Pimp My Naboo Ride
Posted: 2007-05-22 04:54pm
Today, I grabbed the Night Blazer car
and the Naboo Flash Speeder
and turned them into something that, I hope, would make Jeremy Clarkson proud: quite possibly the very first armed Naboo hotrod.
A two-seat, four-wheel monstrosity. Note the lack of seatbelts or rollbars, for that extra dash of excitement. The black tube portruding from underneath the passenger seat is the exhaust.
Rear view, showing the 360° swivelling, auto-tracking blaster. Of course, this being a wheeled vehicle without any meaningful suspension, don't expect to hit anything.
A big air scoop up front, of course. The fins are, in fact, Gungan-guards, designed to slice up any Gungan unfortunate enough to survive the initial impact. Or something. Maybe they're aerodynamic.
The very last thing the aforementioned Gungan will see.
And it actually moves under it's own power, too: it's built around the Blazer's pull-back engine. Which I had in reverse at first. 'Twas a silly sight.
The reason I dug up the LEGO for my amusement is this beauty I picked up yesterday:
ETA: and there's nothing wrong with an adult who likes LEGO.
and the Naboo Flash Speeder
and turned them into something that, I hope, would make Jeremy Clarkson proud: quite possibly the very first armed Naboo hotrod.
A two-seat, four-wheel monstrosity. Note the lack of seatbelts or rollbars, for that extra dash of excitement. The black tube portruding from underneath the passenger seat is the exhaust.
Rear view, showing the 360° swivelling, auto-tracking blaster. Of course, this being a wheeled vehicle without any meaningful suspension, don't expect to hit anything.
A big air scoop up front, of course. The fins are, in fact, Gungan-guards, designed to slice up any Gungan unfortunate enough to survive the initial impact. Or something. Maybe they're aerodynamic.
The very last thing the aforementioned Gungan will see.
And it actually moves under it's own power, too: it's built around the Blazer's pull-back engine. Which I had in reverse at first. 'Twas a silly sight.
The reason I dug up the LEGO for my amusement is this beauty I picked up yesterday:
ETA: and there's nothing wrong with an adult who likes LEGO.
