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Building the Enterprise D Out of LEGOs.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the will-the-madness-never-end dept.

CleverNickName writes "A self-proclaimed "dork" has built one of the best models of Enterprise D I have ever seen (and I think I speak with some authority)...entirely out of LEGOs. I can see my house from here!"

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  1. Poor Bastard by skroz · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wow. Thanks to Fark.com, I've gone from 15 page views (mostly mine) to almost 5,000 in about 24 hours. Very nice to have so many compliments - it'll be the first and last fan mail I ever get, probably. :) Check for some additional notes and answers at the bottom of the page.
    He has no idea what a slashdotting is, apparently.
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  2. Sorry, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm a classically trained geek-boy who has only enjoyed the company of women by the sheer grace of God.
    ... birth does not count.
  3. Re:Slick by skroz · · Score: 5, Funny
    Most archetects don't use that much detail when designing a building
    Please tell me you're not an architect.
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  4. I deserve a beating for saying this, but... by Nefrayu · · Score: 5, Funny

    To bold lego where no one has gone before!

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    1. Re:I deserve a beating for saying this, but... by fishexe · · Score: 5, Funny

      I would just like to point out that that only says (Score: 5, Funny) because it can't say (Score: 5, Painful)

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  5. pfft by l33t-gu3lph1t3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was admiring it until I saw at the bottom of the page: "created using a mac"

    Now I just sit back and wonder: Wow...Macs are good! I'm gonna get myself a duallie G4 and see if it can make me a Borg Cube!

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  6. NewsFlash: Lego Starship NOT exact scale!!! by Tsar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before any rabid Trekkers reading this story decide to email him, let me point out that he's already been informed of this: "Within hours of posting, someone named Medic e-mailed me with the dimensions: 'Enterprise-D is a Galaxy Class Starship, which are supposed to be 2,103 feet long by 1,542 wide by 476 tall.' Which means, ratio-wise, my model is a little taller than it should be. I think I can live with that."

    Bet it's the tallest one in four counties, though!

  7. Modifying the Troublesome Deflector Dish by CleverNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    However, he has a picture labeled 'the troublesome deflector dish' which he just used some brown and white blocks instead of the gray. Its been a while since I played with legos, but weren't there some parabolic dish type things that would have made a reasonable deflector shield?

    See, the thing is, if you made it out of those parabolic dish-thingies, it'd be really, really tough to modify the deflector dish to interface with the sensor array, and emit a neutrino pulse into the heart of the anomaly.

    1. Re:Modifying the Troublesome Deflector Dish by lhbtubajon · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you mean a tachyon pulse, but we'll let that slide since, you know, at the time you were off with the Traveler and all.

    2. Re:Modifying the Troublesome Deflector Dish by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Name one episode where using the deflector dish actually helped the crisis. I can't recall any.

      You've obviously forgotten the episode "Protocols." Data modified the deflector dish to support Subspace TCP/IP (RFC #31,415,926) and ran an IRC server through it until Picard booted him off and changed the root password.

      The best moment was during the final court martial scene, when Riker uttered the immortal words, "Data wants to be free."

    3. Re:Modifying the Troublesome Deflector Dish by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

      See, the thing is, if you made it out of those parabolic dish-thingies, it'd be really, really tough to modify the deflector dish to interface with the sensor array, and emit a neutrino pulse into the heart of the anomaly.

      This is only a short-term benefit--the new Enterprise version (NCC-1701F) will be DRM-enabled, and such modifications will be prohibited under the DMCA. Resistance is futile, so do what you can with impedance.

      In another vein, I seem to recall that Marina Sirtis wore a reproduction of the Heart of the Anomaly (Le Coeur de l'Anomalie) to last year's Oscars, and it looked quite tachyon her.

    4. Re:Modifying the Troublesome Deflector Dish by Sacarino · · Score: 5, Funny

      See, the thing is, if you made it out of those parabolic dish-thingies, it'd be really, really tough to modify the deflector dish to interface with the sensor array, and emit a neutrino pulse into the heart of the anomaly.

      Point of order, Mr Weaton.

      You are officially cheating, using your knowledge of technobabble to gain karma.

      That's dirty pool in my book, insider.

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  8. Easy lego models... by Cyno01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Inspired by this i just created a lego Borg Cube. Even simpler than these.

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  9. Captain, we have a breach in the Warp Core! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    The 'Slashdot' has fired a plasma charge at the port nacelle! The feedback pulse has overloaded the antimatter injectors! We've got to jettison the core!

    (Data, On the Bridge)
    Captain, I believe if we fire a controlled burst of tachyon radiation at the bridge of the 'Slashdot', Cmdr Taco will forget that he has attacked us. That should give us enough time to reroute the power from the impulse engines to the warp core containment field. If I can run a holodeck carrier beam with the tachyon radiation, I believe I can create a 'virtual wormhole', and give us an hour before Cmdr Taco will repost this story. I mean, uh, attack us again.

    (Captain)
    Make it so. (To engineering) Jordi, you have an hour. Number One, in my ready room.

    (Number One)
    Someone turn off that damn alarm!

    1. Re:Captain, we have a breach in the Warp Core! by Nefrayu · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Number One, in my ready room."

