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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!
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.
...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.
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.
I wonder what the Duplo Master Builders think of all this Lego media bias.
Actually I think that is just google that only looks for french documents.
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You mean this?
Nope he just has to walk around barefoot, it'll turn up right away...
Read the article.
The three winning entries:
1. Octopus garden
2. Two men cutting a log
3. Master builder playing with kids
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?
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
The who was the source of the original story has the following pics of the finals
You're asking slashdoters this? The last time I tried to lay a 3 dimensional solid structure, I got my face slapped.
"Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet,
Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
Oh poor Aaron, same fate as poor poor Zak. The Maniac.