Time for another random post, this time about the ultimate combination of three of my favourite things! The first is all things steampunk. If you are into manga cartoons and have ever seen Steamboy or Laputa: Castle In The Sky you'll know exactly the look and feel it refers to. Wikipedia gives a great summary of what this is, but essentially, "steampunk" is "[a] term [which] denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used — usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England — but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date."
The second is of course Star Wars - so good I saw it as a child but went back while at university, driving all the way from Oxford to High Wycombe, just so I could see the rerelease in a THX certified cinema.
The last is, of course, Lego, everyone's favourite childhood toy (or at least mine).
Anyway, these three ingredients have all combined into a fantastic competition over on FBTBforums, where contestants are asked to build some of their favourite Star Wars vehicles in steam-punkified Lego. The combination is really far too wonderful to describe here, and I suggest you head over there to see more of these creations.
Who knew you could do such wonderful things with Lego, and who would have thought a site like From Bricks To Bothans could ever exist, except in an internetified age?
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