Naughty Dog Chief Neil Druckmann Snaps Up Custom LEGO Set Based On Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Spaceship

The Last of Us and Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet improvement chief, Neil Druckmann, is enjoying his clip distant from the HBO bid by indulging successful a LEGO acceptable based connected the latter's spaceship.

Last month, 2Bricks — who specializes successful customized (MOC) LEGO builds — released a YouTube video documenting a customized physique of "a sleek Porsche-designed reddish ship" inspired by the adjacent Naughty Dog crippled franchise, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. And apparently, it caught the oculus of 1 precise intrigued fan.

IMAGE CREDIT: NAUGHTY DOG (LEFT) | LEGO/2BRICKS (RIGHT).

"When I released my exemplary based connected Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, I had nary thought that [Neil Druckmann] himself would privation one!!!" 2Bricks wrote connected Instagram (thanks PushSquare), appending an representation of him passing the completed 984 Tempest NDX to Druckmann. "Had a large chat and I got to nerd retired showing disconnected each the small details I included."

If you similar the look of it, you excessively tin drawback the physique instructions for the 1349-part acceptable for $10 connected Rebrickable.

Last week, Naughty Dog caput Neil Druckmann announced helium volition not beryllium creatively progressive successful the upcoming Season 3 of HBO's The Last of Us, opting alternatively to absorption wholly connected crippled improvement of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.

As for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet? It features a star-studded formed that includes Tati Gabrielle from the Uncharted movie arsenic protagonist Jordan A. Mun, and Kumail Nanjiani of Marvel's Eternals arsenic a antheral called Colin Graves. It is not expected to merchandise until 2027 astatine the earliest. It’s a beauteous agelong wait, but speaking to IGN connected the reddish carpet up of The Last of Us Season 2 premiere, Druckmann said that Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is not lone playable close now, but “really good.”

Druckmann besides precocious revealed the workplace has a secret, unannounced 2nd crippled successful the works though he's not arsenic progressive successful the nitty gritty of improvement connected that one. “There’s different crippled that’s being worked connected astatine Naughty Dog wherever I americium much of a shaper relation and I get to mentor and ticker this different squad and springiness feedback and beryllium similar the enforcement successful the room,” helium said. “I bask each those roles, and the information I leap betwixt 1 to the next, it makes my occupation precise breathtaking and ever feeling fresh. I’m ne'er bored.”

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