Just a couple of awesome Lego projects here. First, <a href=”http://www.truerwords.net”>Seth Dillingham</a> sent me a link to <a href=”http://www.simons-rock.edu/~patrick/images/escherlego.jpg”>this awesome Lego recreation</a> of a famous work of MC Escher’s,
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How do you top that? Well, I’m not sure this tops it, but <a href=”http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6022866702″>this E-Bay auction</a> of Republic Attack Cruiser comes close,
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That’s more than 8 feet long folks, built from more than 35,000 pieces by Erik Varszegi (pictured posing with the model above). Some lucky bidder paid $31,602 for the Lego model, including certificate of authenticity signed by George Lucas. The proceeds were donated to Habitat for Humanity’s hurricane relief efforts.