Impressive Acts of Nerdery, Redefined
This is a massive cylindrical Lego Star Wars diorama in Germany, which also plays the Star Wars main theme on a organ. No, seriously — it’s like an old-school music box, albeit hand-cranked and ridiculously nerdy; the diorama is built so that certain objects built as part of the diorama also work as tines, which hit sensors as the diorama is turned in such a way that the organ’s keys are pressed, which plays the music. If you moved some of the bricks, at least at the height where they touch the sensors, it would fail to play the theme (or more specifically it would play it less accurately). That… that is fucking insane. And awesome. But mostly insane. There are some pics over at io9 if you’re interested in seeing it while it’s still.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.