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
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.
@-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.
@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
@-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
@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
@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
@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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Hope he got the power up. At LEAST fireballs. #mario
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Sylar wanted to figure out how to teleport by jumping into an open sewer pipe. #mario
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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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Bravo, lego nerd, bravo. #mario
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It's still tremendous though. #mario
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I'll build peach, and you can build toad. :P #mario
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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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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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Show off (T~T) #mario
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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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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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