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Build Your Own Lego Computer Case
PuppiesOnAcid writes "Here is what comes about when you cross a case modder and an AFOL (Adult Fan of Legos). It would be interesting to see how he got everything mounted in there since there don't appear to be any screw holes." Not just a Lego shell around a case, he's used the Legos to support everything. Impressive.
This has been done before: http://mini-itx.com/projects/legobox/
Im glad he isnt a gamer, because it would be a bitch taking it to lan parties.
I also built a computer case made out of Legos. It isn't as nice as the one shown but I thought I would share it with the rest of Slashdot. You can view some pictures on my website at http://home.comcast.net/%7Esessions9/lego.html.
I love it. It seems silly at first, but Lego makes a great material for prototyping case designs.
A case made out of machined metal and plastic is better, but you can't move things around easily.
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Not nearly as artistic as these, though.
Cute, but with no sliding panel, I'm sure doing any maintenance (switching HDs, cleaning, etc) must be close to hell.
Case-modders. Funny people.
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After seeing all these projects done with legos, I wonder how you can obtain this much lego. Stores do not seem to sell much more than kits, or very simple buckets with varieties of pieces. Where can you get a ton of just plain bricks?
It may seem like you can build and do everything you want with Legos, but you're really locked into what their fat cat corporate greed team says you can do. What the world needs is a good, peer-reviewed, open-ended, modular plastic building block system that everyone can have for free. That would totally rule.
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Or a beowulf cluster out of lego.
Adult Fan of Lego? we've really got an acronym for this now? Seriously, what's wrong with just 'Lego fan'? Can we stop the frivolous acronyms, they're absolutely unneccessary and getting out of control.
Dealing with lawyers would be a lot less tedious if they all looked like Casey Novak.
What do you suppose the melting point of lego is?
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Another Lego Computer!
A much better (IMHO) legoputer as its not just using bricks, but has windows and doors to control cooling!
Impressively hideous. Stay tuned for my working lego toilet.
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The one near my house has a back wall full of buckets with bricks sorted by type and color. If you want a big pile of roof tiles, purple bricks, hinges, glass block, whatever, you can get it. They don't always have everything out, and the selection changes, but it's a great way to stock up on bricks.
You can also get the big blue tub which has a bunch of plain bricks.
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Seeing as Lego is a brand name, then shouldn't the individual pieces be called "Lego Bricks" or "Lego Pieces" rather than "Legos"?
Give me time and legos and I could do that too.
Ah, but this guy was enough of freak to actually take the time and do it. That's a special sort of nerd, right there.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
I hand it to the guy for doing what he did, but it's been awhile since I've seen something so aesthetically unappealing. I wonder what the queer eyes for the straight guy would have to say about this geek monstrosity.
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;) The speaker box was a little more successful, tho... after the Legos dried-out, of course.
For use when his server melts down, or the bandwitch cop pulls his plug.
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Back on topic: This sure blows away any of the stuff I did with Lego bricks when I was a kid! I even tried making an "aquarium",once, but it REALLY leaked.
Willie...
you notice he starts with a design, but at just about the half way point he seems to have said 'screw this noise, I'm putting them on however'
also, he made a box. With legos. Pretty much what most kids make.
heh, good job though.
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As a Lego fan i'd just like to say that the 1st CPU is a slap in the face to Lego fans everywhere. It is lacking in any kind of Uniform, random color legos are just tossed about carlessly........ The others, I must say are impressive.
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It seems kinda weird that an article about it got posted here. :P (Tin-foil hat time?)
As I told my friend, I'd be worried about heat issues, and ESPECIALLY static. I mean, think about it... When you were little, playing with those things, you'd often get shocked when you were reaching for another piece out of the bucket. Wouldn't that be kinda hard on your $150 video card?
In general though, it's kinda cool to see something like that actually done.
Back in the 80s I built a Lego monitor case. (I bought the guts of a monochrome monitor for $15 and I needed a case for it that did not consist of foil lined cardboard.)
In the end it cost more than if I had just gone out and bought a brand new color monitor. (Not that color would have gotten me much. This was an 8mhz XT clone. CGA was pretty ugly.) Legos are not cheap. Even if you buy the big huge buckets, it takes a lot and you always need something not in the bucket.
You also have to cement the legos together or the heat will pop them apart.
I still have it in a box somewhere. I will have to dig it out one of these days and post pictures.
It is not something I would want to use on a regular basis. I swear you could feel the x-rays pouring off the screen. It was pretty evil. But it looked cool.
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The same thing has been done with several older macs also.
The plural of lego is lego.. its like sheep the plural is sheep Americans need to learn it.
Look at her website for a while, and you'll just say "wow." She has the most amazing designs, and stays as true to the equipment she's modeling as she can.
John
Look at the pics -- he still has a TYPEWRITER on his desk!! Gack!
If the entire thing is made out of legos, electromagnetic shielding is going to be a bitch with those rigs. I wonder how much his portable phones / 802.11 / microwaves goes haywire when he stick one of those near it.
Also got to wonder about cooling. I'm not sure of the thermal properties for legos, but I imagine they're not the same as regular metal...
Bah! That's not a lego computer. This guy is working on a REAL lego computer.
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