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2 Years In The Making | Star Wars LEGO Space Ship

03/05/2010 - 9:00 am By Richard Darell
2 Years In The Making | Star Wars LEGO Space Ship

“Patience is a virtue” as the saying goes. And indeed it is, the more the better. I want to think I sport a good portion of it, but compared to Paul Yperman, I guess I am not even on the scale. Someone that takes 2 years to get things right has to have some divine ideas about perfection and focus. But then again, 30,000 pieces of LEGOs in the right place probably takes a while to gather and connect, so maybe 2 years is a short period of time after all.

Paul Yperman entered a book shop a few years ago only to find himself buying a Star Wars Cross Section book. He studied the book through and through and got stuck at the picture of a Star Wars Droid Control Ship. It blew his mind and he just had to try and build it using only LEGOs as his tool.

He found a software on the Internet that helped him figure out the orb in the middle and then he continued from there. 30,000 pieces later and 2 years of building, he was finished. The God sent idea was finally done, and as a result, he constructed one of the worlds most elaborate Star Wars LEGO creations. Forget the small 200 piece builds you can buy off the shelf. This one was carefully executed and took some custom ordering to fit the purpose.

Drawing some of his inspiration from another master builder, Thomas Benedict, he managed to create a truly magnificent and legendary build that will most likely enter LEGO Builds Hall of Fame. All I can say is that I, for one, am looking forward to his next build…

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Known as a leader in social media, Richard shares his extensive knowledge of cutting edge design with designers and developers all over the world. Richard founded Bit Rebels in 2009, and currently the site welcomes over one million visitors each month. Minervity.com, another one of Richard's very successful sites, is known as the go-to place for design tutorials and information on the latest techniques. Richard's creativity has also led him to a very long and successful career in music as a song writer and producer for International artists. Richard hails from Stockholm, Sweden but also spends time in Los Angeles. Follow Richard on Twitter: @Minervity


37 Comments

Brent ~ the roseman

March 5th, 2010

Wow! That is so cool! I miss my Lego collection. Had a bunch of the stuff when I was a kid, but eventually it all got destroyed. (Had a neighbor with a shotgun, we’d pour the powder from the shells into the hollow interiors of the stuff we made, then light it and run…) Geee… now that I think about it, I had a pretty destructive childhood. Lego structures weren’t the only things we blew up either. Pretty much any toy that was hollow in the middle fell victim to our little experiments. Ah… the memories. We got to know so many cops and firemen, and disgruntled neighbors… even though our “experiments” took place in a gravel pit that was over a mile from the nearest house. :D (I have to wonder if any kids would be able to get away with these kinds of high-jinks today? I’m thinking, probably not.)

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Richard Darell Reply:

If that were today you would most probably be at a correctional center. LOL Most likely with a few sessions in anger management. ;)

Did you record any of the destructions on film perhaps? If you had done that it would have been called “producing a movie”. ;)

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John B Reply:

BTW- I used to build lego cars that were really flat and had the big rubber wheels and then put model rocket engines on them. Half the crap I did as a kid would have me put on a watch list if I did them today. Glad I grew up in an age where I can lament the change to a nanny state as an adult rather than suffer under said nanny state as a kid.

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Veronique Palmer

March 5th, 2010

Dude, I also want a job where I can spend 2 years playing with lego. Nicely done though.

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Richard Darell Reply:

Haha, then we are two trying to get that spot. ;)

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March 7th, 2010

I need to eliminate this man and take all his gray plates.

Good lord that’s impressive.

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Richard Darell Reply:

Totally agree with you! :)

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John B

March 8th, 2010

Potentially awesome article ruined by massive amounts of FAIL. How big is it? How much does it weigh? Is there a photo of it next to a person so we can get an idea of scale? I can’t believe you left these details out.

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Brent ~ the roseman Reply:

If you go to the creators website, you’ll see those details are not available. This is his link: http://mocpages.com/home.php/22847

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John B Reply:

Looks like the guy who wrote the article is just doing lazy copypasta:

“It’s true, as my wife always says, size does not matter….lucky SHE, but in this case it does matter It’s 55.11 inch long (140cm) and 39.37 inch (100cm) wide. Thanks ”

This was posted on the Feb 27th in the comments.

Thanks for the link bro.

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Is there a photo of it next to a person so we can get an idea of scale? I can’t believe you left these details out.

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