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Every now and again the internet has the capacity to blow our dinky craniums to smithereens — this happens to be one of those moments. Some unplaceable Herculean conviction drove LEGO architect Ryan McNaught to build a 5.76-meter-tall recreation of the Saturn V rocket used for Apollo 11 out of 120,000 plastic bricks. More »
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Famous movie spaceships can have a rough time once the camera stops rolling. For instance, the Nostromo from Alien was discovered with a dead possum inside. The eponymous spaceship from Serenity had been consigned to a similarly undistinguished fate...until recently.

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We've always loved Ian McQue's incredible jalopy ship designs, and now Industria Mechanika is selling a super limited-edition version of this Remora ship as a model. If you love putting together models and painting them, this beauty could be your next project. More »
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Check out this amazing statue of a dinosaur made out of LEGO. This guy is 8.5 feet tall, and made out of 62,500 individual LEGO pieces. The amount of detail and coloring is pretty phenomenal. More »
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Where you and I might walk our dogs around the block, retired engineer Jack Clemens walks his own working airship, a perfect model of a naval airship that was destroyed in 1935. More »
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We're used to marveling at the painted concept art that comes out alongside a big space epic. The incredible spaceship images, the gorgeous planetscapes. But back in the day, practical model builders created some views that were just as lovely. More »
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If Transformers came out in the 1800s, Bumblebee would become a velocipede, Megatron would turn into General Custer's mustache, and Optimus Prime would transform into a stately locomotive. Check out this anthracite-fueled Optimus by Encline Designs. More »
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What terrifying swirl of chemicals created this dark tornado over an alien plain? Cotton and steel wool, mixed with parsley and moss. If those ingredients can make a storm, imagine what's required to recreate the plains of Mars. More »
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Naturalist and modelmaker Andrew Scott creates sculptures of Lovecraftian horrors, alien embryos, and brain-sucking critters so eerily plausible that you half expect to find them on your next space mission — or simply rooting through your garbage. More »
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Serenity is a damn fine boat, in this 19-inch replica from Quantum Mechanix. On sale today for Comic Con, the Firefly model includes 30 lighting effects, hand-painted insignia, Inara's shuttle, and our Big Damn Heroes on the bridge. Gallery below. More »
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This awesome model of a starfighter, complete with a helpful little refueling probe-bot, is one of the models available at The Museum of the Improbable. More »
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