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This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
--Todd
[crossposted to .starwars, .loc.jp, .build, and .announce; followups to
.starwars & .loc.jp]
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
>
> http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
>
> Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
I agree! This site is immense! I just wish I could read Japanese :) but it
isn't really necessary. The pictures speak for themselves. I like the use of
different scale models--just like making a real movie! In case anyone doesn't
notice, the pictures are displayed smaller than their actual size, so you have
to right-click/View-image to see the full versions.
Well, I have to go back to looking at the site :)
--Bram
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Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
>
> http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
>
> Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
Wow!
Clever use of a yellow spaceman for C3P0. Also - done completely without
Star Wars sets as far as I can see...
I like the blowing up death star...
Who says pirate ship parts can only be used to build ships...
I like the "The Making Of..." pictures...
--
Frank Filz
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Wow! This Mr. Fujita is a genius. His creations were all made prior to the
release of the Star Wars line by TLG. His designs for the Speeder Bikes,
Millennium Falcon, and Desert Skiffs, among others, were right on. I
especially like his Jabba, Ewoks, and Jawas using regular minifig pieces.
Very cool, I must say.
The designers at TLG should get some pointers.
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
>
> http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
>
> Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
>
> --Todd
>
> [crossposted to .starwars, .loc.jp, .build, and .announce; followups to
> .starwars & .loc.jp]
This must be the biggest StarWars Project ever. Even if we all put our models
together, we can´t get close to it. I really enjoyed all the detailed scenes
of the movies. Leia feeding R2D2 with Data in ANH is a classic.
I suggest this site to be "Cool Site of the week". 3years of working for a
Legoproject is remarkable. Maybe Mr Fujita is already modelling Episode I :)
dö
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In scale-modeling circles, we used to call someone who did a project like this
a "sick puppy." This guy is VERY "sick".
James
In lugnet.starwars, Ralph Döring writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> > This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
> >
> > http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> > Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
> >
> > Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
> >
> > --Todd
> >
> > [crossposted to .starwars, .loc.jp, .build, and .announce; followups to
> > .starwars & .loc.jp]
>
> This must be the biggest StarWars Project ever. Even if we all put our models
> together, we can´t get close to it. I really enjoyed all the detailed scenes
> of the movies. Leia feeding R2D2 with Data in ANH is a classic.
>
> I suggest this site to be "Cool Site of the week". 3years of working for a
> Legoproject is remarkable. Maybe Mr Fujita is already modelling Episode I :)
>
> dö
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
>
> http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
>
> Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
Yes, this site is just awesome. The way Mr. Fujita used pre-SW Lego to build
vehicles & scenes from SW is simply amazing!
Some specific points:
-His choice of minifigs to represent various characters is great.
-He made his own R2-D2.
-Yoda looks awfully cute.
-He used glow-in-the-dark ghosts to represent those Ice-Stormtroopers! (I know
that's not what they're called, help!)
-Clever use of the 1x2 hinge bricks to create angled structures. (He must
have millions of those pieces)
-I assume he used various Fabuland characters to represent different aliens in
the bar in RTJ?
-On one of the RTJ pages, the bottom most picture is of Yoda with a
brown "blanket" covering him. The blanket turns out to be a brown castle
corner/tree trunk piece!
-In the RTJ pages, Luke has one yellow and one black hand!
-For those that want to see a new use of pirate ship hulls, look at the RTJ
pages with the Ewoks and the shield generator base thingy!
-The very last RTJ page, last picture shows Obi-Wan, Anakin and Yoda's
spirits. They've been "hazed" to appear as spirits!
I dunno, lots of other really cool stuff on these pages. I highly recommend
everybody to go see it, whether you're a SW nut, or not.
Bryan
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In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Wong writes:
<snip>
> -He used glow-in-the-dark ghosts to represent those Ice-Stormtroopers! (I know
> that's not what they're called, help!)
</snip>
They're called Snowtroopers. :^)
I liked the use of the ghosts also. At first, I was like... WTF? Then I
realized what he was using them for and I had a good chuckle.
~Mark
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Han Solo in a tuxedo for ROTJ is fall-down funny!
James Wilson
In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Wong writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:
> > This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>...
> >
> > http://ponpoko.tanukikoji.or.jp/yes/lsw/
> > Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992."
> >
> > Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out.
>
> Yes, this site is just awesome. The way Mr. Fujita used pre-SW Lego to build
> vehicles & scenes from SW is simply amazing!
>
> Some specific points:
> -His choice of minifigs to represent various characters is great.
> -He made his own R2-D2.
> -Yoda looks awfully cute.
> -He used glow-in-the-dark ghosts to represent those Ice-Stormtroopers! (I know
> that's not what they're called, help!)
> -Clever use of the 1x2 hinge bricks to create angled structures. (He must
> have millions of those pieces)
> -I assume he used various Fabuland characters to represent different aliens in
> the bar in RTJ?
> -On one of the RTJ pages, the bottom most picture is of Yoda with a
> brown "blanket" covering him. The blanket turns out to be a brown castle
> corner/tree trunk piece!
> -In the RTJ pages, Luke has one yellow and one black hand!
> -For those that want to see a new use of pirate ship hulls, look at the RTJ
> pages with the Ewoks and the shield generator base thingy!
> -The very last RTJ page, last picture shows Obi-Wan, Anakin and Yoda's
> spirits. They've been "hazed" to appear as spirits!
>
> I dunno, lots of other really cool stuff on these pages. I highly recommend
> everybody to go see it, whether you're a SW nut, or not.
>
> Bryan
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This guy's stuff is by far the best I've ever seen. His attention to detail
in recreating not only the figures and vehicles, but also the actual shots
in the films, is superb! I nominate it for Cool Lego Site of the Year!
Dave
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David Simmons wrote:
>
> This guy's stuff is by far the best I've ever seen. His attention to detail
> in recreating not only the figures and vehicles, but also the actual shots
> in the films, is superb! I nominate it for Cool Lego Site of the Year!
*Which* guy's stuff?
If you're not going to use 'reply' and you're not going to quote the previous
article, nobody's going to know what in heck you're talking about...
J
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Johnston writes:
> David Simmons wrote:
> >
> > This guy's stuff is by far the best I've ever seen. His attention to detail
> > in recreating not only the figures and vehicles, but also the actual shots
> > in the films, is superb! I nominate it for Cool Lego Site of the Year!
>
> *Which* guy's stuff?
>
> If you're not going to use 'reply' and you're not going to quote the previous
> article, nobody's going to know what in heck you're talking about...
>
> J--
Although he didn't quote (and changed the title of the message
as well), David did use 'reply' - so the LUGNET newsreader software was
able to direct me to the message he was replying to. The original
post:
http://www.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=5233
BTW, Jeff, your post about your cranky blue wizard measuring the
skulls of his fellow minifigs had both me and my wife laughing
out loud last night. Thank you so much. Excellent post.
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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