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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    The Vader shot from the link is now my wallpaper. Avanaut: your Flickr will be added to the favorites list and I will bow in the presence of your LEGO badassadry.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    Artoo says that the odds of this being full of WIN are 720 to 1 - in favor.

    Of course, Artoo has been known to be wrong...

    From time to time...

    But not on LEGO...

    He's infallible on that...

    Because...

    This is full of WIN.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    I've been playing a lot of Lego Star Wars lately so I just love these.
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    Image of silverdee silverdee
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    Is number 5 the artist's rendition of "bullet time"?
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    tande04 promoted this comment silverdee was starred silverdee was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/16/09

    @silverdee: Yep, its the title of it on his flickr page.
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    Image of genpetahhhh genpetahhhh
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    So how did he do the snowballs and the hovering imperial droid?
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    tande04 promoted this comment genpetahhhh was starred genpetahhhh was unstarred
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    12/16/09

    @genpetahhhh: My guess is thats where the photo shop comes in.
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    Image of TriplEEE13 TriplEEE13
    12/16/09

    @tande04: I mean, couldn't he drop it just at the right moment to take the picture? At least that's what I believe.
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    tande04 promoted this comment TriplEEE13 was starred TriplEEE13 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/16/09

    @TriplEEE13: That was my first guess since he talked about how legos float and he shoots a lot to get the snow right then I realized that the plaster "snow" would keep that from working.

    Little too much on either side and it would just tip right over.

    I'd think even the snowballs that way would be a pain. It would be like those water coin spiny things they have at fast food places. It would take forever to get it to fall in the right spot.

    Edit: There you go, right from the flickr page:
    "Thanks exobrick, the snowball is glued on a 1mm thick transparent acrylic rod and positioned as needed. I was hoping the snowy mess would render the rod invisible, it almost did, but a little photoshopping was needed nevertheless. Bummer!"
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/16/09 2:27 AM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of banmojo banmojo
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    It's amazing to me how incredibly simple his technique is, once he explains it. I would have expected some major major expensive shit, but this is something I could set up myself. Hmmmmm....
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    Image of suland suland
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    I did not get it, GIZ... What the hell LEGO is doing on a gadget's blog? Should we vote to see how many people left who is still interested in LEGO?
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment suland was starred suland was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/16/09

    @suland: lol my guess is that you'd be buried under the avalanche of pro LEGO sentiment.

    Gizmodo's already established itself pretty firmly as an avid proponent of LEGO. The Gizmodo Gallery had a wall dedicated to LEGO. Many posts throughout the past months(and year) have had some kind of involvement with LEGO. The author of this post is an avid LEGO fan. LEGO LEGO LEGO until you see all the colors of the bin's rainbow.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/16/09 12:21 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/16/09

    @suland: Yep I don't see this ending well for you.

    BTW. For future reference "what is ____ doing on here" is never a comment that needs posted. Posting it about legos on a site with a definite lego fetish is just going to be salt in the wound.
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    Image of zåɳzißarleɠёпȡ zåɳzißarleɠёпȡ
    12/16/09

    @suland: Lego is a gadget disguised as a toy.
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    Image of Qwertyfreak Qwertyfreak
    12/16/09

    @suland: "What the hell Lego is doing on a gadget's blog. "
    Lego on a blog.
    LEGO ON A BLOG.
    BLOG.
    B-L-O-G.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/16/09

    @Qwertyfreak: That would've so much cooler if they both shared every letter, but my mind was very close to being blown somehow.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/16/09 1:17 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of USB_Humping_Dog USB_Humping_Dog
    12/16/09

    @suland: You woke up the baby with that comment.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    12/16/09

    @suland: Youre not from around here are you?
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    12/16/09

    @suland: Welcome to Gizmodo, have a lego bucket.
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    Image of En0s1 En0s1
    12/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: we could try calling blogs electronic logs but e-log would never catch on.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/16/09

    In reply to Beautiful Lego in Hoth Photos Have Me in Total Awe
    Oh man, adding to my faves list!
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    Perhaps the most interesting LEGO facts are some of the ones they tend not to throw around like this:

    1. The LEGO Company didn't technically invent the LEGO brick. The original LEGO Automatic Binding Brick was the result of receiving sample molds with their first injection molding machine, but it was invented in Great Britain. The tubes inside of the bricks were, however, added by The LEGO Company. The original patents were also purchased by The LEGO Company in the 80's.

