The Watchmen: Nite-Owl's Owlship
It's no secret that I'm a huge comic book geek. In my home there are entire bookcases filled with graphic novels, closets filled with longboxes of individual issues, and a basement full of action figures. With that in mind, it’s not too shocking that I’d want to try my hand at making LEGO versions of super-heroic vehicles. Mostly I worked on various incarnations of the Batmobile – it’s iconic, cool, and fun to customize. But recently I’ve wanted to broaden my horizons and try some other super-rides.
At the time of this writing the hype machine around the Watchmen movie was moving into high gear. I had just seen the first trailer at a showing of The Dark Knight, and the web was flooded with shots of the full-scale prop Owlship at the 2008 San Diego ComicCon. At this point my muse was inspired – and I spent a weekend locked away in my LEGO workshop building my own small version of Nite-Owl’s ride. After all, LEGO wasn't going to do it for me...
As of this writing I've gone through three rounds of developement of the ship...
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Like most of my photo reviews I've broken thing up over several pages to help with load times. We'll take a look at the exterior styling and play features, then move inside for a look at the cabin space.
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