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Lego Addictions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-on-my-hands-dust-on-my-feet dept.

randomErr writes "Canada.com has an article about Frank Robinson, an man who is into Lego WAY more than the average builder. Frank said "I still get Lego for my birthday and at Christmas, too. So do my kids." At last count the Robinson family's Lego inventory was nearing 100,000 pieces, a majority of which were tallied and itemized by type and colour on a computer spreadsheet." No Lego story would be complete without a link to something large and useless, say, a Lego harpsichord. Okay, it plays, so it's not actually useless. But the Lego Star Destroyer is.

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  1. Come on... by joyoflinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    640 pieces should be enough for anyone...

  2. Many applications by Joe+Jordan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's not just a childs toy anymore. Check out this one guys Lego Computer Case. Looks pretty cool.

  3. Lego bathroom by nucal · · Score: 5, Funny
    All of this fuss and bother is the nuts and bolts of Robinson's raison d'Lego -- designing and building intricate scale models, right down to a Lego man at a Lego urinal, or a Lego toilet paper dispenser in a Lego toilet stall.

    Lego toilet paper ?!?!? That's gotta hurt ...

  4. Others like him... by grungebox · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try here here. This guy does Lego construction for a living. A LIVING! I'd build Legos for a living to if it weren't for my lack of opposable thumbs...Oh, well, back to engineering.

  5. Re:100,000 pieces? Is that a lot? by RobinH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can I get that in terms a simple consumer like me can understand?

    When I was a kid (yikes), lego sets usually cost about 10 cents per brick. Using that factor, 100,000 pieces is around $10,000 worth! That's not allowing for current prices, either, which are probably a lot higher.

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  6. Re:Down with specialized pieces by Rader · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Honestly, if they want to make that crap and sell Harry Potter/Star Wars pieces that come pre-made (is there even more than one piece?) all the power to them.

    But please!! Keep making the old stuff. I can't even walk to walmart or target or shopko anymore and buy a tub of decent pieces when I run short of 2 x 4's. They don't sell them anymore. I'm stuck with online sales only now.

  7. Pretty cool but by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In my opinion lego structures are really cool when they stay within the realm of the system. I think every non-Lego piece, substance, or tool you use detracts from the "coolness" value of the overall structure.

    For example, first he starts with glue.. thats somewhat understandable, given the size of these projects. Next its unrolling cloth capes to use as dampers. Brass wires? Well, i suppose those were necessary.

    Next he crosses the line... using a surgical scalpal to cut and shave down LEGO pieces? Doesn't that defeat the purpose?? I mean, at that point I might as well melt down 100,000 of my own legos, pour them into a harpsichord shaped mold, and say I built an instrument out of legos too! I mean, technically it would be correct.

    Perhaps thats an exageration, but I just don't enjoy these models as much when there is so much, well, cheating going on behind the scenes. I suppose those are tradeoffs you have to make to actually make something that isn't just a statue.