Don't get cocky. Until it's finished; then brag to the high heavens.
For over three decades now, children have waited patiently for Santa to bring them a Millennium Falcon. Initially, that meant the awesome-but-somewhat-inaccurate Kenner toy from the original movie; more recently, an upscaled Hasbro version with more detail became the most must-have starship in the Star Wars universe.
Chris Lee of Tennessee, however, wasn't satisfied with even that. He's building his own full-scale replica. Building his own Stormtrooper armor as part of the 501st Legion was apparently not enough of a challenge.
The trouble with recreating movie reality, however, is that you run into some real-world issues. It turns out that, like the TARDIS, the Falcon was bigger on the inside. This requires some fudging, but the 3D digital blueprint in the video below gives you an idea how he plans to pull it off:
With a foundation of concrete and steel beams, this sucker should last longer than the toy you hurled across the room several Christmases ago. Just as long as Lee never puts it up as a stake in a card game; nobody else needs to learn the Lando lesson the hard way.
this is great... I actually built a version of the Millennium Falcon as part of an exhibition addressing African, Andean and Asian diasporas through sci-fi, allegory and history.
The ship was built out of plywood from Asia, Africa and Latin America at La Conservera, Murcia, Spain in 2011
@jamawalk I'm not sure I understand. How exactly is this any different from spending years buying and playing video games, or years collecting action figures? He's exercising his creativity and building what is essentially modern folk art, all while learning metalwork, carpentry, and other real-world skills.
that is one true star wars fan. to go through all the cost and time to build a life size replica of the falcone. not to mention where is the guy going to store it once done? plus the guy would really make the project go all out if he made the thing fly too.
@Gallen_Dugall@demoncat_4 true but still the guy is going to be taking up a lot of storage space for the thing of his love and passion. the guy gets total props for doing what star wars fans only dream about having his own version of the falcone he can get into . can't wait to see the finish project.
@Someguy@demoncat_4@Gallen_Dugall think Disney legal sharks have better things to do then sue a guy showing his love for star wars by building his own Falcone if nothing else they would want to have him display it in their parks. plus offer him maybe a life time pass for his hard work.
@Gallen_Dugall@demoncat_4 he will need it to make sure his dream project is well taken care of and lasts forever and ever..for hate to think after its done he would have to spend a fortune trying to move it to a storage area
@demoncat_4@Gallen_Dugall Land is pretty cheap in Tennessee (last time I looked some areas were still below $100 an acre) so I'm guessing he has a fairly large piece of real estate