Comments on: LEGO battleship Yamato, largest LEGO ship ever, completed after 6 years

By: Thanel

Thanel — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:13:12 +0000

Sugoi!!!! Did anyone mention EPIC?

By: alexgover

alexgover — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:52:20 +0000

I first me Junpei in a restaurant in Tokyo a couple of months ago. He said he was into lego, and I said jokingly “ok whats the biggest thing you’ve ever built?”. He looked at me and said “well I’m currently working on a boat”. I asked him how big it was and when he showed me the photo I nearly fell off my seat. Omedeto Junpei!

By: gambort

gambort — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:31:18 +0000

I think the sculpting is excellent. It has struck me before how few people can really capture curves well and to do it on such a large scale with such detail is very impressive.

By: carterbaldwin

carterbaldwin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:11:03 +0000

While I agree with those who’ve mentioned not being particularly impressed with simply sculpting massive quantities of brick, in this instance the quality of the sculpting is impressive on it’s own. The amount of detail and the tenacity to see it through is really staggering, and I too have enjoyed the status updates as various guns and bits of superstructure are completed.

Also, the fact that this was done by an individual for their own satisfaction, with their own resources, makes this far more impressive to me than any of Kenney or any other professional builders work.

By: KryptonHeidt

KryptonHeidt — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:16:01 +0000

Very epic.

Woah.

By: Shmails

Shmails — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:35:46 +0000

Can I ask a logistical question, what do you do with something this big? Is it going to be in a museum, a LEGO store, or just in this guys school gym? It took six years to build, so I assume there is no plan to disassemble the model.

As for the model, it is extremely impressive, although I agree it is more about commitment to a MOC rather than revolutionary building technique. It needs a little context, so it would be great to put some smaller boats or a dock along side it, although I can’t imagine he has extra bricks.

By: The Mad Physicist

The Mad Physicist — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:14:53 +0000

I’m almost going to miss checking into the brickshelf folder to see how far the project has come along. Six years! This is an amazing piece of work. I don’t agree that this doesn’t go very far as far as building techniques are concerned. Yes, most of of it is sculpted, but some of these shapes are amazing and just take a closer look at the planes on the stern and all the detail on the superstructure. Epic indeed.

By: Mark Kelso

Mark Kelso — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:36:32 +0000

While I actually agree with what Herman says above me here about the issue of simple brick building methods, I’m still impressed beyond words with his tenacity to see this project through to its completion. Funding for such a project couldn’t have been easy either (and that’s something I’d be interested to hear of in an interview). Even if it weren’t an absolute monstrosity, it would still be a well executed MOC. But the scale makes it utterly amazing. It’s been a joy to watch the progress, and my most sincere congratulations to Jumpei on his completion of the MOC!

By: Chandler Parker

Chandler Parker — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:39:48 +0000

Epic! ;-)

By: Herman

Herman — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:42:22 +0000

Impressive, although I have to say building something on such a large scale doesn’t interest me much.

As far as creatively building details with the bricks at your disposal, this one doesn’t go very far. Everything seems so big it can be build with basic bricks, which would definately take the fun out if it for me.