This LEGO Death Star Time Lapse Video May Be More Satisfying Than Building The SetPosted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 by Ethan AndertonThe LEGO Death Star is one of the biggest playsets offered by the Danish building block company. The Star Wars set was actually discontinued last year, only to be re-released this year with some slight modifications that added 200 pieces and three minifigures that weren’t in the original set.With 4,016 pieces, it’s a massive undertaking to build this set, let along paying $499.99 to actually purchase it from LEGO. But what if you could come close to the satisfaction of putting it together by watching a smooth time lapse video showing how it all comes together? Thankfully, one LEGO Star Wars fan and master builder has done just that, and you can watch it below.Here’s the LEGO Death Star time lapse video by YouTube user Bar Van Dijkwent:As someone who spent hours putting together the massive Ghostbusters firehouse headquarters set, this looks like a lot of fun to build.
But since this one costs $150 more than that set, I’m not exactly rushing out to get it. But with Christmas around the corner, maybe you can save up some money and get one to put together yourself.The LEGO Death Star measures over 16 inches high and 16 inches wide and comes with no less than 23 minifigures, including several versions of Luke Skywalker, two versions of Han Solo, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Chewbacca, Princess Leia and even the Dianoga trash compactor monsterYou can go pick up the LEGO Death Star right now from The LEGO Shop. Cool Posts From Around the Web: ZergNetWe already knew Lego’s new Porsche 911 GT3 RS Technic set weighed in at a whopping 2,704 pieces, and measures almost two feet long when fully constructed. But the complex build takes so long that even an accelerated timelapse video of it being assembled is still over 25 minutes. But it’s not like you have anything better to do this morning. The folks at Brick Builder painstakingly documented the entire build of the Porsche set, giving you the opportunity to see every last detail of its design, inside and out.
If you’re not sure you can justify spending $300 on it, watching this timelapse is almost as satisfying as building it yourself. This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable.You can also search for something on our site below.Simon gets GRILLED by Alene's friends... Susan says she and Sean are now just...The BrickVault YouTube channel is dedicated to all things LEGO, including unboxing and review videos of newly released sets and figures. In a recent post, builder Charlie embarked on a grueling 26-hour custom project based on plans by another LEGO-devotee, known to the forum world as cavegod. The giant AT-AT model (or All Terrain Armored Transport, one of the iconic vehicles from the Star Wars universe) is made of over 6000 pieces and is nearly twice the size of the set LEGO released in 2014. As Charlie explains in the time-lapse build video, BrickVault received instructions from cavegod and bought the pieces from the popular online marketplace BrickLink.
According to his post in the EuroBricks forum, Charlie had 4460 of the necessary pieces and needed to order another 1640, some of which were rare and expensive. He estimates that the total cost of the build was around $1100. Following the steps of the video is impossible for anyone looking to build their own, and Charlie admits that he had to make a few edits to the design off-camera to make his model sturdy. That said, if you're feeling inspired to try to build a giant AT-AT of your own, UK-based builder DrDaveWatford has written an extensive 11-part post on his blog that includes progress photos and a lot more technical information. Banner image via YouTubeStep 4: Make a time-lapse movieShow All ItemsOpen Picasa, and browse to the folder with the photos in. Make sure you're sorted the folder by name (Folder > Sort By > Name). Select all the photos, then go to Create > Movie... Select Transition Style > Time Lapse, and set the slide duration to 1/15 second (or faster or slower, as you see fit).
Under the Slide tab you can add a title. During the movie, you can use the same tab to add captions - to stop them flicking up for a fraction of a second, cut and paste the dialogue across several slides. See how it looks by using the play button, then hit "Create Movie". Note: there are of course many, many other ways to achieve the same end, and many more powerful tools for doing so (especially if you pay for them!). If you have alternate suggestions, please share them in the comments.« PreviousNext »View All Steps DownloadBoy builds amazingly detailed LEGO Titanic using 30,000 bricks! Imagine spending the equivalent of 16 entire days building a giant model Titanic out of 30,000 LEGOs. That’s exactly what Norwegian Lasse Ankersø did, and he has the time lapse video to prove it! The model Titanic’s size is boast-worthy, but we’re even more in awe of all the teeny, tiny details, from the life boats to the crow’s nest to the smokestacks. The impressive structure stands almost 2 1/2 feet tall and is almost 10 feet long.
The model Titanic’s size is boast-worthy, but we’re even more in awe of all the teeny, tiny details, from the life boats to the crow’s nest to the smokestacks. Add Ankerso’s LEGO Titanic to your kid’s building bucket list, along with Hogwarts and a 30-foot tall Christmas Tree. A Titanic set may be available for purchase from LEGO in the near future, saving you and your child a few hours or days sifting through your LEGO box in search of the right pieces.To be specific, it's a model of a first year Mustang coupe, known as a 1964 1/2 model. From LEGOLAND Florida Resort where it's on permanent display: Made out of 194,900 LEGO and DUPLO® bricks, the giant model (named #BrickPony) took approximately 1,200 hours to assemble by a team of veteran Master Builders at LEGO Systems, Inc., in Enfield, Conn. #BrickPony measures more than 15 feet long, nearly 6 feet wide and more than 4 feet tall. It weighs 1,712 pounds, of which 960 pounds are LEGO bricks and 752 pounds is its aluminum chassis.
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