The Star Wars Trilogy Storyline -- In Legos 171
-homb- writes: "This Japanese Star Wars fanatic has done a series of 180 pictures telling the whole story of the Star Wars Trilogy, illustrated entirely in Legos. Even the massive explosion of the Death Star is there. It took him 155 weeks to make it. One episode a year!"
K'Nex (Score:4)
If only he knew the power of the dark side [knex.com].
3prong
Go Outside! (Score:1)
GET A LIFE!!!!!!
Don't get me wrong, but I think that maybe past a certain point just something being "neat" is not enough. To spend 155 weeks building what is essentially 30 seconds worth of "hey, that's cool" is just downright freakish. Maybe we should encourage slashdot readers to get outside and socialize, or do, essentially ANYTHING more productive than this.
That said, the scenes of the close-up death star with all the big sheets laid out are pretty cool looking, The bumps on the legos look like machinery detail.
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Re:mirror (Score:1)
Re:The plural of Lego is Lego (Score:1)
It just doesn't work.
Then try "Hand me some Lego..." or "Hand me that pile of Lego..." etc.
"Hand me them Lego" is CmdrTaco English, regardless of the plural of Lego.
TWW
Re:Brings back the good 'ole days... (Score:2)
~luge
Re:There is... (Score:1)
You moderators are idiots. This is *funny*.
Hint for the clueless - this post is flamebait.
Re:Wow- breaks a lot of stereotypes (Score:1)
and it seems that they have even figured out how to pronounce L's correctly. ie, Herro!
Re:Wow- breaks a lot of stereotypes (Score:1)
Re:How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:2)
A few posts above, someone noted that if you take the "sworde.htm" out of the link, it works with no problems. "What's that?" you say.. "experiemnt?" Just like a newbie, you try the obvious, it doesn't work, then you complain that the whole thing's broken and go into a rant about how nothing works, or in this case, about how Slashdot is a DOS attack waiting to pounce upon unsuspecting websites.
The site is fine... it hasn't been slashdotted... and for those of you who are deriding the guy who did the Leg(o) work... seems like a bit of jealousy to me.
grow up.. if you can. :o)
Mr.Moonlight
Time to pull the head out of the butt, posters
Re:love this (Score:1)
Re:Cease and Desist (Score:1)
A lawyer wrote Star Wars? Excellent!
Re:Give the man a dollar (Score:4)
Re:Complete mirror (Score:1)
I have their secret algorithim:
if( $high_traffic ) $luzer_page = $__WAREZ__;
Not only that (Score:3)
"1) Promote Tentacle Rape, Discourage Crap."
Re:155 weeks to make (Score:1)
well i was lucky enough this time to see it. the lightsabres are the yellow and red legos that are like those straight antennas... i don't know much about legos, but the trees and scenery this guy created was pretty good looking. luke in one screen was a yellow lego man with a yellow shirt on and a white circle in the center(?). sometimes he had brown hair on his head.. well that's about all i saw.
mirror (Score:3)
Here [24.20.153.67]
It wasn't 155 weeks non stop (Score:1)
I'm sure you've spent more time on Slashdot that that per week, and for what?
Too Much...... (Score:1)
Hey! Legoland isn't far from me, maybe I should turn them on to this guy. Wait that probably means I have WAY too much time...
Re:mirror (Score:3)
Mirror of the mirror is going up at geocities [geocities.com]
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From: Aaron "PooF" Matthews
AWESOME! (Score:1)
Userfriendly in Lego form.
Slashdot crew in legos
Presidential election in lego form! WOAH! it's amazing.. maybe I'll try to make a major motion picture! Bet it would make millions.
Re:Wow.... (Score:1)
eudas
hehehe (Score:3)
I, for one, would like to congratulate this achievement...nothing I would put a bumper sticker on my car for though...and i wouldn't want to be the proud father that has to be proud of their child....
a disturbance in the Force (Score:4)
"What?!"
"That's what I'm telling you kid, it's been totally blown away."
Re:Can't see the site... (Score:1)
Re:WTF are 'legos'? (Score:1)
heh .. yeah .. thats a copywrite thing :P
at my currant job - we are told to do the same thing.
if a word becomes widly used to decribe an object (noun) you can loose your patent on it.
IE: Snakelight, or WhiteOut, or ScotchTape etc.
*I* still say legos, but then again, I voted Illegally too :(
I'm hungry, wheres the paste
Available here (Score:3)
he's dead jim... DOH wrong movie... (Score:1)
Re:Go Outside! (Score:1)
Re:stupid websites (Score:1)
Is your idea of "good" photography for there to be no shadows and no planar focus?
