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“Please steady the Death Star.” Words I never thought to hear. This year, Jeannine, Jim & I trumped our two previous Thanksgivings and assembled the Lego Death Star.
Like the Thanksgiving turkey itself, this takes more than one day to accomplish. Since the three of us once together worked on large construction projects for a very large semiconductor manufacturer, we found humor at every turn.
Random quotes:
“I don’t think the Emperor had much sympathy for unions. The Empire was definitely a right-to-work empire. ”
“These aren’t the blocks you’re looking for”
“It’s not my fault, I’m just the assembly contractor. Clearly the subassembly contractor is to blame.”
When the center pillar had to be reassembled:”Thank God we’re doing construction in Zero G.”
When I indavertently caused a structural failure:”Stop work and report to the nurse’s trailer for a drug test!”
When Jim & I had separately completed supposedly identical sections that didn’t match, and then he said:”It’s not you, it’s me.” Ahhh – what sweet sweet words.
Upon completing the center girdle:”The Emperor is most pleased with your apparent progress.”
When we thought, on page 90,we were missing a critical piece:”To the Lego Store!” (Piece was found, crisis averted.)
Jeannine: “Damn it Jim, your death ray isn’t straight. Make it stiffer.” Jim: “Hey – it’s an older Death Star.”
Final Count:
Number of pieces (nominal): 3449
Number of pieces left over for unknown reasons: 15
Number of pieces cleverly used by the Lego designers as scaffolding then removed in final assembly: 4
Number of pages of insructions: 100
Number of high fives after a milestone reached: 50 plus/minus 5
Number of old college cheers used: 2
Number of cheers involving natural logarithms: 1
Number of cheers involving cows: 1
Number of attempts to make the death ray actually shoot death: Several.
The Video Proof
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