"Featured in the movie as the device that Star Lord operated to play his legendary mixtapes, the Sony Walkman TPS-L2 achieved something remarkable: it made cassette technology cool again for people who'd never touched magnetic tape. Enter Headlight Bricks, a creator who channeled that same Marvel-inspired obsession into a breathtaking LEGO Ideas project. Their 520-piece homage recreates every iconic element from the transparent cassette window to the individually adjustable volume controls, all wrapped in that unmistakable Sony blue."
"Each cassette measures maybe an inch and a half across but manages to pack in customizable label areas where you can swap colored tiles to create different "album art." One of them references Awesome Mix Vol. 1 from Guardians, probably the one piece of pop culture that did more for cassettes than anything else in the past decade. The cassettes made from LEGO don't look entirely like you'd expect."
Headlight Bricks created a 520-piece LEGO Ideas model of the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, replicating the player’s transparent cassette window, individually adjustable volume controls, and Sony blue finish. The build includes three small LEGO cassettes with customizable label areas using swapable colored tiles and a nod to Awesome Mix Vol. 1. Poseable orange headphones complete the 1979 aesthetic. The LEGO cassettes omit the central gears because reproducing them in LEGO is complex and offers limited benefit, but the internal spindles and the cassette’s ability to fit into the player preserve the authentic interaction.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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