March 28, 2002

12:56 PM

Lego-loversbeware...because this is fun to play with. (I haven't seen this link before, but if it's a double-post, my apologies. I live in fear of making a double-post)
posted by Badmichelle (20 comments total)

This is very very cool. And do not live in fear of making a double post. The only people who do not are those who only comment on others double posts and do not post links themselves.

If you do, then you do. Someone will point it out, a nice flame war re: is it or isn't it will ensue, someone will get nasty and then finally the posts will get back on topic or it won't. :)

However, I have not seen this before and I enjoyed the link.
posted by gloege at 12:59 PM on March 28, 2002

Really enjoyed this link. Did anyone find a gallery of projects created using the builder? The gallery link I found was just pictures people had sent in (not created online).
posted by stormy at 1:11 PM on March 28, 2002

Thanks for the link, and I agree with gleoge 100%.
posted by pardonyou? at 1:12 PM on March 28, 2002

The only people who do not are those who only comment on others double posts and do not post links themselves.

doublepostspeak.
posted by Kafkaesque at 1:24 PM on March 28, 2002

it's remarkable how similar this feels to the Police Sketch Project and how much easier it is to make something recognizable
posted by milkman at 1:42 PM on March 28, 2002

great post BM! :)
posted by dobbs at 1:58 PM on March 28, 2002

oh lord, YES! my only gripe is that there isn't a greater variety of bricks. I was gonna make a virtual version of my pal, Fighting Robot.
posted by mcsweetie at 2:15 PM on March 28, 2002

oop!
posted by pikachulolita at 2:40 PM on March 28, 2002

Very cool. See also Junkbot.
posted by jjg at 2:51 PM on March 28, 2002

"Oh Ye-aaah!"
posted by lotsofno at 3:20 PM on March 28, 2002

LDraw is a CAD style program, with renderer format exporting.
posted by skyline at 3:31 PM on March 28, 2002

Most excellent! Thanks for the link!
posted by Lynsey at 3:42 PM on March 28, 2002

I love lego links. This one is quite possibly the ruling-est.
p.s. I had a friend who used to work for lego - apparently they have a 3dsmax plug that will translate any 3D model into lego brick format.. now i'd like to see a like to that somewhere....
posted by Spoon at 4:07 PM on March 28, 2002

i mean link obviously....
posted by Spoon at 4:08 PM on March 28, 2002

Very cool links. Both the original and the LDraw! Yay!
posted by dejah420 at 4:32 PM on March 28, 2002

the web still has its magic after all.
posted by arrowhead at 5:40 PM on March 28, 2002

I live in fear of making a double-post

The only thing to fear, is fearful symmetry :)
posted by samsara at 7:52 PM on March 28, 2002

WAIT WAIT WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON WHERE PUNK ROCK STARTED? discuss!
posted by Settle at 8:34 PM on March 28, 2002

hmm...the stooges?
posted by mcsweetie at 11:33 PM on March 28, 2002

As a guy who seems to have made as many double-posts as single-posts (?), I can say don't worry about it. Just take the flame, then try to make the flamers feel bad.

And thanks for the link, I haven't played with legos in years.
posted by Yelling At Nothing at 11:01 PM on March 29, 2002