LEGO 75059 User manual

About the Sandcrawler™

The Sandcrawler™is a lumbering, mechanical hulk used by

Tatooine’s Jawas™to travel the desert wastes in search of

lost droids, crashed starships, and other treasures.

Sandcrawlers can house several hundred Jawas, who live

in a maze of discarded machinery, minimally functional

droids, and other assorted junk. Originally brought to

Tatooine by early miners, the sandcrawlers are outdated

and require continual repairs, but they provide Jawas with

protection from sandstorms, the desert heat, krayt

dragons, Tusken Raiders, and other dangers.

The sandcrawlers, now used almost exclusively by Jawas,

utilize large steam-powered nuclear fusion engines and

giant treads to move across the Dune Sea and other

wastelands on the desert world. Initially intended to haul

ore, the sandcrawlers were abandoned when the mining

venture on Tatooine completely failed. Almost immediately,

the scavenging Jawas took control of the sandcrawlers,

modifying and repairing the vehicles to suit their needs.

Within each sandcrawler, the Jawas™have created a

vast labyrinth of alcoves, where the small humanoids eat,

sleep, and store machinery, spare parts, and captured

droids. Almost everything Jawas find in the desert can be

loaded into the sandcrawler through an extendable

magnetic suction tube originally used for loading ore, or

via a retractable front loading hatch.

Because the sandcrawler has a dense, steel hull and is

virtually unstoppable, the Jawas are completely protected

from their natural enemies, the Tusken Raiders, and other

dangers. However, attacks by Imperial Stormtroopers

have shown that the sandcrawlers cannot withstand

precise laser blasts from handheld weapons.

Aside from the Jawas themselves, no one is certain

exactly how many sandcrawlers still remain in working

order. The vehicles are rarely seen traveling together,

although they do convene once a year at a secret

location in the Dune Sea. At this gathering, the Jawas

open their sandcrawlers and trade their finds with one

another.

Sandcrawler™Facts

Technical Specifications

Manufacturer Corellia Mining Corporation

Model Digger crawler

Class Wheeled

Cost 150,000 credits (new)

60,000 credits (used)

Length 120.8 feet (36.8 meters)

Height/depth 65.6 feet (20 meters)

Maximum speed 18.6 mph (30 km/h)

Engine unit(s) Girodyne Ka/La steam-powered

nuclear fusion engines

Crew 50 Jawas™

Passengers 1,500 droids

Cargo capacity 55 tons (50 metric tons)

Concept Art

About the LEGO®Star Wars™Design Team

LEGO®Star Wars™started in 1999, and we have made new models for the product line every year since then. The LEGO Star Wars

design team consists of six to eight model designers, and three graphic designers. The team is a mix of new designers

with fresh ideas, and experienced LEGO Star Wars designers with many models under their belts.

This is an ideal team for creating new, innovative LEGO Star Wars models, as well as revising and

improving previous LEGO versions of classic and iconic Star Wars ships. The focus of our main

LEGO Star Wars product line is to make cool, fun, and inspiring LEGO Star Wars models

for kids.

For LEGO Direct, we have the opportunity to make even bigger,

more challenging models with special attention to accuracy

and details. These models are fun and exciting to develop,

but also a huge challenge! We always do our very best,

and hope that you will enjoy the building experience.

Happy building!

Jens Kronvold Frederiksen

Design Director

LEGO Star Wars

Meet the Model Designer

Q: How long have you been a LEGO®model designer?

A: I started in September 1987 as a LEGO®Technic designer.

After 12 years I changed to LEGO Systems, and designed

LEGO Sports, Creator, and other LEGO licensed lines. I’ve

been a Star Wars™Designer for the last 9 years.

Q: How was designing the LEGO Sandcrawler™different from

your work on other LEGO Star Wars models?

A: The size, as well as combining all the unusual angles to

make a functional model with stable driving was a big

challenge.

Q: What are elements in the design that improve the LEGO

Sandcrawler’s stability?

A: Inside the model I used Technic Elements to build up a

solid structure. This, together with the right combination of

LEGO bricks, gives the model a very stable base and

structure.

Q: The image of a sandcrawler slowly rumbling across the

sands of Tatooine is an iconic Star Wars scene, how did

you first approach creating the model? Did you rely on the

scenes from the movie, or concept art?

A: Of course I rely on the scenes from the movie, but we also

ordered extra reference material directly from Lucasfilm, so I

had detailed photographs taken from all sides of the model.

Model Designer Olav Krøigaard

Olav Krøigaard

Q: The original Star Wars™Sandcrawler™as a prop went

through many different designs, by at least three different

people. How many sketches can a model go through before

you’re ready to start creating it with LEGO®bricks?

