{"id":16353,"date":"2014-09-06T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T05:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=16353"},"modified":"2014-09-06T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T05:12:16","slug":"lego-super-star-destroyer-10221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=16353","title":{"rendered":"Lego Super Star Destroyer 10221"},"content":{"rendered":"

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W<\/span>hen it comes to Lego, the Holy Grail for enthusiast builders is the Lego Super Star Destroyer.\u00a0 Rare, obscenely expensive and clocking it at a whopping 3,152 pieces, this gargantuan metre long beast is the biggest and boldest set that Lego have ever released.<\/p>\n

We were fortunate to come across the last remaining box in a 25% discount sale at our local department store on Jen’s birthday.\u00a0 We snatched it up and if we had any kind of patience and willpower, probably could have sat on it and sold it for double its value in a couple of years time.\u00a0 But we could never do that.\u00a0 We cleared out Sunday afternoon schedule and we built.\u00a0 Thousands of pieces.\u00a0 Almost all grey.\u00a0 It was an enjoyable challenge.<\/p>\n

The design of the set and the instructions for putting it together is a feat unto itself.\u00a0 It’s one thing for a hobbyist to build a Lego set this size.\u00a0 Just imagine trying to do it in a way that can be documented and teachable to a layman.\u00a0 I had a lot of fun building this set.\u00a0 You start off by building a junior Star Destroyer that’s maybe 20 odd pieces but its actually a microcosm of whats to come.\u00a0 The Super Star Destroyer is structurally similar to its junior counterpart.\u00a0 First you build a column that acts as a foundation, add the detail such as the command deck and the engines on the rear, then finish it off with two giant metre-long wings that bolt onto the sides.<\/p>\n

The Super Star Destroyer is every bit as extravagant as I had hoped.\u00a0 The build takes hours<\/em> but feels immensely rewarding.\u00a0 The final product is absolutely enormous and we had to re-arrange a book shelf in the house just to fit it somewhere.\u00a0 Considering the number of pieces, the size of the model and the complexity of the architecture, the Lego design team have really outdone themselves.<\/p>\n

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