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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    11/05/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    THE MAN WHO ATE MARIO'S BRAINS!

    Hope he got the power up. At LEAST fireballs. #mario
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Oh god. It's hollow. If I had the patience to do that, I would build him up, put that last brick on his hat take a picture... then put on a boxing glove and punch the side of his head as hard as I could. and I LIKE Mario! #mario
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    Image of Izod517 Izod517
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    ...with some fava beans and a nice chianti. #mario
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    Image of JayEdGahoover JayEdGahoover
    11/05/09

    @Izod517: i lol'd hard :D #mario
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Hey, where's Mario's LEGO®™'s Brain? #mario
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/05/09

    @(Starman) Alpha:
    Sylar wanted to figure out how to teleport by jumping into an open sewer pipe. #mario
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    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Lego Mario.

    That could be an awesome game. I picture something vaguely Paper Mario with large dollops of lego-assembly action!

    Intelligent Systems, Traveller's Tales... have your people call each others people.

    p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. commands you!

    Just don't make it for the Wii.
    I know that it has a large user base, but it just couldn't do justice to...
    the lego-man pants?.... Yeah!

    Those would need a vastly higher poly count. #mario
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    Image of Eltigro Eltigro
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    I say leave it like it is in the picture, and fill it with something to make it useful... you know, like candy, or soup, or kittens... #mario
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    11/04/09

    @Eltigro: or Marios made out of Lego #mario
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    Image of p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e. p.e.r.e.g.r.i.n.e.
    11/04/09

    @lolgreg: *slow clap* #mario
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    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Now, I have a lot of time on my hands, but this guy, this guy must be made of time. No way could I see myself ever having the dedication for such a task.

    Bravo, lego nerd, bravo. #mario
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    Image of Polite Society Polite Society
    11/04/09

    @-MasterDex-: I don't think it would take *that* long. From the looks of the construction, he would have used something to convert a 3d mario into bricks which might have taken the longest amount of time, depending on the resources at hand. Then ordering the number of bricks as calculated, and then just following the plan, either off his pc screen, or from printouts. Then it's probably a little over a weekend of work.

    It's still tremendous though. #mario
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    11/04/09

    @Polite Society: If that was a weekend of work, it'd certainly be a solid weekend's worth, I'd wager at least 50 hours went into just the construction. #mario
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    Image of Hamster Poop Hamster Poop
    11/04/09

    @-MasterDex-: Isn't he the professional builder who does this for a living? If he is, then it's not free time; it's his job. And a pretty awesome one at that. #mario
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    Image of Polite Society Polite Society
    11/05/09

    @-MasterDex-: The only way we can solve this is with science! Or possibly a build-off. :D
    I'll build peach, and you can build toad. :P #mario
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/05/09

    @Polite Society:
    Having both helped to build a sculpure of similar size (the Tony the Tiger statue that used to be on display at Kellogg's Cereal City until they closed, and which is now reportedly hidden somewhere in the non-public depths of the Kellogg's company headquarters), and having talked to at least three people who actually do this sort of thing for a living, I can tell you that it is and is not as simple as you make it sound. Yes, there is software out there that will spit out some sort of 3D construction plans that will help you in the building process. I don't think it gives you specific pieces, but it might (Bram's Sphere Generator will...but it only generates studs-out spheres).

    As for the construction, well, that's a different story. 40k pieces is a _LOT_ of pressing down little plastic bricks, and not only does that take a lot of time, but your fingers would probably start bleeding if you tried to do that all in one sitting. The studded tops on LEGO bricks really start to hurt after you've pushed down on enough pieces. I could see this taking a week, but not a weekend. And if he glued it together, as many professional LEGO sculptors do, it takes quite a bit longer because you have to put some glue on every single brick. And do it delicately enough that it won't dribble down the outside and melt the exposed surfaces of the bricks. #mario
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/05/09

    @Hamster Poop:
    He's not _the_ professional builder (there might be at least 100 actual LEGO Master Model Builders employed by all the LEGOLAND parks and The LEGO Company itself, plus there are currently nine LEGO Certified Professionals, none of which seem to be this guy). Nathan Sawaya is the one who people have most likely heard of, and this isn't him. And since all the proceeds or profit (not sure which) were donated to charity, job doesn't really factor into this, plus $5k for what was reportedly two weeks work and 40k bricks is chump change to an LCP. I don't know about any of the other eight, but Sawaya earns more building sculptures than he did as a lawyer, and he was pulling in a six-figure salary back then. #mario
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    Image of TexasJack TexasJack
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    I always knew that Mario's head was empty. =P #mario
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Don't give Lucas Arts any Ideas now... #mario
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    lily's ability to make stick figures with LEGO drop by 9 points

    Show off (T~T) #mario
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    Image of TexasJack TexasJack
    11/04/09

    @Curse lily: Aww don't be sad, I can only make what I have instructions for. Can't even make stick figures. But I have been playing with Legos for like 15-16 years now. #mario
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    fucking AWESOME!
    and for charity too? aww, that warms the the cockles of me heart!

    We all know from Super Mario Land 2 though that the inside of Mario's brain is actually full of cogs and shit #mario
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    Image of theGreatZamboni theGreatZamboni
    11/04/09

    @excel_excel: Super Mario Land 2, It taught us allot. But none more important than To reach for the stars you must fly away in Hippo Snot. #mario
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/04/09

    @theGreatZamboni: EXACTLY. #mario
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Thats much better than the giant Duplo Mario. #mario
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    Image of TrjnRabbit TrjnRabbit
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Next week on Heroes. . . #mario
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks

    Hmmm...the scene, the look on his face, Mario, all seems oddly reminiscent of something...hmmm

    What's up Mario? #mario
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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    11/04/09

    In reply to Mario Made From 40,000 LEGO Bricks
    Proof that all plumbers are brainless. #mario
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