Life-sized X-Wing star fighter built from 5,335,200 LEGO parts



    During the advertising campaign before the premiere of the animated series " The Yoda Chronicles " based on "Star Wars" in New York, a model of the famous X-Wing fighter was installed. This is an exact copy of the toy X-Wing from the LEGO set, only 42 times more. The length of the gigantic toy is 13 meters, the wingspan is 13.5 meters, the weight is more than 20 tons (together with the steel frame necessary so that the model does not collapse under its own weight). 32 workers spent about four months building the model. The fighter makes a sound of a running engine and its nozzles glow.



    The fighter was made in the Czech Republic, and then transported in disassembled form to New York. The model was opened for public review on Thursday, May 23, and those who wish can even sit in the cockpit of a fighter. Exactly thirty years ago from this day, on May 23, 1983, the third (now VI) episode of Star Wars "Return of the Jedi" was released. A few days later, the X-Wing will be dismantled again and taken to California, to Legoland , where it will stay until the end of the year.

    Gizmodo has published a series of exclusive photos of this toy monster.


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