This Incredible Full Scale Lego X-Wing Is the Largest Model In HistoryThis 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.
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ExpandThe unbelievable factsHere are all details about the model:
- Contains 5,335,200 LEGO bricks
- Weighs 45,979.61 pounds (including bricks and steel infrastructure)
- Height: 11 feet / 3.35 meters
- Length: 43 feet / 13.1 meters
- Wingspan: 44 feet / 13.44 meters
- 32 builders spent 17,336 hours (about 4 months) to construct
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. Check it out:
Where to see itTo 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:
[INDENT]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.[/INDENT]
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ExpandThe 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? Don't worry. 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:
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ExpandThe thing is so huge and heavy that it requires an internal metal structure to support it:
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ExpandThe 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.
Expand Jesus Diaz Today 11:00amImages and video by Gizmodo's Nick Stango.