Manchild at Play: Back to the Future LEGO

I bloody love Back to the Future. Who doesn’t? You’d have to literally be the worst person in the world not to. It’s just wholesome good fun, a story about two friends – a rebellious teen and a crazy mad scientist. You couldn’t get this film made today.

You know what else I like? LEGO. I have buckets of the stuff in my parents’ loft. The only reason my house isn’t covered in LEGO now is because it’s so bloody expensive – that plastic, man. It’s becoming a premium (mostly because nobody’s figured out how to make it without precious oil yet). I tend to stop myself from buying LEGO in favour of other plastic frivolities.

However, when a project to produce the Back to the Future DeLorean gets green-lit on LEGO CUUSOO, the site where LEGO lets people vote on community-submitted sets for production, I break my LEGO fast. My DeLorean was delivered promptly this week courtesy of Forbidden Planet, and I’ve had a nostalgic blast putting it together. It’s like therapy!

I’ll say now, this wasn’t cheap for what is ostensibly building blocks for kids. However, these “collectors sets” have a lot of great details and the finished product is worth every penny (as well as the three hours it took me to build it). I’ll admit that I also get a minor giddy surge of geeky joy from those minifigs of Doc and Marty.

Take a look at the build progression below! Click any of the images to view them fully, and then use the arrows to navigate between images. Click the “X” to close the image.

P.S. Holy hell, someone’s proposed the Ghostbusters ECTO-1 car. THIS MUST EXIST.

Post by Sean Patrick Payne+ | August 15, 2013 at 11:13 pm | LEGO, Manchild at Play (Toys) | No comment

Tags: Back to the Future, Doc Brown, geekgasm, LEGO, Marty