32 fan-built Lego tributes to science fiction
Is it any surprise that sci-fi nerds love Lego? If they aren't going out on hot dates, they might as well spend their Friday nights recreating props, locations and scenes from the science fiction world using toy bricks.
Kidding! These creations are enormously impressive, demonstrating superb engineering and creativity. With Danish toymaker Lego celebrating its 80th birthday this year, we figured we'd commemorate the occasion by highlighting fan creations. Given it's us, we decided to showcase ones with a sci-fi bent.
Last week, we took a look at 11 colossal Lego starships. Now, here are 32 fan-built Lego tributes to science fiction, both famous and obscure.
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1. Star Wars A school teacher spent $2,300 and used 30,000 toy bricks to build this mammoth Death Star. It was also the coolest thing at his school's Science Discovery Day. Students pwned. [Source: Jeff Hoff]
4. Battlestar Galactica A Cylon Raider with an opening canopy so you can see its strangely human innards. [Source: Lino M]
5. Battlestar Galactica A cuter smaller version of the Cylon raider on the hangar deck. [Source: - 2x4 -]
6. Star Wars The Hyperdrive Transport Ring from Star Wars: Episode II. [Source: True Dimensions]
7. Back to the Future Shame this DeLorean Time Machine doesnât actually work. [Source: m.togami]
8. Firefly The Serenity ship took 475 hours over the course of 21 months to build. Weighing in at 135 pounds, it uses about 70,000 bricks and includes a full interior from bridge to cargo bay. [Source: brickfrenzy]
9. Star Wars A Star Wars-themed foosball table made entirely from toy bricks. [Source: - 2x4 - ]
10. Star Trek Klingon Bird-of-Prey from Star Trek [Source: Kevin J. Walter]
11. Independence Day Aliens are taking over the White House! [Source: halfbeak]
12. Star Wars Lego R2-D2 features a rotating head and retractable third leg. [Source: Dunechaser]
13. A Space Odyssey If you're interested in creating a Lego version of the Discovery One, there's even a PDF showing you how. [Source: True Dimensions]
18. Futurama It's the cast of Futurama. [Source: Carlmerriam
14. Star Trek Borg cube from Star Trek [Source: Spencer D]
15. Star Wars The functional Droid Starfighter can transform from closed wing fighter, split wing fighter and walker. [Source: True Dimensions]
16. Planet of the Apes It's this scene from Planet of the Apes in Lego form. [Source: nolnet]
17. Star Wars The trench of the Death Star [Source: Si-MOCs]
19. Prometheus The Prometheus ship in Lego form. [Source: Si-MOCs]
20. Star Wars X-wing from Star Wars [Source: - 2x4 -]
21. Lord of the Rings One of the oldest creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Ents are mystical shepherds of the forest. [Source: - 2x4 -]
22. Battlestar Galactica The scale model of the Valkyrie ship from Battlestar Galactica is made of 42,341 toy bricks and took five months to construct. It measures 122 by 43.3 by 14.9 inches, and includes landing bays measuring 51 by 9.24 by 5.7 inches. [Source: Garry King]
23. Avatar From the blockbuster Avatar, a Lego recreation of the scene where Pandora's Home Tree is destroyed. [Source: Siercon and Coral]
24. Battlestar Galactica All of Caprica recreated in toy bricks. [Source: El Barto]
25. The Matrix The Nebuchadnezzar hovercraft from The Matrix. [Source: SPARKART!]
26. Star Wars TIE fighters from Star Wars [Source: - 2x4 -]
27. Doctor Who Daleks from Doctor Who [Source: Jason Wolfson]
28. Doctor Who Heh, and a much cuter version of Daleks. [Source: capnbootle]
29. Dune A sand worm from Frank Herbert's Dune. [Source: 2x4]
30. Blade Runner The Lego set of Blade Runner. [Source: - 2x4 -]
31. Tron Racers from Tron [Source: Shannon Ocean]
32. ABAKAN 2288 A machine robot from the sci-fi novel ABAKAN 2288 [Source: Izzo's LegoStyle]
3. StarCraft II A Terran battlecruiser, insanely detailed. [Source: Sven Junga]
2. Wall-E Everyone's favorite trashbot, built by Pixar animator Angus MacLane. [Source: Angus MacLane]
