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THE HOBBYSHOP HERO endorses THE WATCHMEN and cannot wait for the movie to hit the big screen's, but this post isnt about promoting upcoming SciFi / Fantasy Movies... This post isnt really about anything... Just a little fun with LEGO'S, I wanted to bring some Balance to this fantasic Blogazine and since we recently shined light on the LEGO Artillery, I Figured you needed a little Ying to my Yang, so here is the Brighter side of the LEGO world.
This entire post is the result of Surfing GIZMODO (The Gadget Guide) so enjoy the iddish
that I found Interesting.

Sidenote (TheHobbyshopHERO) is A Grammar Free Zone. Enjoy the Chaos.

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Made out of 2,588 Lego bricks, the Mac Pro was designed in Lego Digital Designer 2.0 for the MacMod Challenge 2008. The Hackintosh is a plain PC with a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz CPU running Mac OS X, while the Mac Mini is a Core Duo 1.66Ghz.
Huh?

Steve Jobs MiniFig on his throne!

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While Surfing GIZMODO I came Across this post, Dug A Little further and found the step by step creation by Keith Brogan. So all the Text that post in GREEN Below is Word from Word copy N Pasted from Keith himself. I must say, Kudos Keith, this is definitely Some HobbyshopHero Freshness!
Enjoy! - HSH

Awesome Lego Mario Model Built Using NextEngine 3D Scanner

This is awesome. A Lego and 3D fanatic took a small Mario figurine, scanned it into a computer using the NextEngine 3D Scanner and used the data to create a near-perfect replica in Lego bricks, just much larger. Click the small picture for a much bigger version, and go check out the source to see the step-by-step process including screenshots of the 3D model he created. Awesome! - Gizmodo

I recently built this Lego model of Mario using a NextEngine 3D scanner, modo and big pile of Lego. Hope you like it! Cheers, Keith

I scanned a Mario action figure using the excellent NextEngine scanner...

The resultant mesh in the scanning application...

Imported into modo as OBJ and scaled to the size of the
model I wanted to build (75cm). I used the bend tool to bend his
arms closer to his body so the Lego model would be structurally stronger...

In a new layer I created a large array of Lego sized cubes
which were approximatley the shape of the Mario mesh...

Using Solid Drill>Stencil, I was able to select only the cubes which intersected the Mario mesh...

The building begins...

Close-up...

Completed Lego model in all its 75cm glory...

http://www.aardvark3ddesign.co.uk/