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    Image of ArnoldLa?rts ArnoldLa?rts
    12/01/09

    In reply to 25-Minute Lego Halo Fan Movie: Watch the Trailer!
    Wouldn't that be mega blocks, not Lego?
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    12/01/09

    @ArnoldLa?rts:

    Nope. It's custom LEGO. The Mega Bloks crap came out either this year or last. He's been buying custom LEGO to make this, and again, it's 6 years in the making.
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    Image of Brickmodder Brickmodder
    12/01/09

    In reply to 25-Minute Lego Halo Fan Movie: Watch the Trailer!
    Minifig armor can be found here:
    [www.brickforge.com]
    and here:
    [www.brickforge.com]
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    05/19/09

    In reply to Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces
    Looks pretty nice. Although I would've made the blackface version myself, it's a much better circuit.
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    Image of Professional_Iceberg_Hunter Professional_Iceberg_Hunter
    05/18/09

    In reply to Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces
    You know, I was never a Lego baby. Maybe that is what caused me to have such horrible creativity.


    Someone should build a program that sees a picture on your computer and tells you how many pieces of Lego you will need and how to build it. I think Lego might have this somewhere in their secret basement of awesomeness.


    There is no way in hell that someone thought of how to build the Death Star on Legos.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/18/09

    @Professional_Iceberg_Hunter: Let's put it this way: Leonardo Da Vinci wasn't a lego baby either.


    Feel better?

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/19/09

    @Professional_Iceberg_Hunter:
    If you don't mind it being restricted to a 2D mosaic, there are already at least two programs out there. One was available through the LEGO Shop@Home website for ordering custom B&W mosaic kits. The other was fan-developed for designing color mosaics. Also, Eric Harshbarger (the original freelance LEGO artist, though he has been surpassed by Nathan Sawaya in recent years) custom-tailored an existing program that would output the plans in terms of decorated tiles instead of the standard design which uses plates.


    As for the other bit, there's a guy who wrote a program that would spit out LEGO plans to build a replica of the Standford Bunny, and there's another program out there that will spit out plans for building a studs-out sphere. But to date, there's no program I'm aware of that'll churn out 3D plans of any random object you put in front of it.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/18/09

    In reply to Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces
    That's cool. Even the thumbnail had me convinced (sans the logo).
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    Image of saif32 saif32
    05/18/09

    In reply to Almost Identical Fender Amp Replica Constructed Out of Old, Unmodified Lego Pieces
    Besides edible food, tell me something that you can't make out of Lego.


    I dare ya!

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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    05/18/09

    @saif32: toilet paper
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/18/09

    @saif32: You can't make Jello out of Leggo.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/18/09

    @switchblade saints: JEEzus kuhRAIST this is scary...TP is exactly the same dumb repsonse I was about to make.
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    Image of saif32 saif32
    05/18/09

    @ripfire:

    That's edible food bro.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    05/18/09

    @saif32: I believe that is HIGHLY debatable. Especially when considering the Jello my aunt concocted for every family gathering: lime Jello with layers of sour cream and horseradish sauce. For real.
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    Image of metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
    05/18/09

    @saif32: living animals
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    05/18/09

    @saif32:


    Gamma rays! Radio waves etc. :-D


    @metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal:


    Edible.


    @Brian Broker:


    Are you that dense and/or have you never really played with LEGO? They make pieces that are circles!


    @switchblade saints:


    They have LEGO pieces formed like fire out of the box.


    @Justin Williams:


    You zing was wrong, his/her mom is edible!

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/19/09

    @saif32:
    Megabloks. I'm pretty sure the LEGO bricks would revolt.


    Also, edible food is already covered, or were you unaware that you can buy LEGO-branded Eggo waffles and LEGO-branded fruit snacks?

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    Image of lancerknight lancerknight
    03/27/09

    In reply to Lego Mariners Realize, Destroy Universal Childhood Fantasies
    That is awsome on so many levels...I mean if it breaks....fix it...a part falls off just go get it....it floats...some water gets in it...it floats. IT'S A WIN WIN. The only negative to this video...it makes me want to make one right now
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/27/09

    @lancerknight:
    If those are real LEGO bricks, ABS (the plastic the basic bricks are made of) only floats if it still has air bubbles trapped inside. Once it's full of water, it sinks.
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    Image of borgseawolf borgseawolf
    03/27/09

    In reply to Lego Mariners Realize, Destroy Universal Childhood Fantasies
    The best thing is how easy that boat is to repair... just add more Legos!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/27/09

    @borgseawolf:
    Maybe. It depends on what you're trying to repair. I once put a LEGO Pirate ship in an aquarium, and discovered that forcibly sinking LEGO bricks is a bit of a pain, since you have to make sure you get all the air bubbles knocked out of the undersides (which means you really need to build it underwater so you can waterlog each piece). In this case, you want to keep all the air bubbles intact, and cleaning out all of the water that is sure to accumulate would take a long time.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/27/09

    In reply to Lego Mariners Realize, Destroy Universal Childhood Fantasies
    That was weak.


    Weak like a Japanese boy band weak.

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