Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/01/10/lego-ship-in-a-bottle.html
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So do these people who submit designs to lego get some sort of royalty off of the sales? Or just a flat rate?
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Huh. Thanks bro!
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This is a really nice set, i imagine the unique parts alone for the bottle would be worth something to builders.
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If you can’t wait for this set and need a bunch of trans-clear pieces, this is the list for you: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&v=1&colorPart=12
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This is very cool, but now it’s got me thinking about how you could build a lego ship inside an actual glass bottle (rather than a lego bottle, which is kind of cheating around of the concept of a ship in a bottle…)
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This is what I was wondering… I think the solution would be:
- lots of small parts,
- a long thin “grabber” (sort of like this: http://www.twistedthrottle.com/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/variations/10452-425x350.jpg; but it would need to designed to grab pieces predominately from the sides, and not from the bottom at all);
- a thin-but-firm poll with a handle at one end and a flat weighted end to “hammer” the pieces into place;
- a tonne of patience and fine motor skills!
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I dunno. This seems to be based on bricks so heavily customized that you literally can’t make anything other than the exact model in the instructions. Wouldn’t it be better as a Gakken kit or Playmobil model, without all the superfluous Lego noise in the finished product?
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Is Lego still used as a currency among criminals? When I read about this a few years ago it seemed so cyberpunk. There don’t seem to be any current news stories about it, so maybe it has been replaced by bitcoin.
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Neat but doesn’t scratch my LEGO Pirate ship itch.
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Or tentacles.
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Looks like there’s at least a dozen different ships they’ve done over the years
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Classic Pirates and a few from the Pirates of the Caribbean license. Thanks to various bricklink sellers I’ve also obtained plenty of hull, mast and sail parts for building my own custom ships.
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Picard approves
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I think the “Leviathan” they’re referring to is this one? http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17025.0
Not sure, it’s not a great match, so either many liberties have been taken, or they just made a ship up and called it Leviathan.
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Yarr! That be great.
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O’Brien is such a brown-nose! 
i want this.
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