The two grounds crew men are just about to get sucked into the engine intake.

wootsee

@someToast: I agree. And we still don't know if it has a hollow interior with seats and bathrooms and all that.

Nintenboy01

It's cool and big and Lego and all... and has that physical pixel art feel going for it, but I have to admit that I prefer the models that look like an actual person designed them while sitting in front of a bucket of bricks to those that look more like "computer, output this CAD file in Lego format, please".

someToast

Lego built a 787 first
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tonashideska

@DeadWriter: checkin the rad... the rad.

ASCurtis

This is the next set piece for Lego 24. That figure on the ground was just shot by Lego Jack Bauer.

Really- what is that Mini Fig laying on it's back doing?

DeadWriter

Speaking of Lego Millennium Falcons, did you ever finish yours Jesus? I remember the postings where you started it but I don't ever remember seeing the finished product. Saw one at a new Lego store here in Phoenix, they had a bunch on the shelf and I was seriously tempted.

On topic, this is the craziest thing I've ever seen, I cannot even imagine what went into putting this together!

AZTriGuy

Look, there is a Mini Fig loosing my luggage.

DeadWriter

Almost as awsome as me

ASCurtis

imagine the heartbreak when a little kid trips over it and it shatters into hundreds of pieces

Jones91

wow.... thats insane!

HawkSkater0

Is there an actual interior in this plane with minifigs or is it completely solid with bricks?

Nintenboy01

ok where in the heck is Lindsay... she would absolutely freak. Just keep Purple Dave's ass out of this post.

Cordfucious the Black

Everything looks cooler in Legos.

dagamer34

@ASCurtis: not as awsome as ME though

enchantedgoose

Wholy shit that's one big motherf**king piece of Lego Airplane

and the engines are working very amazing and very astonished

TBM-Fan

@HawkSkater0: hate to be the killer of jokes but uhh. they often use glue with those, kinda like when a serrious puzzle builder mounts a puzzle to a board.

Wakeley

@Cordfucious the Black: OH OH I can see it now!

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: OMG I love it, I'm getting three and sending Kaiser-Machead one!

PurpleDave: @LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Yeah, let's see you buy one. And who gives a shit about that Kaiser guy anyway?

In other news, I want this, but I want it in the Kaiser Airlines colors.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Proving one of my deeper-held theories:

the realism fidelity of a LEGO model follows a logistic function based on the number of bricks used.

scarbrtj

@wootsee: Was thinking the same thing. Also, that rescue truck behind it would be flying when it powers up.

@Cordfucious the Black: I'm guessing after seeing this, her hands are a little to pre-occupied to type. I'm sure after she has her cigarette and a cookie, she'll be able to type.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

But more importantly...WILL IT FLY??? and do they charge extra for a second bag? by the way what does LEGO jet fuel look like?

mrsalty

the tail is amazing when you really think about it.

mrsalty

well its only 8 colors and the windows arent real windows they're just black bricks.. soo... it definately doesn't have an interior

ASCurtis

@Nintenboy01:
It's probably at least partially hollow with a welded steel armature inside. I never realized they did that until I saw a series of photos of a couple LEGO Masterbuilders building a huge Naboo Starfighter at one of the Star Wars Celebrations, and basically they had the whole thing planned out ahead of time to the point where they were able to pre-fabricate a steel armature that they could build around. There's a minimum wall thickness that they shoot for to keep the sides from caving in (at least 4 studs?), and the wings are probably solid construction over the armature, but it would be a waste of bricks to pack the main fuselage like that.

@Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!:
It's not completely outside the realm of possibility, but short of winning the lottery she might have to give up buying any regular sets for a while. There are people out there who have spent up to ten years accumulating the parts necessary to build a single super-scale model like that. I have neither the patience nor the budget to do so myself, but it takes all sorts.

@Wakeley:
Oh, if they build it for display, they _always_ glue the parts. Otherwise you risk having catastrophic collapse destroy the whole thing. They bricks have some serious clutch power compared to some of the cheaper clone brands, but even they have load limits. That and it keeps people from walking off with "souvenir" bricks.

Purple Dave

@ASCurtis: "...the windows arent [sic] real windows they're just black bricks.. soo... it definately [sic] doesn't have an interior"

It still might have an interior, but it would be really dark inside.

gadgetplay

@HawkSkater0: I was just about to say the same thing.

techwiz140

"Please return your seats and the rest of the interior back into seats and the rest of the interior as we are making our final approach."

strider_mt2k

Wow! Acknowledgment from Jesus about the Falcon's existence and the implication that he is still working on it! Wonders will never cease!

...and I can't wait to see pictures/videos of it finally completed.

Oh and the plane is awesome too.

TasteTheFlava

@Jones91:

that comes up in any discussion about giant lego models, but in reality its not nearly that intense. I've had my darth maul lego bust fall off of its table and it was only a minor inconvenience to fix.

