Tested by customer Marc: The BB-8 from LEGO
14.12.2017
Translation: machine translated
Every month we give away a LEGO novelty. Galaxus customer Marc Schürmann has won the BB-8 from LEGO Star Wars. This is his test report.
I'm no longer a child and don't meet Lego's age recommendations. Nevertheless, I am an enthusiastic Lego builder. Ever since Lego added Star Wars building plans to its range, I've been on a building boom. At home, an X-Wing, the Slave 1, the Millennium Falcon and other well-known spaceships from the famous space saga already adorn my living room.
Utinni! That was my exclamation of joy when I discovered the email from Galaxus in my inbox. The latest generation astromech droid, BB-8! I could soon expect the cuddly metal ball from Star Wars Episode 7 in my letterbox.
I immediately informed my Jawa mate and we planned a Lego craft evening. You don't just put Lego together quickly, it has to be celebrated properly. With food and drink. Friday evening, somewhere in the Outer Rim, two Jawas, who had been travelling the country as unsuccessful droid traders, met up to assemble their first droid from individual components.
We opened the pack carefully, eager to see what was inside. We made a few sounds in Javanese and did a dance of joy as we unpacked the individual pieces. The cardboard box contained six individual bags of Lego bricks, plus the detailed building instructions with 161 pages. We sorted the bags by number, picked up the building instructions and opened the plastic bag labelled "1". We carefully emptied out the contents and made sure that no small parts rolled off the table.
The assembly instructions started with the lower part of the droid. The assembly was still fairly simple at this point and our master builder skills were not yet put to the test too much. There was therefore also time to treat ourselves to a sip of a galactic drink.
The inner workings of BB-8 challenged our brain cells a little more. The mechanics for the head and the welding torch were tricky and we had to study the instructions carefully so as not to make any mistakes. We divided up the work. I assembled one side and my Jawa mate assembled the next.
After the droid's innards were installed, only the outer shell and the head were missing. Assembling the outer shell was time-consuming and a bit monotonous work in the long run. As each side was similar, the assembly process was almost identical for each side.
It took us around two and a half hours to assemble the droid's body, including creative breaks. However, one important feature was still missing and there was still a pack of bricks left. The structure doesn't look like a BB-8 droid yet, more like a coloured ball.
We opened the last bag and assembled the first components for the head according to the instructions. The head was quickly assembled and, as the owner of the little droid, I was given the honour of placing the head on the round body. A marriage, as it is called in car construction when the engine and body are united. It only took a few minutes to assemble the base plate and BB-8 now had a secure stand to be worthily displayed in the living room.
Conclusion
After around three hours of assembly, we were exhausted but happy. The little droid turned out really well. The turning of the head is ingenious and we had to laugh out loud the first time when the head not only turned, but really wobbled around. The little one can also extend a welding torch. BB-8 is another successful model in the Star Wars series from Lego and a really nice exhibit. I will certainly be buying one or two more spaceships from Lego to add to my Star Wars collection. Thank you very much, Galaxus.
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