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Star Wars Lego photos take action figures to a whole new level
An illustrator and designer's incredible Lego images — using his son's toys — have gone viral online.

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Illustrator and designer Vesa Lehtimäki, of Finland, started to photograph his son's Star Wars Legos in July 2009. The pictures went viral after he posted them on his Flickr.
TODAY's multimedia editor Lance Booth asked him about his inspiration, and his methods for creating magic.


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He has been a Star Wars fan since he was a child, but thinks of himself as a reborn fan. "After over two decades I have discovered the original Star Wars trilogy again," he said. "I haven't watched them repeatedly, but rather dug deep into some extensive background information I have found from various sources, information that wasn't there before."




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"I started all this in the summer of 2009. I had bought a Canon DSLR for an illustration project and once the camera was there, I started pointing it to things," he said. After his hobbie went viral he has received work as a professional for Lego. "Today, photography has become a part of my work. So far I have worked for Lego ('Hobbit,' 'Lord of the Rings') and Marvel ('Iron Man 3') and I loved every moment of it."


