LEGO unveiled yesterday the single largest LEGO Star Wars ship ever built. They built a 1:1 scale replica of an X-wing in Lego, and you can even get in and have your picture taken inside the cockpit.
The model was built to promote the new Yoda Chronicles show on Cartoon Network and will be in Times Square for a while until relocating to California’s LEGOland park.
Here are some fun facts:
- Contains 5,335,200 LEGO bricks
- Weighs 45,980 pounds
- Height: 11 feet / 3.35 meters
- Length: 43 feet / 13.1 meters
- Wingspan: 44 feet / 13.44 meters
- 32 builders spent 17,336 hours to construct – about 4 months
- Built in the LEGO Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic
- Is a one-to-one replica of LEGO Star Wars set #9493; The model is 42x the size of the retail building set
- 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.
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- IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR LEGO SYSTEMS, INC. – Thousands gather in New York City’s Times Square to watch the unveiling of the world’s largest LEGO Model, a 1:1 replica of the LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter that took 32 Model Builders, 5.3 million LEGO bricks and over 17,000 hours to complete, Thursday May 23, 2013. (Amy Sussman/AP Images for The LEGO Group)
