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After it launched not even two weeks ago, Reddit user OceanicStrawberry has built the new LEGO Dune model that has impressed the team behind the sequel. As well as this, they have trekked to a site that pays tribute to the franchise after a nearby location inspired the books – the Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.
As stated by Metro Parks Tacoma, Frank Herbert was inspired in part by the toxic plumes and slag waste dumped from the Ruston Way smelter from 1890 to 1986. He then went on to write the Dune book series with its focus on environmental waste and restoration. This inspired the movies which in turn has inspired the set,
As depicted in their photos, the trek to the Dune Peninsula didn't just offer the opportunity to bring the model back to its roots but to pose it on top of a real sandworm, or technically a sandtrout. Nichole Rathburn's Little Makers depict the young sandworms jumping in and out of the soil up a hill and it's the ideal location for a photo shoot with
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