# A seven-foot Lego model of Serenity **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684 "2012-08-07T02:10:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/1 "2012-08-07T02:10:06Z")
Link to lots more pics at the end of the article. Shiny! > **[Joss Whedon's 'Serenity' Comes To Life](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/serenity-lego-model-firef_n_1748670)** > > Joss Whedon's 'Serenity' Comes To Life ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/2 "2012-08-07T02:54:54Z")
Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/3 "2012-08-07T11:05:50Z")
[Lego Wash actually does look like Alan Tudyk.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/7717647340/in/set-72157630914408000/lightbox/) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/4 "2012-08-07T18:17:58Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …Shiny! > [@Knorf](#): > > Shiny! Is there an echo in here? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/5 "2012-08-07T20:11:46Z")
I was thinking “They should have made it at minifig scale”, but it turns out that it _is_ minifig scale. Huh, Serenity is bigger than I realized. And am I the only one who gets annoyed when curved surfaces (like the dome on top of the dining room area) are rendered in Lego by “pixellating” them? I’d much rather see those done with slanted roof pieces. Still, it looks like it was only the dome that was done that way, so it’s probably OK. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/6 "2012-08-07T21:24:10Z")
Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/7 "2012-08-08T00:40:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Is there an echo in here? No, a reflection. Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/8 "2012-08-08T01:54:44Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > [Lego Wash actually does look like Alan Tudyk.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/7717647340/in/set-72157630914408000/lightbox/) I can’t figure out which one is Lego River and which one is Lego Kaylee. I’ve narrowed it down to the last two girls, but… the minifig is not really kind to the female form. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/9 "2012-08-08T02:14:53Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I can’t figure out which one is Lego River and which one is Lego Kaylee. I’ve narrowed it down to the last two girls, but… the minifig is not really kind to the female form. Well, Kaylee is obviously the one on the very right end - tan vest and pants, pink sleeves. Compare with the picture [here](http://rpggamer.org/page.php?page=235&name=Human%20Engineer,%20Kaylee%20Frye) or [these](http://www.browncoats.com/index.php?ContentID=42e83e9c03212). Plus her hair is lighter than River’s. River isn’t such a good likeness - you can mostly tell it’s her by the process of elimination. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/10 "2012-08-08T03:06:55Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > Well, Kaylee is obviously the one on the very right end - tan vest and pants, pink sleeves. Compare with the picture [here](http://rpggamer.org/page.php?page=235&name=Human%20Engineer,%20Kaylee%20Frye) or [these](http://www.browncoats.com/index.php?ContentID=42e83e9c03212). Plus her hair is lighter than River’s. > > River isn’t such a good likeness - you can mostly tell it’s her by the process of elimination. Ahh, right. Been a while since I’ve watched–guess I should take the hint, eh? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/11 "2012-08-08T03:13:17Z")
Shun-sheng duh gao-wahn! Even the inside is true to the ship! … I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/12 "2012-08-08T14:15:15Z")
Surely there’s a minifig hair piece for long, straight hair, right? That would have helped the River fig a lot. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/13 "2012-08-08T15:07:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Surely there’s a minifig hair piece for long, straight hair, right? That would have helped the River fig a lot. Yeah. She seems to have the same head as Inara. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/14 "2012-08-09T13:30:10Z")
Let me know when they build one of Severus Snape. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/15 "2012-08-09T14:54:16Z")
A seven-foot Lego model of Severus Snape? I think that’d be creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/16 "2012-08-09T15:03:09Z")
You don’t like the idea of Alan Brickman? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-seven-foot-lego-model-of-serenity/630684/17 "2012-08-09T15:09:51Z")
Well, I’ve only really read the books, so my mental picture of Snape doesn’t match with Mr. Rickman. 🙂 [/ hijack]