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5-Million Piece Full Size LEGO X-Wing Fighter Model

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This is the 5,335,200-piece LEGO X-wing fighter, a full-scale version of the 560-piece set the company actually sells. It’s not pure LEGO though, it has a steel armature inside so the whole nose doesn’t fall off when some tourist turns around and farts at the thing. Facts and figures:

Weighs 45,979.61 pounds (including bricks and steel infrastructure)

Height: 11 feet / 3.35 meters
Length: 43 feet / 13.1 meters
Wingspan: 44 feet / 13.44 meters
32 builders spent 17,336 hours (about 4 months) to construct

Wow — 5,335,200 LEGO pieces, that’s a lot of plastic. And as much as I love the end result and want it in my backyard so I can play space everyday and die happy, I can’t help but wonder if that plastic could have gone to better use. Like, are we being wasteful? Is this going to cause plastic prices to rise? Because if they start charging for sporks at Taco Bell we’re gonna have a problem. And I’m not talking about regular Taco Bell problems like shitting your pants either.

Hit the jump for a couple more shots but head over to Gizmodo to see even more in high-res.

People Are So Clever: A LEGO Swiss Army Knife Model

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Author: Tiffany Shoman

This is the LEGO Swiss Army Knife built by LEGO CUUSO user Robiwan. That’s a pretty clever design. Still, you should never, under any circumstances, bring a plastic knife to a ninja sword fight. I know you might fancy yourself some kind of MacGyver that doesn’t need anything but a Swiss Army knife to defeat a group of ninjas, but you’re wrong. You’re gonna get both your arms cut off. Then wake up and be thankful it was just a dream. Then wake up from that dream in the hospital with no arms.

Thanks to bryce, who got mega bummed after losing the toothpick and tweezers from his Swiss Army knife.

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: Sky City One, sub-zero cafe and the world’s longest Lego train track

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Author: James Cliff

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.

Eyes in the design world turned to New York City this week as New York Design Week officially launched. We hit the floors of International Contemporary Furniture Fair today to bring you the best new green designs from one of the largest contemporary design shows in the US — including Blackbody’s gorgeous OLED light trees and Tat Chao’s ethereal LED lamps made from recycled wine glasses. We also checked out the locally focused BKLYN Designs show, where design duo Bower unveiled an awesome magnetic LED lamp, made from discarded pieces of scrap wood. Lighting designer Adam Frank unveiled three inspiring new designs at BKLYN Designs: the LED Lumen lamp, which casts tree-shaped shadows from a little candle holder; the incredible Reveal Projector, which projects an image of outdoor foliage and sky through a window on a blank wall (good for tiny NYC apartment dwellers); and the 3D Hologram-ish LUCID Mirror, which displays a 3D image of illuminated clouds over your head!

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Ducks don’t like (LEGO) robots…

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Author: Jade Kim

A robot to feed the ducks some bread results in very scared ducks…
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LEGO Ending Jabba’s Palace Playset Production Amidst ‘Anti-Islamic’ Complaints (Allegedly Unrelated Though)

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Author: Matthew Baker

LEGO is ceasing production of the Star Wars Jabba’s Palace playset at the end of this year amidst complaints from Austria’s Turkish community that the building is “mosque-like” and the minifigs included give Muslims a bad rap. Things to complain about: apparently we’re getting to the very bottom of the list.

Furious Muslim critics complained that the Lego set’s Asian and oriental figures were “deceitful and criminal” characters such as gun-runners, slave masters and terrorists.

“This sort of thing does not belong in a child’s bedroom,” said Melissa Gunes, a spokeswoman for Austria’s Turkish Cultural Association. Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque. “The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists,” the TCA complained, adding that Jabba was shown to be a “terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed”.

Did you read that? PEDAGOGICAL DYNAMITE, FOLKS. I honestly tried to imagine the set depicting Muslims as terrorists, and I couldn’t. And that’s saying a lot because I can imagine almost ANYTHING. The things I see when I close my eyes — you could make a movie about them but nobody would ever be the same afterwards.

UPDATE: LEGO has stated they’re ending production of the playset at the end of the year because it was already determined as the end of the product’s life-cycle and not because of the criticism.

Thanks to Chillivanilly, who just stockpiled like 100 of them to sell on eBay in twenty years.

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LEGO Ending Jabba’s Palace Playset Production Amidst ‘Anti-Islamic’ Complaints (Allegedly Unrelated Though)

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LEGO is ceasing production of the Star Wars Jabba’s Palace playset at the end of this year amidst complaints from Austria’s Turkish community that the building is “mosque-like” and the minifigs included give Muslims a bad rap. Things to complain about: apparently we’re getting to the very bottom of the list.

