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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.

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  1. 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?"

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    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.

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

    The X-Wings, Y-Wings, A-Wings and B-Wings can be seen in the movies, so "official" designs exist already. The E-Wing is found in the comics, and I think the V-Wing is also somewhere in the expanded universe, so it exists in a "semi-official" way. So they designed ships for the rest of the alphabet.

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  3. Do all those pieces actually exist? by farnerup · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sorry for acting like an old fart, but wasn't Lego more fun when there was a limited number of different pieces in a limited number of colors? Nowadays, the sets consist of like three large custom-made painted pieces that you put together in ten seconds. The point of Lego is that you can build anything from a few simple parts.

    1. Re:Do all those pieces actually exist? by lightcycle · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Ever notice that the lack of build-anything-lego coincides with charts being dominated by brainless lolita pop and one crappy Hollywood movie remake after another being spammed out? Lego isn't the only thing using small numbers of custom-made pieces nowadays. I sense some kind of connection.

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    2. 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.
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  4. Re:What's special about those 6 letters?? by Xpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly enough, I posted that entirely from memory.

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  5. 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.

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

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

    /me ducks

  7. Information on "S" by Wes+Janson · · Score: 5, Informative

    The S-Wing is a deliberate homage to the origin of Legos in Space-the first Classic Space sets released, back in the late '70s. The S-Wing is a deliberate re-make of the 918
    http://guide.lugnet.com/set/918_1
    One of the most famous sets ever made, the 918 was one of the original three classic spaceships released by Lego. Jon did not "give up", he built a deliberate homage to the Holy Grail of .Space.

    http://news.lugnet.com/space/
    Space. Forever!