Not long ago, in a city not-too-far away.....

It's not every day that we get to use the phrase "World's Largest ______" when describing one of our projects, but Tapeworks Chief Engineer Bill Ahearn was on hand recently for the unveiling of the largest LEGO model ever built!!! 

X-Wing touches down in Times Square

According to Wired, the model - a full-scale "X-Wing" from the Star Wars franchise - was brought to Times Square after spending 2 months aboard two boats that carried the model from Czech Republic to NYC.  It weighs in just shy of 46,000lbs. and will eventually make its way to Legoland, in Southern California.

As part of the video presentation, LEGO asked us to sound design an animation featuring a larger-than-life Yoda while he used the force to pull back the curtains on this giant ship.  The video portion of the event was played on a couple of enormous screens in Duffy Square @ Times Square, and of course our engineers were thrilled to take on the challenge: creating sounds and ambiance as big as the centerpiece of the presentation!

Yoda uses the force (and some killer sound design) to lift the curtains

 from the X-Wing

The day went off without a hitch, and - despite a close encounter with some local Jawas - Bill made it back from the event in one piece!