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World's Largest LEGO Model - ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing Fighter Unveiled In New York

Posted: 5/26/2013 2 comments

Just in case you are a LEGO fan and you missed out on the unveiling of the 'Star Wars' X-Wing Fighter in New York, then you ought to read this piece.

On Friday, in order to celebrate the premiere of the upcoming series 'The Yoda Chronicles' on Cartoon Network, LEGO unveiled a 1:1 replica of the 'Star Wars' X-Wing fighter. The replica is 42 times the size of a normal LEGO set.

The replica measures 43-feet in length, 11-feet in height and has a wingspan of 44-feet. Bottom line - It is the "World's largest LEGO model" ever unveiled.

According to the official LEGO page, "The largest LEGO model EVER was revealed in Times Square today. This massively awesome model is made of 5,335,200 bricks and took 32 designers 17,000 hours to build! It's out of this world!"

Mosaics of New York Created from Discarded Metro Cards

Posted: 6/25/2012

Nina Boesch is a talented artist from Manhattan and has a unique creative eye, who has transformed thousands of discarded metro cards in a work-of-art.

It is evident that she is in love with New York, and also knows how to capture its essence of this beautifully chaotic city.

Her work includes the cabs, the streets, Statue of Liberty, Yankees stadium, and portraits of well known personalities.

Boesch collects expired metro cards from New Yorkers for her incredibly detailed mosaics. She has been creating them for almost ten years now.

Have a look at some of my favorites: