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LEGO Competition Selects Three New Master Builders

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-a-master-model-builder dept.

H0NGK0NGPH00EY writes "The nationwide LEGO Master Builder search (covered here previously) came to a completion last week. At the last minute, LEGO surprised the competitors by announcing that they would select not one, but three Master Builders."

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  1. Master Builder? No way! by DarkHelmet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Klein, 28 ... built an octopus' aquatic garden. Sawaya ... built a model of two men sitting opposite each other cutting a log in half with a long, two-handled saw.

    Master builders my ass!

    Real Men build lego figurines of Han Solo in Carbonite. They build miniature Death Stars with friggin' lasers on them! Not octopus aquatic gardens.

    "I'm a master model builder," he said breathlessly into her ear.

    And hear the cries of thousands of losing Lego Master contestants, who cried out and then were suddenly silenced... by my backhand.

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  2. mindstorm by Carl_Cne · · Score: 1

    wowsa, 3 new masters, i wonder if they're going to release any new sets of cool legos!

    1. Re:mindstorm by JustJon · · Score: 1

      These Master Builders will be building park attractions at Legoland in CA, not doing the individual retail sets.

    2. Re:mindstorm by junklight · · Score: 2, Informative

      sadly the article uses it too. How can people go on thinking they are correct - despite the fact that the company whose product it is does not use the [made up] term at all.

    3. Re:mindstorm by grungebox · · Score: 3, Informative
      From Eric Harshbarger's Website...

      "Which is correct as the plural of LEGO: 'Lego' or 'Legos'?
      Neither, actually. The word 'LEGO', when used as a noun, should only refer to the company that makes the product. Otherwise 'LEGO' is supposed to be used as an adjective. Thus, when referring to the pieces, neither 'lego' nor 'legos' is correct... rather one should say: 'LEGO bricks' or 'LEGO pieces' or whatever (using LEGO as an adjective -- and one should really capitalize all of the letters, and put the little 'circle-R' symbol after it ((R))). This is all a matter of protecting the trademark of 'LEGO' for the company (using it otherwise degenerates the strength of the trademark). This is not to say that I use the word correctly 100% of the time... but that's the answer to the question (it's always fun/painful to read the near-flame-wars that start at slashdot.org over this topic... and generally, both sides are wrong)."

    4. Re:mindstorm by jafuser · · Score: 1

      You can name something whatever you want, but most people will use whatever minimal number of syllables/letters are necessary to convey the concept in language.

      If there's not a name for this, then there should be...

      And it should be short. =)

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    5. Re:mindstorm by krumms · · Score: 1

      Gee I laughed at the "brick donation" response.

      Can I give you my old LEGO sets/bricks?
      Uhhh... sure. I do not generally buy used LEGO bricks from people, but if you have some old sets that you are not using, you are more than welcome to send them to me -- the pieces will be put to good use, I assure you. I prefer relatively clean pieces, few teeth marks, few clone bricks, and ideally they come from a smoke (cigarette) free household ...

      Well fuck, just forget about it then you ingrate!

    6. Re:mindstorm by timeOday · · Score: 1

      It doesn't matter what the Lego company thinks. Everybody knows what the word "legos" means, including you.

    7. Re:mindstorm by aastanna · · Score: 1

      ideally they come from a smoke (cigarette) free household

      But if they come from a smoke (marijuana) household, that would be awesome!

    8. Re:mindstorm by Charles+Dart · · Score: 2, Funny


      LEGO(R) my Eggo(R)!


    9. Re:mindstorm by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 1

      I thought THIS WAS YELLING?

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    10. Re:mindstorm by mlush · · Score: 1
      Well guess I better not tell anyone I own an Acura, it will dilute their trademark after all. I can't tell you what kind of PC I own either, Dell will sue me for mentioning it. Seriously, they are fucking Legos. Get over it.

      Do you own a hoover? Who made it? Was it the Hoover company? Did you know the YoYo was a trademark untill the people who made the YoYo were really sloppy about their adverts (saying things like "YoYo make the best yoyo's" the court ruled that that ment yoyo was the generic name of the toy ) and they lost their trademark anyone can make a YoYo. LEGO need to protect their trademark people recognize it, if everyone made 'lego' there just another maker of socketed bricks

    11. Re:mindstorm by Hognoxious · · Score: 1
      Everybody knows what the word "legos" means, including you.
      So? When people write "you're" instead of "your" or confuse "their" and "there" most people know what they mean.

      Doesn't mean it's right.

