It is one of the most important licenses of the Danish giant, specialized since the 1950s in the colored game brick and which sells nearly a thousand pieces every second in the world.
With Star Wars products, Lego reaches children as well as adults.
To the point of making exhibitions, like the one that began this Saturday in the halls of honor in the city of Levallois.
With creations made up of several thousand parts such as the X-Wing ship, used by the rebel forces in episode IV of the Georges Lucas saga, in fact the very first opus released in theaters in 1977. This piece, which sits enthroned in the halls of the town hall, required 250 hours of work and 147,000 bricks.
It is the work of Georg Schmitt, who is one of the 14 professionals certified by Lego in the world and who participates in numerous exhibitions.
The general public got to know him last year with the “Lego Master” program on M6 in which he was part of the jury.
An X-Wing made up of 1.5 million parts
He was also the one who built the characters of Princess Leia and Han Solo, which each required 25,000 bricks and 145 hours of work. But the highlight of the exhibition will arrive at the end of next week, with the installation in the gardens of the town hall of an X-Wing on a “human” size, ie ten meters by ten. Young and old can climb inside to take a picture of themselves. A creation, which will arrive in several pieces and which required 1,584,900 bricks!
A vessel commissioned by the events agency Epicure, based in Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines), official partner of the Danish brand since 2014. “We have around ten Lego exhibitions in our catalog and the agency closely owns of 700 models, also with the largest French collection of vintage boxes ”, explains Eric Jousse, the creator of Epicure.
Enough to immerse visitors in the atmosphere of star wars with giant characters, ships and paintings featuring cult scenes from episodes IV, V and VI of the saga, which has held three generations in suspense since the end of the 1970s. On the occasion, the agency also created an exhibition of photos linked to current events, called the “empirical games”.
She humorously transposes the Olympic disciplines into the Star Wars universe.
Until September 19 in the halls of honor of the town hall of Levallois. Every day, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday. X-Wing animation in the gardens from August 28. Compulsory health pass for people over 18 wishing to access the exhibition.
