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Purple Dave
01/20/09

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What they're all thinking in that photo: "Please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over..."
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Nutchromeo
01/20/09

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So...tempted...to go Godzilla all over this piece...must...fight...natural...instinct!!!

Phew...that was a close one. I'll just have to make it up to myself later by smashing some kid's sandcastle.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/20/09

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Does that make him Brick (as in Lego) Obama??
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teacup-sp
01/20/09

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how awesome! it would have been better with actual lego- people.. it sucks that lego land will tear it down cant they let him keep it? and play with it since he probably lost all of his friens and family obsessing over building this in time
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

@teacup-sp: If they truly love you, they'll root you on all the way.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

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This is why LEGO is the greatest toy on earth. Let's see you do THIS Linkin' Logs! Pshaw.
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the facetious feline
01/20/09

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I respect and pity the people who make these things. I think I'd go blind if I had to assemble that thing. Then legoland just tears it down in a week? Such a waste.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

@obese feline: Not if you love it. I'd probably have a ball having so many pieces within arm's reach.
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BigViper
01/20/09

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come on this is the worst most inaccurte depection of this up coming event. Why do you ask? uh cuz there is not one single sniper on any of the vantage points that exist throughout the perimiter. Also I've got a buck that says Obama comes out under the Pope's bullet proof case. I mean seriously with all the security for this event why not? Oh yea and don't forget Harley Davidson is unveiling it's first ever Tri Glide Police Trike to lead the procession. Ya GOTTA have that!
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

@BigViper: How's a Coke n' a smile sound? Hmmm?
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EBone
01/20/09

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Is it the "Oh-my-goodness-how-did-I-let-this-happen-to-me-again" fat Oprah that the media has been falling all over for the past month?
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

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OK, first, fucking amazing. I can just stare at the detail in this thing for a while.

Second, sort of makes me sad that it's not LEGO minifigs. There's no substitute.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/20/09

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First of all, Dick Cheney needs to be updated to represent his back injury. He will be in a wheelchair, like an evil Franklin Delano Roosevelt (no word on whether he'll have the tartan lap blanket).

More importantly, there are only two things that should be done up in LEGO - the DEATH STAR (for those unaware, it is an armored space station with enough firepower to destroy an entire planet) and the Millennium Falcon.
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GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
01/20/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Which Death Star?
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Kaiser-Machead
01/20/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I really want the Millenium Falcon, but I don't want to plunk down $500 on it. I may end up doing that one of these days...but I suppose it had better be soon before they discontinue it.

@Mr.B-Natural_GitEmSteveDave: It's hard to decide. The Death Star II set would make an awesome battle scene diorama, but the other one has so many minifigs, and that dianoga from the compactor room! (and the improved R2-D2, Vader and Sidious minifigs).
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/20/09

@OMG! Ponies!: This whole 'back injury' thing sounds kind of lame to me. He hurt it packing up his stuff. BS! He's the Veep. There's no way he's engaging in manual labor when there's plenty of menial interns around to do his bidding.

Personally I think it's a slight towards the new administration. First, he's obviously pissed that his 8 year reign of terror is over. Second, it's a dig at Obama. Cheney stays seated and doesn't stand up and show some respect for our new Commander-in-Chief....

I say good riddance Dick, you old, bitter, d-bag...
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OMG! Ponies!
01/20/09

@Jrsy is the dude, now with 2/3rds less Dude: I ordinarily don't traffic in conspiracy theories.

However, why an 67 year-old billionaire with severe heart problems whose past job titles have included Vice President of the United States, CEO of Halliburton, White House Chief of Staff, Congressman, and Secretary of Defense would ever do anything approximating manual labor reeks of one last nugget of bullshit.

Not wanting to show President Obama the respect accorded to the office of the President is just the sort of thing that I would expect from Cheney.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/20/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Exactly! I'm not one for conspiracy theories either but that was the first thing that popped into my head when I heard about his back injury.

I don't know if my inital reaction says more about how much of a pessimist I am or more of how much a douche Cheney really is underneath it all....

Perhaps a little of both.
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DirtyBits
01/20/09

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This whole hope thing is bullshit and I'm sick of hearing about it. Things are suck fucked up right now it's not even funny. The sad thing is that it's because of decades of Government interference in the free market. It cannot be pinned on just one presidency. It's the culmination of many poor decisions and the influence of greed on past presidents. The only way this will correct itself is if the Government stays the hell out of it and let's the people govern themselves. We the people control the government. The government does not control the people.
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ZLevee
01/20/09

@DirtyBits: shut the fuck up and enjoy the LEGO.
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1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
01/20/09

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*jaw drops* Awesome.
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