      I guess that's better than Number Two in my ready room...

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    2. Re:Captain, we have a breach in the Warp Core! by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny
      (Hemos at the Helm)
      It appears that Enterprise D is trying to flood us with tachyon radiation using their holodeck.

      (CmdrTaco)
      Take us out of reposting the story, and prepare to fire Trolls and Flamers, full spread, maximum yield. Take aim at the technical writers quarters.

      (Timothy)
      But that will disable their ability to speak technobabble

      (CmdrTaco)
      Precisely. And when their technical writers are destroyed, their ability to do technobabble will be disabled, and they'll be left defenseless.

      (CleverNickName)
      I won't let you do this. If you destroy them, they won't let me be cameo on Enterprise.

      (CmdrTaco)
      Shut up Wheaton! And get off my bridge!

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  10. Does this really count? by USC-MBA · · Score: 5, Funny
    In exactly one location - the warp nacelle supports - I was bound to break some sort of unwritten moral code: I painted them gray from their original white, and glued them to their supports. ... and well, the nacelles were far too heavy to hold onto the ship's body by themselves. A liberal application of ABS plastic cement helped nicely

    Really, now, does this model truly qualify as an authentic Lego creation? Sure, his deviations seem minor, but it's a slippery slope friends.

    Where does it end. Is it acceptable to glue Lego bricks alongside one another to achieve the desired effect? Is it acceptable to airbrush cool color schemes on a model when the colored brick motif just isn't cutting it? What about incorporating non-lego pieces like balsa wood or erector set parts?

    I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, this should be categorized more as just another plastic model kit of the Enterprise than a true Lego creation. Better luck next time.

    1. Re:Does this really count? by The+Good+Reverend · · Score: 5, Interesting

      FYI, almsot all "Grand" lego creations (homegrown and the 'pro' creations at the Legoland parks) use glue in their construction. The blocks themselves just don't provide enough support to hold a large model together.

      Painting is a different story - if there were "standards" in lego model building, painting would usually be against the rules. Though in reality, is it really much different than buying 4000 2x3 flat bricks for a project? It's not like you had them laying around.

      I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, this should be categorized more as just another plastic model kit of the Enterprise than a true Lego creation.

      I'm going to have to disagree with you there - he not only built it, he designed the plans, researched the specs and size, and gathered the parts. As in depth as any boxed model is, all the work (besides putting it together) is already done for you. This Enterprise really is a neat accomplishment.

  11. Re:I may be a geek, but I'm out of touch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Enterprise NX-1 - Earth's first ship capable of (relatively) high warp speed.

    Enterprise 1701- Main TOS ship.

    Enterprise 1701 - Upgrade, refitted Enterprise. New class named: Enterprise class. Seen in ST:TMP

    Enterprise 1701- A - Recommisioned Enterprise Class after Kirk destroyed the upgraded original in Star Trek 3 (Originally USS Atlantis before recommisioning)

    Enterprise 1701-B - Excelsior II-class, seen in Star Trek: Generations

    Enterprise 1701-C - Ambassador-Class, seen in TNG episode 'Yesterday's Enterprise'

    Enterprise 1701-D - Galaxy-Class, main TNG ship

    Enterprise 1701-E - Sovereign-class, newest ship, seen in every movie past Generations where 1701-D was destroyed.

    God I'm sad.

  12. Re:More Easy lego models... by saskboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I'd make a Romulan Warbird, or a Klingon Bird of Prey, but I just can't find enough green lego pieces lying around. I guess I'll just build the "cloaked" models of those ships.

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  13. Re:Why bother starting from scratch by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "when there are lots of kits and plans to choose from http://www.starshipmodeler.com/trek/trekship.htm [starshipmodeler.com]"

    Yeah I don't understand Lego people either. Why they build anything besides what's already planned out for them is beyond me.

  14. The answer is obvious by jesterzog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it acceptable to glue Lego bricks alongside one another to achieve the desired effect?

    Most lego doesn't have to stand up to the destructive forces created by extreme acceleration of a disproportionate and brittle design. Just think of this as the lego version of a conveniently available structural integrity field that redefines previously understood boundaries.

  15. Re:LEGO, not LEGOs by tangledweb · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is one of those topics where people who are wrong are not going to change.

    Stupid is as stupid does and all that, but for what it matters, the official word from Lego is:

    1. The trademark LEGO should be written in CAPITAL letters.
    2. The LEGO trademark should not be referred to in a generic way such as "LEGOS" of "legos", or as plural or possessive words like "LEGO's".
    3. When using the LEGO trademark as a noun, please never leave it alone. Always add and extra noun, e.g. LEGO sets, LEGO products, LEGO toys, LEGO building bricks, LEGO universe, etc.

      (Quote from: http://www.lego.com/info/pdf/presskituk.pdf )

      So there you have it.

      "This is my Lego" is wrong.

      "These are my Legos" is worse.

      "These are my LEGO bricks" is correct.

  16. With some authority... by samrolken · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For those of us who aren't following along, the submitter of this story was Wil Wheaton, yes, Wesley Crusher himself...

    see http://www.wilwheaton.net/ for details.

    See if you can find him amongst the trolls and flames.

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