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Man builds a living out of LEGO

cnn.com — Clear plastic crates stuffed with LEGO bricks in every hue are stacked high against the walls. A computer sits on the floor, but it's not functional. The red, yellow and blue replica is made entirely of LEGO....

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  • Ek00stik, on 10/11/2007, -1/+47The gallery is amazing!
  • pitfallharry, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8"I've built monkeys for both the talk show host Craig Ferguson, and the magician David Copperfield."

    I gotta see his monkeys!
    • kurtskrap, on 10/11/2007, -15/+0"Why? You wanna spank them?""

      (it's only funny if read in a Butt Head voice)

      (OK, maybe it's not so funny...digg me down)
  • hehdot, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3First one to make a humorous comment about the bathtub photo wins.
    • insomniasystems, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3The Bar of soap that goes with the tub has got to hurt like hell...
    • insomniasystems, on 10/11/2007, -12/+1so if i'm the only contestant, what do i win?
    • farghal, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27Holy hell that man looks so real!
    • gutistg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Quick, get this man ^ an internet!
  • PrivateMERC7, on 10/11/2007, -8/+5Who knew you could make a career out of LEGOS
    • jabab, on 10/11/2007, -17/+3Is that George Bush on the Internets posting on Diggs?
    • zadadka, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27It's LEGO, in both singular and plural.....
    • Scynet, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Of course people make career out of it, concerning how widespread their usage is. There are likely many more people who have jobs concerning Lego in some way.
    • EBFoxbat, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16"It's LEGO, in both singular and plural....."

      I would think playing with Legos would be too chaotic for the anal-retentive.
    • ampledismantle, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Oh, please... not the Lego / Legos debate again.
    • silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2grr wrong post
    • Jabertsohn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4When I feel comfortable calling a single brick "a lego" I will refer to them as legos in plural. Until that day, it shall remain, legii.
    • th3B3n, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I prefer to say "LEG-izzles", but maybe that's just upbringing from the skreet.
  • Millsee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+26Nice career move.

    One of the greatest toys invented in my book.
    • silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23what other things have been invented in your book?
  • neotype, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34I tried to make a living off of Blockos, but the pieces wouldn't fit.
  • Feezo, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0What do 'Gray' and Christmas Island have in common?
  • Annt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I could so totally cry right now. He is living my dream.
  • Cirok, on 10/11/2007, -3/+45"gray" http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/entertainment/0705/gallery.lego.art/01.lego.art.jpg

    Reminds me of goatse.
  • Charginmahlazer, on 10/11/2007, -19/+4You think he's ever made a vagina out of LEGO and tried to put his dick in it? It sounds like it would hurt, really. Like it wouldn't even work. You would need a lot of LUBE in order to make it not like ***** a coral reef. LEGO vagina's awesome, amirite?
    • gutistg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I lolled, but keep that ***** where it belongs, Anonymous.
  • Pushkin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5The title and the description made me think he had built a LIVING-ROOM out of bricks and that the poster was British or antipodean - I thought one would MAKE a living (but then the pun would be gone I guess) dugg
  • StiGUP, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Don't buy anything from this guy ...I bought a sculpture and it arrived all broken!!! POS packaging... hehe
    • airquotes, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0The intersting thing is unlike a lot of other art, technically any of us could potentially make exactly what hes making to a T, but it would be tons of work since our minds arent really working like his in the lego category.
  • JohnnyXmas, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Cirok:

    Is that the first goatse reference to ever get dugg *UP*?
  • fffizzz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I didn't know what to think at first, but after seeing the video, it truly is amazing what people can accomplish.
  • adbo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1His artwork must cost a fortune.