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    12. Re:mindstorm by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

      Worse yet, there's a 'tard here who feels the need to stick an apostrophe in it.

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  3. Dunno about building by Space+cowboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but I'm a grand-master at destroying :-))

    Simon

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    1. Re:Dunno about building by SoTuA · · Score: 1
      ... but I'm a grand-master at destroying :-))

      Hehe... childhood flashback...

      My little brother used to build lego houses... I built lego airplanes with hinged bomb bays, wich I loaded with spend D batteries, and promptly dropped on top of my brother's lego houses :D

    2. Re:Dunno about building by plams · · Score: 1

      I had the monorail LEGO set years ago. Me and my friend had a game where we would build machines of mass destruction to run against each other on the monorail roller coaster. Big rotating propellers. Spikes. One would climb the monorail and the other would roll down by gravity.

      It usually took 2 hours to build them, and .2 seconds to witness their destruction.

      I should've patented it and sued robotwars today.

  4. In related news by OffTheLip · · Score: 1, Funny

    Google is suing LEGO over their search engine legoogle.com.

    1. Re:In related news by acd294 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually I think that is just google that only looks for french documents.

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    2. Re:In related news by Lancer · · Score: 1
      LeGoogle a recherche "la reddition" avec SafeSearch sur le Web.

      1 - 10 resultats, sur un total d'environ 1,248,900. Recherche effectuee en 0.10 secondes.

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  5. Re:Master Builder? No way! by 3.5+stripes · · Score: 2, Funny

    You seem rather obsessed with a 70's sci fi movie.

    I recommend lots of fresh air and sunlight. Try taking off those boba fett undies too.

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  6. Re:Master Builder? No way! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uh, dude, the guy that did the Solo figure was one of the winners ... RTFA.

  7. Re:Master Builder? No way! by morzel · · Score: 5, Informative
    [this may well be an answer on a troll]
    The guy who constructed the Han Solo and Deathstar is actually one of the selected contestants (mr. Sawaya, IIRC).

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  8. The gracious loser by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here are the Journal entries from the Slashdot candidate, Jamie. Classy guy, and I sure hope the Slashdot story didn't nix his chances.

    Jan. 21st, 2004
    03:37 am

    Alas, my journey soon comes to an end...or possibly to a new beginning.

    In just a few hours, I leave for San Diego. I can't sleep. I can't relax. I can't think. I'm a giddy/nervous/excited mess. The best way I can describe it is like sitting blindfolded on a chair with my hands and feet bound tight as others around me sing and dance and celebrate. Oh, how I can't wait to open my eyes and see all the wonderment that awaits me.

    I thank you all for the outrageous support you've given me and hope I don't let you down. This whole experience has truly been remarkable.

    Jan. 25th, 2004
    10:07 pm

    I made it home safe and sound tonight. I'm so lucky to have had my friends Matt, Tim & Howie along with me. Seriously, I really am not sure how the whole trip would have turned out had you not been there for me.

    I didn't get the job, but I sure did have fun trying for it. I'll need a little while to compose my thoughts, but you'll be sure to hear from me with all the details soon. Congratulations to Nathan, Kristi and Aaron. I'm quite fortunate to have been surrounded by such talented and fun people during the competition. I will have fond memories of all the contestants and will smile many times as I think of them in the future.

    I'll try to post pics of all the final creations from all the contestants on my website within a few days.

    Thank you again to everyone for their encouragement and enthusiasm. I hope to see many of you over the coming weeks.

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  9. The real question by Hell+O'World · · Score: 1

    How will this help us build Space Elevators?

    1. Re:The real question by dont_think_twice · · Score: 1

      How will this help us build Space Elevators

      That depends on how many 1x1x1 squares Lego can produce.

    2. Re:The real question by Moofie · · Score: 1

      Anybody who's ever built anything from LEGO knows that the bricks are pants in tension.

      So no space elevator for you.

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  10. Does anyone know? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What is the largest cube that can be constructed out of Lego before it collapsed under its own weight?

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    1. Re:Does anyone know? by Krapangor · · Score: 1

      34.5 feet side length.
      354203273 tiles
      I think they got the danish flag on the sides on something like that.