Furious Muslim critics complained that the Lego set’s Asian and oriental figures were “deceitful and criminal” characters such as gun-runners, slave masters and terrorists.

“This sort of thing does not belong in a child’s bedroom,” said Melissa Gunes, a spokeswoman for Austria’s Turkish Cultural Association. Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque. “The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists,” the TCA complained, adding that Jabba was shown to be a “terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed”.

Did you read that? PEDAGOGICAL DYNAMITE, FOLKS. I honestly tried to imagine the set depicting Muslims as terrorists, and I couldn’t. And that’s saying a lot because I can imagine almost ANYTHING. The things I see when I close my eyes — you could make a movie about them but nobody would ever be the same afterwards.

UPDATE: LEGO has stated they’re ending production of the playset at the end of the year because it was already determined as the end of the product’s life-cycle and not because of the criticism.

Thanks to Chillivanilly, who just stockpiled like 100 of them to sell on eBay in twenty years.

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LEGO Ending Jabba’s Palace Playset Production Amidst ‘Anti-Islamic’ Complaints (Allegedly Unrelated Though)

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Author: Jenny Zhao

LEGO is ceasing production of the Star Wars Jabba’s Palace playset at the end of this year amidst complaints from Austria’s Turkish community that the building is “mosque-like” and the minifigs included give Muslims a bad rap. Things to complain about: apparently we’re getting to the very bottom of the list.

Furious Muslim critics complained that the Lego set’s Asian and oriental figures were “deceitful and criminal” characters such as gun-runners, slave masters and terrorists.

“This sort of thing does not belong in a child’s bedroom,” said Melissa Gunes, a spokeswoman for Austria’s Turkish Cultural Association. Critics also claimed that the palace had an uncanny resemblance to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque. “The game is pedagogical dynamite. It depicts Muslims as terrorists,” the TCA complained, adding that Jabba was shown to be a “terrorist who likes to smoke hookah and have his victims killed”.

Did you read that? PEDAGOGICAL DYNAMITE, FOLKS. I honestly tried to imagine the set depicting Muslims as terrorists, and I couldn’t. And that’s saying a lot because I can imagine almost ANYTHING. The things I see when I close my eyes — you could make a movie about them but nobody would ever be the same afterwards.

UPDATE: LEGO has stated they’re ending production of the playset at the end of the year because it was already determined as the end of the product’s life-cycle and not because of the criticism.

Thanks to Chillivanilly, who just stockpiled like 100 of them to sell on eBay in twenty years.

Lego Minifigures Series 6 – Clockwork Robot

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Lego Minifigures Series 6 – Clockwork Robot

Every minifigure comes with accessories and display plate
A must-have for LEGO® minifigure collectors
Collect and trade with your friends!

Beep-boop! Who-wants-a-hug?

The Clockwork Robot just wants to be loved. He may have started out as a simple toy, but somewhere along the way his little ticking heart took on a life of its very own. Now that he can walk and talk and think (as long as somebody remembers to keep his key wound up), he’s hoping to find his true place in the big LEGO world.

But what does a Clockwork Robot do? He can walk around making beeping sounds, and he has lots of shiny buttons and dials, but he feels there must be more to life. He’s tried copying some of the other Minifigures, but he kept falling off his horse, deep-sea diving made his gears rusty, and masked wrestling was definitely a big mistake. Maybe he’ll just try hugging everybody he sees instead!

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I Call The Batarang: 3-Foot LEGO Batman Minifig Cake

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Author: Nancy Kennedy

This is a 3-foot tall LEGO Batman minifig cake made by Mike McCary of Mike’s Amazing Cakes. It’s impressively accurate. I’m not sure if it’s a birthday cake or a wedding cake, so I guess it’ll just have to be a secret. Speaking of — you know what Catwoman told me Batman’s biggest secret is? That Robin is the top in their relationship. I still can’t even believe it.

Thanks to Wes, who asked for a LEGO Lord of the Rings cake for his birthday but got a crappy sheet cake from the grocery store with his name spelled wrong instead. It’s only three letters!

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Michael Jackson Dance Recreated In Minimalist LEGO

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Author: James Cliff

This is a short video of the dance Michael Jackson does at the end of his uncensored ‘Black or White’ music video recreated in a minimalist LEGO stop motion. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the original, I posted that one after the jump too since it’s Throwback Thursday and all. “It’s only Tuesday.” F***ing shit. I remember in the high school talent show the kid who did a Michael Jackson dance compilation and ended with the moonwalk won first place even though I managed to beer-bong a half gallon of milk and a dozen eggs without puking. I demanded a recount but even after the judges agreed I still had zero.

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