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Star Wars fans build Mandalorian spaceship in Siberia

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/03/15/sw2.jpg"/><figcaption>People stand by a giant replica of the Razor Crest, a a gunship from the Star Wars spinoff series &quot;The Mandalorian&quot; used by the hit TV show&#x27;s mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy&#x27;s outer reaches, in a park of the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk on March 14, 2021.<em> Evgeniy Sofroneyev, Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>YAKUTSK, Russia - Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series &quot;The Mandalorian&quot; and installed it in a park in one of the world&#x27;s coldest cities.</p><p>The model of the Razor Crest -- a gunship used by the hit TV show&#x27;s mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy&#x27;s outer reaches -- now sits on a snow-covered hill in a park in the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk.</p><p>&quot;The ship weighs more than a ton,&quot; Ayaal Fyodorov, 28, told AFP, adding that it had taken him and his cosplayer friends around three months to build it.</p><p>The sci-fi vessel, which stands four meters (13 feet) tall, has been made from fiberboard, metal and plastic foam.</p><p>The makers sought to meticulously recreate the spacecraft&#x27;s interior and the vessel even has a lowering ramp and a seat for Baby Yoda, a small creature with whom the protagonist, Din Djarin, forms an unlikely bond.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/03/15/sw1.jpg"/><figcaption>People stand by a giant replica of the Razor Crest, a a gunship from the Star Wars spinoff series &quot;The Mandalorian&quot; used by the hit TV show&#x27;s mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy&#x27;s outer reaches, in a park of the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk on March 14, 2021.<em> Evgeniy Sofroneyev, Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/04/19/a-thousand-memes-it-launched-baby-yoda-breaks-internet">A thousand memes, it launched: Baby Yoda breaks internet</a></li></ul><p>Fyodorov said he and his friends were &quot;shocked&quot; to see the ship getting destroyed in the series&#x27; second season. </p><p>&quot;We were very much motivated to make it. As if we were inside the TV series and rebuilding the ship,&quot; Fyodorov said.</p><p>He estimated the project cost more than 750,000 rubles ($10,200).</p><p>Fyodorov first used his savings, then sold his car, then asked ordinary Russians and companies to pitch in.</p><p>He is proud of the result.</p><p>&quot;This is the only such cosplay ship in the world,&quot; he said, standing next to his creation.</p><p>The space vessel has become a major point of attraction for locals and tourists alike and has won praise from experts in a region known for its booming film industry.</p><p>&quot;Honestly, I did not expect this to turn out so well,&quot; said Semyon Shishigin, head of Taragai Cinema, a local film studio, who recently brought his family to the park to look at the ship.</p><p>&quot;I see that there are lots of locals here, and most of them came to see the ship. That&#x27;s just fantastic!&quot;</p><div><strong>video-as/dl</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PrSEgN7nrnQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>YAKUTSK, Russia - Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series "The Mandalorian" and installed it in a park in one of the world's coldest cities.<br /> </p>

YAKUTSK, Russia - Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series "The Mandalorian" and installed it in a park in one of the world's coldest cities.