I think solid lego sets like this are more durable than you'd think, simply because theyre solid.

michaelwiggins

@Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!:

You are totally right Kaiser! Sorry I am late to the party, but I had a long family day. This is awesome. I love how the minifigs look to scale with the plane! You know with the price of homes these days, Maybe one day I really will live in a home made of LEGO. At least I know I wont have to call a repair man if a roof tile falls off! But I must say, The mattress and couch would have *not* be LEGO. And yes, Kaiser, Chips Ahoy, yummy....very, I know personally ;-)

@Purple Dave:

Um no Mr. Dave. FYI, I'm working on a bunch of original stuff as some people might know. As for new sets, I got a new Mars Mission with the new Alien Commander Minifig today, and her quite cool. And the moment the new Bionicle Mistica (spelling?) sets come out I shall have them. I am a mini-fig aficionado, and even thought the vast vast majority of Bionicle sets have no minifigs, I cannot resist how cool they are. Already have the new death star on pre-order, gonna pre-order the new Castle Chess set the minute I can, and I will have oh so many of the upcoming Clone Wars sets. Lucky me, I have plenty of money to spend on LEGO, Apple Stuff, others gadgets, and shoes clothes and bags.....

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

Anything taken to this extreme is insane. Build a few legos, here and there, buy a macbook and an ipod... it's all good. 600 hours? You best be gettin paid for that shit. Why anyone would find some kind of personal satisfaction from that, I have no fucking clue. I appreciate passion in life, but when you're just dropping money and have no other purpose in life than to be a mindless consumer, groping for the next, coolest thing... wake the fuck up people. I loved legos when I was a kid, I truly feel I owe much of my creativity to them, but I'm really trying hard here and I can't see that much creativity in the LEGO medium at this point.

lpranal

@lpranal: What anger. If you had read the paragraph above it states "team of professional Legoland model builders to assemble this beast.'

I'm gonna take a wild stab in the dark and guess you wanted Ron Paul to be President.

Chester_Copperpot

@lpranal:

I am usually quite polite, especially since I had one rude post long ago that I felt so bad about BUT:

RTFA: It is built for LEGOLAND, you know....the theme park with huge structures built out of LEGO? This *is* what the theme park is about. It says it was built by a "team of professional Legoland model builders".

Again. PLEASE RTFA before you go on a rant about how these builders are "mindless consumers" and " just dropping money" it goes a bit far. They are professional builders *employed* by LEGO. RTFA RTFA RTFA.

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

Whoa, not only is it longer than I am tall, but maybe heavier! Knew it was Legoland material just looking at it, the people models gave it away.

Mr.Wilson

Been to Legoland in Windsor, England. I know the place is meant for kids, but the stuff that they created for that park is completely awe-inspiring, especially the section that highlights landmarks of every country in Europe.

Those Legoland people are one hell of a talented bunch!!

WidescreenJohn

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Oh if I could only have that job for a summer... Such dreams

jmurph05

very cute :)

Tohe

...and for us yurpeans ;)

gizmodist

Hmm.
No new articles for us nocturnal people?

CODIFEROUS

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M:
You'd still be looking at a price tag in the five-figure range to build that. Figure that based on the color scheme and Jesus' piece-count estimate you'd need well over 50k white 2x4 bricks, and Bricklink currently only shows ~30k at the moment, half of which are used (and likely a good portion of those are yellowed and would look disgusting in a construction of that scale). PaB is an option, but you're looking at $0.15 per brick. Plus you'd need a custom armature to keep it from collapsing. So, possible...just not the sort of thing that most people are going to be able to finance out of pocket. Also, consider that for the same price you could amass a potentially unprecedented army of over 3000 Stormtroopers. I ask you, which is a better use of your money? I mean, seriously. An army capable of galactic conquest...or an airplane.

And it's cool to hear that you're not just sticking to the official sets. There's too much potential in the medium that the set designers rarely, if ever, get to tap due to budget constraints.

Purple Dave

@Purple Dave: It's not an estimate. It's official Lego data.

jesusdiaz

In the future, everything will be made of LEGO for 15 minutes.

hakubak

@jesusdiaz: Was it the Lego "thing on the wing" minifig?

Metkis

@Metkis: No, it's 75,000.

I nicked one from the wing.

jesusdiaz

@jesusdiaz: It's 75,001 pieces isn't it? Don't lie!

Metkis

@Metkis: Nice reference! :)

(I always liked "3rd Rock From the Sun" where Shatner and Lithgow compare airplane experiences.)

@jesusdiaz: Did I mention you are a lucky bastard?
'cause you are.

strider_mt2k

@strider_mt2k: Yeah, I knew it was, don't have to tell me!

:P

Metkis

@Purple Dave: That and it keeps people from walking off with "souvenir" bricks.

