Fan wants to create Darth Vader's 4-meter Star Destroyer in LEGO [video]

Anyone who is a LEGO fan knows how well these toys match the name "Star Wars". As a result, there were not few who made truly grand creations in honor of the series - these, of course, easily surpassing the franchise ships already sold by the company - such as the famous Death Star boarding platform, for example.

Now artist Thomas Benedikt, who is already known for his awesome Star Wars LEGO creations, has decided to bring a simply absurd project. It's a version of the Executioner - Darth Vader's gigantic Star Destroyer - at scale no less than four meters in length.

Although the construction project has not yet begun, Benedikt already has a 3D rendering showing what the vehicle will look like in its final version. It doesn't take much to realize that the Executor is absurdly detailed, as the gallery images below show:

The price of art

Unfortunately, everyone knows how cheap these little plastic pieces are usually (at least when we talk about a project that requires about 90, 000 of them, as in this case). So Benedikt started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $ 15, 500 through crowdfunding; thus being able to start construction.

Benedikt explains on his page that he tried to get the necessary material directly from LEGO itself, but LEGO showed no interest in the project. “They said that after building a 5.5 million-piece X-Wing, they wanted nothing to do with me, ” he said.

Thus, it remained to buy the parts separately. And considering that gray pieces are seen as the rarest and most valuable on the market, as the BrickLink website shows, it is not so difficult to understand the reason for such a large investment. But it seems that Benedikt still has a long way to go: by the time this story is made, the project has reached just 817 of the $ 15, 500 needed, with only 23 days left to end crowdfunding. Now is to cross your fingers and hope he is lucky.

Via TecMundo