Zorac (zorac) wrote,
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Look at the size of that thing...

Just finished building the all-time largest LEGO model. With 3104 pieces and a construction manual that runs to 228 pages of A3, this thing is BIG. Yes, folks, it's the Imperial Star Destroyer, all 37" of it. The problem now is finding somewhere to put the darned thing...


OK, so the picture quality is poor, but never mind...
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  • 8 comments

cygnusfap

November 17 2002, 06:41:08 UTC 18 years ago

Ooh. BIG. That must have taken a long time to build!

zorac

November 17 2002, 09:24:27 UTC 18 years ago

Somewhere in the region of 12-16 hours build time, yes...

Nice!

jiggery_pokery

November 17 2002, 17:44:06 UTC 18 years ago

Suspend it from the ceiling of the stairs, so that people can admire it from a number of different angles as they go up towards your flat. Easier said than done, obviously.

How much does a 3,104-piece pack of Lego cost? What next - some more of those geometrically impossible pictures that other folks have built? Can't remember the URL off-hand, but I'm sure you know the ones.

Re: Nice!

addedentry

November 18 2002, 01:36:09 UTC 18 years ago

I'm sure mrj remembers the optical illusion Lego pictures because he linked to them on 8 October!

How many of the 3,104 pieces were genuine bricks and how many were entire premoulded gun turrets?

Re: Nice!

zorac

November 18 2002, 01:47:38 UTC 18 years ago

;-)

Approximately 0. None of the pieces were of a shape I hadn't come across previously, modulo colour and possibly exact dimensions. FYI, the gun turrets were each a 6-piece construction, including two pairs of binoculars.

Re: Nice!

zorac

November 18 2002, 02:01:46 UTC 18 years ago

Easier said than done, obviously.
Particularly given that it masses a non-trivial number of kilos. I think it would probably just bring the ceiling down... Besides, you'd mostly just see the underside.

It's currently going for around £225 on shop.lego.com. As for what's next, maybe a Super Star Destroyer to the same scale, Or maybe a Death Star to go with the 1/30th scale TIE fighter...

Wow....

zeldar

November 20 2002, 11:16:24 UTC 18 years ago

I'm on fire with white-hot envy of your Lego Star Destroyer. Congrats, it must have been a blast to build. Have you seen the pics for the new 2003 Star Wars stuff? I must acquire the Lego Jabba the Hut, slave-girl Leia, and Bib Fortuna.

Re: Wow....

zorac

November 20 2002, 15:04:27 UTC 18 years ago

It was definitely more fun to build than some models - due to the sheer volume of pieces, they weren't too badly mixed together (it gets a bit annoying when you spend half a minute searching for each brick). I've just had a quick look at the 2003 stuff, and there's some definite wants there - problem is, I haven't even got all the 2002 sets I want due to lack of space for the completed models ;-(

I don't really want LEGO taking over my entire flat, so I may have to donate some of the sets I'm less keen on to my lego-mad ex (the largest room of her house is dedicated to lego) to make room for the new ones...