Leo finds a brand new piece of crap for all to share!

I don’t think something that costs $400 and uses thousands of Legos can be called “crap, but I’m getting ahead of myself here. Somehow Jeff Needles, working at the Brick TWiT House as a summer intern for college credit, talked Leo into buying the LEGO Star Wars Death Star (10188) kit. Jeff said he’d build it in less than a week so Leo could show it on the Giz Wiz. Leo thought it looked great, so he bought it and Jeff built it. First, here’s the description from Lego: Recreate the action and adventure of the Star Wars movies with the ultimate Death Star playset. This amazingly detailed battle station features an incredible array of mini-figure-scale scenes, moving parts, characters and accessories from Episodes IV and VI on its multiple decks, including the Death Star control room, rotating turbo-laser turrets, hangar bay with TIE Advanced starfighter, tractor beam controls, Emperor’s throne room, detention block, firing laser cannon, Imperial conference chamber, droid maintenance facility, and the powerful Death Star superlaser…plus much more! Includes 24 minifigures and droids, plus all-new Dianoga trash compactor monster.

And now back to me! Follow the show link to see Jeff build it in record time thanks to time-lapse photography. And thanks to Jammerb, you can also see the Star Wars action figures standing, watching the construction! It is a very detailed model, with many working elements. It’s for kids 12 and up. It sells on Amazon for $399.97. It’s way more than $400 on many other sites. Is it worth it? Leo didn’t give a definite answer, but he was impressed with the detail and working parts of the model. If it’s any help, on Amazon more than 140 people give the LEGO Star Wars Death Star (10188) kit  four stars plus!

www.amazon.com/dp/B002EEP3NO/?tag=twene-20

(This is a TWiT link. Should you decide to buy one, TWiT gets a pittance.)

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