    2. The first LEGO sets sold in the US were not produced by The LEGO Company. The Samsonite company licensed the design from The LEGO Company, but did such a bad job with it that they've never licensed out the design again.

    3. Most LEGO bricks are made from ABS plastic, but this was not always the case. The original Automatic Binding Brick was molded in cellulose acetate. Other parts are produced in at least five other materials (clear parts, rubber parts, lighter-density plastic like swords, extruded tubes, and the occassional metal parts are each made with different materials). MegaBloks are made from styrene, which is commonly used for hobby model kits.

    4. The most complicated single-shot part produced is the minifig chain. All 29 interlocked links are formed at the same time, with no need for a post-forming assembly processes.

    5. Whenever they produce a chromed part, they have to run the pre-chromed blanks on a different set of molds, as the blanks have to be slightly undersized to accomodate the thickness of the chrome and sealer layers on the finished piece.

    6. The first parts that were molded in two blended colors were the Bohrok faceplates in 2002.

    7. In 2004, they changed the colors of all parts molded in brown and the three shades of grey, but did not address this issue with the fan community until the color change was noticed in the wild. They have since promised to never permanently change the shade of an official color without first communicating with the fan community.
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    Image of PinballFan PinballFan
    12/15/09

    @Purple Dave: MegaBloks = styrene.

    Is that why they suck so much?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @PinballFan:
    Yup. Pretty much. Well, that and the fact that the part tolerance is pretty massive.

    ABS has rubberizers mixed in with styrene, so it tends to hold its shape even after being deformed in some manner. Styrene tends to permanently change shape when deformed. The result is that if you leave a model assembled for a long time, the parts tend to loosen their grip on each other, regardless of which brand you used to build it, but the LEGO parts will return to their original shape after disassembly, where the Megabloks will be permanently deformed.

    And as for the part tolerance, I've heard stories of how people could stack two MB bricks, pick up the top brick, and have the bottom brick not even budge because the fit was so loose, while others have complained that they almost needed a mallet to build the model because the fit was so tight (and then a month later it fell apart like a stack of wooden letter blocks).
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    Image of Luke Luke
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    These are all the facts shown to you on the loading screens in Lego Rock Band, except for one about how many Lego bricks it takes to get to the moon. I think it's 40 billion. It shows at the same time the 440 billion stat shows.
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment Luke was starred Luke was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @Luke:
    The number varies consderably unless you specify which LEGO part(s) you should use, and what orientation they should have. LEGO sticker sheets stacked flat will take a considerably larger amount to reach the moon than 48x48 basepates arranged diagonally, corner-to-corner (I know there are other LEGO items that have longer dimensions, like the ill-fated furniture line, but I think that's the longest dimension in anything that would meet the loosest definition of a "LEGO brick/part").
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    Another fun fact, LEGO means play good in Danish.
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    Image of Mr.Affrox Mr.Affrox
    12/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: They must have bad grammar.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/14/09

    @Mr.Affrox: That or it's Danish.
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    12/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: i like danishes.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/14/09

    @Parapraxis: I think we all do. Now I want a good cheese danish. Why does Seattle have no Scandinavians?
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    Image of Thorprime Thorprime
    12/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Not to pick nits here, but - LEGO is more a contraction / construct of the Danish words "leg godt", which means "play well".
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/14/09

    @Thorprime: I'm just going off of what I was told by a Dane eons ago.
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    Image of Thorprime Thorprime
    12/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: I don't doubt it. That said...
    <-- is a Dane.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/14/09

