Cool Stuff: Original Stormtrooper Blaster Gets The Full-Size LEGO Treatment
WithStar Wars Battlefronton the shelves as another way of fueling the hype train on track toStar Wars: The Force Awakens, fans have been doing their fair share of blasting both Rebels and Imperials in the video game world. But one fan wanted to do some blasting with the weight ofLEGOin his hands.
Flickr user andStar WarsfanNick Jensenhas recreated a life-size version of theE-11 blaster rifle, which fans will know as the blaster carried by Stormtroopers in the original Star Wars trilogy. They occasionally use the gun to hit their targets, but mostly it’s just to make a lot of noise and flashing red lights. But this looks like quite the deadly piece of LEGO weaponry.
Here are a couple more photos of the LEGO Stormtrooper blaster fromThe Brothers Brick:
Jensen actually used the in-game model of the E-11 blaster fromStar Wars Battlefrontto create his own LEGO version. And since EA and Dicetook 3D scans of the original propsto make sure their video game versions were as accurate as possible, that seems to have been the right move. Jensen also explains:
For scale reference, I used the dimensions of a Sterling SMG, the gun from which the original E-11 film props were built. Working features on the LEGO replica include a moving trigger and a folding stock.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a LEGO Ideas creation that we can try to get LEGO to officially make, and I can’t imagine they’d be in the market to make a big toy gun anyway. However, if they want to create LEGO versions of lightsaber handles, that would be something really fun to build.
Soon enough we’ll see a more exciting combination of LEGO andStar WarsasThe LEGO Moviedirectors Phil Lord and Chris Miller willbe at the helm of a Han Solo spin-off story. Though we’re not expecting to see any LEGO action there.
