Legos have always been on the expensive side, but they are still damn awesome.
With those two insane sets you pointed out, there are a LOT of pieces - the Death Star is over 3800; the Falcon has almost 5200. When buying Legos, I look at the pieces to price ratio. If it's more than $10 per 100 pieces, I tend to stay away. In this case, the Falcon is the better deal, even at $500.
yeah, but it's basically a jigsaw puzzle. it's only meant to make 1 thing. how much replay value is there?
how many times can you tear down/rebuild the death star till your bored with it? heck, after you build it the first time, what are the odds that you're even going to tear it down?
it's like a paint by numbers coloring book. (albeit an expensive one)
yeah, but it's basically a jigsaw puzzle. it's only meant to make 1 thing. how much replay value is there?
how many times can you tear down/rebuild the death star till your bored with it? heck, after you build it the first time, what are the odds that you're even going to tear it down?
it's like a paint by numbers coloring book. (albeit an expensive one)
yeah, but it's basically a jigsaw puzzle. it's only meant to make 1 thing. how much replay value is there?
how many times can you tear down/rebuild the death star till your bored with it? heck, after you build it the first time, what are the odds that you're even going to tear it down?
it's like a paint by numbers coloring book. (albeit an expensive one)
I don't like it when things aren't minifig scale, wouldn't pay $400 for that. . .
Looks like a minifig scale DeathStar I (assuming 160km diameter) would be about 12,000 feet (2.3 miles) in diameter? That's what you want?
Looks like a minifig scale DeathStar I (assuming 160km diameter) would be about 12,000 feet (2.3 miles) in diameter? That's what you want?
How many legos would be in that? D: D:
You obviously dont have a clue about legos.
They are the ultimate in re-usable. Because every set, wether its star wars, Indiana jones, Castle, pirates, city, harry potter, etc, are all built with standard sized, compatible parts.
When we were kids, me and my brother would combine a dozen or so of our castle and pirate kits to make MEGA castles. We never made the same castle twice.
Ok, some nerd can double check this
How much would that cost?
Original toy = $400 / 3800 pieces = $.105 / piece
Scale model = $.105 / piece * 45,348,248,186,056,488 pieces = $4,761,566,059,535,927 (almost $5 quadrillion)
Ok, some nerd can double check this
How many pieces per unit volume in the current Death Star model?
3,800 pieces in the Death Star
16cm diameter
volume of sphere = 4/3 pi r^3 = 4/3 pi 8^3 = 2144 cm^3
3800 pieces / 2144 cm^3 = 1.77 pieces / cm^3 in the Death Star Model
Ok, so how many cm^3 in the scale model?
12,000 ft = 365,760 cm
Volume of scale model = 4/3 pi 182,880^3 = 25,620,479,201,161,835 cm^3
How many pieces in the scale model?
1.77 pices / cm^3 * 25,620,479,201,161,835 cm^3 = 45,348,248,186,056,488 pieces in the scale model.
(45 quadrillion <-- using US naming convention)
How much would that cost?
Original toy = $400 / 3800 pieces = $.105 / piece
Scale model = $.105 / piece * 45,348,248,186,056,488 pieces = $4,761,566,059,535,927 (almost $5 quadrillion)
ahh.. so death star legos arent unique shape/sizes?
and you can make other more standard things (ie: house, flowers) with just the deathstar set?
Well done . Only logical way to do this is to buy the Lego company, and make it at cost. I bet they have an incredible profit now that I think of it. Plastic bricks? lol.
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ahh.. so death star legos arent unique shape/sizes?
and you can make other more standard things (ie: house, flowers) with just the deathstar set?
Even if their cost is .01% (1/1000th) of retail, that's still $4,761,566,059,535 ($4 trillion)
Hey, we can afford $4 trillion. If everyone on AT pooled their money together we could do it with ease. I wonder how long it would take to put together....by yourself.
The instruction manual would be multiple bibles.