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    2. Re:Does anyone know? by Mateito · · Score: 5, Informative
      Lego bricks are made out of ABS plastics. This powerpoint doc" gives the following properties:
      • Density 1.05 - 1.07 Mg/m^3
      • Bulk Modulus 4.1 - 4.6 GPa
      • Compressive Strength 55 - 60 MPa
      • Elastic Limit 40 - 45 MPa
      • Endurance Limit 24 - 27 MPa
      • Fracture Toughness 2.3 - 2.6 MPa.m1/2
      • Hardness 100 - 140 MPa
      • Modulus of Rupture 50 - 55 MPa
      • Poisson's Ratio 0.38 - 0.42
      • Shear Modulus 0.85 - 0.95 GPa

      Which is enough to calculate at what at point point a solid cube of ABS will fail under its own weight. (Depending on your definition of fail.. but lets use, in this example example, a failure is when the pressure due to the blocks weight excedes the compressive strength).

      However, in order to calculate the failure for a lego construction, I need geometic information. Anybody want to weigh a lego brick and give me a detailed engineering diagram? I suggest we settle on the standard 4x8 brick. Note that the result will be affected by exactly how its constructed. Any bricklayers on slashdot care to make a suggestion on the best way to lay a 3 dimensional solid structure?

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    3. Re:Does anyone know? by Welsh+Dwarf · · Score: 3, Informative

      Depends, if you're talking about a solid cube, it'll be when the gravity generated by the cubes mass goes above the resistance factor of an individual cube.

      If we consider 2cmx1cmx1cm pieces, and we consder that they weigh 20g each, we can assume that a cube with hight=width=depth=x we have (x^3)/2 blocks, the mass of which will be : 20*(x^3)/2=10(x^3)g

      If we assimilate the cube to a sphere (not good, I'll agree, but good enough, since we're not going to build one) we can calculate the pressure in the centre of the cube by multiplying the radius of the sphere by the gravitational constant by the spheres density (here 10g/cm^3), put into SI we get p=x*10^(-8)*6.67.10^(-11). So, for the cube to collapse under it's own weight, you'll need to build one 100s of km accross at least.

      OTOH if you just want to know how big it can get till the earth's gravitational field crushes it, then all you have to do is take it's weight (10x(^3)g) and devide by the size of the base (x^2) (*2 dure to the brick sizes), which gives you 20xg, so if it takes 3kg of presure to crush a brick, you'll need 20x=3000, so the cube needs to be 1.5 meters accross. That said, my lego's easilly stood 10kg-20kg of pressure (applied, not dropped on it) which would give you, on average (for 15kg) 20x=15000 or x=700, or a 7m cube.

      HTH, and please correct me if my phisic's are wrong (I'm a Math/CS student, so I could well be)

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    4. Re:Does anyone know? by Devil+Ducky · · Score: 3, Funny

      More importantly:

      Can God create a Lego Brick so large that He Himself can not build ith it?

      Would it collapse under it's own weight? Probably.

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    5. Re:Does anyone know? by Mateito · · Score: 1

      Cool.

      I was assuming that the original poster was asking for a cube on the earth's surface.

      However, constructing a planet out of Lego sounds way cooler.

      More than ever we need that space elevator.

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    6. Re:Does anyone know? by Welsh+Dwarf · · Score: 1

      Actually, I think my results are out by an order of 10x-100x, since a 20g cube would give a density of 1000kg.m^(-3), so the results would need to be jacked up a notch

      David

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    7. Re:Does anyone know? by pi+eater · · Score: 1

      A very interesting question..

      Another interesting question: Who cares? :)

      geeky stuff.. offensive stuff!

    8. Re:Does anyone know? by CreatureComfort · · Score: 5, Funny

      make a suggestion on the best way to lay a 3 dimensional solid structure?
      You're asking slashdoters this? The last time I tried to lay a 3 dimensional solid structure, I got my face slapped.

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    9. Re:Does anyone know? by Mateito · · Score: 1

      > The last time I tried to lay a 3dimensional
      > solid structure, I got my face slapped.

      Its like the old gag:

      "If you laid every women on earth end-to-end you'd be bloody tired afterwards".

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    10. Re:Does anyone know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
      More importantly:
      Can God create a Lego Brick so large that He Himself can not build ith it?
      Yes. And he can build with it anyways.

      Logically impossible, true... but the concept of an absolutely omnipotent person is logically impossible as well.

