LegoStar Wars
WWW.T 3 INDIA.COM AUGUST 2019 T3 Tomorrow’s Technology Today 43“Buttherearealsosomethings
thatconflictwiththedesign. Firstof
all, wewanttomake a goodtoy. Soit
meansthatif wehavea completely
greyorwhitevehiclein StarWars,it
wouldn’tbeallwhiteorallgreyasa
Lego model.Therewouldbedifferent
shades.Therewouldbeblack, there
wouldbedarkred,therewouldbea
fewwhiteorsandcolourpieces,and
soon. That’sbecausewewantit tobe
agoodbuildingexperience.Ifyou
opena boxfullofwhitepieces,it’sa
nightmare.Andwhenyousearchfora
specific element,it shouldn’ttaketoo
long.ButI wouldn’tevencallallthata
limitation.It’sjustpartofit.
“Youwillalsoseeinsideofeven
themoreaccuratemodels,likethe
UltimateCollectorsSeries,thatthere
is a rainbowofcolours.It’shidden.
Andthat,again,is tomake it agood
buildingexperience.Andalso,ifyou
puta greypieceontopofa grey
piece, it canbe reallyhard totell
exactlyhowit’sfitting.Maybeit’sa
smallpiecethatyouhavetoputon
something,butifthat little piece is red,
it’s easy to see.”HAVEYOU MADESHIPSFROM THE
WIDERMEDIA,FROMCOMICSOR
NOVELSANDSOON?
“We’vedoneit a fewtimes.Manyyears
ago, wemadea setcalledTIEFighters
Collection,andit containedfourTIE
Fighters.TherewasDarthVader’s
TIEFighter,thereweretwofromthe
movies,andtherewasonecalledDroid
TIEFighter.That’sa shipthat’snever
been seenanywhere. It’sbeenmentionedin whattheycallthe
ExpandedUniverse,soit might
havebeenin a novelora comicor
something.Honestly, Ijustsawit in a
bookandthought it wassuper-cool.
Andthenwemadeit asaproduct.
“I alsoremembera verycreative
onecalledtheTIECrawler. Idon’t
know whereitcomes from – it was
alsoin a book.Imaginea TIEFighter
wherearoundthewingstheyare
like tanktracks,like a WW1Mk4 tank.
Soit coulddriveonthesetracks.
Anyway, thatmadeit faraswell,
many|yearsago.Sowehavebeen
exploringa lotofthings. Wealso
will in future, that’s for sure.”BREAKINGTHEMOULD
Thesearesomeoftheearlycasts
andexperimentsforunusual
minifigureshapesandhelmets
neededtogetthe Star Warslook
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