Re:Ascimation. (Score:2)
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/diejarjar.html
Hilarious
Steven
Mistake seen (Score:1)
Collective noun of Lego = Lego or Legos? (Score:1)
Comment removed (Score:5)
site is 404 as of 1530 ET (Score:1)
Re:How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:1)
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so...You have a *mirror* (Score:1)
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Legos and Star wars (Score:1)
It's "Many LEGO bricks" not "Many LEGOS" (Score:2)
WTF are 'legos'? (Score:1)
We now return you to your regular scheduled
Re:Wow.... (Score:4)
Re:There is... (Score:5)
- Joe
Re:great feat! (Score:2)
How's that for important?
The faces... (Score:2)
Fantastic site (Score:2)
Re:love this (Score:2)
Give the guy a break! (Score:2)
Some guy worked hard on a project and shared his stuff on the web, what does he get? Personal attacks and a couple of borderline racist jokes about the Japaness people? (Mod up as Funny I may add)
I guess next you are going to make fun of some Fin recreating UNIX on his 386! Think about it and be ashame of yourself.
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Re:155 weeks to make (Score:3)
How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:5)
Time to put the gorilla on a leash guys.
Jason
www.cyborgworkshop.com
...and the geek shall inherit the earth...
Re:How does this compare? (Score:2)
Wow- breaks a lot of stereotypes (Score:5)
To the otaku-zoku who put this together, I stand up and salute you. Thanks for debunking the myths. Next week, a man who lovingly renders "tentacle-rapist alien attacks 14 year old schoolgirl anime" with a pointilist technique by cutting and pasting microscopic pieces of cloth from "used schoolgirl underwear" vending machine panties.
That's no mirror! (Score:5)
Re:Complete mirror (Score:2)
Here is the TOS < http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/geoterms.html>
What part did he violate ? hateful content ?
Cheers,
--fred
Re:Complete mirror (Score:2)
Yea they canned my account, oh well I made a new account at 50megs.com...
I present Slashdot Mirror [50megs.com].
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From: Aaron "PooF" Matthews
Re:Wow- breaks a lot of stereotypes (Score:5)
Re:There is... (Score:2)
Re:There is... (Score:4)
"We aaaaain't found shit!"
Whoops! Spaceballs! What was I thinking?
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"I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!"
Re:hehehe (Score:2)
and patience and all..
No, building mount rushmore in Lego is pretty pathetic too
ummmm.... (Score:2)
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Re:a disturbance in the Force (Score:5)
"He is a troll master. He can see stories before they're posted."
"Why did he post something so stupid?"
"He is Dark Troll. He can post things before he thinks about them.
That is what happens when one goes over to the Dark Side."
"I want to do that!"
"Why would you want to post such garbage?"
"I don't, I just want that k-leet flame power they get!"
"But *we* get to make cameos, and post articles!"
"Articles are laim."
"Remember, bad spelling leads to spelling flames. Spelling flames
lead to flame wars. And flame wars lead to... The Dark Side."
"YoR pEttY +Hr3+s d0 n()T sCaR3 m3!!1! I 0Wn Ju!!!1!!1!"
"If you moderate me down, I will post a response more powerful than
you can imagine!"
Re:mirror (Score:2)
Timelines (Score:2)
Complete mirror (Score:5)
I verified all the images and they all look the same. Get it here [geocities.com]. Note that I only mirror the english, not the Japanese.
Or get the whole thing zipped here [geocities.com].
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From: Aaron "PooF" Matthews
Re:How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:2)
However, not all people maintain the URL they're submitting, and not all providers are cluefull. So a careless submissions can, in a worst case scenario, cost unsuspecting or less experienced nerds their access, or some money.
Stefan.
It takes a lot of brains to enjoy satire, humor and wit-
You want sad? (Score:2)
He had a basement full of printouts lab, labelled like 1 - 1000, 1001 - 2000... the whole room was full of these boxes.
Now THATS sad.
And in the u.k. we have `trainspotters` - people who`s idea of fun is to wear really geeky clothes and stand at the end of platforms at train stations, making notes about which trains turn up, and when. Amazing.
Ascii Starwars (Score:2)
telnet to blekko.com [blekko.com] and type starwars
Episode IV : A New Hope in Ascii............
MIRROR GOING UP (Score:2)
MIRROR
http://while1.org/~xm/SWlegos/sworde.htm
Re:How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:2)
or if they spoiled the election for gore...
Re:Brings back the good 'ole days... (Score:2)
Pope
Freedom is Slavery! Ignorance is Strength! Monopolies offer Choice!
