By now most of our readers have come across the Lego Cuuso site, a place where builders can submit models and people can vote on them. If the model gets 10,000 votes Lego will look into the possibility of making it into an official playset.
I came across this idea by Thomas Lockwood, Cuuso user Tbone_TB1, to build a Firefly Serenity play set. He has already built a small model of Serenity and is proposing a larger model that would accommodate minifigs. He is also planning on these features:
- Movable loading ramp
- Cockpit capable of fitting 1 minifig
- Light up firefly drive
- Playable dining area and cargo hold
- Rotating engines
As for the minifigs, Thomas has some concept art for Firefly minifigs that look really good. I especially like the Jayne with a ski cap and Wash kind of looked like a minifig already. Speaking of Firefly characters, Morena Baccarin (who played Inara) recently gave the project a boost when she tweeted about it.
To give your support to the project go to the Firefly Playset Cuuso page and vote for it and make sure you scroll down to see the minifigs. To see more photos of the Lego Serenity model check out Thomas's Gallery over at Brickshelf. He does good work and I wouldn't mind having my own Serenity to put next to the Millennium Falcon in my china closet.
