Image of the Day: 5 million Legos used to create a Star Wars X-Wing starfighter

The Lego model of a Star Wars X-Wing starfighter. (Image via Lego)

The world’s largest Lego model has been created and is being showcased in New York’s Time Square. It only took 32 master builders, 5,335,200 Lego blocks, and 17,000 hours to complete.

X-Wing Lego model in Times Square, NY.

A replica of a Star Wars X-Wing starfighter, the model weighs over 45,000 lbs. and has a wingspan of 44 ft.

Lego X-Wing was engineered in Kladno, Czech Republic and shipped to New York. From there, it will take a tour around the country and will settle down permanently in Legoland California Resort. It was constructed to withstand multiple transports and set-up, and can bear the seismic activity below California.

The X-Wing, a one-person fighter that has the ability to reach almost any point in the galaxy with its hyperdrive engines, was originally featured in Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI. It came equipped with weaponry such as laser cannons and proton torpedo launchers.

 
The X-Wing starfighter as featured in the Star Wars films.

Lego unveiled the creation of the Lego X-Wing starfighter to celebrate a cartoon Star Wars series called “The Yoda Chronicles” premiering on the Cartoon Network this weekend.