Relic from the Past #ThrowbackThursday

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“… Now if you look over here, you’ll find one of the latest additions to the Relic Room collection. Yes, it’s a Personal Digital Assistant. It’s no Velma Staplebot –ahem– but a proficient Graffiti writer could really fly while take notes on this baby.”

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V-Wing: The Empire Begins

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LEGO V-Wing

Before TIE Fighters became the iconic weapon of the Galactic Empire, Episode III Revenge of the Sith tells us the frontline starfighter was the Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-Wing. It was hard to tell there was such a connection, in the angles this model formed it looked more like a Jedi Starfighter or an A-Wing, except when viewed head-on. Here the menacing design does foreshadow the machinery of the Empire in its outline.

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