Fan Made Star Wars VII LEGO Millennium Falcon is Definitely Not Garbage

Posted on 28/12/2015 by Lambert Varias

LEGO enthusiast Marshal Banana is a huge fan of Han Solo’s spaceship. So much so that he spent the past year planning, gathering pieces for and building this large and accurate model of the Millennium Falcon based on its appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Marshal’s model is made from about 7,500 LEGO pieces. It weighs about 22 lb. and measures around 32″x 21″x 7″. He didn’t bother recreating all of the ship’s interior because he wanted display it in a flying position, which meant it needed to be as light as possible. That said, he was able to add the cockpit, the gunner’s platform, a functioning ramp and lights for the engines.

As The Brothers Brick notes, this model not only has 50% more parts than the $6,000 (USD) LEGO UCS Millennium Falcon, it’s significantly more polished and detailed too. View more pics of this awesome build over on Flickr.

[via The Brothers Brick]

Cosmos Wooden Spaceship Toy Blocks: Squirrel Space Program

Posted on 12/11/2015 by Lambert Varias

LEGO is still the king of construction toys, but if Huzi gets its way, space aficionados will be able to make beautiful spaceships and heavenly bodies even if they’re not master builders.

Huzi’s Cosmos collection features large pieces made of large beech wood with a magnetic locking mechanism. It will launch with five sets: shuttle, rocket, satellite, lander and planet. Like other construction toys, you can mix and match the pieces across sets. That said the parts have few magnetic locks, so don’t expect Cosmos to be as flexible as its competitors.

Pledge at least $150 (USD) on Kickstarter to get all five sets as a reward. You can also get the sets individually from the lower reward tiers.

[via NOTCOT]

Apple’s reportedly getting a second ‘Spaceship’ campus

Posted on 02/10/2015 by Matt Brian

Apple's new 2.8 million square foot California HQ hasn't even been built yet, but already the "spaceship" campus has achieved iconic status. Tim Cook and 12,000 other employees hope to move in late next year, but that won't be the end of the compan...

‘Star Trek’ virtual tour will recreate every deck of the Enterprise

Posted on 22/09/2015 by Jon Fingas

You've probably seen a few attempts at recreating worlds in game engines, but never at this level of detail. Artist Jason B is working on the Enterprise-D Construction Project, an Unreal Engine-based virtual tour that aims to reproduce all 42 deck...

Photoshopped Planes Turned into Kerbal Space Program Ships: Hyperbolic Eccentricity

Posted on 07/08/2015 by Lambert Varias

Redditor Mega_Dunsparce is one of those people who’s so good at a game he’s turned to ridiculous challenges to push his skills. Recently he used his mad chops in Kerbal Space Program to turn hilariously photoshopped airplanes into flying Kerbal spacecraft.

They’ll have you laughing all the way to Eeloo.

Did Somebody Say Photoshopped Planes?

Did Sombody Say Photoshopped Planes? Part 2

Did Somebody Say Photoshopped Planes? [Part 3]

I applaud the Kerbal that volunteered to pilot that jet-faced aircraft.

[via Kotaku]

Spaceballs Eagle 5 LEGO Concept is Strangely Attractive

Posted on 19/06/2015 by Lambert Varias

She may not look like much, she’s got secret hyper jets. LEGO Ideas member NvdK has been raising support for over a year now for a LEGO version of Eagle 5, the flying Winnebago from Spaceballs. This is what Yogurt was talking about.

Although it’s not in NvdK’s mockups, he imagines that the ship will come with a minifig of Captain Lone Starr armed with his Schwartz-saber. I wonder if LEGO will approve of that.

Have Snotty beam you down to LEGO Ideas and vote for the Eagle 5 concept. If you’re aligned to the down side of the Schwartz, check out NvdK’s LEGO Spaceball One concept, which naturally comes with two soldiers holding a giant comb.

LEGO Millenium Falcon Interior: LTV Cribs

Posted on 12/05/2015 by Lambert Varias

A group of Singaporean LEGO enthusiasts called Titan Creations built this awesome minifig-scale model of the Millenium Falcon with its interior exposed. The group built it for Legoland Malaysia’s Star Wars Day event.

The model measures 110cm x 85cm (approx. 43″x 33″) and is made of over 10,000 LEGO pieces and 24 LEDs. It has four rooms where Star Wars minifigs hang out with Batman and Benny the Spaceman.

Head to Titan Creations’ Flickr page to see more of Han and Chewie’s home.

[via The Brothers Brick]

Millenium Falcon & X-Wing Chocolates: Gone in 60 Parsecs

Posted on 04/05/2015 by Lambert Varias

Give in to the sweet side with Etsy seller Jon Good Chocolates’ hand-painted Millenium Falcon and X-wing chocolates. You can order them in dark, white, truffle or a variety of other custom flavors. Jon Good Chocolates uses colored cocoa butter to paint the tasty spaceships.

The Millenium Falcon chocolate weighs 55g while the two X-wing ships included with each purchase weigh 10g each.

Order the chocolates from Jon Good Chocolates’ Etsy store for $25 (USD) to $50.

[via ThisIsWhyImBroke]

Kid’s Spaceship Bed Looks Stellar

Posted on 18/03/2015 by Conner Flynn

Some kids are just spoiled. I certainly never had a fancy spaceship bed that comes out of the wall. Some lucky rich kid is going to have a space adventure and I’m jealous.

This Spaceship Bed was made by FableBedworks and costs $14,300(USD). For that insane price, you do get a lot of cool stuff. This thing has light effects and the rocket boosters are actually hidden shelves. I say before any kid enjoys this thing, he has to go through intense astronaut training. Let’s see how he likes it after a ride in the vomit-comet or that spinning thing that makes your face all weird with extreme G-forces.

If anyone wants to buy this for a full grown adult, I’m willing to go through the training. I have “The Right Stuff”. Just be prepared to see a grown man cry a lot and poop himself.

[via Incredible Things]

Papercraft Millenium Falcon Took Four Years to Build: Kessel Crawl

Posted on 17/03/2015 by Lambert Varias

Starship Modeler reader Bernard Szukiel spent a total of four years perfecting the details on his 38″ Millenium Falcon scale model, and the result speaks for itself.