Lego Stargate + Instruction Manual

[Lego Stargate Man]

Hi everyone,

Numerous people have asked me about the Stargate that I made out of Lego and put on display at the Toronto Trek 18 sci-fi convention this year. As a result, I have put up a web-page with pictures and instructions. I’m passing on the link in case anyone on this forum is interested in building one of their own. Check it out at :

http://yoda.ca/lego_stargate/lego_stargate.htm

The set is fairly extensive and includes (in no order) :
- STARGATE with 7 chevrons, as per the show
- Mount, with 6 wheels and extendible robotic arm
- Command Centre with missile turret
- Gun turret
- SG-1 Team mini-figures in green camouflage gear, including vests and arm patches with proper team number
- Teal’c mini-figure with head tattoo (but no hair, inspired from pre-season 8 episodes)
- SG-11 Team in dessert gear, including arm patches with proper team number
- Jaffa with armour vests & skirts, cobra head gear and staff weapons (to scale)
- General Hammond in dress uniform
- Walter Davis, trusty STARGATE operator

The set as a whole is made of over 515 individual Lego pieces (not including mini-figures).

Christopher Judge was a guest at Toronto Trek 18 and I had the honour of showing him the set and asking his thoughts on it. He liked it and was nice enough to pose for a few photos. I ended up giving him the Lego Teal’c to say thanks.

If anyone has any questions about the set, please feel free to PM or email me.

Jason

[Ramne]

Haha, that is great!

[Madeleine]

That's incredible. It must have taken you ages. I love the little Jaffa. And you've made an instruction book too...

::Sits and waits for Firstborn to be old enough to want to play Stargate Lego with his mummy::

[TheWarrior]

These are amazing - defo must have taken ages and I love the Serpent Guards

[Lego Stargate Man]

These are amazing - defo must have taken ages and I love the Serpent Guards

The set took over a year to build, with three prior prototypes that I may post pictures of one day if I'm not too embarrassed (they were horrible!). I went through 4 or 5 Serpent warrior costumes before finally coming up with this design. I had lots of fun building the set, which is what is important. :)

J.

[dpgiffin]

And you met Chris Judge!

Awesome set man!

[Ugly Pig]

That set was insanely cool! Great stuff! :D

[veneticuss]

It looks fantastic!

[Jwizzman]

wow, I totally love those jaffa, they totally rule

[Markey2]

OMG OMG OMG!!!! (flaps arms madly)

That is toooooooooooooooo-ooooo cooooooool. Wooooooow!!!!

[Iskandra]

Whoah - this is brilliant! The Stargate and stuff are great, but you just gotta *love* the little figures! I used to play with Lego as a child and built spaceships, but this is *incredible*! :)

[Icegod]

incredible you must have had too much time on your hands :D lol
Very nice. if I can find my old Lego sets I'll try to recreate it :D

[crazylinguist]

:eek: I want Stargate Legos! That is really neat. Great job. I especially love the Jaffa lego people. They are the best

[S0f4]

wow! thats awesome. Must have taken you days to figure and build it. Good detail. Wish I had enough time to do that. Damn school.
Loved the serpent guards and jaffa figures. Is lego doing stargate already? I want some!!! Not fair!

[jyh]

Whoooooaaaaa, way cool!!!!! Again, must have taken forever. I can't believe you got those little cobra-head masks & uniforms. That in itself is quite a major accomplishment!

My only quibble would be that General Hammond, while he looks handsome indeed in his dress uniform, is bald.

However, as Jacob would say, Holy Hannah!! You're a devoted SG-1 fan, no doubt!!! WTG!!!

[Lego Stargate Man]

Is lego doing stargate already? I want some!!! Not fair!
Alas, no, at least not officially. I had to create the set from scratch, inc. the Jaffa warriors. Having said that, the only pieces that are not standard Lego are the Chevron's (having a decal glued on them). Other than that, the entire set is from stock pieces.
The mini-figure are all modifications of some sort.

