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It’s a….robot. Congratulations!

  • Caylin
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  • Sep 6, 2010
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  • LEGO,
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  • 7 Comments

    • I really, really want to make a joke about where robots come from, but I just can’t do it. This robot-tyke is far too cute for something like that. Titolian, it’s adorable.

    Caylin posted this entry on Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 4:33 pm. Posted in the category LEGO You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    7 Responses to “It’s a….robot. Congratulations!”

    1. Herman Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 2:29 am

      He cut up Lego for this, that’s kind of lame.

      If you can’t build it with existing bricks, think of another way to solve it.

      I can’t approve any model that contains cut-up pieces unless it was used for lighting.

    2. Catsy Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 12:15 pm

      He cut up Lego for this, that’s kind of lame.

      If you can’t build it with existing bricks, think of another way to solve it.

      I can’t approve any model that contains cut-up pieces unless it was used for lighting.

      That’s your prerogative. Personally I think it’s clever and looks nice. My only criticism would be a suggestion to sand the edges of the teal parts a little more smoothly.

      Hooray for brickmodding.

    3. Catsy Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

      And while I’m thinking about it: I obviously don’t have anything against modding Lego, but this mod in particular is arguably purist: it’s two segments of 7mm ribbed hose, the cutting of which is actually /required/ in at least one Lego set.

    4. mania3 Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 5:10 pm

      Every single model at LEGOLAND parks ever contains butchered, drilled, sawed, twisted, mangled, glued, speared, skewered or otherwise destroyed LEGO pieces. Doesn’t stop many people marveling at their ingenuity.

    5. Andrew Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 5:32 pm

      ^ Indeed. More importantly for this particular type of part mod (as Catsy correctly points out), it’s “supported” by instructions for official LEGO models.

    6. Herman Says:
      September 7th, 2010 at 11:36 pm

      You’re right (all of you). I actually didn’t see it was ribbed hose, just the cutting, should have looked better. It is supported by instructions so I guess that would make it ok.

      Legoland park models are different, they are mostly scuptures and meant to be in rough weather. For some reason I expect the rest of the world to keep it ‘pure’. Nathan Sawaya also cuts pieces, but mainly because it’s easier chopping off parts with a chisel than tearing a model apart brick by brick.

    7. Catsy Says:
      September 8th, 2010 at 1:29 pm

      For some reason I expect the rest of the world to keep it ‘pure’.

      Fair warning: don’t ever peek in my photostream. ;)