doesn't work for me
@noahblack914 very true, the newer ones do look good, I'd even say they look better, but it all comes at the cost of the package, it goes from fun toy and decent display piece to display only
Really bizarre that the latest retail Droideka model doesn’t even have ARMS. Its guns are just straight-up clipped to the waist.
Amazing build! Just wanted to mention that because you used the Aeroblade piece for the base, you can put two brown 1×1 round tiles with bar and pin holders (part 20482/31561) in the two bar holes near the rear leg to replicate the shield generators
I really like this idea! Unfortunately they conflict ever so slightly with the arms. Something to consider for a future version though. 🤔
A simpler idea I thought of for the shield generators would be to use two brown 1x1 quarter-circle tiles on the studs
@@groovybones I just added another round tile between the hips and body to give it enough space to fit the 20482s. I know you were going for the accurate height as a primary goal and so this clearly bumps it over, but figured it was worth mentioning.
The OG design gets me right in the nostalgia ♥️, love your take on it, Sam! Can't wait to see where your videos go next!
If you add another lever at the bottom it captures the look of the "face" very well.
This first droid brings back massive nostalgia for me, but it also looks like they really tried to make it accurate to the movies. The new ones feel over engineered and too relient on fancy pieces.
(Plus it also folded up!)
Yours is definitely the best though, feels like a direct upgrade to the first original.
I am proud of myself of pausing at the disassembled parts frame and seeing exactly where you were going with the overall design =D . A splendid recreation!
gotta say that moc is genius. definitely gonna build my own.
Welp, you did it... You cracked the code. You solved the problem I've been having for over 20 years... I thought I got pretty close a couple of years ago, but nothing's beating that. Hat's off to you, sir.
builds that are small and still accurately portray what they depict are underappreciated compared to massive mocs. Great build.
The first one is a classic and the best one that LEGO has made. The best part about it is that it can transform into a very rollable form.
I didn't really know that they were that small in the movies. They are always shown to be quite the threat so I thought they would be at least as tall as a minifig. Your design is great with some special pieces. Great video!
I feel like destroyers need some kind of specialized centre mold so I can actually roll one up in a ball AND pose it standing up, I think there are enough parts from there to build one out
5:06. This droideka is from lego star wars magazine.
All thess "every lego star wars characters" that turn a blind eye to the technic sets make me weep
This man made what LEGO could not, and he didn't use any illegal building techniques!
Nope he stole the design
I have to say keeping a big part of what made the og one great is amazing. Kind of crazy how that design back in 2002 can work SO well even today
i gotta admit your build blew me away. genuinely i couldnt see a single thing wrong with it and i hope lego adopts a super similar design for their next droideka (and maybe gives you a percent of the profits ;))
Wow. I had Clone Troopers vs Destroyer Droids and always thought the droidekas didn't look quite right. I spent SO much time trying to come up with a better one with what parts I had as a kid. I even used the wolverine claws at one point! Your design is definitely better than anything I ever came up with.
You did it, you made the most perfect Destroyer Droid I have seen anyone make. It is so impressive they should be part of a future battle pack. It would be cool if they made those claw pieces with a little red dual-moulded at the ends for the eyes. Either way I will be getting the parts to make a few of these for my boys. They will love having this version.
Not gonna lie i was prepared to talk a little shit after seeing all 6 variants, and how you cant expect a perfectly scaled minifigure to be built. And THEN I SAW YOUR BUILD, and was immediately not only corrected but impressed. Absolutely awesome demonstration of what a little bit of creativity can muster. Its always the littlest things that make such a small build perfect. WELL DONE.
Yep first was the best
I would love to see a modern large scale buildable Droideka, like the R2-D2, BD-1, and Probe Droid. Especially one that can roll up and actually spin.
It would be beautiful to see one at that medium scale.
Great news, Brickset has this listed on their database right now 75381: Buildable Droideka
See, I love the build of the custom one and I think that’s probably the most screen accurate translation of all, but no one can deny how satisfying it is that the 2002 droideka is the only one that can properly fold into a ball to be rolled around in.
Aw, I know the sweeping the droids off the table was a great dramatic moment for ya but I really would’ve loved some side-by-side comparisons.
That's amazing! The fact that you managed to squeeze in so many details and built it with the correct height is so cool.
Talking about minifigure scale and seeing that comparison with bricks is my favorite thing. It helps me visualize the scale for custom builds. You should do this for ships and MOCs but idk how feasible that would be. Great video tho.
