On The Wings Of A Lego Dralthi

Another day, another amazing Wing Commander creation. nnenn made this fantastic Dralthi out of Legos, MegaBloks and other compatible brick toy brands. He says that once in a while he might use some colored tape to cover holes and other things, but I don't see exactly where that might have been used on this model. I'm continually surprised by how authentic people can make Lego ships with the limited elements available. This is quite an art. You can find some of his other designs here.

Research? Bah!

The Wing Commander universe lives on however, fans continue to create mods and hacks for the existing games and the recent release via Xbox Live of Wing Commander Arena is the first official new WC game in ten years. While it's turned out to be a none too impressive multiplayer shooter with not an FMV cut scene in sight, it does at least show that the Wing Commander brand lives on in the heart of EA somewhere and perhaps paves the way for a true sixth game in the series. There's been various false dawns for fans over the years, talk of Wing Commander Online or Prophecy sequel Strike Team have all come to nothing, so perhaps now is the time to dust down the franchise and re-invent it for this new generation of gamers who've been so starved of space combat games lately. I for one would be stood in the queue waiting to pick up a copy. Especially if they brought FMV and Mark Hamill back.