It was a undertaking eight days in the qualification — well , technically nine now . One LEGO sports fan has built his own Star Trek Klingon Bird of Prey using about 25,000 block , based on a virtual design he started all the manner back in 2008 .
Kevin J. Walter from Germany recently unveil his completed Bird of Prey , breathe in by the famous Klingon combat ship from Star Trek . It ’s free-base on avirtual designhe make between 2008 and 2010 . While that conceptual reading used over 250,000 blocks , the actual thing need about one - tenth of that . It ’s about 71 centimetre . long , 42 curium . wide , and 86 cm . wide , including the standstill . It ’s amazing to depend at the before and after , to see just how well Walter was able to bring his intention to life .
Walter told io9 that it choose him about a year and a one-half tobuild the real version , using a motley of parts ordered through Bricklink . He did n’t buy any full sets , but he did incorporate unique parts from them , like the Bilbo Baggins ’ front threshold , which was used to make the accelerator pedal . He add that it was a tribute to Star Trek ’s fiftieth anniversary , which io9celebrated with gustoin later 2016 , as well as his own puerility .
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“ I watched Star Trek very early in my childhood and this ship always inspired me . All my early LEGO spaceship I built as a child were inspired by the BoP and I always try out to becharm its unequaled elan , ” Walter say io9 .
Walter said his next end is to eat up his build of Barad - dûr ( you know , the Eye of Sauron thing ) , which will be about 150,000 pieces by the time it ’s done . He ’s been work on that one for over six years , and hopes to stop it in time for Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers ’ fifteenth day of remembrance in 2017 .
Update : tally the physical body ’s dimensions .
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