Great design. If someone working at LEGO saw this video, I hope they can make this the new Droideka design.
Holy crap, your design is fantastic and less pieces than the official ones! I would honestly love to see Lego replicate it in official sets.
He stole it
Love your version and definitely benefits from the new element assortment. And a great synopsis of past version. Will have to attempt this :)
Would've been nice to put year flag in front of them for those of us that are visual. And your version in front of them all.
Excellent feedback! Thanks Winston!
I'll be honest, as you were building it I wasn't sure, and then the reveal... holy heck, you have so much detail from so few pieces!! Hell of a great job
This is exactly what needed to be discussed. Thank you
My favorite battle droid is the one in glasses and with a beard. Truly makes me think of the one I saw in the movies
You could even add shield generators onto that center circle bar piece by using 1x1 round plates with the bar in the middle!
Honestly, I've always felt the very first one from 2002 is actually the most accurate in design. AND its also the only one that can actually fold up properly into a mostly even ball and it can roll very well too.
The others in fact I think are based more on the Clone Wars designs, hence why they're mostly so huge.
amazing design! that use of the claw piece really brings it all together.
i hope you consider making your own interpretations of droideka variants like the droideka sentinel the rebel alliance used!
Holy crap u did it!!! No freaking way!! I’m in total disbelief, u earned my subscription. I’m in tears right now it’s so beautiful. 😍
I absolutely love the most recent droideka design from Lego. Had to buy a whole bunch, didn't think they could make it look so accurate with no specialty pieces
I love the custom one!
Well I know what my next bricklink order will be now!
Your design is definetly the better one. I managed to put together the last with with my spares. I'm happy with it.
You version is absolutely perfect. Beautiful work Mr. Bones
The Custom build even has some nice options left to add some little triangles for the back leg shield plating.
The moment I saw that small holder piece I thought we could make a droideka out of it. But that claw piece was a brilliant addition that I might have never come up with.
nice plinkett reference at the end with the song choice for the outro
That’s actually awesome
the first destroyer just hits with so much nostalgia nothing can beat it! but out of all the others your custom one is the best by far!
V1 still got the rolling going for it. Makes it the go-to if you would put them in games, for example. But the contrast is pretty nutty.
worth mentioning that most of the pieces you used came out around or after 2015, when the last official droideka released. given all the tiny pieces i'm sure lego would be able to put out something on that level!
I actually like all of the droideka designs by lego and the custom one is good.
It's perfect, I couldn't do better. Amazing creativity
Honestly the 2002 droideka is my conception of a droideka. They're pretty rare in the clone wars and the movies so i remember them a lot more from the video game than anything. Also that hallway at the end makes me think that lego should totally do a trade federation hallway set with obi wan and qui gon like they did with the hallways for luke and darth vader.
need to see a version of your design with the shield generators in the back and able to ball up and roll. you've got something really good there
That's definitely my new favorite Driodeka design! That looks so good!
As someone who hates all the official Lego Droidekas, yours is super good. Great job!
This was really well done, im definitely gonna try to replicate the custom destroyer!
Best droideka MOC I’ve seen
Great video dude, you deserve way more subs! as a kid, I’d make my own droideka’s since I never got sets with them, I’d turn on lego Star Wars and look at their model and make it with whatever prices I had lol.
I think your model is a good addition to the many other attempts made by lego. I have also designed a custom one and I was surprised to see that you also like the minifigure claws piece for the face. Hope to see more videos like this from you😊😊
Your build is incredible!! And you could easily stick some manner of brown tiles to the rear 2 studs on the 'Aeroblade' piece for thie shield panels
I didn’t know I needed this until I watched your video. Now I’ve got to build your Droideka.
Hey man, congrats on getting Second Place on LEGO Masters!! My whole family was cheering for you and your mom the whole time. It's great that we can now watch you on TH-cam! Keep up the incredible work.
I think one of the most important things that the first droideka did that the others can't do is
get this
roll into a ball like in the movie
The shredder piece is such a good call
The one you made is actually jaw dropping. I would buy that and I don’t even buy legos anymore
Wow didn’t know you were a new channel
Very nice editing and quality. Nice build too
Would love more content like this
This is almost certainly my nostalgia talking, but I really like how barebones the design of the OG LEGO droideka is. The later ones I think are trying and failing to be more faithful to the actual design with more curved parts for the lower orb and head/back plating, whereas the first of them all lets your imagination fill in way more and overall looks in place with the rest of LEGO, especially sets of the time period. I especially dislike how several of them went for leg parts that can't even move! Sure, they stand up alright, but LEGO is about play, not just making display pieces! I should be able to wiggle my droids' legs around like they're walking, or at least position them at different angles.
