LEGO model of the Yamato Battleship

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[lowbridge]

Nearly six and a half years in the making. 22 feet from bow to stern.

Measuring a meter across at its widest point. 1/40th the scale of the real thing. Nearly a quarter-million individual LEGO pieces. And the whole thing weighs 330 pounds.

Behold the achievement of Jumpei Mitsui, who has faithfully rendered the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato in LEGO...

[lowbridge]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRifXI7sYQ

Many photos here:

http://www.geocities.jp/jun_brick/yamato_m.html

[Skooz]

That’s just freaking incredible.

[neodad]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(spaceship)

One of my favorite cartoons of all time.

[neodad]

Kind of messed up the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_(spaceship)

[LukeL]

I bet a Legoland would pay a lot of money to have that at one of their themeparks.

[Jet Jaguar]

[dr_lew]

Now what? The scrapyard?

[Riley]

Now what? The scrapyard?

It'll be spotted by Lego submarines and sunk by carrier-based Lego aircraft from Task Force 58.

[stylin19a]

why not ? the Yamato only fired her guns once and spent most of her time in dry dock & as a troop transport.

[Riley]

In 2005 the Japanese made a big-deal movie about IJN Yamato.

Otoko Tachi No Yamato - Battle Scene (Youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUl1mAjTTb0

I’d love to get a copy of this somewhere with English subtitles- if for no other reason, for the novelty of rooting for the ‘bad guys’. :-)

[fso301]

[Sundog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kPorDcHisw&feature=related

You’d like this one too. It is all set to a japanese singer, but it shows the Yamato going down. Very good effects.

[OldCorps]

Now what? The scrapyard?

Don't worry. I've just given a warning order to my lego torpedo squadron to take out the battleship.

[Cheburashka]

Here you go.

http://www.amazon.com/2007-Japanese-Drama-Movie-Subtitle/dp/B000ZLUWAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1244326868&sr=1-1

[Knightmixer]

That brings back some memories. My brother used to watch Star Blazers right before going to elementary school. When it was over, he'd have to run nonstop to school so as not to be late for class.

[Othniel]

Saw it at the Maker Faire in San Mateo last week. Awesome piece of work. People were taking lots of pictures of it.

It's amazing what people can do with Legos. Legoland has the statue of the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima in their replica of Washington DC. That, and the 12-foot-tall Einstein head are my favorites.

[Riley]

They have a Lego Mt Suribachi vignette at in the gift shop at the Marine Corps Museum in Triangle, VA, as well.