    Just to purchase the amount of lego to create one of those artworks would cost a ton of money.
    • Hobofuzz, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Nah, you gotta be dead to make loads of cash in the art world.
  • cmyk, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Next, you're gonna tell me some guy makes a living out of Etch-a-Sketch art...
  • NinjaShini, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0The is awesome I wish I could get away with playing with Legos all day and make sweet stuff like that
  • msmearcheck, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I quit my job to play with blocks!
  • StandardsDT, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I would hope he has a studio or a room in his house to prevent his kids from destroying those. Well providing if he does have little kids. I would be devastated if some one destroyed a piece of work like that whether it was made by me or not.
  • silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10"I've also built a functioning industrial air conditioner.

    CNN: You mean it actually churned out cold air?

    SAWAYA: Well, it produced a slight breeze."

    hahaha
    • cybertron3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@silverchrysalis (#6971524)

      I want to see the A/C! and instructions!
  • philabuster, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0He needs to make the Sandman from the Spiderman 3 movie...
  • shreyans, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Looks like you really can build anything out of Lego. Even a career.
  • trer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Good for him. He was obviously brave enough to realize that he didn't have to feel obligated and tethered to his JD and took a risk to do something he loved.
  • DroogInPhoenix, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Hi mom, I quit my job as a lawyer, sorry for all that wasted money, but im gonna play with legos!
    • skodaman, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Mom - "Legos??? wtf are legos? oh you silly little retard, do you mean those little plastic blocks known as lego?"

      /sighs
  • Cummings, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6The First picture is kinda disgusting, he'd be finding Lego all over the place for days. In crevasses...
  • pr5owner, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0wow the reflection and infinity lego pix were friggin wicked!

    that guy is now known as the lego God
  • dolemite01, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1"I was forced to chisel away large chunks of the sculpture after I had glued it together."

    That's cheating in my book, why not make a gigantic cube out of LEGO and chisel it away
  • roadtripper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12i don't know what makes me happier.

    1. the fact that he's creating art with LEGO - which is the best toy/tool ever

    2. the fact that there's now one less lawyer out there

  • Baconn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27I can barely look at that stuff, it needs anti-aliasing.
  • theworldiown, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1lol and it actually looks like this guy could have a life. I wonder what he does for a living to afford this.
    • roadtripper, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5@theworldiown

      this *is* what he does for a living. it was in the article. that was posted for everyone to read.
  • johnkyoungoh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Man Lego needs to give a sponsorship to this man ASAP.
    It costs him bloody $200,000 a year just to buy his brick supplies!
    • rye419, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4probably tax deductible
    • nateboom, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Being tax deductible only helps if he would be paying at least that much in taxes, as far as I was aware of.

      I don't think if he spent 200,000 on Lego, but only had 25,000 in taxes that the govt would pay him back for difference. Or am I just uninformed?
  • seraph741, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5speaking of legos, somebody needs to create a game called Lego Star Wars. Imagine, a game where the whole star wars universe is made of LEGOS! Would be amazing.
    • smittyfree, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I really hope you are being sarcastic somehow.
  • MacintoshSauce, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Very cool site IMO!
  • Cornedbeef, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0The Lego sculptures are are quite inventive.
  • ruhk, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I've got a friend that also is a certified lego professional. It's amazing the commissions these guys can get for building logos out of legos.

    http://www.seankenney.com/portfolio/
    • PeppermintPig, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Certification? They really do that? Hahaha. What are the benefits of certification? Cheap bulk lego ordering? XD

      Lego is great. I'd love to make a living out of it... *thinks on it*
  • Yurhiness, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0that goatse ***** is just creepy
    http://www.freewebtown.com/spraeckt/grov.html
  • Crispin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The company I work for hired him to build a replica of the home office building in our main atrium. It measures about 6 foot square on a side and 2 feet tall. Lots of good detail. I have no idea how much they paid him.
  • hamster85404, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Lucky enough to live in Lancaster, I got to see his exhibit as it came through here. Impressive stuff, but sadly han solo was not on tour :-(
  • ChaosSeven, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Why cant more peple have cool jobs like those! Legoland should be ashamed of themselves!
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    My book is called "The Greatest 100 Toys Ever Invented".

    Duplo came in at 59, but it was nice to see Transformers were at 10.

    Available from all good book stores.
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