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LEGO Competition Selects Three New Master Builders
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."
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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... but I'm a grand-master at destroying :-))
Simon
Physicists get Hadrons!
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.
He tried to kill me with a forklift!
Uh, dude, the guy that did the Solo figure was one of the winners ... RTFA.
The guy who constructed the Han Solo and Deathstar is actually one of the selected contestants (mr. Sawaya, IIRC).
Okay... I'll do the stupid things first, then you shy people follow.
[Zappa]
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.
Stressed? Me? Of course not. Stress is what a rubber band feels before it breaks, silly.
What is the largest cube that can be constructed out of Lego before it collapsed under its own weight?
I have been pwned because my
...when LEGO had laid offs recently.
Trolls lurk everywhere. Mod them down.
Should we begin the construction of Lego sanitoria?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Eric Harshbarger's LEGO(R) Website
I mean, c'mon, that's half the difficulty in building these things.
Is this truly the only Earth I can live on?
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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This site always cracks me up.
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.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
Could God lose a needed piece of Lego so badly that even He could not find it?
I wonder what the Duplo Master Builders think of all this Lego media bias.
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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Hacking your favorite computer into a Lego (TM) case, such as this Apple Powerbook should be the real test of a master builder.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
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.
Actually I think that is just google that only looks for french documents.
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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.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
You mean this?
Ok, so three new masters.
And who are the apprentices?
Always two there are, master and apprentice.
Visit CryptoGnome in his home.
Read the article.
The three winning entries:
1. Octopus garden
2. Two men cutting a log
3. Master builder playing with kids
I suppose everyone already knows about this.
I recommend lots of fresh air and sunlight. Try taking off those boba fett undies too.
Not at the same time, please.
The who was the source of the original story has the following pics of the finals
"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)."
*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. -_-
-Kids in the back seat causes accidents.- -Accidents in the back seat causes kids.-
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.)
You probably shouldn't click this.
Oh poor Aaron, same fate as poor poor Zak. The Maniac.
LEGO(R) my Eggo(R)!
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.