LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet to fighter-jet

When the #31039 LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet was first released a lot of people noted that it looks very much like the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter-jet. However since LEGO doesn’t make real-life military models, they gave the model a friendly dark-blue, white and red color-scheme and no guns, but the fact remains that it definitely looks like a military jet. You can read and watch the full review of the original set here: LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet Review. 🙂

LEGO fan Jason Skaare took up the task of rebuilding the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet in gray to unveil its similarity to the Lockheed Martin F-35, specifically the short-takeoff & vertical-landing (STOVL) variant. Besides the obvious difference in colors, there are a few minor modifications that you will notice; some for stylistic reasons, and others because certain parts used in the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet were not available in gray. But all in all the two models look pretty much exactly the same.

Jason taking the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet and turning it into something similar but different is a perfect example of using a LEGO set as an inspiration to build your own model. Official LEGO sets are a great way to learn interesting building techniques, then you can use those techniques to build your own creations. While here Jason changed all the colors so it was necessary to get a whole set of extra parts, sometimes you can just take a LEGO set and start modifying and adding to it. Next thing you know you have built an awesome LEGO model of your own, while at the same time also enriching your building skills.

If you are interested in the fighter-jet version of the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet, you can browse Jason’s flickr album for more pictures. And if you would like to pick up the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet so you can start tinkering with it on your own, it is available at the at the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet and the fighter-jet version? Have you considered building your one? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

And you might also like to check out the following related post:

• LEGO Creator Blue Power Jet Review