This LEGO Millennium Falcon Model Must Be Seen to Be Believed A team of LEGO builders has created a Millennium Falcon model whose complexity and attention to detail will make your jaw drop. The Singapore-based team, called Titans Creations, spent two months planning and building the model for LEGOLand Malaysia's May the 4th "Star Wars" event. The LEGO version of Han Solo's spaceship measures 43.3 inches by 33.5 inches (110 by 85 centimeters) and contains so many bricks that the team lost count, Titans Creations members wrote on their Facebook page. "Main objective of this build is to replicate the interior of the popular Millennium Falcon as accurate[ly] as possible with references to different online material," they added on a Flickr page featuring images of the LEGO spaceship. "Features 24 LED, 7 [of] which are programmed to pulsate at the rear thruster for realism, and the rest spread amomg the corridor, hyperdrive and cockpit." Han Solo and Chewbacca sit at the controls of the LEGO Millennium Falcon, and Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, C3PO, R2D2 and other passengers are onboard as well.
These "Star Wars" characters, and the richly detailed interior, are visible because Titans Creations' LEGO Millennium Falcon lacks a roof. So Han probably isn't going to take the spaceship on a run through an asteroid field anytime soon. Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Star Wars Fans Building Full-Size Millennium Falcon In Tennessee I was an avid builder when I was a kid, playing with Legos, rockets, model airplanes and Lincoln Logs, but when Star Wars entered my life it completely dominated the arena. I would make X-Wings with adjustable wings with my Legos (back before they actually had kits and instructions on how to do so) and I even remember going to the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. and picking out a huge plastic model of the Millennium Falcon. That probably goes a long way in explaining my fascination with the new project hatched by Star Wars fan Chris Lee of Nashville, Tennessee. According to The Tennessean, Lee has instigated a plan and has gotten a number of fans to help out in his mission to construct a full-size replica of Han Solo's famous smuggling vessel.
The final plan is to make a 114-foot long ship, with individuals from around the world building individual parts that will come together as a whole once the work is done. The project began when Lee connected online with a bunch of other fans who agreed to help him in the endeavor. A graphic artist in Huntsville, Alabama is right now building the cockpit in his home and even an an executive at Elstree Studios in Great Britain has reached out to them. So where will the ship be put together? Lee owns an 88-acre piece of property and then are in the midst of clearing out a 400-by-400 foot section for construction. Once the Millennium Falcon is complete it will stay there and the creators are thinking about turning the area into some kind of non-profit organization, such as a "maker camp that encourages all kinds of creativity and construction." It's expected that the project will take at least five years to complete and all told will cost between $200,000 and $800,000 to get done.
Sounds like it's worth it to me.On the site they also have a bunch of images, and you can check out a sample of them below. Blended From Around The WebThis is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It's as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker—and Porkins. As you can see in these exclusive Gizmodo images and video, it reproduces the official $60 Lego 9493 X-Wing Fighter. But instead of being 560-pieces and a few inches long, this model uses more than five million pieces and it's 11-feet tall and 43 feet long, with a 44-foot wingspan. Just like the real X-Wing—and 42 times the size of the commercial Lego set. Here are all details about the model:Engines that light up and roarThere's only one thing different from the original model: the engines glow and roar like the X-Wing in the movies. To capture these photos and videos, Gizmodo had to travel to an airplane hangar near New York City, where the model had arrived by ship from the Lego Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic.
But you can see it for yourself now if you are in Manhattan, since it's on display in the middle of Times Square. According to Lego:The model was heavily engineered to withstand all the transportation, setup/break down and to ensure it was safe for Times Square given the subway system below and California’s seismic requirements for the Legoland California Resort installation. The X-Wing being unveiled today in New York City's Time Square. Bottom image by Gizmodo reader Ludlow Smith. You can see official Lego images of the unveiling here. Not in New York? After three days in the city, the X-Wing will be transported to the West Coast, where it will stay until the end of the year. And, by the way, you will be able to sit inside: The thing is so huge and heavy that it requires an internal metal structure to support it: Here's one of the crates used for shipping: The model was created to promote the original Lego Star Wars animation TV series The Yoda Chronicles, which will premiere on Cartoon Network on Wednesday, May 29 at 8:00PM.
