{"id":1348,"date":"2015-03-17T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/this-guy-took-my-favorite-two-things-as-a-child-and-made-them-even-more-epic\/"},"modified":"2015-03-17T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:48:34","slug":"this-guy-took-my-favorite-two-things-as-a-child-and-made-them-even-more-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/1348","title":{"rendered":"This Guy Took My Favorite Two Things As A Child… And Made Them Even More Epic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>If there were two things I absolutely loved when I was a kid, it was Lego and Star Wars. So when I saw these incredible miniature photographs by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/avanaut\/sets\/72157622598924063\/\" target=\"_blank\">Avanaut<\/a>&nbsp;of the snow battle on the planet Hoth from <em>Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> using only Lego men, memories of my childhood come rushing back in a storm of&nbsp;fanboy nostalgia. The creator of these photographs is Finnish illustrator and designer&nbsp;Vesa Lehtim&auml;ki or “Avanaut”. He started making his first Lego pictures set on the snowy planet of Hoth back in 2009 and has slowly been adding more and more over the years. These pictures are even more fitting right now, what with the&nbsp;freezing weather we’ve been having here in the United States&nbsp;and with the new Star Wars movies in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Bossk’s Cool Day Out<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/389\/lego_star_wars_01.jpg\" alt=\"Bossk's Cool Day Out\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Breaking In the Tauntaun<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/390\/lego_star_wars_02.jpg\" alt=\"Breaking In the Tauntaun\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Derelict<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/391\/lego_star_wars_03.jpg\" alt=\"The Derelict\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Joust<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/392\/lego_star_wars_04.jpg\" alt=\"The Joust\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Nightwatch on Hoth<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/393\/lego_star_wars_05.jpg\" alt=\"Nightwatch on Hoth\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Powdered!<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/394\/lego_star_wars_06.jpg\" alt=\"Powdered!\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Falcon and the Snowman<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/395\/lego_star_wars_07.jpg\" alt=\"The Falcon and the Snowman\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A Pilot’s Dream<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/396\/lego_star_wars_08.jpg\" alt=\"A Pilot's Dream\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Briefing on Hoth<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/397\/lego_star_wars_09.jpg\" alt=\"Briefing on Hoth\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Call of the Wild<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/398\/lego_star_wars_10.jpg\" alt=\"Call of the Wild\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>High Speed Snowspeeder Flyby<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/399\/lego_star_wars_11.jpg\" alt=\"High Speed Snowspeeder Flyby\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Bossk Has To Go<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/400\/lego_star_wars_12.jpg\" alt=\"Bossk Has To Go\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>To Catch a Tauntaun<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/401\/lego_star_wars_13.jpg\" alt=\"To Catch a Tauntaun\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Arrival of a Star Destroyer<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/402\/lego_star_wars_14.jpg\" alt=\"The Arrival of a Star Destroyer\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Living in the Dark Side – With Style<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/403\/lego_star_wars_15.jpg\" alt=\"Living in the Dark Side - With Style\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Stormtroopers’ Perpetual Winter<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/404\/lego_star_wars_16.jpg\" alt=\"Stormtroopers' Perpetual Winter\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Briefing on Hoth #2<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/405\/lego_star_wars_17.jpg\" alt=\"Briefing on Hoth #2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Chewie Misses His Mark<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/406\/lego_star_wars_18.jpg\" alt=\"Chewie Misses His Mark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Bullet Time on Hoth<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/407\/lego_star_wars_19.jpg\" alt=\"Bullet Time on Hoth\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A Day Without War<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/images.viralnova.com\/000\/018\/408\/lego_star_wars_20.jpg\" alt=\"A Day Without War\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For loads more Star Wars inspired Lego photographs check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/avanaut\/sets\/72157622598924063\/\" target=\"_blank\">Avanaut’s Flickr page<\/a>. The Force is strong with him. Source: Avanaut on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/avanaut\/sets\/72157622598924063\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAvanaut\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Avanaut\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/this-guy-took-my-favorite-two-things-as-a-child-and-made-them-even-more-epic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/viralnova.com\/this-guy-took-my-favorite-two-things-as-a-child-and-made-them-even-more-epic\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there were two things I absolutely loved when I was a kid, it was Lego and Star Wars. So when I saw these incredible miniature photographs by Avanaut&nbsp;of the snow battle on the planet Hoth from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back using only Lego men, memories of my childhood come rushing back in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/1348\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This Guy Took My Favorite Two Things As A Child… And Made Them Even More Epic.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[169],"tags":[420,680,674,673,675,679,678,676,677,391],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-darth-vader","tag-fan-fiction","tag-hoth","tag-lego","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-miniatures","tag-models","tag-photography","tag-snow","tag-star-wars"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1426564118462-lego_star_wars_11.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}