The Coolest
After the misery of the previous post (so sorry folks) it’s time for something a bit more lightweight and frivolous to restore the balance.
Some of you may know of my
But.
Isn’t this just the coolest model ever?
Details here: Lego Death Star.
Admit it, even if you’re not a Star Wars fan this is super cool. If you’re a kid (or as they are sometimes called, a grown man) this has to be the ultimate super must-have.
It’s got everything: the garbage compactor scene, Luke’s showdown with the emperor, Obi Wan turning off the power generators... and more.
Plastic doesn’t come anymore beautiful than this.
I’m composing a letter this very afternoon.
Dear Santa...
posted by Steve @ Tuesday, September 02, 2008
30 comments
30 Comments:
my son is 23 and has loved lego since he could first play with it..we have trunkfuls of the stuff and must have spent a fortune over the years....I hope he has a son and we can pass it on!
Definitely. A fine inheritance indeed!
I can remember playing with my brother and his metal Meccano set, it was so cool except hard to make girly stuff with as I recall. We have got our daughters the girl version of Lego, and they love it. Damn stuff is hard to pack up tho', there is always a piece found weeks later in some obscure part of the couch usually reserved for toast crumbs!
It’s got everything: the garbage compactor scene, Luke’s showdown with the emperor, Obi Wan turning off the power generators... and more.
i. want.
(for the star wars fetish within, not the plastic lol) X
I know what you mean Amanda. As a consequence of long familiarity with the stuff Karen says I have developed "Lego eyes". I can spot a stray brick from 200 yards away and recover the tiniest piece from the most unreachable of places. Even from the cracks down the side of the sofa.
A good distinction to make, Kate. Though for me the combination of Lego and Star Wars just makes the whole thing an absolute dream.
It's fantastic! The best thing about having children was having a legitimate reason to spend time in toy shops - not that one should need an excuse. My favourite bit of lego kit was the transparent bricks with tiny bulbs in. They cost about two weeks pocket money.
I've given up making excuses. I'm quite happy to express my enthusiasm for Lego to all and sundry and Christmas isn't Christmas for me unless I have a Lego set or two in amongst my pressies. I remember the light bricks well - I believe their modern equivalent is still doing the rounds in Legoland.
Much as it pains me to admit it, it's cool.
I have my shed featured on readerssheds.co.uk, so I can hardly take the piss out of someone who likes Lego.
Sheds are a man-thing, Inchy. I can totally empathise.
You must live in BOY-TOY heaven with three males in the house.
Even though I have all girls,funnily enough they all loved toy cars.
Now that Lego Death Star looks amazing.
It's weird but even Karen prefers boys-toys. Er... nothing rude intended...!
Yup it sure is fine. We still have a huge box full of lego bricks plus most if not all the instruction leaflets. So given time we have the capability to make a pretty good castle and a space ship and lots of vehicles.
Ivor, that sounds like a weekend of sheer bliss to me! :-)
"Look at the size of that thing !"
"That's no moon...it's a space station !" :)
"Don't get cocky kid! This ain't like dusting crops!"
"Get this walking carpet out of my way!"
"Nerfherder?!"
This could go on all night.
"A shot in a million, kid!"
You're quite right Inchy. And it probably will.
Yeah but have you noticed how nobody quotes from the prequels ! :)
"You will learn your place, my young padwan..."
Hmm. You're right, Andrew. It's just not the same.
Don't even get me started about the God damn midiclorians!
"At last we shall have our revenge upon the Jedi..." Oh God. Someone stop me please!
Quick, give it to the Swiss to destract them from creating a black hole next Wednesday!
Yes, I heard about that on Mock The Week funnily enough. The really worrying thing is even if nothing happens on Wednesday they aren't going to spend billions of dollars (or whatever their currency is) on this super-gadget and then only use it once. They'll use it again and again. I'm not sure I can live with the stress of imminent death by black hole for the next 10 years...
I watched the tv show last night all about the LHC (Large Hadron Colider) and the bit that worried me was when they explained that rather than do any 'low energy' collisions to test the thing, the first time it'll be switched on will be when for the big one, when protons travelling the 17 mile ring 11,000 times a second, cooled to -271.25 centigrade, will smash into each other, releasing . . . well, we're not entirely sure what will be released. I hope it's televised.
Inchy, I totally misread that as Large Hard-on Collider. Combined with the possibility of black holes it created a very nasty image in my head...
But seriously, I think the whole premise is rather scary and unsettling... if these people aren't really sure what is going to happen should they really be doing it? Personally I won't miss Switzerland if it gets sucked into a tiny black hole but it's everything that's attached to Switzerland and everything that's attached to that (i.e. us) that worries me...!
Steve, you trouble me sometimes.
Inchy, it's nice to know you care.
You have to admit though, a "large hard-on collider" is a very funny concept.
What kind of conversation have I strayed into?
Loving the Lego Death Star. I remember when Lego launched its first "space" range back in the ... late 70s? Me and my mates all ran down our local toy shop to snap up the new stuff. Radar trucks etc ... Space age toys rule!!
I hope Santa comes to fill your sack, Steve. And perhaps he'll give you a Death Star too...
Hope you hung onto them OC - I'm the proud owner of some of those sets - all lovingly restored - and they're now worth a surprising amount of money!
As for Santa... I'm just worried he won't be able to fit down my chimney...
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