      All disproofs of the existence of God cannot amount to anything more than a disproof of the existence of a god that is somehow limited by logic, and likewise all proofs of the existence cannot amount to anything more than a proof of the existence of a god that is _still_ limited by logic. If god exists and transcends logic, all rational proofs that he exists will be flawed on that basis, not on the basis that he doesn't exist. If he doesn't exist, rational proofs to that end are still flawed because they cannot take into account the possibility that god transcends logic. This argument does not pretend to offer evidence for the existence of god, only evidence that any arguments either for or against such a being's existence will always be rationally flawed. This argument need not apply to belief in other creatures such as santa claus, the easter bunny, or the tooth fairy simply because these creatures are not attributed with the characteristic of having created everything else. This plays a factor because if such a god exists, being attributed with the nature of having created everything else, including logic, then appearing to be transcendant to all human reasoning would be commensurate with the inability to establish any unflawed proofs regarding god's existence. Lesser creatures have never been attributed any claim to a position that has identical implications, and so lack the very basis for assuming that such a characteristic could apply to them.

      The bottom line is that there may be a god, but don't expect to be able to prove it, and there may not be a god, but don't expect a rational argument to that end to cover all possible cases.

  11. Strange... by Gudlyf · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...when LEGO had laid offs recently.

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    1. Re:Strange... by garcia · · Score: 1

      they hired a couple builders who are well known not to make all that much money. So they laid off all these other people and hired back a couple at crap wages...

      So... These people will spend hours and hours of work making millions upon millions of dollars for LEGO while they are repayed in chump change.

      Looks like a good business descision to me.

    2. Re:Strange... by Gudlyf · · Score: 1
      "...making millions upon millions of dollars for LEGO..."

      Er, how's that? Making people aware of Lego? OK, raise your hand if you've never heard of Lego before. I don't think they make a dime for Lego.

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    3. Re:Strange... by jhines · · Score: 1

      Reading the article, Lego had it's largest loss ever, primarily do to the cost of the movie tie-in toys.

      They are going back to basics, the building blocks that made them famous, and thus IMHO, getting some master builders, makes sense, since they show off what can be done.

      They can probably pay the yearly salary of a master builder, for what it costs them to have a meeting in hollyweird.

    4. Re:Strange... by Gudlyf · · Score: 1

      I've never been to the park, but "millions upon millions" of dollars? Please...

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    5. Re:Strange... by Hognoxious · · Score: 1
      Reading the article, Lego had it's largest loss ever, primarily do to the cost of the movie tie-in toys.
      Back to basics seems sensible to me.
      I remember reading something about software design for reusability, componentware, that kind of thing. It made an analogy about Lego, along the lines of "...the old sort, that you could make into more than one thing". Which is, after all, the whole point of Lego, isn't it?
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  12. Sounds? by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    When Aaron Sneary first got married, the frequent noises he made playing with Legos annoyed his bride. But gradually, she warmed to the sound, knowing it meant he was having a good time, being creative and mentally returning to his childhood.
    Okay, what does "sounds" mean? Humming, muttering to himself, yoddling, fake farts, what? And at what level? A little talking to yourself is fine, but is it a complete dialog with multiple voices? "Yess, my pressciousss Lego..."

    Should we begin the construction of Lego sanitoria?

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    1. Re:Sounds? by DRUNK_BEAR · · Score: 1

      It's probably the noise of lego pieces clinging on each other. I know... we had lots of Lego's when I was a kid and we would sometimes start building early in the morning, right under my parent's bedroom, only to see them after a short while asking us to wait a little more. And we were not talking to ourselves... :P

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    2. Re:Sounds? by zoney_ie · · Score: 1

      We called it "scrabbling". In our case it was worse, a wooden floor above the other room!

      And quite often the massive quantities of bricks weren't sorted, so one would trawl through a vast box looking for the right colour of "one-erd".

      I should try steal some of that lego out of the house sometime. My youngest bro does NOT need the accumulated stockpiles of 5 of us!

      It's not like I can buy decent honest-to-goodness bricks anymore! Well... more correct to say the range was much better in the past! And better value sets too. All they have now is distorted plastic plates that fit together, with twisted widgets that serve few purposes.

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    3. Re:Sounds? by iabervon · · Score: 1

      Singing "Shiny Happy People" and seven other songs over and over, perhaps?

    4. Re:Sounds? by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 1

      You must have not played with very many LEGO, as if you did, you would not exactly what sound she is referring to.

    5. Re:Sounds? by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      I'm quite used to the sound Lego makes. She said the sound he made. Well, just so long as he doesn't say "Oh Lego yes!" at night, I guess.

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  13. This guy should be a master builder by Muda69 · · Score: 2, Informative
    I've always liked this guy's lego creations:

    Eric Harshbarger's LEGO(R) Website

  14. What about Master Piece-finders? by corebreech · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, c'mon, that's half the difficulty in building these things.

