I find the voices of pre-pubescent and pubescent geeks to be grating and it fills me with an urge to shake them like a British Nanny. Is that wrong?

The one guy who complained about the moving super laser dish reminds me of Purple Dave for some reason.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

'Little bit at a time Jesus, feed us the Lego stories slowly.
It's gotta end eventually, but I'd like to postpone that if possible. ;)

I can't argue with the kid in the background wanting three of 'em, but I'd settle for two.

One to display, and one of course for the parts, except for the ships and the minifigs. Those would be kept whole.

strider_mt2k

Thanks for the vid jesus, the pics form the other day did not do it justice.

so freaking cool!! defiantly worth the $400 bucks.

B1663R

Another Lego vid? I'm sensing a pattern here Jesus.

How many pieces did you knock off this one?

Metkis

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: "Why does the laser turret elevate?"

Canadian Impostor

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: Or you could just let the kid have some fun, and remember that most of us were easily that dorky at his age.

permissionmag

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes:

I quit the video about halfway through because of that annoying kid. I actually screamed "Shut the FUCK UP!" at my monitor before stopping the vid.

The set is cool, but I'm not sure if it's $400 cool.

xenti

This LEGO kit is crap :-/

Seriously, a diorama set in the form of a naked deathstar? Atleast add in some plating that you could put on to make it atleast look like a deathstar. This thing is fugly in its current state.

hezz05

@xenti: Yeah, did the same thing. Man that kid was getting on my nerves.

11hawkinst

Wow. Those kids are fucking nerds. "Where is the thermo exhaust core?" ITS FUCKING LEGOS!

mmr

Well, I watched the video hoping to catch whatever spark of enthusiasm everyone else around here has for LEGO products, and I got nothing. Whatever gene all of you possess that was supposed to disappear when you reached maturity, I can only assume I never had.

That said, my son would absolutely love this.

Monty

Good God can't wait to play with this thing! I hope it doesn't get ruined if I drool on it too much!

@strider_mt2k:

Strider, he is, there is so much more to come!

@hezz05:

I am going to resist the urge to tell you that you are an idiot, but Jesus's story published a day or so ago almost all day was on the top of the list of Diggs *main* front page and its now up to over 3,800, Diggs.

[digg.com]

LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: yeah, i'm with you. in fact, that's the reason that i no longer play Halo 3 on Live... it's just not worth it. Sadly, CoD 4 is slowly being invaded as well.

ezman

Jesus . . . . . that kid is annoying!! Who is he talking to anyways? I can hear them laughing at the kid and murmuring about him. If they would have made it half covered to show the exterior lasers and half open to show the inside goodness then it would look better.

--Tito--

@permissionmag: I did not say he could not have fun. Just not talk and say how he's going to the store and get 5 of them "people sets", how the real dish DOES elevate, and then how he's going to get sixty-hundred of them. It's mostly the pitch of his voice that grates me. Now if Lindsay had been saying the same thing in her(and I am guessing here) throaty, 3am in a smokey bar voice, then I could stand it, and probably want more.

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: They're LEGO's, they are impervious to drool. If they weren't, how many sets and pieces would have been ruined when people took them apart with their teeth? I can still remember fondly the stinging pain the corner of the bricks caused when they slipped from my teeth and hit my gums. Wow, in thinking about it, I had an S&M relationship with my LEGO's. Maybe you could do a time lapse of you assembling it?

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

Brickworld (which sorta replaced the short-lived Chicago House of Bricks) is _an_ annual convention. Way back when there was Brickfest in the D.C. area, but it's gone into indefinite hiatus (someone else is starting up Brickfair to replace it). There was Brickswest at LEGOLAND, CA, but the guy who ran that disappeared with all the gate proceeds after the last one of those (and is in mortal danger of being beaten to death with a sack of Megabloks if he ever shows his face at another brick event). The current longest-running US-based event is BrickCon (formerly NWBrickCon) held in the Pacific Northwest. There's also a really small 1-day event held in Ann Arbor, MI called Brick Bash. There's also some interest in getting small annual events going in Texas and Florida, but I don't know what's happening with those.

Outside of the US there's 1000steine-Land in Germany, LEGO World in The Netherlands, and some sort of ad-hoc event held in Australia (but as far as I can tell they can't seem to settle on a single name for it, nor do they appear to hold it every year). I know there is also at least one event held in Asia (I believe in Japan), but very few Asian AFOLs interact with the western AFOL community, so I have no idea what it's called, or where/when it takes place.

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes:
Smokey bar voice? I'd hope not. Tobacco tar stains LEGO bricks yellow and makes them smell nasty. There are people who won't place orders on Bricklink unless they see a disclaimer that they come from a non-smoking household. And they may be impervious to drool, but not teeth. Just ask anyone who owns a large dog.

Purple Dave

I would have been all over this if i was 10, but now i have more important stuff to nag for, like a new TV.

npa191

@Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes: Uh. You know you guys have basically turned Gizmodo comment threads into Something Awful, right? Where a girl starts to talk, and instantly all talk becomes about that girl? It was cute about 18 threads ago, now it's getting a little icky.

Pope John Peeps II

@Purple Dave: I was describing a voice, not an actual situation. It also doesn't imply someone smokes. In fact, it is the exact opposite. It is the lowness/semi-harsh quality a voice can take on after being exposed to something it is not acclimated to, i.e. smoke. Depending on the person, it can add a sultry "growl" and timber to their voice which some men find "hawt", much like many men, some women, and a few figs, feel about LindsayJoy.

Git Em SteveDave has a crush on the Swedes

just imagine, being there, and hitting that thing with a baseball bat, in front of all those ppl

just close your eyes and imagine

if you find yourself smiling, contact me

:)))))

Crescent

@Pope John Peeps II: THANK YOU!!

CODIFEROUS

God. I hated that kid. Thinks he's *so* trenchant.

Psychologically... I might hate myself.

Mommy!

scarbrtj

High-res photos are indeed great, but nothing beats a video for showing movement (and, uh, the excitement of the crowd).

A minor correction: Andrew Becraft (that's me!) is sitting here in Seattle pining for BrickCon in October. :-( Our BrickWorld coverage is by intrepid Brothers Brick contributor Nannan Zhang.

Dunechaser

@Karinabob:
And I agree, too. AGREE THAT YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL. Haven't I met you here before?

scarbrtj

@Pope John Peeps II: Agreed sir.

Karinabob

Forget elevating laser turrets... Where the fuck is Jeff Vadar?!

tehdahl

Thank you. I've been trying to think of a way to say that for a while.

Are you the one who's from Canada as well? If so, that makes you even more of an idol to me.

The Sword Master

@scarbrtj: Okay, I know that thats totally like, making it ridiculous, but I did laugh. Thanks dude.

@tehdahl: Okay that like, KILLED me, I love that bit from his show!

Karinabob

I could never understand how lego designed those things, I cant even imagine the amount of effort required to design that thing.

HawkSkater0

But where's the Canteen?

You'll have to use a tray.

aak7268

@aak7268: You stole what I was going to say.

ilikepie383

@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M:

Oh okay, now I totally love it!!

...

hezz05

@Karinabob:
hahaha, why thank you!
*subconscious* foolllllllow meeeee...

cake or death?

tehdahl

@Pope John Peeps II: I'm in 100% agreement.

Dirk

lame I want to see 1:1 scale one.... they could build it around the moon

entropyman

Hey man, don't touch it THERE.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Someone please kill that kid talking in the background.

ackthbbft

Di@jesusdiaz: Didn't someone make a Millenium Falcon sized deathstar? I seem to remember it rolling down the streets of San Francisco....

PigVenus