X-wing Rocking "Horse"

Buzz Bumble · Jan 15, 2015

From today's New Zealand Herald newspaper (16 January, 2015) ...

Star Wars rocker - the horse is strong in this one
An auckland toymaker has produced the ultimate plaything for young Jedi knights.

Steve Coupe of Steve's Wooden Toys has hand-crafted a wooden X-wing starfighter rocker.

Made out of pine, native macrocarpa and rimu, it comes with a removable R2-D2 co-pilot.

The novel take on the timeless rocking horse is being sold on Trade Me with a starting price of $950 (US$740).

Mr Coupe said he needs $400 to cover his costs and fund another project, with the remainder being donated to Starship children's hospital.

"Like most people from my generation, I was fascinated by Star Wars as a child and used to create cardboard models when I was about 11," he said.

He has been creating wooden toys for 25 years but recently branched into "bigger pieces of art in order to create something different with charity work in mind".

"The thought of the X-wing has been in the back of my mind for a while now - and the time came to put those ideas into reality in the hope to raise funds for Starship," Mr Coupe said.

The X-wing was constructed over two months.

"All up, it took about 40 hours to fill my nostrils with galactic sawdust, locking myself away in the workshop to unwind after a busy day in the office.

"As I don't work off plans and just work off ideas in my head, I was surprised how well it turned out ... the hardest part was knowing when to stop adding detail."

Mr Coupe said the wings would unbolt to "allow for ease of intergalactic travel in the back of a medium-sized car".

NZHerald.co.nz
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Trade Me is a New Zealand local auction website similar to eBay. Starship children's hospital is the children's wards at the Auckland Public Hospital.

darthskellington · Jan 16, 2015

Very cool.

Jedi Daniel · Jan 21, 2015

That's different

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