Pop-up LEGO Temple
October 20, 2009 1:35 PM Subscribe
Whoa.
posted by brundlefly at 1:46 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by brundlefly at 1:46 PM on October 20, 2009
Seriously, now that I have recovered, I hereby decree that no one may ever call anything made of Lego awesome ever again.
posted by The Bellman at 1:49 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by The Bellman at 1:49 PM on October 20, 2009
Meh... doesn't even burn down.
posted by Joe Beese at 1:59 PM on October 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by Joe Beese at 1:59 PM on October 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
I really love people with too much time on their hands.
posted by Scattercat at 2:07 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by Scattercat at 2:07 PM on October 20, 2009
The real one should do that.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:09 PM on October 20, 2009 [6 favorites]
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:09 PM on October 20, 2009 [6 favorites]
yowza!
posted by HappyHippo at 2:16 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by HappyHippo at 2:16 PM on October 20, 2009
-jaw hangs- I'll be over here, moping up the puddle that my brain just made after watching that.
posted by strixus at 2:18 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by strixus at 2:18 PM on October 20, 2009
Write a novel about that, Mishima.
posted by Jeanne at 2:25 PM on October 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by Jeanne at 2:25 PM on October 20, 2009 [4 favorites]
Wowzerz.
posted by HumanComplex at 2:32 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by HumanComplex at 2:32 PM on October 20, 2009
That person wins at the Legos. Lego Brick Toys Lego Trademarking Brick Things Whatever the fuck, you know what I mean
posted by everichon at 2:37 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by everichon at 2:37 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
Holy Crap!
posted by eyeballkid at 2:56 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by eyeballkid at 2:56 PM on October 20, 2009
Awesome.
posted by lazaruslong at 2:57 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by lazaruslong at 2:57 PM on October 20, 2009
I, uh
I can build like a little house thing that won't fall over! I mean, mostly won't fall over. Yeah.
posted by Tomorrowful at 3:24 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
I can build like a little house thing that won't fall over! I mean, mostly won't fall over. Yeah.
posted by Tomorrowful at 3:24 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
This is the coolest use of Legos I have ever seen. I need to pick my jaw up off the floor now.
posted by Eclipsante at 3:57 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by Eclipsante at 3:57 PM on October 20, 2009
Nice. The techniques of paper engineering for popup books applied to a Lego model. I bet the friction on the hinge pieces gave him some tricky moments. I'm thinking of my favourite popup books now and what they do. I've always liked that "slide to reveal a picture in pieces" thing.
posted by mdoar at 4:17 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by mdoar at 4:17 PM on October 20, 2009
It's a box of legos made from legos with a picture (made of legos) showing what's in the lego box when you open the lego box made out of lego.
[bang]
posted by device55 at 4:24 PM on October 20, 2009 [2 favorites]
[bang]
posted by device55 at 4:24 PM on October 20, 2009 [2 favorites]
G A S P !
This is the awesomeness that the internets are made of.
posted by Jon-o at 4:42 PM on October 20, 2009
This is the awesomeness that the internets are made of.
posted by Jon-o at 4:42 PM on October 20, 2009
That's just stunning. The level of detail combined with the movement (and just the detail on the "box" as well kind of blows me away. Not just that, but at the end, with the photos, he's even got the standard phoot of the temple "reflecting" off of the pond of blue tiles. No one goes to Kinkaku-ji without taking that picture.
And yeah, this one would be harder to burn down in a suicidal love pact. At worst, you'd end up with a multicolored lump of charred plastic, some minor burns, and possibly a headache from the fumes.
posted by Ghidorah at 5:20 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
And yeah, this one would be harder to burn down in a suicidal love pact. At worst, you'd end up with a multicolored lump of charred plastic, some minor burns, and possibly a headache from the fumes.
posted by Ghidorah at 5:20 PM on October 20, 2009 [1 favorite]
You've been upstaged, Captain Slow.
posted by Pseudonumb at 6:03 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by Pseudonumb at 6:03 PM on October 20, 2009
I really love people with too much time on their hands.
Yeah, I hate it when a person's creative urges aren't completely and utterly consumed by the hectic schedule of wage-slavery and passive media consumption.
posted by billyfleetwood at 6:38 PM on October 20, 2009 [35 favorites]
Yeah, I hate it when a person's creative urges aren't completely and utterly consumed by the hectic schedule of wage-slavery and passive media consumption.
posted by billyfleetwood at 6:38 PM on October 20, 2009 [35 favorites]
Excellent. Thanks for sharing. Although, to be fair, a real portrayal of Kinkakuji would have the margins totally filled with lego tourists.....
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:42 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:42 PM on October 20, 2009
See, some people carve marble. Some people paint, or write, or compose music. Some people put Lego together. And some people pee in a jar with a crucifix in it. Gotta love people.
posted by The otter lady at 7:27 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by The otter lady at 7:27 PM on October 20, 2009
This is crazy impressive on so many levels.
posted by ooga_booga at 10:24 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by ooga_booga at 10:24 PM on October 20, 2009
What would make someone even conceive of doing such a thing? Is there a whole subset of pop-up lego that I don't know about? Is this a verifiable phenomenon or is this one guy just really in to blowing my fucking mind?
posted by incessant at 11:26 PM on October 20, 2009
posted by incessant at 11:26 PM on October 20, 2009
I came in here to say something, but The Bellman already said it word for word in the very first comment.
All these years of Lego, stuck in my brain since babyhood... but the idea of pop-up Lego never even crossed my mind. The execution is just crazy-amazing icing. Wow.
posted by rokusan at 2:17 AM on October 21, 2009
All these years of Lego, stuck in my brain since babyhood... but the idea of pop-up Lego never even crossed my mind. The execution is just crazy-amazing icing. Wow.
posted by rokusan at 2:17 AM on October 21, 2009
Now, this is a man who should be employed the U2 popular music group to design stage sets!
posted by asok at 2:18 AM on October 21, 2009
posted by asok at 2:18 AM on October 21, 2009
Woooooooooooow.
posted by marginaliana at 7:27 AM on October 21, 2009
posted by marginaliana at 7:27 AM on October 21, 2009
*overturns Lego table, runs tearfully from room, slams door*
posted by Fleebnork at 7:47 AM on October 21, 2009 [9 favorites]
posted by Fleebnork at 7:47 AM on October 21, 2009 [9 favorites]
Remember: Current Legos are so specialized that they can only build the model on the box.
posted by Legomancer at 7:52 AM on October 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Legomancer at 7:52 AM on October 21, 2009 [1 favorite]
I once built a scale model of The Ziggurat of Ur out of Lego for a school project. It was not this cool.
posted by medium format at 10:39 AM on October 21, 2009
posted by medium format at 10:39 AM on October 21, 2009
Wow I'm impressed. Is there anything that can't be build with Legos?
posted by Carius at 9:40 PM on October 30, 2009
posted by Carius at 9:40 PM on October 30, 2009
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