When anything gets spoofed, one of the first places you go in geekdom is Star Wars. It’s, like, a rule. Which really means a Star Wars parody of those obnoxious “Windows 7 was My Idea” commercials was bound to happen. More »
Take a couple of steaks, add just a dash of Sith and pepper, and throw them on this Death Star grill for a simple feast sure to please even the most demanding of dark lords.
Blowing up a planet is no small feat, but the Death Star’s laser manages it easily. But the energy consumed is a bit much. Like a full week’s worth of the sun’s total output.
If you had $US15.6 septillion and 94 cents in your account, would you save the world from the economic crisis or build a Death Star, destroy the world, and move on to invade the galaxy?
Being a Giz front page in real life, the Gizmodo Gallery had to have Lego (and Star Wars). We are not going to have as many Lego sets as their secret vault, but we are going to feature the biggest and most entertaining one there is: the 3,800-piece Lego Death Star diorama. Of course, you can come and play with it all you want, but whoever tries to steal any of its 21 minifigs is dead. But don’t worry. If you have the urge to run away with Lego bricks you won’t need to steal anything: We are going to give them away.
AU: Obviously the Gizmodo Gallery is a US-based event, but I can’t help but share – somw of you might veen be prepared to make the trip to NYC for it. I know I wish I could… It’s looking bigger and better every day!
We’ve seen the immense Lego Star Wars Death Star diorama big reveal, the Brickworld 2008 coverage, and the massive minifig-packed set being built in beautiful time-lapse video—and now it’s available for order! Just a quick recap: that’s 3,803 pieces, 24 minifigs, US$400. Get saving or get ordering. Your inner Grand Moff Tarkin commands you! [Lego via Brothers Brick]
newVideoPlayer("/legods_gizmodo.flv", 520, 312,""); Here’s a bunch of crazy Lego heads building the Lego Death Star diorama, probably the best Lego set available this side of the Millennium Falcon with 3,803 pieces, and 21 mini-figs–a stunning number for any Lego set–but definitely the most fun to play with, with 14 scenarios from the original movie.
Our friend Nannan Zhang from Brothers Brick is now in Chicago attending Brickworld, the annual convention for all things Lego. He was able to snap this cool video on the new US$400 Death Star diorama, showing how things move, including the working trash compactor. I still think they should make one to the scale of the Millennium Falcon, but I guess that could probably alter Earth’s orbit. As an alternative, they should release a Lego stormtrooper mini-cloning facility. [Brothers Brick]
