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#2468 TECHNIQUE DISCUSSION: Imperial Speeder Bikes

Alex Johnson
Aug 2, 2024
1 min read

Updated: Aug 3, 2024

Discover the dark side with us, as we dissect these awesome MOCs of imperial Speeders. Ready for a race?

In this post we take a look at the 74 – z imperial speeder bike!

#2468 TECHNIQUE DISCUSSION: Imperial Speederbikes Discover the dark side with us, as we dissect these awesome MOCs of imperial Speeders. Ready for a race? Three different Minifigure scale speeder bikes are depicted. They are by: @vostroyan_builds from Insta and Rebrickable @_calinbors from Insta and Flickr A.J.Müller from Rebrickable

Reference Material: In this technique discussion we’re mainly talking about the 74 – z speeder bike, which was created for use during the Clone Wars by the Aratech Repulsor Company, but mostly seen in the Galactic Civil War. The length of the vehicle is about 3,3 meters with brown being the most common colour. The driver grips onto the handles of the bike. The main problem when creating a brick-built variant of this vehicle. The leg poseability doesn’t allow a minifigure to take this pose, much less for them to reach the pedals.

The 74 – z speeder bike was featured in a number of LEGO sets, so let ‘s start by taking a look at LEGO ‘s versions of these iconic Star Wars vehicles. The Tricycle piece 30187 from 9489 Endor Battle Pack allows a minifigure to sit better on the bike and was used in a lot of speeders. The most recent iteration of the 74 – z from 75353 Endor Speeder Chase Diorama captured the look pretty well, but it‘s too big to fit the minifigure proportions.

This build by @vostroyan_builds achieves every angle of the 74 – z and just looks stunning. The driver can even reach the pedals with their foot. The snow-shoe piece allows the connection to the tap piece. Want to build this beauty yourself? Free instructions by Vostroyan are available at Rebrickable. Be sure to check it out!

Free Instructions of the cool speeder by A.J.Müller are available on Rebrickable!

Not all 74 – z bikes have to be brown/dark tan. This Hoth version by @_calinbors shows a beautiful white coloursceme. The triangle shield is not very accurate to the movie version, but has gained some nostalgic reputation regarding LEGO versions.

Another amazing 74 – z by @_calinbors, this one uses two seperated minifigure legs to more accurately convey the driver position. This builder has many more cool speeders on his Flickr. Be sure to check it out! And tell us which one was your favourite.

Reference Pictures from:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/74-Z_speeder_bike/Legends

Want to see more of these builders? Look here:

https://rebrickable.com/users/A.J.M%C3%BCller/mocs/

Volstroyn:

https://rebrickable.com/users/Vostroyan/

https://www.instagram.com/vostroyan_builds/

Calin:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/_tiler/

https://www.instagram.com/_calinbors/

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