Re:K'Nex (Score:2)
Re:Oh Irony of Ironies (Score:3)
How does this compare? (Score:2)
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ [asciimation.co.nz]
Equally nuts, I'd say.
Otaku (Score:2)
Japanese fandom is frightning, but amusing.
squid project for Rob... (Score:2)
Re:sig (Score:2)
For the record, I stole that off of thinkgeek [thinkgeek.com], where it is "Blessed are the Geeks, for they shall internet the earth." Sorry for not providing a link earlier.
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mirror (Score:5)
http://www.c-60.org/starwars_legos /sw orde.htm [c-60.org]
How Come? (Score:2)
Re:Slashdot should... (Score:2)
Sorta old news (Score:2)
having said that, it's time to welcome a whole new crowd to this amazing feat. Didja notice the "behind the scenes" shots? This guy made things like real movie sets to get the shots he needed, and created a whole camera crew for the "making of" pictures! Now that's pretty damn cool
Now, as for the 2001 LEGO catalog, all I have to say is "Imperial Shuttle, plus guards"
Pope
Freedom is Slavery! Ignorance is Strength! Monopolies offer Choice!
The plural of Lego is Lego (Score:3)
TWW
Anyone wonder why this is so good? (Score:3)
Without that skill the Death Star would be just one more project by my little brother
itemology? (Score:2)
Cease and Desist (Score:2)
It has come to our attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work titled the Star Wars Triology (the "Work") in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. My client has reserved all rights in the Work, first published in 1979, and have registered copyright therein. Your work entitled Lego Star Wars is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis. Example of therein is the use of the Death Star (tm) and the explosion of said Death Star in the movie Star Wars, published 1979, and your work, published in 2000.
As you neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for Lego Star Wars nor to make or distribute copies of same, we believe you have willfully infringed our client's rights under 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $100,000 as set forth in Section 504(c)(2) therein.
My client demands that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies of same, that you deliver to me all unused, undistributed copies of same, or destroy such copies immediately and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If we have not received an affirmative response from you by December 1st, 2000 indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, we shall take further action against you.
Very truly yours,
Sam Litigand, LLC.
Litigand and Partners.
Re:It wasn't 155 weeks non stop (Score:2)
karma, of course!!
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Oh Irony of Ironies (Score:5)
Do the words Pot, Kettle and black mean anything to you guys?
Re:stupid websites (Score:2)
Re:Wow- breaks a lot of stereotypes (Score:2)
love this (Score:2)
I am amazed in how he used pre-Star Wars lego pieces/figures for this. Like the Ghosts as snow troopers, for example. And i love the giant worm in the asteroid was a shark.
The millenium falcon was nice too. Someone else made it down to the T, using little minifig antennas(often used in LEgoland construction vehicles as control sticks) in the back of it to simulate little hydraulic pumps. So, including the official Lego version, there's been 3 millenium falcons made.
I know waaay too much of this from a Lego Maniac's perspective.
Ascimation. (Score:4)
Can't reach the original site or the mirror? If you haven't seen it before, you might want to try the Ascimation [asciimation.co.nz] version.
There is... (Score:5)
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Wow.... (Score:3)
Then I saw this page.
It's comforting to know that there are people who waste their free time in even lamer ways than I do. Now I can post comments on /. and debate the finer points of distros guiltlessly, free of the fear that I'm wasting my life.
Give the man a dollar (Score:5)
I wish there was a way to tip him a few bucks. I'll send a card, but there should be a web service for this.
Cheers Andrew
30 seconds of "hey that's cool" * 1000000 = ? (Score:2)
dear GOD slashdotted! (Score:2)
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Re:There is... (Score:5)
the link leads to an invalid web-page. invalid web page leads to an Apache error. Apache errors lead to....
suffering.
FluX
After 16 years, MTV has finally completed its deevolution into the shiny things network
Life already is a complete waste of time (Score:2)
masturbate.
Re:How to kill ones Karma on /. (Score:4)
At some point Slashdot, and Im talking to you guys in charge of approving the content, needs to wake up and remember that they are in control of a lumbering internet beast.
Last time I got slashdotted, roblimo called me a few hours before to warn me of the impending doom. I doubt everyone gets a call (especially in Japan), but don't assume that they are unaware of the impact that /. has.
I pity the lego-man.
Michael
Re:Wow.... (Score:2)
This guy at least has a trashed website to show for his time/effort...
Good... (Score:5)
It's like the fat guy back in High School gym class. You may suck at gym, but the fat guy always makes you look good.
This guy is the fat guy of Star Wars fans.
Whoops (Score:5)
Slashdot should... (Score:5)
Really, even if only temporarily... get permission, mirror it, and then post it.