Monolith-esque Lego computer makes us want to pick up a Brick Separator and build a civilization
By Paul Miller 
posted August 8th 2008 10:05AM
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Holy crap... Way to much time on his hands..Its cool never the less..
But does it Play LegoCrysis ?
Wow, I think thats the first crysis joke i've ever laughed at. props man.
Is that a pre-made kit? Can't tell if he's taking status shots and displaying on the laptop or following instructions on the laptop(pre-made kit)
I would imagine that he planned it out first in some lego software to make sure he had enough pieces and what-not.
RTFA: He used a lego-cad program to design it and ordered exactly the bricks he needed. Baller.
I don't see a drive tray.
Probably because there isn't one. Ever hear about these external drive things? Amazing times we live in.
External CD Drives FTL. I don't think it's out of the question to have an optical drive in here. He could have easily done a slot-loading drive in this case.
Building a drive cage would have been nearly impossible, since he'd need Lego pieces with raised circles on adjacent sides.
It was a conscious decision not to include an optical drive. There was literally no space left, even for a slim drive. Also, since I use it over a network with Microsoft's RDC, there was no need for one. I use Daemon Tools for any disc needs.
You blind or something. Oh wait, yea, u are.
Those lego block USB thumb drives would be a nice addition
Those USB lego block thumbs drives would be right at home.
Awesome
Damn comments system.
This dude deserves serious bonus points for building this all in a yoga pose.
Yes, but he needs to wash his socks...
:)
They are Joe Boxer socks, the foot part is gray! http://i8.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/c2/cc/3a11_2.JPG
I would guess the hottest it gets would be around 100F or so...behind the motherboard PCB in the area of the CPU or Chipset. Well within Lego specifications :-)
Ha ha ha that was a really good stereotypical joke! [/sarcasm]
hey.... i'm gonna get out my mindstrom and penumatic lego kit out!!...
maybe i can program it to automatically turn on the lego fan cum plastic propeller and open up the lego hood up by itself when the thing gets too hot :)))
sadly.. my summer break is nearly up.
better try next time
wow what a showoff. look how he intentionally made the case as a mini tower to show off to his friends. i may be impressed if it were a full tower with some sort of design on the side. i mean if you're willing to spend money on custom manufacturing the case, do it with some style or just buy a well ventilated case like the rest of us.
And yet you're inside somewhere on a computer telling other people to get out more. Hypocritical?
that's the only LEGO case i've ever seen that i actually like.
So, this thing could like, disintegrate if you dropped it.
Probably, but wouldn't you be just as worried about the case's contents following suit anyway?
Yes, probably.
Because dropping a computer in any other case is nothing to worry about.
Well, your comptuer would proably workafter a 3 foot fall. This one would be gone.
@Shunnabunich:
I once dropped a computer down a flight of stairs and it wasn't damaged at all. I had just picked it from the store, but made the mistake of using the carry handle on the box. Just as I was near the top of the stairs at work, the handle broke off, and it bounced all the way to the bottom... Thank god the styrofoam packaging saved it.
Did I need another reason to love Legos? Aw man that's a thing of beauty!
I'll assume those striped pants are pajama pants. If so, he did all this in one sitting in his "sleepy clothes"?
I dunno. I'd want to get a shower in before I sat down to a project like this.
Two questions: #1 Why? #2 Just because he has on a 'sleepy pants' he can't have taken a shower?
#3:
Who the fuck cares? All of you? Who the fuck cares about even 80% of the random useless waste of alphanumeric characters that presents itself as a few hundred nerdy posts.
Besides, you guys should be either offering constructive criticism, ways of improvment in design (presuming you guys have read the actually contrusction plans), or just not saying anything at all. Just SHHHHHHutup!
Wow. Bitter much?
Go out and make a friend. It's going to be OK.
Quick we have to keep the all spark cube from the deceptions..
GIVE ME THAT ALLSPARK BOYY!!!!!!
Opening the side of the case must be a nightmare.
I love timelapse video! haha!
not long before we see a "MegaBlock" copy of it..
megablocks...its just not the same...
lol, brick separator, that little gray thing always came in handy!
I have never once used a brick seperator in all my days toying with legos... waste of plastic better used for making more leogs, ask me. Use your teeth like a real man (boy, whatever).
Yeah, man. For one thing, the only bricks that are hard to separate - the tiniest, flattest ones - also happen to be the ones upon which that brick separator never could get any leverage at all. useless and self defeating.
Very nice project, though. :)
Seriously. I hope all those people with the "This guys got too much time on his hands" comments don't watch any TV or play video games. That is a *true* waste of time.
For all you apple fans.... I present the MacBlock! Oh wait, it will cost $699 and will be made from premium (designed in California) blocks that wont work with any other type of block.
P.S. its only available in white.
white? DAMN!
so no matter how much i baby it, its doomed to start cracking :(
Too easy, try a laptop instead ;)
http://www.marutan.net/comp/v3/index.php
We need someone to make a nano-itx version
I wonder how unstable that is vertically? Id be afraid to touch it, with all that weight of the components inside...