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 A LEGO Tachikoma
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:CreationDate: 2012-04-20 21:03:29
:Id: modelli/tachikoma
:tags: - anime
       - models

When I saw that `a LEGO enthusiast <http://www.mahjqa.com/>`_ had
built a `Tachikoma in LEGO
<https://secure.flickr.com/photos/28134808@N02/sets/72157629326232386/>`_,
[*]_ I knew I had to build it for myself.

The `Rebrickable page <http://rebrickable.com/sets/mahjqa/tachikoma>`_
provides the parts list in the XML format used by `Bricklink
<http://www.bricklink.com>`_, so I did the obvious thing: set up an
account on Bricklink and ordered all the parts (from 16 different
sellers!). I'm not going to say how much it cost…

Building has not been easy: even with all the pictures, and the help
of the LEGO Digital Designer (essentially, a CAD for bricks), it took
me about 7 hours to put together the less than 900 pieces.

Was it worth it? See for yourself:

.. image:: front-t.jpg
   :alt: LEGO Tachikoma, from ahead
   :target: front.jpg
   :class: twitter

.. image:: back-t.jpg
   :alt: LEGO Tachikoma, from behind
   :target: back.jpg

Also, `a short movie of the model in action <moving.mp4>`_.

.. [*] if you don't know what a Tachikoma is, `Wikipedia can help
       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma>`_