Fan Recreates StarCraft, a la Lego

[John Funk]

Fan Recreates StarCraft, a la Lego

If there were ever a Lego StarCraft game, it might look something like this.


Hm, what's that? Oh, apparently there's a sequel to this really old game about crafting stars or something that came out this week. I hadn't been paying attention, sorry.

In all seriousness, this week in gaming is pretty much all about the splendid StarCraft II (sorry, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift) and the legacy of the beloved first game. To get into the spirit, one Machinima [http://www.youtube.com/user/machinima] moviemaker recreated a small sequence that you might see in the original StarCraft ... only he did it with Lego bricks.

It's a short, silly little vignette that manages to be remarkably faithful to the 1998 RTS despite being made entirely of Lego pieces rather than pixels. Though I guess the video is a better resolution than you ever saw in StarCraft, huh?

Stupid Carriers. Those things are so overpowered, even in brick form.

(Thanks, Alai!)

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[BehattedWanderer]

Carriers have arrived indeed. Interestingly done. I wonder when we will hit the Lego singularity, when everything has been made into Legos, and hours long Lego specials will be our weekly indulgence at the movie theaters...

 

[Kris015]

Wow... That's pretty awesome actually.

 

[That One Six]

Glorious. I wouldn't be upset if the next Lego game was indeed Lego StarCraft.

 

[Eleima]

Carriers have arrived!!!! (I always *loved* the carriers)
That video is just... plain... awesome! I can't even begin to imagine the effort that must've gone into its making. Wow. Kudos to the guy who did that, he must really be a patient man.

 

[Suskie]

So I guess the Zerg are too squishy to recreate in angular Lego form?

 

[BlueInkAlchemist]

I'm surprised the Carriers arrived that quickly. I mean it was inevitable when you saw the Protoss there but still...

Excellently done.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Oooft. Their base got truly owned.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

Oh man that guy got boned real quick after those carriers arrived.
I love Lego stuff like that.

 

[Swarley]

Wait, how did he build that Marine before the Supply Depot was finished?

Why did the Goliaths use an anti-air attack against the buildings?

I think I'm looking to much into this.

 

[imnot]

thats pretty darn good.
that made me remember this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDe4v318f64

 

[Ontoue]

That little Anti-Aircraft thing towards the end is the most useless defense I've ever seen. And those Carriers just steam-rolled the other guys, I've never played StarCraft but they should really balance those Carriers more. Also, this needs to be a mod for SC2, I'm only mildly interested in it now, but if this came out as a free mod it would probably push me over the fence.

 

[ace_of_something]

Fucking computer always cheats. No way could they have built carriers that fast.

 

[Sonicron]

... Wow. Mister Kobbs has too much free time on his hands, methinks. Still awesome, though.

 

[Lord Legion]

Very nice, must have taken alot of time to put together.

 

[Tharwen]

So the creativity of the Blizzard community meets the insane determination of the lego community...

Brilliant!

 

[Brainst0rm]

Wait, how did he build that Marine before the Supply Depot was finished?

Why did the Goliaths use an anti-air attack against the buildings?

I think I'm looking to much into this.

I noticed that too. Plus, there's no way that two dragoons could take out a full bunker without either of them dying.

It's super cool though

 

[The Last Nomad]

Never actually played starcraft... But thats awesome...

 

[Jared]

Hehe! Starcraft II Lego! The next stage on plastic revolution!

 

[Evilsanta]

Where does people find the time to do this? But it is still very awesome!