Jason

[Lego Stargate Man]

And you met Chris Judge!

Awesome set man!
Ya, that was certainly the highlight of the entire Convention :D He's really nice, down to earth and great with fans.

[NightGloom]

Wow! That is so awesome! You must be pretty dedicated!

[DJFavorite]

I just show my son the pics. He can't wait until I print out the instructions so he can make it too! Great Job!!! :D

[Elite Anubis Guard]

how do i put this simply......frigging awesome....if i still had my lego id make one of those....brilliant simply brilliant!

[Sierra Golf 1]

AWESOME!!!
I have a huge bin of lego parts and up until now I didnt know what to do with them all except make Star Wars ships. Maybe ill work on a ha'tak or an F-302 to supplement....
How'd you make the Jaffa helmets? They're the coolest!
You should make a small hair print to put on the back of Hammond's head to make him look balding as he is in real life.
EDIT: Do you have the Ancient Egypt explorer set? I have the one with the grey sphinx with the little pharaoh guy that pops out. He's my first System Lord!!!!!!

[Lego Stargate Man]

AWESOME!!!
I have a huge bin of lego parts and up until now I didnt know what to do with them all except make Star Wars ships. Maybe ill work on a ha'tak or an F-302 to supplement....

Lego rocks! If you want to quickly experiment with designs, I strongly suggest you check out ldraw.org. There is a piece of freeware there called MLCAD - it's a 3D Lego CAD program. I didn't have it when I was building the Stargate but it sure would have been useful. You just drag & drop pieces in 3D space, it's very easy to use. Once you have the basic design done, you can even have step-by-step instructions generated for you. it's great fun.


How'd you make the Jaffa helmets? They're the coolest!

Thanks for the great feedback, I'm glad you like them! The Jaffa helmets are modified Green Goblin helmets - I shaved of the nose and then used putty to smooth out the mouth & eyes. A little sanding, throw them on backwards, and voila! - you have something that looks a lot like the head of a cobra. A quick coat of grey paint to match the mini-figure body finished them off.

That's how they were made in three lines or less. If you want more detailed step by step instructions, I put together a manual and posted it on-line at http://yoda.ca/lego_stargate/lego_stargate.htm. If you look at the last chapter in the manual, it shows you how to make all the mini-figures yourself. Enjoy and have fun!

Jason

[MartoufMarty]

Wow! That is just so cool!

I remember when me and my sister were younger we somehow made dinosaurs out of Lego. I made a T-Rex, and my sister made a braceosaurus (spelling as eluded me).

Also reminds me also when me and my sister were younger we made the Empire State Building out of snow. It was pretty big. We even made out the little windows and everything. And the point! I took a couple pictures, then we acted like King Kong and destroyed it (and made little people fall out of the windows :P).

What really made me sad was that the pictures never turned out... :(

[yoojoo]

WOW!! That thing is friggen cool!! Way to go lego stargate man!!!

just out of curiosity (and i am asking out of my experience with legos) How many times did you get frustrated and destroy the blasted thing before ya got it perfect? :D

[Lego Stargate Man]

WOW!! That thing is friggen cool!! Way to go lego stargate man!!!

just out of curiosity (and i am asking out of my experience with legos) How many times did you get frustrated and destroy the blasted thing before ya got it perfect? :D

Believe it or not, only three times. I took over a year to get it right and I did spend a lot of time in between the prototypes thinking of how it could be built. Of course, during that year I had to figure out a logical, practical way of sorting / storing all my Lego as one giant bucket wasn't working. I was spending *way* too much time sifting through the pieces looking for that one 1x2 light grey brick I needed ;) All you Lego fans out there will know exactly what I mean. Now that I have a basic sorting system set up, future projects should go a lot faster.

