I've usually ended up just tossing the visor back into the baggie and storing it away. But this time something inside me clicked and I gave it a whirl. With a touch of pressure, voila! The visor fits very nicely inside a 2x2 round brick. I had originally though that you could use it similar to the cheese slope method with a plate and a brick. It turns out that the visor is too springy and not meaty enough to consistently grab both pieces unless they are at just the right angle and pitch and- shoot, there it just popped out again. I took the advice of my grandma: "When life gives you visors, make visorade."
So the lesson was learned. That is, the visor is a little over 13mm across and is flexible. The inside of a 2x plate is 16mm - 1.6mm x 2 (nominal plate width minus twice the nominal side wall thickness) equals 12.8mm. It stays in there due to slight pressure. As I was fiddling around with it I was suddenly reminded of one of my favorite keychains, the Star Wars Landspeeder.
The only major problem I had with this was the boxy windshield. This was released in 2008 well after the 7110 Landspeeder came out but still a couple of years before the 8092 Landspeeder which had the curved windscreen. So I suppose the aesthetic has some precedent.
With all that in mind I decided it was time to update my Landspeeder Keychain. I'll still keep the old one of course but the new one should vaguely copy the later full size set. I looked directly at the source materials for color. Star Wars source material as well as the LEGO sets. The design is essentially the same with a few color substitutions and one major part substitution. Sorry cheese wedges, you're no longer welcome around here.
Oh, and the whole thing is necessarily built upside down.