A: Actually, it’s not that necessary in the Star Wars™team,

because we have all the reference material we need from

Lucasfilm and the movies to support us. I do build a lot of

sketch models and pieces, though. Every little detail has

been worked through over and over again.

Q: The original designers of the Star Wars Sandcrawler were

inspired in part by the slow, treaded movement of NASA’s

crawler-transporter for the space shuttle. Do you take

inspiration from real vehicles or buildings when creating

LEGO models?

A: Yes I do, when it’s possible, but the Star Wars universe is

very different from how things look and work here on this

planet.

Q: What challenges did you face in designing the LEGO model

to look like the real Star Wars Sandcrawler?

A: I was really scared of all the unusual angles, and it was a

big challenge to figure out how everything could fit together

and still look good all over the model.

Q: You’ve designed LEGO Star Wars models before, how was

the LEGO Sandcrawler similar to or different from the other

models you’ve designed?

A: I think the LEGO®Sandcrawler is a unique and outstanding

play set. It was a big job to figure out what the play set

should be, and what would make sense. We had a lot of

brainstorming sessions about that, and eventually ended up

with this model, and I’m pretty proud of that.

Q: There are so many LEGO Star Wars models, what do you

think sets the LEGO Sandcrawler apart from the others?

A: It has no compromises. We’ve done our absolute best to

make a real evergreen out of this set.

À propos du Sandcrawler™

Le Sandcrawler™est un char des sables mécanique roulant

lentement, utilisé par les Jawas™de Tatooine pour voyager

dans le désert à la recherche de droïdes perdus, de

vaisseaux accidentés et d’autres trésors. Les Sandcrawlers

peuvent accueillir plusieurs centaines de Jawas, qui vivent

dans un labyrinthe de machines au rebut, de droïdes

minimalement fonctionnels et d’autres détritus. Apportés à

l’origine sur Tatooine par les premiers miniers, les

Sandcrawlers sont obsolètes et exigent des réparations

continuelles, mais ils fournissent aux Jawas une protection

contre les tempêtes de sable, la chaleur du désert,

les dragons Krayt, les Tuskens et autres dangers.

Les Sandcrawlers, dont se servent maintenant presque

exclusivement les Jawas, utilisent de grands générateurs

à fusion nucléaire à vapeur et des chenilles géantes

pour se déplacer sur la Mer des dunes et d’autres

territoires dans le monde du désert. Conçus à l’origine

pour transporter le minerai, les Sandcrawlers furent

abandonnés lorsque l’exploitation minière sur Tatooine

échoua complètement. Presque immédiatement, les

Jawas s’emparèrent des Sandcrawlers, modifiant et

réparant les véhicules pour répondre à leurs besoins.

Dans chaque Sandcrawler, les Jawas™ont créé un vaste

labyrinthe d’alcôves, où les petits humanoïdes mangent,

dorment et stockent les machines, les pièces détachées

et les droïdes capturés. Presque tout ce que les Jawas

trouvent dans le désert peut être chargé dans le

Sandcrawler par le biais d’un tube d’aspiration magnétique

extensible utilisé pour charger le minerai, ou au moyen

d’une trappe de chargement avant rétractable.

Le Sandcrawler a une coque dense en acier et est

pratiquement impossible à arrêter. Les Jawas sont donc

complètement protégés contre leurs ennemis naturels, les

Tuskens, et d’autres dangers. Cependant, les attaques

des Stormtroopers impériaux ont montré que les

Sandcrawlers ne peuvent pas résister aux tirs laser

précis d’armes tenues à la main.

À part les Jawas eux-mêmes, personne ne sait vraiment

combien il reste de Sandcrawlers en fonctionnement.

Les véhicules sont rarement vus voyageant ensemble,

même s’ils se réunissent une fois par an dans un

endroit secret dans la Mer des dunes. Lors de

cette réunion, les Jawas ouvrent leurs Sandcrawlers

et échangent leurs trouvailles entre eux.

Informations sur

le Sandcrawler™

Caractéristiques techniques

Fabricant Corellia Mining Corporation

Modèle Excavatrice rampante

Classe Terrestre

Coût 150 000 crédits (nouveaux)

60 000 crédits (utilisés)

Longueur 36,8 mètres (120,8 ft)

Hauteur/profondeur 20 mètres (65,6 ft)

Vitesse maximale 30 km/h (18,6 mph)

Moteur(s) Générateurs à fusion nucléaire

à vapeur Girodyne Ka/La

Équipage 50 Jawas™

Passagers 1500 droïdes

Capacité de chargement 50 tonnes

Esquisses

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