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2,504-Piece Lego Lambda Shuttle

Posted: 2010-06-18 05:50pm
by FSTargetDrone
Behold! (from Gizmodo):
Exclusive: The New Gigantic Lego Imperial Shuttle

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Every year Lego gives us a huge multi-thousand piece Star Wars model, like the 5,195-brick Millennium Falcon or the 3,800-brick Death Star. Now it's the turn to an all-time favorite of mine: The 2,504-piece Lambda-Class Imperial Shuttle.

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When I was a kid playing with Lego bricks, I built an Imperial Shuttle myself using pieces from our Lego Space sets. It was rather cool. Not only did it look like the real thing, but the wings also moved, like the real thing. It didn't look as perfect, but I still remember it like one of my most fabulous constructions.

This beast is bigger than my old model, at 28 inches tall (71 centimeters) and 22 inches wide (57 centimeters) when the foldable wings are fully deployed. The cockpit allows you to sit figures inside, and it includes five minifigs:Darth Vader, Shuttle Pilot, Imperial Officer, Stormtrooper and Luke Skywalker from Return of the Jedi.

The Imperial Shuttle also has rotating double laser wing cannons, landing gear, and a display stand. All this technological terror could be yours for $260, starting in September 2010.
Looks pretty good and not too squished as most Star Wars toys of the larger ships tend to be. Compared to the picture from Wookiepedia, it's not bad at all:

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Start saving your pennies! I know I will be.

Giant picture at the link.

Re: 2,504-Piece Lego Lambda Shuttle

Posted: 2010-06-18 05:53pm
by Srelex
Looks pretty funky, for a Lego model.

Re: 2,504-Piece Lego Lambda Shuttle

Posted: 2010-06-18 05:56pm
by FSTargetDrone
Srelex wrote:Looks pretty funky, for a Lego model.
Looking at the nose now, it seems a bit narrow compared to the studio model, but that can be fixed.

Re: 2,504-Piece Lego Lambda Shuttle

Posted: 2010-06-18 11:05pm
by FSTargetDrone
Video with one of the model's designers. It looks even better than I thought.