# Lego lust: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074 "2003-09-07T10:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/1 "2003-09-07T10:37:48Z")
If, at some point in the future, a Doper happens to have a rich uncle pass away, or win the lottery, or nail “00” on the roulette wheel six times in the row… Well, if you have any extra cash, I really want one of [these](http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod_id=10030&CatID=%7B322F985F%2D1EFE%2D40E4%2D8B8A%2DC65B03C70E9B%7D). Please? Yep, it’s an Imperial Star Destroyer. Three thousand, one hundred and four pieces of Lego Heaven. Well over three feet long, not quite two feet wide, and more than a foot and a half tall. How freakin’ cool is that. I think it’s the biggest Lego kit ever. I’m in love. It’s a strange feeling to be 32 years old and suddenly realize that a _toy_ is what one needs to make one’s life complete. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/2 "2003-09-07T10:51:51Z")
Wow. Also comes with a Corellian Corvette, for opening-scene recreation. Unfortunately, I already have the [Puzz3d](http://coasterman00.tripod.com/designs/puzz3d/destroyer.html) one constructed and sitting on a shelf in the living room. If I had two of them, there’s nothing left but to nail the doors shut from the outside, because I’d be too nerdy to mingle with human society. But I want one too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/3 "2003-09-07T10:59:20Z")
Come to my house, the child has enough lego to re-enact evolution. We are damn near drowning in the stuff. If he ever sees your link I will have to hunt you down, build a small air tight lego room and wait till you suffocate then build you a “Here lies **Darth Nader** ” crypt. I shall chortle merrily at that point. Lego has cost me a fortune over the years and it’s the childs birthday very soon…more BLOODY LEGO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/4 "2003-09-07T11:13:06Z")
I would die a happy man in that room, **calm kiwi**. Could you also make my pharoh-style burial offerings out of lego, please? **BraheSilver** , sorry about your nose. Can you buy those puzzles online? WHERE? I need one of _those_ now, too. And it’s gotta be cheaper than the Lego version, right? ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/5 "2003-09-07T12:59:19Z")
I’m not even a Star Wars fan and I think that’s cool! Must be from helping my nephew’s build all of their Lego kit’s over the years… ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/6 "2003-09-07T13:08:01Z")
You name it we have the Lego for it! We even have creepy lego spiders and skeletons that came with a whole Eygptian Lego Nightmare. I almost want to out live my child so I can make him a Lego coffin. Almost but not really…I love him just a bit more then I hate Lego. Ok…I don’t hate Lego (it’s actually really very cool) I just hate the fact that it has taken over my house. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/7 "2003-09-07T15:11:50Z")
I bought the Imperial Star Destroyer Lego set for my SO on his birthday a couple months ago. He absolutely loved it and finished building the thing within a week. Damn, I’m good 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/8 "2003-09-07T15:50:47Z")
I never had Lego. I was forced to play with Duplo and Stikkle Bricks. Weep for me. ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/9 "2003-09-07T20:19:41Z")
**Darth** : While looking for that picture on Google, there were apparently a great many stores selling it, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find one. I got mine years ago at a KB’s for ten bucks (on clearance) so now either they’re very cheap or they’re collector’s items and very expensive. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/10 "2003-09-07T21:15:54Z")
**libtanga** I nominate you for SO of the year. While I think the LEGO™ ISD™ is pretty cool, I’d rather have Mindstorms. Brian waiting for the (to the same scale) LEGO™ Death Star™ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/11 "2003-09-07T22:11:10Z")
I went to Legoland last weekend; you should see some of the models they have there; some of them must have used _tons_ of pieces. ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/12 "2003-09-07T22:27:27Z")
:o 🆒😃 Thank you very much, **N9IWP**. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/13 "2003-09-07T22:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by N9IWP \* > \*\* > While I think the LEGO™ ISD™ is pretty cool, I’d rather have Mindstorms. > \*\* Mindstorms are quite cool. I currently have Orange the Yellow Robot roaming my room. He often wedges himself under things, but he’s quite fun to play with anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/14 "2003-09-08T11:37:33Z")
**BraheSilver** : :smack: And another vote for **lilbtagna** , obviously. Now, if they could make a 1:1 scale Mindstorms R2-D2, well, I’d just have to start robbing banks, right? ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/15 "2003-09-08T12:52:52Z")
I remember Target had a 5’ tall Statue of Liberty made of legos… also replaced it with a 6’ tall Space Shuttle on the launch pad (that big roller which brings it out to the launch site). Some of the coolest stuff ever, I used to want that job. Get paid to make things out of legos ---
**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:** [September 8, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/16 "2003-09-08T12:56:39Z")
**Darth Nader** , there’s one in Legoland Billund. I have a picture of it. It wouldn’t fit in my baclpack… ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/17 "2003-09-08T15:20:17Z")
Why thank you, **Darth Nader**. 🙂 **Mangetout** , I just wanted to say that I’m extremely jealous of you. I wanted to go to Legoland all summer, but classes kept me tied up the entire time. Now, the fall semester has started again. Sigh…One day…I know I’ll get to see the giant Lego models in person. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/18 "2003-09-08T16:49:54Z")
Now I just have to move to CT. \ Imagine getting paid to build giant Lego vampires at Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/19 "2003-09-08T17:06:16Z")
I third your nomination **lilbtagna**. Someone started a thread about the ISD sometime last winter and I went home to my wife crying and tearing my hair out because I knew we could never afford to buy one. ---
**Author:** ![Plankspanker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Plankspanker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plankspanker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074/20 "2003-09-08T17:26:38Z")
yeah, i want one of the ISDs, altho i’d probably fail my degree cos i’d be building it. UNLESS… what if i made it actually hover, and made it capable of making it’s own decisions… damn, i think i could graduate a year early 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-lust/200074.md?page=2)