@Git Em SteveDave: I was going to say the same, but then realized that the fact that he evaded Imperial Forces long enough to get this footage is enough for me! Great work! Alert the Rebel Press!

92BuickLeSabre

I love this stuff. It's like watching "How it's Made" on Discovery, heh.

maven2k

Now that was just awesome.

djTA630

All this time I thought those little buggers were built on the Death Star. This totally changes everything.

bms

I like how that one helmet was looking at ya...great score too! :)

SigmundTheSeaMonster

I didn't see anyone from Kamino in the video.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

I was about to say it needs a John Williams score, but then it slowly came up. A reminder to all to WTFV.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

All hail our rubber-stamping robotic overlords!

CapitalC

i dunno if its just me but i love the shows that tell you how things are made.. now this is just awesome. i would love to see some more how legos are made videos.

graphx

I'm a little surprised not to see LindsayJoy in there with a HUGE shopping bag, grabbing the little buggers right off the line...

ps61318

that's freakin cool! love the music too

themediaguy

Holy crap! They look so vulnerable when they're still on the assembly line. Do the Jedi know about this?!?

frigg

I just cried a little bit.

Seiko

Oh yeah, this is cool.
You wonder about stuff like this. It's great to see inside the Lego machine.

Thanks, Jesus!

strider_mt2k

Awesome!

Rain-man

no creepy voice in the background explaining what's going on?

dontforget

Wow, i always looking at videos of production lines like these. Very cool! I toured the Freixenet facility outside of Barcelona a few years back and was amazed at the automation of production with their products.

archetype94306

Hmmm...the Empire Outsources there production.....so I guess the reason the rebels are pissed is because they got laid off from the cloning facilities.....makes sense...... :)

superbryant

Ya know, if the article didn't mention anything about legos I would totally think this was a scene from an upcoming Star Wars movie. A scene showing the evil factory where the Storm Trooper's suits are constructed!

jlmatthe

Is it just me or is the video not displaying?

MonkeyLeader

i'd buy that for a dollar

themediaguy

they should make a lindsayJoy lego...tha'd be hot

themediaguy

They should make stormtrooper cereal. The little heads would taste like Captain Crunch.

kalashnikov

It's like those Stormtrooper helmets are practising kissing with a pillow.

mangochutney

That shot with the little lego helmets rolling towards you is so great. I want an infinite gif of it.

scaught

That is freaking awesome.

theCornerinvasion

"Red Leader this is Red 5, setting jump coordinates for Denmark"
"Roger Red 5, We are with you"
"Red 5 this is Gold LEader, please send coordinates once calculated"
"Roger Gold Leader, coordinates on their way. Good job R2"
"Bleep-beep-zap-OOOOO"
"On my mark 3....2....1... Mark"

"This is Red 5, Lego Cloning Facility in my sites, let's take them out!"
"Roger that Red 5, Gold 3 is on your wing, Death to the Stormtroopers!"

dicknervous

i nominate Gizmodo for a Peabody.

tucker

DWD: XP + FF3 does = video works fine over here.

92BuickLeSabre

@themediaguy: Some pay a lot of money for just that activity.

But actually, I have a necessary program at work that requires IE, so half the time I don't bother to open up FF.

DWD

...and by "works fine" I mean I spoke too soon, video splash screen loads (unlike in IE), but not playing even after reload. I guess it's back to work.

DWD

Didn't you get the memo? IE sucks ASS

themediaguy

XP + FF3 = video works fine (same machine)

DWD

XP + IE7 = no video here

DWD

Wow, that machine actually has a "Sneeze-Guard" that's funny to me.

FDA: "Storm Troopers can has safe cloning environment?"

Paintbait

@gizmodohomepage: Video is working with me. Try to load again. What are you using? Vista and IE 7? I have another reader with those saying the same.

jesusdiaz

Videos like this is why the Internet was created. Kudos.

scoobydoo

video is gone, only a red x in place of where i could've wasted 30 seconds of my time.

gizmodohomepage

Do you suppose the machine is build out of LEG... forget it. *goes back to dream world*

WildWon

@sroth: Could you design a machine that makes Legos, which is made out of Legos?

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

This is amazing! I grew up with Lego, now I design automated factory machinery, *exactly* like what's on the video. Vibrating bowls, pick & place, turntables, stamps, conveyors, the works. But my eyes have been opened! My job could involve *Lego*! I could request boxes and boxes of sample parts, for "testing" purposes. I gotta get the contact details of the factory purchasing manager...

sroth

THIS is why legos are so expensive. Why not just hire a bunch of 12 year olds to paint on the black parts? Nah, we'll make a manufacturing system to do it.

James

XP and IE = no video for me :(

PocketLint

So, Denmark = Kamino?

frndlybnny

@92BuickLeSabre: ...and after another reload and above commenting...it works in XP + FF3. (I hate computers.)

DWD

Epic!

By the way: I've been there, too :P

Th3Chos3n0n3

Ok, this is too cool, love the music, it looks like they are banged so hard when they are hit with the paint stamp, its quite fitting! Can't wait to see a tons of other articles with video that I'm sure Jesus is writing soon, still in shock from LEGO overload!

