Steve Jobs in Lego

Posted at April 25, 2006

Steve Jobs in Lego

Dunechaser does it again. This time he has made a set of co-called minifigs with “Geek Luminaries”. The above is of course Steve Jobs with a first generation iPod (BTW, this demonstrates the beauty of the iPod design: What other gadget could be immediately recognized as itself with just one simple piece of Lego…?)

See also the corresponding post on his blog.

Others include Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds (with a penguin), Larry Wall, Steve Wozniak, Charles Babbage, Tim Berners-Lee and Jeff Bezos – on a Segway!

Jeff Bezos on Segway

Custom made Lego

And here’s an idea for Lego: Start making a total list of all bricks you make. Every single one. Put it on a web page.

And when people like Dunechaser make models like these, make an easy system for people to tag their pictures with the names of all the bricks they have used. Example: The Steve Jobs model is 5 pieces, or bricks. The hair, the head, the upper body, the legs and the iPod. And I guess you could say that the hands are changable to other colors to, so then it’s 7 pieces.

If all these had a number, one could add these numbers in the description of the drawing, and put it in some kind of format that was clickable. And which set me right to the “Custom Lego” webpage. A form was automatically filled in, and all the little pieces were picked up by a robot in a Lego storage somewhere, and sent to me.

Imagine the coolness of this: There are thousands or millions of Lego figures that people have created and put on the web. But unless you – like Dunechaser – have collected a huge number of Lego bricks and pieces, you’re not able to make Steve or Bill or Linus yourself, even if you can figure out which pieces that are used in the models.

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  • http://dunechaser.blogspot.com Dunechaser

    I’m glad you enjoyed these, and thanks for the link!

    Your idea about tagging LEGO creations with part numbers that link to a centralized place where you can buy those parts is brilliant. There are a couple of fan-created sites that handle part of this — Brickshelf, where you can buy individual parts from hundreds of online “stores,” and Peeron, where you can inventory your collection and break everything down to individual parts. (Both sites share a common part naming/numbering scheme and are loosely tied together.)

    But it’s always been a challenge to find everything I need for a particular creation from a single store, and builders certainly don’t tag their creations with the part numbers they use. I can’t recall how many times I’ve wondered what’s on the “inside” of a creation holding it all together.

    Anyway, I’m rambling. :-) If you liked my one-piece iPod, you might also like Jon Palmer’s iBook.

  • http://dunechaser.blogspot.com Dunechaser

    I’m glad you enjoyed these, and thanks for the link!

    Your idea about tagging LEGO creations with part numbers that link to a centralized place where you can buy those parts is brilliant. There are a couple of fan-created sites that handle part of this — Brickshelf, where you can buy individual parts from hundreds of online “stores,” and Peeron, where you can inventory your collection and break everything down to individual parts. (Both sites share a common part naming/numbering scheme and are loosely tied together.)

    But it’s always been a challenge to find everything I need for a particular creation from a single store, and builders certainly don’t tag their creations with the part numbers they use. I can’t recall how many times I’ve wondered what’s on the “inside” of a creation holding it all together.

    Anyway, I’m rambling. :-) If you liked my one-piece iPod, you might also like Jon Palmer’s iBook.

  • Russell Ritchie

    My son recently bought a lego modeal of a start wars super battle droid and after over 3 days of biulding, was very dissapointed to find that he had been struck by the curse of jumble sale purchases. The connect pieces that join the arms to the body were missing.

    Do you know if there are any sites that I can visit to purhcase individual pieces.

    Thanks,

    RUSS

  • Russell Ritchie

    My son recently bought a lego modeal of a start wars super battle droid and after over 3 days of biulding, was very dissapointed to find that he had been struck by the curse of jumble sale purchases. The connect pieces that join the arms to the body were missing.

    Do you know if there are any sites that I can visit to purhcase individual pieces.

    Thanks,

    RUSS

  • http://www.brilliantdays.com Oyvind

    Sure, head over to Bricklink. You’ll find (almost) any piece of Lego ever made. And if you can’t find the ones you’re looking for, put up a request for it, and they’ll mail you when it’s available.

  • http://www.brilliantdays.com Oyvind

    Sure, head over to Bricklink. You’ll find (almost) any piece of Lego ever made. And if you can’t find the ones you’re looking for, put up a request for it, and they’ll mail you when it’s available.

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