Wednesday 22 September 2010

Some Like It Hoth

Apologies for the neglect this blog has suffered over the last few months – unfortunately life took over (is that really so unfortunate?) and posting slipped down my list of priorities. I’m please to say though that adding to my Lego collection didn’t and a number of fabulous new sets have found themselves onto my shelves and into my cupboards, further reducing the amount of breathable oxygen my little office / Lego shrine can hold.

One of these new sets was Hoth Wampa Cave 8089. In itself it’s a great little diorama from Empire Strikes Back – the scene where Luke is imprisoned by the ice monster on Hoth and has to use the Force to retrieve his fallen light sabre from the ice – all rendered in Lego.

It was a must buy for me because, as you can see from the photos below, I’ve built up a modest Hoth diorama in the bedroom. Alas, I only have one AT-AT walker (10178) as opposed to 3 but film accuracy comes at a price! However this version of the AT-AT is motorised and does actually walk. The photos also feature the Hoth Rebel Base 7666 set and Echo Base 7749 featuring Han Solo on his Tauntaun.






Anyway, believe it or not, my wife really likes this diorama and has resisted my attempts to re-site it elsewhere in the house.

Some like it Hoth, indeed.


10 comments:

  1. wow.. nice logo and i liked it.. XD

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  2. Mmm, how many blogs do you have then? ANYWAY, Love the Lego, AMEN brother!
    I have 20 liters plus sitting in the garden shed as the kids are going through some weird teenage stage and are wanting to do other stuff suddenly like driving cars, play on laptops and pretending not to be interested in girls... Yeah right. Hopefully they will snap out of it and re-discover their Lego. Or maybe this means it's my turn to play?
    Turns out Lego was the best and easiest things for the swedish grandparents to send to NZ so we got stacks..
    Keep up the FUN!

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  3. The Undertaker: trust me they'll come back to the Lego when they're older. If not I'll quite happily buy it from you... unless you want to keep it for yourself, of course!

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  4. Personally delivered of course... : ) The Lego would be free but the postage might sent you back a couple grand (NZ$), probably about 1000 pounds, Im guessing?

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  5. TheUndertaker: couldn't you bring it over personally... along with your camera? ;-)

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  6. Impressive! I've also got a couple of buckets of mixed Lego. Just let me know when you're around Yorkshire....Ciao

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  7. Lunarossa: I'll make sure the boot of our car is cleared out first! ;-)

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  8. A work of pure genius, the title of this post is.

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  9. J.V: that's very kind of you to say so.

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