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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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.
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 »
