Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Star Wars Alphabet Project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-where-lucas-has-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A ship for every *other* letter in the alphabet. Jon Palmer is creating a Star Wars fighter out of LEGO for every letter in the alphabet (minus X,Y,B,A,E and V). He has about 5 to go. Check out the project on From Bricks to Bothans." I have to admit, some of these look even cooler than the ships created for the newer Star Wars movies.

19 of 385 comments (clear)

  1. S.... by Illserve · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like he gave up without even trying on that one....

    1. Re:S.... by nounderscores · · Score: 4, Funny

      unfortunately true. I would have thought that the sith S wing would have looked a bit like a wasp, with a curled over thorax and a canted back abdomen.

      Great job on the other letters though.

      I'd really love to see a stop motion animated movie of these guys in action fighting for the old republic.

    2. Re:S.... by Goronguer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Making a S-Wing is easy . . . and FUN! Just follow these simple instructions.

      First, make an "S". Then add a more different "S". Then add some consummate "V"s. And . . .

      You're right. "S" is for "Sucks". Better start over . . .

      </tribute to the Bros. Chaps>

  2. Poor guy. by Mr.+Self+estruct · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you're 40, and all you do every day is build lego starwars ships... you really have to step back, and take a long hard look at your life.

    1. Re:Poor guy. by c.emmertfoster · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...says someone on Slashdot.

      "There's nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?"

      --
      We can neither love nor pity nor forgive. If you make a slip in handling us you die!
    2. Re:Poor guy. by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny
      A-Wing, B-Wing, Christ, got much imagination Lucas?

      He's the Microsoft of the Sci-Fi world. But you have to admit, the /home-Wing, /usr-Wing and the /etc-Wing don't sound that impressive.

      --

      --
      "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  3. Wouldn't be complete without... by pen · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... a link to Lego's Star Wars page.

    Also, try this one.

  4. Almost as impressive as... by pen · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...this!

  5. Re:What's special about those 6 letters?? by Xpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly enough, I posted that entirely from memory.

    --
    "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
  6. And as a followup... by Jonathan · · Score: 4, Funny

    He is going to create Imperial fighters for ever piece of formal wear except bow ties...

  7. WOW! by SlashdotMakesMeKool · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is so exiciting! It's done wonders to break down the public perception of slashdotters!

    --

  8. Wow, all this.. by Harald+Paulsen · · Score: 3, Funny
    ..and he still can't get laid.

    I've always wondered if I can rebuild my lego mindstorms into some sort of robotic sex-toy.

    --
    Harald
  9. Wrong Alphabet? by jolyonr · · Score: 3, Funny

    But if I remember right, whenever you see any writing in the Star Wars movies it's all in a strange alpahbet, so how come the ships are named (and shaped!) after the Roman alphabet.

    Oh hang on, am I taking things too seriously? :)

    Jolyon

    --


    Please read my Canon EOS tech blog at http://www.everyothershot.com
  10. Re:Wings In Space by fenix+down · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because when these dogfight it looks cool. When these dogfight, it looks like squid fucking.

  11. Hmmm! by rylin · · Score: 5, Funny

    It seems to be missing a few letters, namely å, ä and ö :(

    /me ducks

  12. I have this irresistible urge... by Ethelred+Unraed · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...to pick up these things in my hand, make them fly around and make guttural "thruster" and rocket noises involving lots of spittle gurgling at the back of my throat. (My spittle, that is. Not someone else's.) And "teeeeuuuw teeeuww" laser noises.

    And have them blow stuff up (imaginatively, of course).

    Ah, to be a child again...

    Cheers,

    Ethelred

    --
    Everyone wants to be Ethelred. Even I want to be Ethelred.
  13. A Lego first! by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is the first Lego-related article that hasn't immediately been slashdotted. Apparently the Lego community has learned not to host web sites on servers made of Legos...

  14. Re:Do all those pieces actually exist? by Eunuchswear · · Score: 5, Funny
    And the O-ring is just silly
    If only NASA had thought so.
    --
    Watch this Heartland Institute video
  15. Re:There is a S-Wing.... - Re:S.... by hesiod · · Score: 3, Funny

    > But does it look like an S?

    No, it looks like a Winnebago.