Getting the Jaffa right took a *LONG* time as I fiddled around with 2 or 3 different types of head pieces before finally finding one that looked right. I was also fortunate that a local Zellers put on clearance a Lego Green Goblin set for only $3 each so I bought lots of them and had some material to experiment with.

If I get a chance, I'll dig up some pictures of the prototypes and post them for you to see, that is, if I'm not too embarrassed at how bad the thing looked the first time around.

I've moved on to another Lego project and should have the designs finished soon, then off to prototype #1. Then again, we just had our second child so I'm a little sleep deprived these days. I'll post more details when I'm a little further along.

Jason

[Elite Anubis Guard]

you should try making more areas, other planets, tolanna and that. prometheus interior!

[SilverHawk]

Hi everyone,
The set is fairly extensive and includes (in no order) :
- STARGATE with 7 chevrons, as per the show
- Mount, with 6 wheels and extendible robotic arm
- Command Centre with missile turret
- Gun turret
- SG-1 Team mini-figures in green camouflage gear, including vests and arm patches with proper team number
- Teal’c mini-figure with head tattoo (but no hair, inspired from pre-season 8 episodes)
- SG-11 Team in dessert gear, including arm patches with proper team number
- Jaffa with armour vests & skirts, cobra head gear and staff weapons (to scale)
- General Hammond in dress uniform
- Walter Davis, trusty STARGATE operator


Are you sure you don't mean M.A.L.P.? The little robot they always use?


Justin
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[Elite Anubis Guard]

lol...yeh its a malp!

wat does malp actually mean?

[Janus]

MALP =

Mobile
Analyse
Laboratory
Probe.

At least, IIRC.

[Elite Anubis Guard]

mk thanks!

[Major Clanger]

That's absolutely fantastic! Really gorgeous.



::sits and waits for Firstborn to be old enough to want to play Stargate Lego with his mummy::
Stuff the Gruesomes, I want one of my own!!

[Lego Stargate Man]

Are you sure you don't mean M.A.L.P.? The little robot they always use?


Justin
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Ya, that's it. I had already posted by the time I realized my mistake. It took me a while to realize what they *were* saying as when the characters on the show say M.A.L.P., they spit it out so fast I heard it as Mount.

Then again, have they always called it M.A.L.P.? I could swear that in one season rather another it was called a Mount ... then again maybe my recent lack of sleep is affecting my brain.

J.

[Sierra Golf 1]

Well, MALP does sound a lot like MOUNT if you hear it quickly

[hatcher]

you should try making more areas, other planets, tolanna and that. prometheus interior!

Hey, I'm the Lego Stargate guy's brother in law, and I share his LEGO obsession. His Stargate so blew me away, that he has inspired me. I am currently putting the finishing touches on a mini-Prometheus. I was originally going to try to make it big enough to put min-figs in, but realized that I would have to buy WAY more LEGO than I could possibly justify to my wife. (Plus, the thing would be FRIGGIN HUGE and never fit in my basement.) So, it is just a mini model. I will try to post a pic as soon as I get it finished.

[tiamut]

I just show my son the pics. He can't wait until I print out the instructions so he can make it too! Great Job!!! :D


Mine, too.

[Eye of the Storm]

My younger brother and I have made several models over the years, including a semi-trailer, a Hummer, and more recently, a Death Glider (or rather the F-302). At the moment I have attempted to create the Warthog from the game series Halo.


I am currently putting the finishing touches on a mini-Prometheus. ... I will try to post a pic as soon as I get it finished.
I can't wait to see that one!

[Lego Stargate Man]

I have recently been exchanging emails with someone from Australia who found out about the Lego Stargate on this forum, took a peek, downloaded the instructions and is ready to go. I'm in Canada and think it's tres cool that someone on the other side of the planet is looking to build their own Lego Stargate!

This begs the question - where are everyone else located? I'd be really interested to know where you are located (country & possible state / province) and would appreciate it if you could drop me an email letting me know (lego_stargate@yoda.ca) or post something here.