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  15. NELUG by crow · · Score: 1
    All of us a NELUG (The New England LEGO Users Group) were hoping to see one of our own win. At the same time, we're glad he's coming back to us.

    If you've been following this story and wishing that you had been able to participate, there are a number of different LEGO clubs around the country. And if you can't find a group in your area, what better time to start one! Check LUGnet and do some searching on Google--that's how I found NELUG.

  16. Re:Master Builder? No way! by DarkHelmet · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd go outside, but the green green grass, the fresh air, and the pretty scenery will only remind me of SW: Episode 2.

    And I don't want to be reminded of Episode 2.

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  17. Lego Bible by mr.henry · · Score: 5, Informative

    This site always cracks me up.

  18. Uh, old news, even been talked about already... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    This "news" had already been pointed out by Kris pointed out in this post in the recent Han Solo in Lego Carbonite story.

    Are we now going to see a flood of other posts from older stories reposted to the front page as "news"?

    I know I'm going to get flamed to hell and back for this, but do any of the editors read the site or research the articles that they are about to post at all?

    We've had this, the domain naming patent dupe, the BBC buying Google News keywords story (which had a completely inaccurate story summary and which was put in the censorship category - censorship how?), and the Defcon convention that took place "last weekend" (read, several weekends ago, last summer) all in the last few days.

    Can someone please tell me what the editors actually do? Cos I'm buggered if I know.

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  19. LEGOd by TheVidiot · · Score: 2, Funny


    Could God lose a needed piece of Lego so badly that even He could not find it?

    1. Re:LEGOd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nope he just has to walk around barefoot, it'll turn up right away...

  20. Re:Master Builder? No way! by fatwreckfan · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's not a fair comparison. The competitors only had an hour to build. With Lego CAD software you can make much more complex models, but the fact that they came up with such interesting ideas off the tops of their heads and actually implemented them in such a short time is pretty impressive in my books.

  21. Kudos? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder what the Duplo Master Builders think of all this Lego media bias.

    1. Re:Kudos? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sorry, they can't answer now. It's naptime.

  22. Re:Master Builder? No way! by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Funny
    Nope, wrong! The Nathan Sawaya that built the Star Wars figurines is a clone that is working in my basement for scraps of food and rags for clothing. I will release him once his large scale death star becomes operational.

    The lego builder in LegoLand is a genetically engineered replica placed by Vorgoxians in order to win the Lego Tournament. They're not very happy about there being three winners, so expect the other two to be assassinated shortly.

    The *real* Nathan Sawaya is in a government research center trapped in carbonite. Pretty ironic huh? Maybe Harrison Ford will go rescue him.

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  23. Real /. master builders... by G4from128k · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hacking your favorite computer into a Lego (TM) case, such as this Apple Powerbook should be the real test of a master builder.

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  24. Re:Master Builder? No way! by 3.5+stripes · · Score: 1

    Green grass?

    You obviously haven't been outside in months!

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  25. Hard by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 2, Interesting

    THe idea of lego's is simple. Even building large, cool things, is easy on paper. I have to give it to these guys... after my "object" grows above about 1' in size, I have to use elmers glue to keep it from crumbling on me.

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    1. Re:Hard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      after my "object" grows above about 1' in size, I have to use elmers glue to keep it from crumbling on me.

      I've seen them put their creations together, and they also use glue to keep it all together.

  26. Got Pictures of the 3 winning entries? by wongqc · · Score: 1

    Is there any pictures of the 3 winning entries? Shall be nice & interesting to see. :)

    1. Re:Got Pictures of the 3 winning entries? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Read the article.

      The three winning entries:
      1. Octopus garden

      2. Two men cutting a log

      3. Master builder playing with kids

  27. Re:Lego Girl? by dont_think_twice · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You mean this?

  28. Obligatory "Jedi Way" reference by Crypto+Gnome · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, so three new masters.

    And who are the apprentices?

    Always two there are, master and apprentice.

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    1. Re:Obligatory "Jedi Way" reference by mlush · · Score: 1
      Always two there are, master and apprentice.

      We were speculating how the Sith kept to the One Master One Apprentice thing for 1000 years. that sort of discipline just does not seem to fit the average Dark Sider. Then we realised that Darth Bane (the guy who started system) had probably patented the Sith and had a firm of Darkside Lawyers to sue the crap out of any unlicensed Sith running round.

  29. no, really they do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose everyone already knows about this.

