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How To Build The Best Lego X-Wing Ever

5:15PM January 11, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Rejoice, fellow Lego nerds, because Mike Psiaki just sent me the instructions and a part list for the best Lego X-Wing model ever created. Yes, my friends, now you can build your own. More »


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X-Wing Fighter Is The Awesomerest Of Soapbox Derby Cars

8:00AM May 25, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Rebels, nerds, that guy in the Vader costume… my friends all – behold the awesome X-Wing Fighter Soapbox Derby Car, for it’s amazing and awesome and second to none but the X-Wing rocket. This thing even includes a moving R2D2. More »


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Quell Your Office Boredom By Making An Office Supply X-Wing

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11:30AM May 17, 2011 | Nick Broughall

On slow news days like today, the best way to kill off boredom is to keep yourself busy. Luckily, I’ve discovered the perfect project to distract me from boredom today – the Office Supply X-Wing. More »


X-Wing GPS App Hurtles Android To The Final Destination

5:22PM August 12, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Just imagine playing this on the R2-D2 version of the Droid 2. The whole word would explode from awesomeness. Who needs a crystal-cut voice dictating turns anyway? More »


X-Wing Red Five Is Most Detailed Model Ever

1:04AM December 10, 2008 | Jesus Diaz

This is the biggest and most accurate X-Wing model since the movies. In fact, each of the thousand units made from resin, aluminium and LEDs were created from a digitally-scanned original Red 5 miniature body. Update: EFX Collectibles has sent us amazing high definition pictures so you can see all the amazing detail.

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X-WIng Sled is Porkins’ Transport of Choice in Tahoe

1:16AM February 21, 2008 | Addy Dugdale

We’ve had X-Wing Fighters that go up and down; here’s an X-Wing that just goes down. The venue was Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park, and the event was Minneapolis’ annual Art Sled rally. Photographer Tony Nelson took pictures of the day, including a rather spanky la-la double robot one, which you can see below, alongside another shot of the X-Wing after its tumble in the snow.

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Rocket-Powered 21-Foot Long X-Wing Model Actually Flies

12:00AM October 3, 2007 | Jesus Diaz

Andy Woerner and his crazy rocketeer friends have built a 21-foot long X-Wing model that can actually fly. Yes, this is a real X-Wing powered by four solid-fuel rocket engines complete with radio-controlled moving wings. It blasts off in California next week, and we talked with Andy about the project, and how they expect it will do. All the details and a full construction gallery after the jump. More »