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Metal Gear Solid's Rex & Ray in Lego Blocks
IllogicalStudent writes "Justin "Saber-Scorpion" Stebbins has created lego models based on themes from Metal Gear: Solid, Metal Gear: Solid 2, Star Wars, Halo, Lord of the Rings, Mechwarrior, and others. His work with the Metal Gear: Solid series, especially, have gained him recognition from Hideo Kojima himself."
Is there some kind of hand soap you can use when this happens?
It is too bad that LEGO decided to stop making licensed series because MGS would have made an awesome set. I'm not a big fan of paying $200 for the KUBRICK MGS set... Grrrr...
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He's definitely going to need a job to pay for the excess bandwidth generated by the /. effect.
...I can imagine thousands of people reaching for the "Mute" buttons on their computers.
His skill with Lego is unfortunately not matched with his skill at website design. The coolness of the Legos definitely dwarfs the javascript, though.
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Is this thread conclusive proof that /.ers are nerds that couldn't get laid if we tried?
/jaded nerd.
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But the LotR ones are pretty weak. Minifigs with the character names under the pictures doesn't quite cut it in my book.
Thanks, pal. :)
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He made them look -exactly- like the game looks on my old TV!
It wasn't slashdotted when I first looked at it, and I'm not a subscriber. So i can only assume a greater degree of the slashdot populace is out getting laid right now than previously expected.
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Anyone who includes the stats of their level 16 Ranger in the "About Me" section of their website needs help.
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here. I found it by accident when looking up Anti-Insectoid to find any ant-related items. :)
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Einstein, got laid.
Carl Sagan, got laid.
Richard Feynman, got laid.
Now, geeks that need to get a life, they can't get laid.
So, if you can't get laid, I suggest you take a look at yourself, are you a geek, or a nerd.
Hint, Nerd create things with a passion, geeks are passionate about things others create.
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I could build like that too
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As far as I can tell, all he's done is make a few customised little lego men. When I clicked the article, I was expecting life-size or at least moderately detailed models. Something like this... that is to say, something equally deserving of frontpage recognition. If I was the guy who'd made Han Solo, lifesize, I'd be disgusted to see this article at the top of the page, frankly.
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...was making his webserver from lego blocks which unfortunately you could not see becouse it's /.ed :)
The Metal Gear models are nice, but the recreations of scenes with the little people is what really does it for me.
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Let's see. . .
Annoying friggin' sound on every page?
CHECK
Sub-par construction of Legos?
CHECK
In all honesty, just because a guy can throw together some crappy models and paint a minifig doesn't make him a genius. Brickshelf had some image of a MUCH better looking REX. This is really amateur work. Heck, look at the supposed Warthog. I've seen better MOCs from shaking up a box.
I didn't know that Mechs came with air horns for battlefield use... Maybe I could get a Mad Cat that plays "La Cucaracha"...that would be so sweet...
First was the 9 month old article on diamonds and now (wow) someone has made something cool with legos!!! C'mon, the whole lego/movie thing hit it's height when those guys did Monty Python's Holy Grail in legos. Heck, they even have lego PORN: Lego Porn
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No offense, but nothing in the Metal Gear line looks like anything an adolescent couldn't have made, let alone a skilled adult.
I thought the hallmark of a Master Builder was complexity. This guy has merely amusingly recreated some designs in Lego. Interesting if you're the guy's friend, maybe...
Speak for yourself. valetine day is a commercial holiday and i consider it retarded. I dont need a special day to tell my mother or significant other i love them.
...though i'm sure a ceast and desist letter from Hideo Kojima was a flattering (and terrorizing) part of the lego-maniac's experiences in the world of metal gear mind-control conspirancies and plot-ran-amok.
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From the Mechwarrior page:
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"The Timber Wolf is based off an old game I have called Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries"
and when I click on my beloved Timber Wolf, he says:
" I based my LEGO Timberwolf off an image taken from Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries, and old game that came with my oldest computer when I bought it."
Ouch.
Man, I can remember when Mechwarrior 2 was the reigning champ and Mercenaries was the new kid on the block that my friends and I were unsure whether we liked it as much
Oh yeah, and those Lego 'mechs aren't that impressive.
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When building the original levels for Metal Gear Solid the design team used Legos to see what the area's would look like, they didn't do the same for MGS2 because its maps were heavily 3D(Compared to the first game which had very flat levels) and the complexity was too much for them.
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I really like this quote from his FAQs
"Finally, if you do build replicas of my customs, even with a few changes, please do not post pictures publicly without giving me credit and linking to my site ( http://www.saber-scorpion.com ) because I really don't want anyone else taking credit for my work"
Yes, I'm Saber-Scorpion. After getting posted on Slashdot, I knew that the resident jerks would decide to flame me. You see, they like to say I have too much time on their hands, but then they come here, read this stuff, and comment about it. They need to look at their own lives a little before flaming mine. So I'll just defend myself a little:
I made all the Flash effects on my website myself, and I kind of like the sounds, thank you very much. If you want to mute your PCs, go ahead, that's your choice.
My LEGO models were intended to be built as accurately as possible while replicating the LEGO company's official building style. The reason that they aren't HUGE or super-detailed is because I wanted them to look like actual LEGO sets. Get the idea?
Some of the Halo vehicles, especially the Covenant ones, are a little off color because LEGO DOESN'T MAKE PURPLE OR OLIVE DRAB BRICKS.
My LEGO models and my website design are quite impressive, even if you self-proclaimed nerds don't like them. And why is it that the only thing the average simpleton can ever think about at all is "getting laid"?
Sorry about my lack of knowledge on the BattleTech and Halo worlds, people, but unlike some nerds with too much time on their hands I haven't read all the Halo and Battletech books.
BTW, anyone who's played any D&D video game can easily get some classes and stats to post on a website. I just did it for fun. Should have known it would piss off some jerk somewhere just because he enjoys criticizing other people.
Anyway, I doubt anyone will care what I say, but I don't know why everyone wants to be such jerks about a guy's innocent hobby.
I'd be really , really pissed if I hadn't gotten a bunch of very nice and amiable e-mails from visitors that outweigh the effects of flaming, ignorat jerks. Thanks to all those who enjoyed looking at my site and who supported me.
I'll slink back into my hole now.