Your glue is no match for acetone and my battery powered Dremel. Try and make it a challenge next time.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

"professional Legoland model builders" ?

How do you respond to someone of the opposite sex you meet them in a bar? "What do you do for a living?" "I assemble LEGOs, you know those little toy bricks."

davezatz

There's really nothing quite like sound of a jet engine spooling up to take eager travelers to new and exciting destinations! A sound that our Lego obsessed friend has probably never heard in person....

paulnptld

@scarbrtj: So if you used a sufficiently large number of bricks that the realism fidelity approached 1:1 the airplane would FLY? Holy Crap!

Mandatory_Field

at that scale i wonder if they couldve used skinny bricks to at least have an interior. passenger 57 lego style! where's my lego wesley snipes...

dedalus987

Legos are the building blocks of all matter.

smashingparadox

@jesusdiaz:
They tend to round numbers off, like how the Millennium Falcon is "5000 pieces" when it's actually a little more than that. So we'll call it an "official estimate" and continue to be impressed with the sheer size of it. I've seen photos of how they do their design work, and they still do lifesize hand-plotted templates on graph paper, as compared to one fan's computer-generated design for the Stanford Bunny.

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes:
Oh, sure, if you want to walk off with a souvenir pile of melty goo, there's not much that's going to stop you. Aside from those towering ex-bar-bouncers standing behind you, that is...

@davezatz:
That's why we now have iPods. When people ask me about my hobby, I show them a video I took by strapping my camera to a special LEGO train car and sending it around our unprecedentedly massive layout from the 2007 National Train Show (it's over three minutes long and even the long shot isn't far enough away to show the full height of Jim's 11.5' tall Penobscot building), and/or I show them photos of a certain Tiger that I once helped build (there was also a set of lifesize Snap/Crackle/Pop, and a 5' tall Froot Loops box built by fellow club members as part of the same commission, but Spencer, Jim and I only worked on Tony...which was more than enough challenge for three guys who'd never built large-scale sculptures before thankyouverymuch). Needless to say, I tend to not get teased about my hobby at work anymore.

@smashingparadox:
Matter is the building blocks of all LEGO. Don't think too hard about it or the universe might suffer catastrophic spontaneous existence failure.

Purple Dave

LEGO snakes on a LEGO plane?

ASCurtis

@davezatz: "professional Legoland model builders" the question is how can you not get lucky with that line

Dapole

@davezatz: Personally, I think a girl who can't appreciate the joy in legos is a girl not worth having. But that's just me.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Reading this again (no longer under the influence of alcohol...) I realize the ignorance in my first post. oops. Anyways, yeah, getting paid to build with legos = the coolest thing EVER.

lpranal

@strider_mt2k: "(I always liked "3rd Rock From the Sun" where Shatner and Lithgow compare airplane experiences.)"

My favorite was before the Shat was on the show. Dick's put on a lot of weight and Harry is struggling mightily to get him into a corset. Sally walks in and says "what the hell is that?" Dick says, "They call it the Shatner!"

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: "...especially since I had one rude post long ago that I felt so bad about..."

If it was that obnoxious anti-smoking Nazi you weren't alone, we all went off on him. I think you and Carmen were tag teaming him. He might have felt the gentle tap of the Ban Hammer, I don't think he's around anymore.

@lpranal: "...I truly feel I owe much of my creativity to them..."

Now you're blaming them for that? That's cold. You're no Ron Paul supporter!

gadgetplay

@Dapole:
You've never seen their pay scale, have you? Nathan Sawaya used to be a lawyer in Manhattan earning a six figure salary until he won a Masterbuilder recruitment contest. Then he moved to the Carlsbad area (midway between San Diego and L.A.) where he earned a starting wage of $13.50/hr (which is chump change for SoCal) for about nine months before quitting to become one of the first LEGO Certified Professional artists (basically a formally recognized freelance version of the official Master Builders). I hear he's able to charge enough for his work that he now earns more than he did as a lawyer (he earns enough to keep a studio in Manhattan now), but his post-LEGOLAND work is several shades of amazing. So, Masterbuilder may sound more prestigious, but a skilled LCP can afford to buy a girl a drink while explaining exactly what it is that he does for a living.

Purple Dave

@gadgetplay:

If it was that obnoxious anti-smoking Nazi you weren't alone

I will go on the record to say that I am very against Nazis, smoking or otherwise. The smoking ones are harder to kill, for some reason. Colonel Klink is damn near indestructible.

lpranal

The best thing about the video is the Minifig who was inadvertently sucked through the jet engine... you see him sprawled on the floor behind the engine.

sovietspartan

"Colonel Klink is damn near indestructible. "
@lpranal: They wanted to keep Klink around b/c his replacement would probably have been smarter.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

That is simply awesome!!!

JEmlay