Aurebesh brick Logo light box

On May the 4th this Logo was released officially! Every Star Wars Fan who bought an certain amount of Star Wars Sets, got a paper-bag with this Logo instead. The letter L E G O in the aurebesh alphabet with the famous brick designe. On eBay the bags are sold for hundreds of euros. I have one, so i started recreating it as a Light box.

The print file is set up, so you just have to load the correct colors and press print.

Features

Recommendation

For Material

go with the one you like. I used PLA:

• for black: Bambu Basic PLA or Sunlu PLA+*
• for red: Sunlu PLA+* red
• for yellow: Sunlu PLA+ pure yellow* (rare color)
• for white: Bambus Matte PLA

For LEDs

There are so many. I made 2 boxes. One with programmable RGB LEDs + ESP32 and one with pure cold white COB LEDs. Both running on 5V via USB-C. If soldering isn't really your thing, you can use the LED set from Bambulab. It includes everything you need, including a remote control.

COB LED i used: BTF COB LED cold white Amazon* | AliExpress*
RBG LED i used: BTF WS2812 ECO 60pix/m Amazon* | AliExpress*

Printing

There are 3 plates you need to print. Starting with plate 1 and plate 2, these are the essential part of the whole thing. Plate 1 is the Logo with the box walls. be careful and clean nozzle an print bed before starting the print. Plate 2 is straight forward to print, its just the lid/back plate of the box.

For the base you can choose between 2 variants: plate 3a or 3b

Basically the whole difference is the size and form of the hole in the back. 
Plate 3a is designed to fit an USB-C socket. You can get it from Amazon*, AliExpress (here* or here*) or anywhere else.

Plate 3b is designed just to fit the power cable

Bill of Materials

• You'll need ~70cm of any LED strip light you like with a power source of choice
• a bit of aluminum foil with a glue-stick or aluminium tape*

Optional:

• USB-C socket. You can get it from Amazon*, AliExpress (here* or here*) or anywhere else.
• superglue (if you want to permanently seal the box)
• self adhesive door bumper (~8mm). You can get it from Amazon*, AliExpress*, i use the Ikea spare parts for that
• Microcontroller like an basic ESP32.

Assembly

Step 1

Guide the LED stripe and/or power cable trough the holes in the back part of the base. If you don't have to solder anything you can put the base together. I should press-fit. Be gentle! This step can be skipped if you're sure.

Step 2

glue the LED strip in place. Use the guide to align the LED stripe parallel to the edge.

Step 3

Now its time to test the LEDs if they work.

Step 4

Let's prepare the lid. I recommend to cover the inner part of it with aluminum foil or tape. This reflects the light and achieves an even light distribution.

Step 5

If everything works fine, put the lid in place, check if everything works (yes again, better save than sorry). now glue the base and lid to the box.

Step 6

Have fun!