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09/4/09
Full-Size Drivable Replicas of Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder: the Future is Now!
There’s a theory that science fiction books and movies shape the future meaning that they are creating objects of the future realia and once something similar is being invented in real life, people will know how these innovations should look and how they need to be named…
Thus, we already know how the vehicles from the future are going to work, sound and look like: they will be called “landspeeders” and look something like this:
“Landspeeder” was the name of a craft Star Wars Luke Skywalker was using to travel above a world’s surface.
And the future is actually starting now! The Landspeeder appealed to the public so much, that there appeared several full-scale running replicas in real life, and here are a few of them (none of them is yet able to hover aloft on a cushion of antigravity but they do look cool!):
Landspeeder Replica Sold on eBay
The full-size replica was sold on eBay for about 13 000 USD which looks like well worth the money:
Landspeeder by Daniel Deutsch
According to the description, this Landspeeder created by Daniel Deutsch is powered by an electric motor that is able to take the vehicle to a top speed of 25 mph and that can travel for several miles on a single battery change.
Landspeeders, Burning Man 2007
The annual art festival known as Burning Man presented the following Landspeeder interpretations (2007):
Landspeeders: Burning Man 2008
Last year’s Burning man fest had the following Landspeeders to surprise the public:
Landspeeder: Great Bucks Steam Fair
Landspeeder: Disney Motor Cars Parade
Landspeeder: Star Wars Day in Pawtucket, RI
“Coke-One” Landspeeder
This one was built as a promotional vehicle for Coca-Cola in the early 1980s (it was given the moniker “Coke One”).
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Rajeev Ranjan Singh
5 months ago
it’s really great concept…