Alas, those old droid arm pieces were prone to breaking, and when my droideka's grey ones started to break and I couldn't keep it together anymore, the surviving arm parts became prosthetics for my Life on Mars aliens who tragically lost their arms to repeated use. Many of them remain amputees to this day...
What I'm really not sure of is why they won't just make some new molds for specialized parts to build these things. Yeah, they might be limited in utility, but LEGO also kept making sets with droidekas in them. Surely, at some point, that justifies a specialized part or two, right? Or, maybe not. Your design blows all the rest out of the water with no need for custom parts, and I just may have to get some parts and make a few myself.
The original lego Droideka is easily my favorite for the fairly appropriate proportions and shaping, but most of all the ability to actually fold it up into a ball! I don't know if it was really intentional by the designer, but it's such a key coolness-factor of the Droidekas, and it's a shame none of the later iterations have attempted this.
Your design is really cool, although personally I'd might attempt to try and combine it with some of the elements of the original.
nice looking build, i approve
HYPED for the UCS/ Buildable Figure Version can't wait to get it, i hope it includes a dome or vinyl piece for the bubble shield
I have allways loved the design of the droideka even before I got into starwars, I might have to build your custom one just to add to my minifig display
Wow, this is amazing! Yours is definitely the best looking of the droidekas.
As somebody who prefers display pieces play features don't matter so much, but it'd still be awesome to see one that can actually roll!
Best droids in all of Star Wars. I love them.
I hate the 2007 and 2018 ones. Cant even roll up.
Yours looks fantastic, and it could probably roll up in some capacity too
You should do more lego comparison like every version of dwarf spider droid or super battle droid
this is easily the best drodika design. Only thing i like about bigger ones is ability to roll
The foil pack one is from a magazine sold in europe i believe
your destroyer is amazing. you really should make a really big screen acurate one that rolls and everything almost like a ucs. uber cool tho
god, why do i click on these videos
Agreed with the OG 2002 Droideka...nothing really can beat it that lego's put out since then. Looked around for a jedi defense set for years as a teen before giving up, only to find both a few years ago and having the memories flood back from the game. First time since I was a kid I was willing to open an unopened star wars set.
Yours that all said is likely the second best/tied for first, just seems kinda small to me? I know its closer to accurate for on screen size but yeah. Love the use of the claws for the eyes.
You missed the Droidekas from the 75002 AT-RT set!
Although you’re correct, it’s a different type of Droideka. It’s a sniper droideka
Honestly don’t think it gets better than this this design is perfect
I would love to see this format for the Spider Droids. I love those things and am interested to see which is most accurate.
Also I have the last Droidika and I got it from the Lego Star Wars magazine.
Love your design, but its true one major flaw with it that it can't fold up to roll like an actual Droideka. Still one of the best attempts I've seen!
these are all cool as hell
Yoo that one in the end looks amazing! Great job, it really gets the shape and proportions down good!
That og droideka is the goat but damn yours is amazing, lego should do that from now on
something else you could potentially achieve with your moc are the two side panels that aren't present in any of the official builds, thanks to the weapon rack's extra pinholes
I have to give you props for using the claw as the eyes of the droideka; frankly genius part usage. That being said, while your custom is certainly more accurate, I feel it’s inferior to the original 2002 minifigure because, as far as I can see, it falls into the same trap that a lot of the others do by being completely incapable of curling into a ball. That to me is why the original is peak: not just nostalgia, not just because it appeared in the game, but because can do everything I would want a Lego droideka to do.
I built a droideka once too. It's a fair bit larger than "to scale" though, using the smallest Bionicle parts I have.
Just found this channel, idk how late I am to the game but the custom droideka is beautiful
What I love about the og is that it replicates the holes in the droidekas back well. If the back was completely brown it would look perfect almost
Dreat video, and your droideka is adorable, but one of the best and most defining things about those droids were their ability to roll. I love when LEGO prioritizes that aspect when they do their designs, witch is why the first one still is one of the best. I feel like leveing that aspect out of the video is a bit sad. I whould have liked to se your take on a rollable droideka.
An excellent looking Droideka!
The first Droideka design was near perfect, although slightly tall it had all the right dimensions.The one thing that makes it even better which you have not shown was that the first one can roll up unlike the other ones. Your own take is great but I don’t think Lego would agree to use Wolverine claws as the head lol