Yodasnews reader ‘Dark Grey Matter’ reports in:
If you are a Lego fan, chances are that you might have seen this Lego creation lurking about the Fan sites. If you are not familiar with Lego, you have to check out how Awesome Lego can be now! This project is an original interpretation of the Empire Strikes Back Probot by myself, and it has been submitted to the ‘Lego Ideas’ crowd-sourcing platform.
Built completely from Lego bricks, the Probot is made up of approximately 550 pieces, stands at about 15 inches tall (including stand) and comes decked out in full movie accurate details. Click on the ‘Updates’ section in the Lego link to access research and development processes and photos. To do justice to such an iconic droid, I tried my best to get this Lego version as close to the movie as I could, from the size and profile of the eyes to the unique claw design of each leg. Proper locking mechanisms are used to put this droid together and I assure everyone that no Legos were forced or damaged during the build process. As a bonus, the Probot is scaled to be 1/6th scale, so that you could display it independently , or create a scene with other figures.
If you love The Empire Strikes Back,
If you have always been fascinated by the Probot, and
if you totally like the idea of Lego Probot,
do give this ‘ProbeJect’ a vote of support!
FYI, Lego considers transforming ‘Lego Ideas’ into real licensed Lego sets if projects receive 10k votes. There is a chance that we could pick this up from the shops in future if it gets the backing!
I humbly hope the project will get the nod of agreement from the strict fellow fans. Though it is not the most prominent ship from the Star Wars Universe, the Probot remains one of the most iconic droids to me. It played such a pivotal role in setting the dark tone for ESB, that I knew I had to build a scaled tribute to it with this Lego version.
The Empire needs your support to bring this project from prototype to reality. Head over to the site through this link and click the support button now. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/92233
Thank you for reading. I would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone who approves of this and supports it on the Lego Ideas site. Every vote matters, every support is greatly appreciated.