Jan 21 2008Man Builds Huge LEGO Ship, It Is Awesome
Mark Kelso, a LEGO brick artist, spent nine months making a huge spaceship. And it's actually a scale model of General Grevious' ship the Invisible Hand from Star Wars Episode III. It's 73 inches long, weighs about 30 pounds and, according to my calculation, has betwen 6 and 8 vajillion pieces. Which is a lot. And which is a real number. I'm not carrying this calculator because I don't know math. Actually I don't know why I'm carrying a damn calculator. Oh wait, it's a PSP. That's right, I was playing video games.
A ton more pictures of the ship after the jump, check them out.
Lego Master Completes 30-Pound Star Wars Starship Model [gizmodo]
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Reader Comments
1. damn luddites - January 21, 2008 4:34 PM
FAKE!
2. Dan - January 21, 2008 4:42 PM
Wait, that thing was in Star Wars? That's the ugliest fucking thing I've ever seen.
3. Tap - January 21, 2008 5:14 PM
How exactly does one become a Lego artist? Like, how can I quit my boring ass job and sign up to do this?
4. Illegal Immigrant - January 21, 2008 5:20 PM
All well and good, but can it make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs?
5. Dr. House - January 21, 2008 6:03 PM
DAN: are you an idiot...have you even seen star wars? It's the Invisible hand....the Confederation flag ship in Revenge of the Sith.
6. Chis - January 21, 2008 6:03 PM
Um, isn't a parsec a unit of distance, not time?
7. AJ - January 21, 2008 6:36 PM
Show me the Galactica or Pegasus, then I'll be impressed.
8. Erick - January 21, 2008 7:09 PM
@damn luddites: The "FAKE" comments were funny for the first couple posts, but now its just getting old.
9. Og - January 21, 2008 7:42 PM
How does one go about cutting a lego? And is it all lego? Or is some of it modeling clay shaped on to a lego? Is the core lego? Or a piece of firewood for fillers?
I must know!
10. wd-40 - January 21, 2008 7:48 PM
"6 and 8 vajillion "?
What is that, like, 600-800 vaginas?
11. damn luddites - January 21, 2008 8:39 PM
@ 8. Erick
is it as "old" as when people post "first"? cause I don't remember you criticizing them. just wondering.
12. Dr_Freak - January 21, 2008 11:02 PM
Just so you know, damn luddite, "first" is just as lame & stupid as "fake". Think of something real to say that has something to do with the story, instead of this purile bid for attention.
Back on topic: I never thought i'd see wagonwheels on a spaceship, now i have!
13. Harrison - January 21, 2008 11:41 PM
Is it just me, or does he look like General Zod from Superman?
14. guate6 - January 22, 2008 12:37 AM
#1, I agree with everyone saying that it's old. To retort, perhaps he didn't criticize the ones putting "first" but I did, as well as your "fake" posts.
Anyway, #12, good call, I see the wagon wheels and wonder whether they should be there or not...
Now I'm wanting to know what the inside looks like too...If it's a scale model, it doesn't necessarily have to be scaled on the inside and out, but for that many pieces and that much time, I'd say he should have us take a look at the inside (unless it's firewood, as #9 suggested).
Oh and yeah, a "parsec" is a measure of distance, not time.
15. Dick Valentine - January 22, 2008 6:59 AM
damn its like something i did in university, i built the lego Tie Fighter then it fell on floor.i cry. Then i mad a battle crusier then some other starship..now its.history.
parsec - is a measure of distance,
mega parsec - bigger dong size
light year - smae stuff
and my ass ...... - used for distorting gravaton field calculations in the sega system 32 B.I.T quadrant linear equatic relationship hyperdyne will smith vegabond orionbelt neutrino vitamins not included blueberry ms syndrome backyard bbq whorefest '05 weekend at bernies flamer party at your moms house MILF jamboree
.... ...when computing jump co-ordinates to your sisters all girl but 1 lucky guy party sexual orentation week ;) YOIR SISTER IS A sluTT number 5..and anyone that reads this except for me . )
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16. damn luddites - January 22, 2008 9:35 AM
@ 12. Dr_Freak
it's not a purile bid for attention. I only do it if I am (or think I will be) the first poster. I do it in part to screw with the people who want to post "first". The other reason I do it is to see the reaction from people who think I'm serious - there's almost always a response stating that it must be true because someone's second cousin was once at a trade show, and they saw... or something idiotic like that. I do this for laughs. Yes, they're my own laughs, since I don't know (or care) if you're laughing.
btw, is Dick Valentine's calling #5's sister a slut a "purile bid for attention", or did that have "something to do with the story"? just trying to understand the ground rules which see to feel you have a right to impose. After all, if I wanted a serious discussion, I wouldn't be on such a childish board.
17. James - January 22, 2008 10:16 AM
Why did he decide to make an ugly ship from a horrible movie? No love for super star destroyer?
18. Ok - January 22, 2008 11:54 AM
swing batter ca-ladder box bitches
19. Dick Valentine - January 22, 2008 12:24 PM
MANGINAS' combine to transform into a luddyke
wow budlight got mental probs...geekologie is not nerdologie borad..lots of cool peeps come here..and stuff..yeah stuff...biotchs...
oh i forgot...yes it does look fake the pictures above..wow..relly fake..like u put some lego together and a fake starship appears..minus the 145,939,934 metric tonne displacement.
nerds
20. Adult Toys - January 22, 2008 1:11 PM
Lego Rocks.
21. groonk - January 26, 2008 9:06 PM
NICE
22. Nobody - March 14, 2008 10:26 AM
i think it has a sweet gooey center.