Remember that terrifyingly huge Vecna drone show Netflix launched over Las Vegas? The aerial spectacle has now earned an official Guinness World Record for the largest fictional character formed by drones.
Drone light show provider Sky Elements says it has officially earned its 17th Guinness World Records title after creating the “Largest aerial display of a fictional character formed by multirotors/drones.” The record-setting display featured a massive 4,979-drone recreation of Vecna from Stranger Things lighting up the skies above Las Vegas.
The show took place last December as part of a major promotional campaign celebrating the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. The project was produced in collaboration with creative agency ACRONYM on behalf of Netflix. And this wasn’t just another flashy drone display.
According to Sky Elements, bringing Vecna to life at that scale required major technical compromises and clever choreography tweaks. Each drone only had about 10 minutes of total battery life, with nearly three minutes consumed just by takeoff and landing procedures.
To make the show work, Sky Elements and ACRONYM reportedly redesigned the flight choreography to eliminate unnecessary movement between scenes. That allowed the team to maximize the limited airtime while still delivering a dramatic visual story inspired by the show’s dark “Upside Down” universe. The result was a giant floating Vecna looming over the Las Vegas skyline — something that instantly grabbed attention online and in person.