You can see my review of the Lego X-Wing Fighter 9493 right here. You can get the original 560-piece version at the Lego Shop and Amazon. Images and video by Gizmodo's Nick Stango.Full Scale Falcon ProjectNashville, TN, United StatesWelcome to the official Facebook page for the Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project. This page will serve as a way to share updates on the progress of design and construction of the various components of the project. We have a new online forum that will replace the old website. It will be available for open registration soon. We are currently getting all build team members and other contributors registered, then we will open it to the public. //…/hundreds-of-star-wars-fans-collabora…/Full Scale Falcon Project added 8 new photos to the album More Cockpit Greeblies.Greg continues to scratch-build greeblies for the cockpit. Here are the latest, in close and then in context of their locations.See allFull Scale Falcon Project added 17 new photos to the album Skeleton Build.A few months ago, we put up a few screenshots from the Sketchup "structural Study" (model, toy, choose your noun) Scot is building out in Seattle.
These are build photos for the turrets. The bulk of the material is 1/8" acrylic, and the parts colored pink in the Sketchup model are 3d printed ABS. The dorsal and ventral turrets are built nearly identically, and designed so they can revolve in a track.Full Scale Falcon Project shared a Page.This group is creating a Han Solo Fan Film, and Greg has made the cockpit interior available to them for filming. Check out their progress with masks, props and some storyboards. Star Wars: The Indemnity PursuitFull Scale Falcon Project added 39 new photos to the album Greeblies and the Hunstville Build.Greg continues to amaze, whether it's with scratch built greeblies based on existing shots, or creating panels that don't show up on screen (the footwell panel is a current favorite). His most recent labor of love is a half section of the hallway, both for ease of ventilation and ease of supervision at cons. A major highlight is the completion of the "Volvo Panels," named for the Volvo instrument clusters used on the original cockpit along the sides at about shoulder level.
The geometry involved caused 4 reworks of the panels, until last month when he was finally able to skin the exterior of the panels to his satisfaction./…/check-hi-res-shots-rogue-ones-gorg…/The User Interfaces in Rogue One Are Gorgeous. Greebles: how tiny details make a huge Star Wars universeFull Scale Falcon Project added 4 new photos.A year ago SparkFun Electronics, Inc. Helped us provide the brains behind the screen accurate lighting sequences in the Falcon cockpit. A year later this hardware is still holding up to the rigors of a semi-portable larger than life prop. The Full Scale Falcon Project thanks SparkFun for their help!Full Scale Falcon Project added 2 new photos.There will be more build photos on the process, but I reached a goal that had been nagging me for at least a month and a half- being able to mount the main gear trusses to the lower turret assembly so the lower turret hangs freely. I realize all the clear acrylic confuses the image, and that will be dealt with, but I had to share thisFull Scale Falcon Project added 8 new photos.
The landing gear, printed and adjustedFull Scale Falcon Project added 5 new photos.More screenshots of the framing, this time of the landing gear trusses. Our goal is to make her so she doesn't need the little "helper poles" that can be seen in ANH disguised as fueling hoses, or in the features of TFA, painted bright green. I included a Coke can to give an idea of scale. Each truss is actually 3 layers of 1/8" (.118" really) laminated together. Since the laser cutter I'm working with is 12" x 20", I had to break the truss into overlapping parts to make the length. The gear themselves have been 3D printed, and some parts molded and cast. I'll get a photo of them up shortlyFull Scale Falcon Project added 16 new photos to the album Framing Design.Since our original model was built in Sketchup, I'm using the same program to work out a skeleton for the ship. From this stage, the pieces go through AutoCAD to get cleaned up a bit, then into Inkscape to set them up for the laser cutter. Currently the medium I'm working with is acrylic, with parts that are seen (the gunwell, landing gear, and the gunwell tube at this point) 3D PrintedFull Scale Falcon Project shared a post.27 large pads making a nice place to relax.