star wars

Once you've got over the shock of the size of this thing (5,335,200 bricks) you mind begins to wander and think about the transportation, the break-down, the internal structure, and so on.

It's also inspired that he decide to build a large version of the LEGO model, and not the design of the original X-wing.

Yes it's LEGO.

Yes it's Star Wars.

And the sheer scale of the model, with all the minifigs so astutely placed is a great way to start the week.

There's a lot of more details shots here: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/265783

With all those meta tags, you know this is going to be good. And with a Star Wars connection, I'm sure of lots of extra visitors :)

In truth, I'm more impressed by the model, than the robotic element. It must be a heavy model, so it moves far to slowly to be impressive, but this is offset by the attention to detail and rather accurate ratios.

Also, there was an RC-R2D2 with inbuilt DVD player I saw many years ago. Maybe that's his next step...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34247814@N07/sets/72157627310157618/

Following the spherical wonderment that was yesterday, I was pointed towards these ponderings about building a LEGO death star, which was in scale with mini-figs. Naturally, it can't be built, but the overly calculative numbers are geeky enough to be curiously interesting.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/could-you-build-a-scale-lego-m...

Ok - so I know this is a few years old now. And I know it's the second Star Wars-related posted in a week. But there's something about full-scale LEGO models that has to be admired.

http://gizmodo.com/357403/c3po-indiana-jones-clone-wars-trooper-life+siz...

Granted, this one is little more professionally than we like on 'LEGO Punk' but it's inspirational none the less.

In a word, "Wow!"

While most of us might consider building a small version of the Millennium Falcon about the size of your palm, here we have the whole thing. And the rest of Mos Eisley, to boot.

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/incredible-lego-star-wars...

The attention to detail is fantastic, and if I ever get around to remaking the Star Wars saga in LEGO, this is the first chap I'm going to track down!