Star Wars question

[Noah930]

What's this?



I got my son a Lego Star Wars advent calendar. He built this thing yesterday (Day #3) but we aren't sure what thing it is. One of you guys must know.

[Joe Bob]

My ex-wife's attorney.....

[craigster59]

It's the Craw!

[fanaudical]

I think it's one of the crawling "spider droids" from Episode I...

[Noah930]

I think the spider droid is what we made today, day#4.

[Gooch1971]

Wish I knew. My son is working on these as well. All will be revealed when Santa Yoda is together.

[sammyg2]

LOL, some guy named Spencer in San Diego has the same problem:

Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, day 3 « Spencer in San Diego

[sammyg2]

Aren't the interwebs wunderful?

Saturday, December 3, 2011
Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar, Day 3: Mechno-Chair

My first thought when I put this together was, "What in the heck? Is this supposed to be a droid or something?" Turns out it's a mechno-chair.

Never heard of a mechno-chair? I hadn't either. You'll recognize it when you see it, though; it's the contraption that projects a hologram of the emperor (technically, he wasn't the emperor yet) while keeping pace with the real-life Neimoidians he is talking to. I'm not sure why Lego thought we'd want a mechno-chair without an Emperor hologram minifig, but whatever.

This thing is also known as a mechano-chair, but if you're doing a Google image search, "mechno-chair" brings up better results.

betty edit blurbs: Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar, Day 3: Mechno-Chair

[gr8fl4porsche]

We started the same box this morning. In 2 days I will have the same question as you.

[sammyg2]

LOL, geeks are funny. Didn't know there was a "wookieepedia, a wiki just for star wars.
Mechno-chair - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

Model Neimoidian mechno-chair

Type Personalized one-person conveyance

Cost 12,500 credits

Physical and technical specifications
Size 0.5 meters; 1.5 meters with legs extended

Usage and history
Era(s) Rise of the Empire era

Affiliation ■Neimoidians
■Trade Federation

A mechno-chair, also mechnochair, was a mobile, mechanical chair used by wealthy Neimoidians as a sign of their status. Viceroy Nute Gunray of the Trade Federation possessed one.
1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources 4.1 In other languages

Characteristics
The devices, generally built by Affodies Crafthouse of Pure Neimoidia, were prohibitively costly and were more of a status symbol than a mode of transportation. They featured two sickle-shaped rear legs that terminated in single-claw feet, and a pair of articulated double-clawed guidance limbs. Gyroscopically balanced, the chair's metallic surface was covered in etchings modeled after the shell ornamentation of Neimoidia's sovereign beetle. They were noted as being uncomfortable to sit on.

Viceroy Gunray's own mechno-chair was fitted with a holoprojector encrypted to a secret channel maintained by Darth Sidious. This chair was made on the planet Charros by the Xi Char, and customized with a HoloNet secret link and security systems that emitted toxic dioxis gas. It also had a self-destruct mechanism that could be instructed to initiate remotely.

History
The Dark Lord communicated with Gunray via his mechno-chair during the Invasion of Naboo, and later during the Clone Wars. When the Grand Army of the Republic laid siege to his fortress on Cato Neimoidia, Gunray fled the planet, but accidentally left his mechno-chair behind. Seized by Republic forces, the mechno-chair, with its holo-recording of Sidious, provided the Jedi with a valuable clue in the search for the elusive Sith Lord in the days prior to the Battle of Coruscant.

After the reorganization of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, mechno-chairs were employed by Baron Merillion Tarko, a Moff ruling Cato Neimoidia.

Appearances

■Jedi Council: Acts of War
■Darth Maul: Saboteur
■Cloak of Deception
■Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
■Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace comic
■Star Wars: Republic: The Stark Hyperspace War (Appears in flashback(s))
■Star Wars: Republic: The Devaronian Version (Appears in flashback(s))
■Starfighter: Crossbones
■ Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 7"
■Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 1: Shipyards of Doom
■ Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 22"
■Labyrinth of Evil
■ Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by craigster59

It's the Craw!

You'd think that with all the crap, reruns, etc. they play over 400 channels, there'd be room somewhere to replay Get Smart.

[Noah930]

Thanks Sammy. Now I understand why a Nute Gunray minifigure was the gift for day #2.




Day #4: Slave 1. The coolest little present, yet.

[Porsche-poor]

Thanks for the info guys. We have one to and were like what is this?