The father-son duo behind a LEGO recreation of Daft Punk’s “Alive 2007” tour could soon have their project made into an official set.
Last week, Daft Punk and LEGO fan Patrick Harboun (aka RobotRock) posted the painstaking recreation of the “Alive 2007” pyramid made with his 8-year-old son at the LEGO Ideas community site. Totaling 2,000 pieces, the project began in 2020 as “a creative escape” during lockdown. After his son made a prototype with their bricks at home, Harboun expanded upon the design digitally.
A motor-powered box of transparent bricks inside the pyramid and sets of dangling lights are among the set’s highlights, with the helmets modeled after those worn by the group in Piece by Piece, a LEGO-based film about Pharrell Williams’ life.
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“Both huge Daft Punk fans, this build is a fusion of 2 passions,” Harboun wrote in the description. “I spent my teenage years listening to Homework on my Walkman, while my son’s 1st favorite baby song was ‘Get Lucky.’ It felt only natural to blend our love for Daft Punk’s music with our love for LEGO.”
For a LEGO Ideas project to officially be considered for review, it needs to rack up 10,000 votes; as of publishing, this one has just over 1,400. See more details and support the potential set with your vote here.
This isn’t the first time Harboun has attempted to make the project into a reality. Back in 2020, he won the grand prize in the “Music to Our Ears!” competition, but it wasn’t selected to be an official set. Now, he’s giving it another go after seeing Daft Punk would be appearing in Piece by Piece.
Last year, Daft Punk celebrated the 10th anniversary of Random Access Memories with an expanded reissue containing nine unreleased tracks (purchase here) and a “drumless edition” (purchase here) removing all percussive elements from the album.
