I’m completely operational and all my bricks are put together perfectly

It’s the great-granddaddy of rogue AIs — HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Built from a small selection of LEGO bricks by Jason Allemann, this model perfectly captures the unblinking stare of the famous fictional computer. I can’t look at this without hearing the iconic voice in my head, only this time there’s a disagreement over access to the bricks — “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t let you build that”.

And don’t miss the computer’s ID number — 0937, a number which keeps cropping up in LEGO creations for some reason. Who knows, perhaps it has some mysterious and deeper significance, like a digital version of 2001‘s monolith?

HAL 0937

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4 comments on “I’m completely operational and all my bricks are put together perfectly

  1. stratiformus

    You neglected to mention the most important bit – that this model is powered by the PFx brick, a Kickstarter that could do with an entry on your website to give it some publicity (probably too late now though).

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