    @Thorprime: Come on, get your English grammar right. I mean, it is the language of the world and all. Stupid Danes. ;)
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @Nathan Obbards:
    No, "lego" means "I play" in Latin. "Leg godt" means "play well" in Danish, and the combination of those two words (not the Latin one) is where the company name came from. It also had absolutely nothing to do with LEGO bricks, as The LEGO Company didn't start producing plastic toys for at least a decade. Before then, and for several years after introducing the Automatic Binding Brick (what they called the original version of the LEGO brick), they produced a lot of wooden toys, like building blocks and such (I hear you can still buy them in one of the stores at LEGOLAND Billund).
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    Fact: Stepping on a lego brick barefoot as child one morning as I got out of bed changed my life forever.

    After that I always cleaned up before bedtime and to this day, my place is always clean.
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    Image of s288c s288c
    12/14/09

    @RoboBagins: Funny, I must've stepped on a dozen lego pieces and my place is as messy as ever.

    I envy you =)
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    Image of OfficerMike OfficerMike
    12/14/09

    @s288c: I walked on floors covered in Lego all the time. Just distribute your weight evenly and don't roll your foot as you walk. Though I suppose it still wouldn't work well on non-carpeted floors...
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    12/15/09

    @OfficerMike: @s288c: The trick that did it for me I think was that I came down hard on the bottom side of brick, the side with all the edges. Yeah, I had a brick just about embedded in my foot, didn't pierce the skin, but for a young kid it left a definite impression, physical and mental.
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    Image of tntuba tntuba
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    they are missing the following factoid:
    Every 10 seconds a parent steps on a lego piece and screams in agony
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    Image of MrEvil MrEvil
    12/15/09

    @tntuba: You just made my day. A heartclick for you. I'm sure my mom and dad would agree with that fact.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    Nice, hey that reminds me I need to pick up the Frank Lloyd Wright lego set from amazon before it sells out again!
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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    12/14/09

    @Bertone77: I haven't heard about the "Architecture" series before. You just made my month!
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    Image of Philip Han Philip Han
    12/14/09

    @Bertone77: I will only buy it once they have a bigger version...
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment Philip Han was starred Philip Han was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @Bertone77:
    Barnes & Noble has/had it available in stores for $90, plus if you have a B&N card you can knock 10% off the price. Also, it's the only one of the Architecture series that's really worth the price, in terms of price/piece ratio. The other five are only really worth it if you're buying them for the books that come with them.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @Margatron:
    There are six official sets, all of which are designed by one of the guys who runs the BrickWorld event in Chicago. The first two should be pretty easy to replicate from the cover art alone, the Seattle Space Needle is the only one of the four smaller sets that I think actually looks interesting (seriously, the Sears Tower done 8" tall is pretty much just a stack of black bricks with a pair of antennae on top). The Gugenheim isn't bad, but this is definitely the most interesting model in the series.

    There was also at least one unofficial model in the series, which was the Westin Hotel where BrickWorld has been held every year so far. That set was the BrickWorld exclusive set this past summer. Didn't make it the previous two years, so I have no idea what custom sets were available to attendees those years.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @Philip Han:
    That's as big as it's every going to get as an official set. Adam also designed a larger model for his own collection (which was displayed in a WIP form at BrickWorld this year), but considering the size, and the licensing/royalties involved, you'd probably be looking at upwards of $500 for MSRP.
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    Image of robots199 robots199
    12/14/09

    In reply to 8 Factoids About Lego You Can't Miss
    I have a fact to add:

    How do you entertain +100 people at a gadget gallery?

    Answer: You mount legos on the wall!

    Well gizmodo, I just found your inspiration for that "wall of legos"

    I'm on to you!
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment robots199 was starred robots199 was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/15/09

    @robots199:
    We did that for the episode we got snubbed for with Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Believe me when I tell you it's not a fun process. It's even less fun when a designer who barely spends any time on-site during the week of construction takes all the credit, and none of you get any real screen-time (I appeared once, from behind, doing pretend-work in the next bedroom, and other than that you have to slo-mo the time-lapse footage to see any other footage of MichLUG's participating members).
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