Comments on: Using The Force

Using The Force

fandango_matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:06:40 -0800

Stop-motion animation of a Lego Millenium Falcon. Warning: Bad techno music.

By: indiebass

indiebass — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:17:30 -0800

on kind of a crummy day... that made me feel kind of good! ^_^

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:26:36 -0800

My five year old has watched this about a million times already. He doesn't question that Legos (Sorry, Lego Brand Bricks) would assemble themselves, but he can't for the life of him figure out why those guys would leave something so awesome sitting on the sidewalk and walk away from it. He's probably right now scanning Google maps, trying to figure out where they left it so he can go grab it.

By: Faux Real

Faux Real — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:34:28 -0800

That's Lego #4504, the smaller Falcon, with built out interior. It is a good, solid model that can also be a toy, but lacks the OMG factor of THE BIG ONE. Here are two videos of people building #10179, which is built TO SCALE of a Lego figure and is NOT A TOY. It is the only Lego set I have ever seen to have a 16+ age tag on the box, and takes on average 25 man hours of work to complete. (Those damn Germans in the second video did it in 2 hours, but got to study the box list and instructions for a week prior.) (I own both sets.)

By: Faux Real

Faux Real — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:36:47 -0800

(It is totaly a toy, by the way, no matter what the box says.)

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:41:59 -0800

Awesome. Awesome and strangely erotic.

By: uaudio

uaudio — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:44:46 -0800

Millennium Falcon Lego #10179 Total bricks...5,195 Cost...$500. Man hours...25 Geek cred...priceless. Cracking Mastercard ad jokes...negate all Lego geek cred

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:47:17 -0800

I could never buy Lego kits and build exactly what was on the box. That's way too boring. Let's see what else you can do with those 5195 pieces, Picasso.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:47:20 -0800

Nerdfilter hehe, I was kinda hoping that when Paul and Greg took the model out on the street for some filming they rounded a corner and ran into a posse of Crips.

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:59:05 -0800

That was awesome. And much better than the videos of the people building 10179, which lacked the awesome little flights of fantasy that made this so much more fun than just watching a Lego set be put together.

By: thecaddy

thecaddy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:03:30 -0800

This is why I both love and fear the West Coast.

By: MillMan

MillMan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:09:21 -0800

Bad techno? I don't think the video would work with anything other than mediocre but uplifting trance.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:17:16 -0800

It's actually much better if you watch it with the Star Wars cantina music. Doo dee doo dee doo-dee-doo, doo doodley-eet dee doo, doo!

By: uandt

uandt — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:20:56 -0800

The techno was not bad just meh. Kind of - thank you mom! - meh. Not what you want but satisfying anyway

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:45:58 -0800

I can't decide whether this is an argument for or against marijuana. I'm leaning toward the former.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:58:30 -0800

That was awesome! I didn't realize how much I missed Lego until I watched that video. I think I might have to make a trip to the toy store this weekend.

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:58:49 -0800

Note to self: NO WAY

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:54:58 -0800

That was great.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:03:02 -0800

I could have done without the ending, but the rest was fantastic.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:12:50 -0800

That was kinda cool. This from the related videos sidebar on that YouTube page. That's straight-up Lego cool.

By: porpoise

porpoise — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:18:40 -0800

Whoops, didn't notice that that got it's own FPP a couple posts down.

By: dances_with_sneetches

dances_with_sneetches — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:32:34 -0800

When I was a kid there were about five things you could make with Legos and we all felt much safer.

By: geekhorde

geekhorde — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:47:08 -0800

Actually, I rather liked the music.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:51:39 -0800

That was fun, but as soon as I saw the cockpit go on I knew it was a kit. :(

By: dasheekeejones

dasheekeejones — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:05:37 -0800

Love the pac man reference.