@ps61318:
You are right, but I'd take the bag away, and let a huge pile form and make a "LEGO" snow angel. Even with my 1000+ minifigs its still not enough to make a proper LEGO snow angel and I have to worry about them falling apart. Now these Storm Trooper heads would be perfect to do that in, because the are mostly white, oh now I'm so excited at the thought!

@themediaguy:
Yes, they should. But its hard, cause I'm blonde, and to my knowledge they've only produced one blonde minifig ever in the SW Rogue Shadow of Juno Eclipse and her hair was up in a pony tail, and I like the new sexy hair-style that Agent Trace (the girl) has in the new Agents sets, but they'd have to do it blonde just for me! But I would be eternally grateful!

@FredicvsMaximvs:

If you did that I'd being all of you back a minifig. And tons of video!

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

that's fantastic.

Pope John Peeps II

Legos aren't made in CHINA? Something NOT made in China?

CutePuppyz

@maven2k: the narrator voice would finish it off but besides that it looks indeed like "How it's Made" on Discovery

i wouldn't be surprised if there was a real episode about it

TBM-Fan

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: It could be the first real von Neumann machine!

Human Bomb

@ps61318: Maybe we could take up a collection to send her there! She'd have to bring us each back a minifig, though. ;)

FredicvsMaximvs

So what is it Clones of Clones of Clones of Clones? If it is then indeed its just like the real stormtroopers. I'm guessing that the lego stormies can't hit anything either because someone peed in their gene pool.

Falleen9

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Sweet! I'm up for that - especially if it includes video of you making the Lego snow angel! ;)

FredicvsMaximvs

Ok, IE blows, Firefox worked for the video. That looks awesome. So did they give you a little head while you were there???

gizmodohomepage

@Purple Dave:

You know, if you would just be nicer about things I might actually like you.

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

Yes, I am a 42 year old man who plays with Legos, there I said it.

Anyways, if you notice all of the helmeted star wars figures have faces under the helmets but not stormtroopers, they are faceless minions of the empire, no faces for them!

DorkSider

This needs Mr. Rodgers narration.

UniComp

@James:
I'm willing to bet ya that they save a hell of a lot more money using automation than dealing with the administration of a bunch of 12 year-olds (WTF?)

Not to mention the consistency of results they're getting through aligned machines versus human hands.

Excellent post, Giz!

Drizzten

Tried firefox. video finally worked.

Jesus, you have a gift. Is this your own or a corporate/PR piece?

Totally cool.

It would be hysterical if a little "Ouch!" noise accompanied the stamping operation.

ps61318

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M:
One blonde minifig? Hardly. There's classic male hair, classic female hair, ponytail hair, pompadour hair, Dumbledore hair, and Harry Potter hair, all in tan. Granted, it skews heavily towards males (then again, so does the minifig population of the world), and Trace's hair is still, regrettably, a one-color part (in black it'd be perfect for Talia al Ghul), but there are certainly options besides the ponytail, and more affordable ways to get that one should you choose it.

Additionally, Brickforge has tan Hero Hair in stock.

Purple Dave

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: And none of them will be from me. I can paint houses, toenails, and birdhouses, but nothing else as I've been cursed with MacGyver Syndrome. My works of art all include pieces of duct tape, wire, and were assembled using improvised tools such as mufflers, bones, and other assorted things. But I have no doubt the talented folks amongst your following could accomplish such a Lego piece in short time.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Would you accept a existing hair block painted to match your particular shade of Blonde? Keep in mind if you say yes, within 4 days, there will be a lot of envelopes arriving in care of the Giz Offices with instructions to forward to you.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

@Lindsay: Maybe you should sue them for a gillion dollars

themediaguy

@VENAT0R: *pretty SURE

damn. ruined the moment...

VENAT0R

@FredicvsMaximvs: "So did they give you a little head while you were there??"

im pretty youd get in trouble for doing things like that in the middle of a working factory...

VENAT0R

For some reason, I can't see the video! Anybody know what a square with a black dot in the middle means?

Mr.Wilson

@ps61318: Corporate PR? What do you mean? I've been two days in Denmark shooting everything I could came across.

jesusdiaz

I could never get enough stormtroopers.

npa191

Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

RoboSheep

@ps61318: One of the sound effects from Fancy Pants Adventures comes to mind.

Brian Sexton

It looks like those machines do a pretty good job. It was neat seeing the paint quickly and accurately applied.

Brian Sexton

@DWD: "I have a necessary program at work that requires IE, so half the time I don't bother to open up FF."

Not to sully the sacredness of that great video by turning this into a FF forum, but you should try IE Tab for FF. You'll never need IE again! Joy to the World...

atomx

@jesusdiaz: That was meant as a compliment - this stuff is so well done that it could serve as promotional stuff for the Lego company. If you ever get tired of blogging life, you will be able to get work as a video producer, no problem.

Mad props.

ps61318

God! I so wanted to get one of the blanks when I was there...

PdxPhoenix

No China factory employees were used in the making of this video. Now I can see the details of Lego's ridiculous accuracy in manufacturing, no human hands in the process. Can you imaging the hand-painted versions?

aboriginal

That is totally fascinating! Robots are so mesmerising to watch when they create things.

nogg3r5