  30. New form of Lego? by happyEverGeek · · Score: 1, Funny

    I skipped to here from the second posting down. Maybe we can get Lego to create Boson and Fermion Legos. If there was one to match each subatomic particle, would it help us understand how they all work together? And more important, what colors would they be?

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  31. Yey! by fafaforza · · Score: 1

    Everyone's a winner!

    Now take out your circles of paper.

  32. Re:Master Builder? No way! by Tingler · · Score: 3, Funny

    I recommend lots of fresh air and sunlight. Try taking off those boba fett undies too.

    Not at the same time, please.

  33. pics from the competition... by martin · · Score: 5, Informative

    The who was the source of the original story has the following pics of the finals

    1. Re:pics from the competition... by BarryJacobsen · · Score: 1

      The who was the source of the original story

      Wow, first they make great music, and now they're reporting the news! Is there anything they can't do?

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  34. Re:Master Builder? No way! by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 1

    >>The lego builder in LegoLand is a genetically engineered replica placed by Vorgoxians in order to win the Lego Tournament

    Who are those guys? Myself, I only use Geonosian engineered clones. ;)

    wbs.

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  35. With all those legos.... by Keitero-sama · · Score: 2, Funny

    *I gould build my self a posh little pad with all the trimmings. An indoor pool, filled with "lego-effect" water. Legoized plants, and pets. Ohh and don't forget the food too.* Man, I need to get rid of my legos now. -_-

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  36. Re:Master Builder? No way! by desideria · · Score: 1

    yes and the han-solo in carbonite builder is one of the 3 masters as was stated in the article published a week a go

  37. Pics of the winning entries by funny-jack · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here are pics (courtesy of /.'s fav candidate, Jamie) of the three winning entries:

    Aaron Sneary
    Kristi Klein
    Nathan Sawaya

    P.S. (Nathan Sawaya's creations have been featured on Slashdot before.)

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  38. well duh by SubtleNuance · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh poor Aaron, same fate as poor poor Zak. The Maniac.

  39. Only 2 Hours by MonkeyCookie · · Score: 1

    The contestants only had 2 hours to design and complete their works, so they wouldn't have been going all out, otherwise they wouldn't have finished it in time.

    I imagine that the Han Solo in Carbonite took a *lot* longer than 2 hours to design and complete.

  40. Congratulations to the Winners by mykepredko · · Score: 1

    It's nice to see expertise in something totally frivolous like building things out of Legos being rewarded.

    myke

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  41. Re:Master Builder? No way! by wavedeform · · Score: 1

    And just where do you live? In much of California and probably in many other western states, grass gets green only in the rainy season.

  42. By the way. . . by Mythfit · · Score: 2, Informative

    Kristi Klein's creation is currently on display at the Art Institute of Los Angeles. The pictures don't really do it justice, its smaller then you might think, but quite elegant.

  43. Fuck That Job! by mankey+wanker · · Score: 1

    $13 an hour? That level pay in that part of California qualifies this job for submission to Fuck That Job!.

  44. Unlike copyrights, patents meaningfully expire. by tepples · · Score: 1

    Then we realised that Darth Bane (the guy who started system) had probably patented the Sith

    Wouldn't that have run out after 20 years? Or had the Galactic Republic had one too many Cher Acts?

    1. Re:Unlike copyrights, patents meaningfully expire. by mlush · · Score: 1
      >>Then we realised that Darth Bane (the guy who started system) had probably patented the Sith
      >Wouldn't that have run out after 20 years? Or had the Galactic Republic had one too many Cher Acts?

      Your Quite Right... I suppose tradmarking Sith could pass muster

  45. Clone? by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean Duplo!

    1. Re:Clone? by Wolfrider · · Score: 1

      +1 Funny ( http://www.games-toy.com/toys/lego-duplo-tub-presc hool-building-toys.php )

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  46. I also have heard... by cr0sh · · Score: 1

    That some of the really large constructs use a steel inner skeleton for support...

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  47. Great tool for animators by reclusivemonkey · · Score: 1

    See the results: brickfilms

    1. Re:Great tool for animators by reclusivemonkey · · Score: 1

      And my personal favourite:- 2001 in lego?

  48. Collaborative art by HoldenCaulfield · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much collaboration really occurs? The article talks about how having three now lets them build a team, but I wonder if that means a team that collaborates and really works on projects together, or a team that divides up the tasks, and then it all comes together after everyone has done their part.

    I imagine the builders generally build by themselves, so I wonder how a team-build would work . . .