Lego Star Wars takes over Times Square

     Who doesn't love Lego?  To celebrate the new Cartoon Network miniseries, the Yoda Chronicles, a giant Lego X-Wing was constructed in Times Square along with other Lego Star Wars figures.  Pretty impressive!

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LEGO Star Wars X-wing Starfighter Model Fun Facts

• Contains 5,335,200 LEGO bricks
• Weighs 45,980 pounds
• Height: 11 feet / 3.35 meters
• Length: 43 feet / 13.1 meters
• Wingspan: 44 feet / 13.44 meters
• 32 builders spent 17,336 hours to construct; about 4 months
• Built in the LEGO Model Shop in Kladno, Czech Republic
• Is a one-to-one replica of LEGO Star Wars set #9493; The model is 42 times the size of the retail building set The model was heavily engineered to withstand all the transportation, setup/break down and to ensure it was safe for Times Square given the subway system below and California's seismic requirements for the LEGOLAND California Resort installation