Darwin's HMS Beagle may be coming to Lego

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2015/mar/02/darwins-hms-beagle-may-be-coming-to-lego



“In September last year I thought it would be great to build the Beagle with Darwin and Captain Fitzroy and some of the places and key moments of the trip. If the project would become an official set, children (and adults) could themselves build not only a beautiful sailship, but a fascinating episode of the history of science, they could enjoy and learn at the same time.”

This wasn’t easy. It took Peña the entire autumn and winter, some five months, to complete his design. “I had to buy some books on the HMS Beagle, to achieve greater accuracy in the sail-ship construction and reread the Voyage of the Beagle. I made a small-scale model, but then decided to make it bigger and reached the final model.”

More than 4,000 people (including me) have supported the project on Lego Ideas, and if Peña can take support past 10,000 then there’s a very real chance that the kit will be available to buy in the next year. If so, the project would follow in the footsteps of other community-sourced science projects like the Curiosity Rover and a set celebrating women in science. The recreation of HMS Beagle would be by far the most ambitious science-based project to hit Lego Ideas to date.

[upaloopa]

1. I don't understand legos

Why try to build a replica with something that can't possibly be an accurate piece if a ship?
Is it just the idea of using Legos to make it?

[BainsBane]

2. If you were four, you'd understand Legos

They are IT.