# LEGO Aircraft carrier **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075 "2006-03-12T20:44:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/1 "2006-03-12T20:44:28Z")
[This guy has far too much time on his hands.](http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969&n=0) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/2 "2006-03-12T23:34:16Z")
:eek: Never mind the time, how the hell did he afford all those bricks? :: impressed :: ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/3 "2006-03-12T23:36:04Z")
That is absolutely amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/4 "2006-03-13T02:57:05Z")
What, you didn’t see the [lego Difference Engine](http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-lego-creations) or the [lego cathedral](http://www.amyhughes.org.nyud.net:8090/lego/church/photosfirst.html)? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/5 "2006-03-13T03:01:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :eek: > Never mind the time, how the hell did he afford all those bricks? > :: impressed :: I was wondering the same thing. Lego is hideously expensive, and they also generally don’t sell sets like “Just A Big Goddamn Box Of Battleship-Grey Bricks.” Surely the dud had to order the parts straight from the Lego factory. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/6 "2006-03-13T03:14:08Z")
Lego offers a ‘plan your project’ program that lets you desighn your ideas and build them to your specs. (I only know this because I know a 9 y.o. lego-master kid- he has a million legos and a huge town that is probably 28 feet long and 14 feet wide.) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/7 "2006-03-13T03:31:10Z")
Hmph. No angled flight deck. I’m not impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/8 "2006-03-13T03:56:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Never mind the time, how the hell did he afford all those bricks? No, the real question was could he afford to let other nations establish lego naval superiority. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/9 "2006-03-13T04:13:23Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > :eek: > Never mind the time, how the hell did he afford all those bricks? > :: impressed :: I think he must have single-handedly countered the entire Muslim boycott of Denmark. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/10 "2006-03-13T06:36:22Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > No, the real question was could he afford to let other nations establish lego naval superiority. Well, not unless he has his lego escorts which are undoubedly off-camera, otherwise that aircraft carrier is in trouble if it encounters any lego attack submarines by rival nations…:eek: ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/11 "2006-03-13T06:50:35Z")
That is so fucking cool. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/12 "2006-03-13T14:50:09Z")
You guys might want to check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362120). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/13 "2006-03-13T14:51:20Z")
I want to see the little LEGO nuclear reactor to power it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/14 "2006-03-13T18:35:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, not unless he has his lego escorts which are undoubedly off-camera, otherwise that aircraft carrier is in trouble if it encounters any lego attack submarines by rival nations… Did you click his links? He has, in fact, built a lego destroyer. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/15 "2006-03-13T20:14:09Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Did you click his links? He has, in fact, built a lego destroyer. Jut goes to show what a bloated runaway military Lego budget can produce. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/16 "2006-03-13T20:45:42Z")
> [@Mr. Goob](#): > > I want to see the little LEGO nuclear reactor to power it. One that really works. Granted the tiny piece of nuclear fuel will cost much more then all those legos. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/17 "2006-03-13T23:04:58Z")
You people are all missing the most important aspect of these photos! We are not just witnessing a Lego Aircraft carrier, we are witnessing a Lego aircraft carrier COMING OUT OF A WALL! The carrier forward of the tower is clearly missing. It was obviously photographed right in the middle of a mini lego Philadelphia Experiment! There is no other explanation. But is it being sent to us from the future, or is the photographer sending it to the past? Either answer makes me tremble. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/18 "2006-03-14T02:02:28Z")
He’s apparently not done with it. If you click on the “Up” link, he shows a photo of the USS Truman, and marks where each construction step is. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/19 "2006-03-14T07:05:04Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > No, the real question was could he afford to let other nations establish lego naval superiority. Mr. President, we cannot allow a LEGO Navy gap! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075/20 "2006-03-14T07:55:51Z")
\ I can rebuild the nuclear cruiser fleet! Sure it’ll be LEGO, but it will be able to go further, faster than any conventionally fired LEGO fleet. The LEGO oceans of the world will be MINE! \ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-aircraft-carrier/348075.md?page=2)