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How to Make the Lego Snowspeeder

LEGO® is one of the most popular construction toys available. The bricks snap together and pull apart in many ways, allowing the LEGO builder to create almost anything he imagines. Some LEGO builders may want to create characters and vehicles from the "Star Wars" movies. Luckily, the Internet site Brickfactory has instructions for many of the sets LEGO has released over the years. If you are interested in building a "Star Wars" snowspeeder with LEGO bricks, four of the five snowspeeder models released by LEGO are available at the site: the Star Wars Ultimate Snowspeeder, the Star Wars Rebel Snowspeeder, the Star Wars Mini Snowspeeder and the Star Wars Classic Hoth Rebel Base. The Brickfactory set selection provides three different sized snowspeeders and a set from a scene in "The Empire Strikes Back," so you have plenty of options on which to base your own snowspeeder.

Things You'll Need

LEGO bricks
Computer
Internet access

Instructions

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  Go to the Brickfactory website and click "By Theme" under the "Sets" category.
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  Click the scroll selection bar in the yellow banner at the top of the Brickfactory webpage. The scroll bar will initially be set to "4 Juniors." For the "Star Wars" Ultimate Snowspeeder, select "Star Wars Ultimate" in the scroll selection bar.
  
  For the Star Wars Rebel Snowspeeder, select "Star Wars Episode 4-6" in the scroll selection bar.
  
  For the Star Wars Mini Snowspeeder, select "Star Wars Mini" in the scroll selection bar.
  
  For the Star Wars Hoth Rebel Base, select "Star Wars Classic Page 2" in the scroll selection bar.
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  Click on the image of the snowspeeder you would like to build. For the "Star Wars" Ultimate Snowspeeder, click on the image labeled "Box Number 10129, Snowspeeder, 2004." For the "Star Wars" Rebel Snowspeeder, click on the image labeled "Box Number 4500, Rebel Snowspeeder, 2004."
  
  For the Star Wars Mini Snowspeeder, click on the image labeled "Box Number 8029, Mini Snowspeeder, 2008."
  
  For the Star Wars Hoth Rebel Base, click on the image labeled "Box Number 7666, Hoth Rebel Base, 2007."
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  Follow the instructions provided. Use the buttons in the blue banner at the top of the web page to turn the pages of the instructions. If you don't have certain pieces that were provided in the "Star Wars" LEGO sets, be creative and substitute the missing pieces with others you do have.
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  Change elements of the LEGO models as you see fit. LEGO sets allow you to improve or change any part of a model. Be creative and experiment with the placement of different bricks. In fact, treat the LEGO instructions on the Brickfactory website as only possibilities or suggestions. You may find that your model is an improvement over the one depicted in the instructions.

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