Build Your Own Lego Computer Case 268
PuppiesOnAcid writes "Here is what comes about when you cross a case modder and an AFOL (Adult Fan of Legos). It would be interesting to see how he got everything mounted in there since there don't appear to be any screw holes." Not just a Lego shell around a case, he's used the Legos to support everything. Impressive.
Been done before (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Cute (Score:1, Informative)
Re:My Lego Computer - link (Score:4, Informative)
Another good one (Score:5, Informative)
A much better (IMHO) legoputer as its not just using bricks, but has windows and doors to control cooling!
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:3, Informative)
Lego Store! (Score:5, Informative)
You can also get the big blue tub which has a bunch of plain bricks.
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:4, Informative)
Holy dang it took me like two seconds to find out! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Where do you get this much lego? (Score:3, Informative)
From the blurb... buy and sell new, used and vintage LEGO® through fixed price and auction services.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:5, Informative)
Anyway, many people are Lego purists, and refust to use clone brands. My experience with them is that the quality isn't as good. But they are about half the price sometimes.
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:3, Informative)
The grandfather poster doesn't know how right he is though - Lego does have a virtual monopoly, and they charge like a wounded bull for the privelege of buying anything bearing their trademark.
And with many of the newer sets you are locked into building what they want you to - the blocks are becoming less generic and therefore less useful for anything other than what's photographed on the box.
Coralized link for this... (Score:3, Informative)
For use when his server melts down, or the bandwitch cop pulls his plug.
Note to fellow Slashdotters... why don't you coralize this stuff right away, *before* the site goes down? I've tried many times to coralize a site, only to see that Coral couldn't retireve it.
Back on topic: This sure blows away any of the stuff I did with Lego bricks when I was a kid! I even tried making an "aquarium",once, but it REALLY leaked.
Been done with a mac also (Score:2, Informative)
Re:plural of lego (Score:5, Informative)
The word LEGO is a brand name, and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our products as LEGO bricks or toys and not LEGOS. By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud, and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:2, Informative)
Looking at modern offerings from both camps however they do seem to have grown together. Both now offer lots of unimaginative plastic pieces of very limited use. It seems that Meccano has lost its way in the same way that Lego has.
John
THE PLURAL IS LEGO YOU FOOL (Score:2, Informative)
Re:THE PLURAL IS LEGO YOU FOOL (Score:1, Informative)
(1) Lego block is a Lego block
(2) Lego blocks are Lego blocks
Re:How typically Lego (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Legos: a closed, proprietary system (Score:1, Informative)
This is true. A pretty recent outrage among AFOLs was the changing of the colors gray, dark gray and brown, to other tones without prior information. This caused a lot of debate and hefty arguing at Lugnet (LEGO® User's Group Network).
The initial discovery: http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=43553 [lugnet.com]
Much debate and discussion followed, with a lot of AFOLs saying they were very upset and outraged. Some even gave up on buying new LEGO® because the colors didn't match.
Eventually, to keep the color discussions out of other newsgroups, a special "Color" group was formed:
http://news.lugnet.com/color/ [lugnet.com]
As for me, the color change definitely affected me. I had just started building spaceships, which look best in gray (in my opinion), at the time the color change came, and now my old and new bricks don't match.
More than one Lego is still Lego (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Coralized link for this... (Score:2, Informative)
Coral doesn't work on port 80.
Because of this, lots of folks would miss out on seeing it (corp firewalls etc).
just my 2p