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Larry D.

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For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« on: November 08, 2018, 06:25:21 PM »
Jeremy,
I thought you might like to see this if you haven't already.
Have you built one?

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Jeremy McCreary

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Re: For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2018, 07:36:02 PM »
Not yet. I'm waiting for the Ferrari 599 GTO.

Quite a testament to the strength of LEGO's proprietary ABS plastic, no?
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Re: For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2018, 07:36:33 PM »
Oh my gosh!!!  That is amazing.  Even if they do not go very fast and even if they do not make any turns it is still simply fantastic!!!
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Jeremy McCreary

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Re: For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2018, 07:45:58 PM »
Love the geometic skin pattern with repeating hexagonal and triangular motifs -- clearly done for both strength and curvature. Can't wait to get my hands on some of the yet to be released parts I see there.

A pricey but excellent LEGO Technic Bugatti Veyron Chiron at around 1:10 scale is now in stores and at http://shop.lego.com. LEGO prices are tightly controlled everywhere, so might as well buy at the latter and let it come to you.
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Re: For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2018, 12:39:49 AM »
Wow! Amazing!

In the following video it says that it took 1 million Lego parts and 13,400 man hours. According to my calculation, that's close to a $1 million usd just in labor (take home salary plus taxes and overhead for Danish Czech engineers). The real Bugatti Chiron costs 2.5 to 3 million  :o so it's in the ballpark.
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Re: For Jeremy - Have you built one yet???
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2018, 03:46:59 PM »
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