10,000-Brick Lego Sandcrawler

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2011/06/02 @ 12:30 pm
Category Fun & Games

AFOL Marshall Banana built this extremely impressive and faithful Jawa sandcrawler

Facts:
Minifigscale: 96 cm long, 100.5 cm long (lowered main ramp)
Weight: approximability 20kg
Part count: over 10’000
Powerfunctions: 4 xl motors, 5 m motors, 4 receivers, 4 batterypacks, 22 Lego LED-lights

Powered radio-controlled Functions:
- driving: forward reverse
- stearing
- main ramp: up and down
- crane: up and down, in and out
- conveyer band: forward and reverse

Other features:
fully interior on three floors in the front half of the model and a detailed cockpit (removable roof) second crane in the back of the workshop, lighted smelter.

Building and planning time: 9 month

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60 Responses to 10,000-Brick Lego Sandcrawler

mpechner on June 2nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm said:

too cool.

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mpechner on June 2nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm said:

too cool.

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mpechner on June 2nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm said:

too cool.

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mpechner on June 2nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm said:

too cool.

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Austin Couden on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

AWESOME! HOW MUCH?!

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Austin Couden on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

AWESOME! HOW MUCH?!

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Austin Couden on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

AWESOME! HOW MUCH?!

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Jeff on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

Pssst! LEGO! Make this a kit, please!

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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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- Caleb Jamison on June 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am said:
  
  Well, excluding the powered parts you could build it in the lego factory thing (not sure what they call it now.) Building it in that would be a test of one’s patience, I would think.
  
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Jeff on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

Pssst! LEGO! Make this a kit, please!

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Jeff on June 2nd, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

Pssst! LEGO! Make this a kit, please!

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Sofia Lenard on June 2nd, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:

Amazing, & I’d also like to see a pic of it in the light, but amazing.

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Sofia Lenard on June 2nd, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:

Amazing, & I’d also like to see a pic of it in the light, but amazing.

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- Bill Porter on June 2nd, 2011 at 11:15 pm said:
  
  There’s lighted pics in the linked flicker stream.
  
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- Bill Porter on June 2nd, 2011 at 11:15 pm said:
  
  There’s lighted pics in the linked flicker stream.
  
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Sofia Lenard on June 2nd, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:

Amazing, & I’d also like to see a pic of it in the light, but amazing.

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Sofia Lenard on June 2nd, 2011 at 9:03 pm said:

Amazing, & I’d also like to see a pic of it in the light, but amazing.

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cbleslie on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

I feel I speak for everyone here when I use the old Jawa saying: “WHOTEENI!”

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cbleslie on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

I feel I speak for everyone here when I use the old Jawa saying: “WHOTEENI!”

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cbleslie on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

I feel I speak for everyone here when I use the old Jawa saying: “WHOTEENI!”

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cbleslie on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

I feel I speak for everyone here when I use the old Jawa saying: “WHOTEENI!”

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Irving Cuevas on June 2nd, 2011 at 10:30 pm said:

Amazing, id like to see this thing moving.

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- Bill Porter on June 2nd, 2011 at 11:14 pm said:
  
  Video:
  
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Brian Connolly on June 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 pm said:

Someone with way too much time on his hands….nice work though

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Brian Connolly on June 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 pm said:

Someone with way too much time on his hands….nice work though

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- Anonymous on July 24th, 2011 at 7:20 am said:
  
  says the man who has enough time to criticize what other people are doing with their time. Nice try, man.
  
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- Jonathan Slater on August 14th, 2011 at 9:45 pm said:
  
  Better than anything you could make you old fart.
  
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Brian Connolly on June 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 pm said:

Someone with way too much time on his hands….nice work though

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Darius Lapūnas on June 4th, 2011 at 8:16 am said:

This is the reason we need long holidays.

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Darius Lapūnas on June 4th, 2011 at 8:16 am said:

This is the reason we need long holidays.

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Darius Lapūnas on June 4th, 2011 at 8:16 am said:

This is the reason we need long holidays.

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Darius Lapūnas on June 4th, 2011 at 8:16 am said:

This is the reason we need long holidays.

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gabriele on June 8th, 2011 at 10:20 pm said:

this is awesome

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gabriele on June 8th, 2011 at 10:20 pm said:

this is awesome

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gabriele on June 8th, 2011 at 10:20 pm said:

this is awesome

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Christian Mattson on June 15th, 2011 at 6:59 am said:

want the schematics!

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Yuki Fujita on July 6th, 2011 at 1:15 am said:

Utini!

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Yuki Fujita on July 6th, 2011 at 1:15 am said:

Utini!

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Thomas Bowman on August 5th, 2011 at 1:13 pm said:

WANT IT!!!!!

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Steven Brians on August 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm said:

awesome reading type

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Steven Brians on August 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm said:

awesome reading type

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Steven Brians on August 5th, 2011 at 9:23 pm said:

awesome reading type

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Liam Glennon McColgan on August 10th, 2011 at 8:12 pm said:

My brother really likes this picture, well done!

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Liam Glennon McColgan on August 10th, 2011 at 8:12 pm said:

My brother really likes this picture, well done!

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ryan on August 15th, 2011 at 3:48 am said:

Okay, plans and a build kit for this would make an AWESOME present!

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Anonymous on September 15th, 2011 at 6:05 am said:

This should be put on display where it can be seen & enjoyed by the public. You seeing this Lucas? There’s got to be a lobby in 1 of your office buildings that doesn’t have something as good as this. Pay the man.

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Amgad on September 19th, 2011 at 6:15 am said:

endustry with no liens

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Lake Dolores on September 27th, 2011 at 8:38 pm said:

I know someone that would love to have this.

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Lake Dolores on September 27th, 2011 at 8:38 pm said:

I know someone that would love to have this.

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Lake Dolores on September 27th, 2011 at 8:39 pm said:

I know someone that would love to have this.

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Lake Dolores on September 27th, 2011 at 8:39 pm said:

I know someone that would love to have this.

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David Lemonjoy on October 6th, 2011 at 11:37 pm said:

so geeky, so likey! haahaahah

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Ksera Sugarmail on October 30th, 2011 at 6:17 am said:

Impressive…..Most impressive.

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Ksera Sugarmail on October 30th, 2011 at 6:17 am said:

Impressive…..Most impressive.

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Stephanie M. Barnett on November 1st, 2011 at 8:51 am said:

That’s. Just. Awesome.

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