How does the original Death Star model from Star Wars, in the 80’s, end up in some random guy’s parents basement in Missouri Ozarks. Funny you should ask, because that random guy is currently posting his multi-part story on his website.
About Me
This is Binary Bonsai, the online journal of Michael Heilemann — a Danish expat Interface Director at Squarespace, ex-Computer Game Developer and Film Lover — coming to you out of New York. It contains thoughts on games, interface design, movies, books, science fiction, Star Wars and various other subjects as befits the author, who is available for comment on Twitter.
Credits
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He has a Flickr page with more images of the find!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/
wow, that was an interesting story!