BTW - Has anyone ever heard of incompatibilities with the Windows and Mac versions of MLCAD? I've been emailed by someone who is using a Mac and has had problems opening the model (it seems to merge multiple models together). Anyone have any thoughts?

Thanks in advance and keep building!

J.

[aAnubiSs]

I thought about making a Ha'tak and BC-303 is carbon-fibre, but I decided that I'm too lazy :)

Would be so cool to have a 75*75*100 or something Ha'tak :)

[Eye of the Storm]

I have recently been exchanging emails with someone from Australia

That would be me. :D I didn't have an account set up at the time, but here I am!!

Added:
Lego Stargate Man, could you try saving the file as ".ldr" because that's the filename extension for the Mac program.

[Eye of the Storm]

If anyone would like to see my creations, please let me know how to upload an image, and I'll show you what I have.

[WraithWarrior]

Absolutely Brilliant. They all look really cool and like other people have said, you should really try to make and design other areas, ships

YOU ROCK!!!!!!

[Lego Stargate Man]

They all look really cool and like other people have said, you should really try to make and design other areas, ships


Working on that right now ... stay tuned. Had to take a break with the birth of our second child and then the Christmas holiday rush.

J.

[Wass]

Good job looking very promising and congratulations on second child.

[Eye of the Storm]

Here's a few images of our creations

http://img89.exs.cx/img89/6998/idcp00011wo.th.jpg (http://img89.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img89&image=idcp00011wo.jpg)

http://img159.exs.cx/img159/8490/dcp00137ty.th.jpg (http://img159.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img159&image=dcp00137ty.jpg)

Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting (http://www.imageshack.us)

[-Jules-]

Here's my poor attempt at it. lol At least it took up some time! I was bored. :rolleyes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/-Jules-/07-28-2005-Summer2005101.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/-Jules-/07-28-2005-Summer2005100.jpg

i changed some things on it and added a wormhole so, these are slightly older pics. *shrug* it was fun making it though. best part was finding all the stuff for the lego ppl. :D

[SG-1ssm]

Wow. You shouldtry building the rest of the SGC lol

[-Jules-]

yeah, really! :cool:

[mazzmatazz]

That... That blew my project totally out of the water. I bow before your superior Stargate based creativity :P

[GoldenSG-1]

I downloaded your Puddle Jumper plans on MLCAD i was missing a few pieces in my database,still can't find them on the 'net anyways I tried to make an F-302 based off someone elses design. It looked okay but i wasn't satisified with how the wings looked.

Update-Right now I destroyed the F-302 to try and build the Puddle Jumper on the site. It didn't work lol so now i'm going to build the F-302 back hopefully better than ever!

This is a unfinished 3D image but finished design of my F-302 exact colors and all since i don't have much black flat piece:) The right wing is complete the left is not


http://mishicorp.org/Exblogs/uploads/samurai_5.jpg

[Eye of the Storm]

I downloaded your Puddle Jumper plans on MLCAD

What plans? where from?

[rac76]

As my daughter kept saying "cool"!! I agree with her, its really awesome. I can't wait until the Holidays to get my son some legos!! :)

[WraithWarrior]

WOW, love your work man, that lego is amnazin

[FallenAngelII]

He should make those for commission. He'd make a lot of money!

[Peoples_General]

Im a member of several Lego enthusiasts forums like Classic-Castle.com, BrickLink.com, EuroBricks.com, and Classic-Space.com...

Time and again, I've suggested to people who work for Lego who are also members of those communities that Lego should get a StarGate license. A lot of my fellow Lego fans has supported this. Yes, there are many AFOLs (Adult Fans of Lego) who also watch StarGate... cuz StarGate is that awesome! :D

Lego currently has a license with Lucas (Star Wars stuff), thus that MASSIVE Star Wars set.... set#10030 Imperial Star Destroyer with over 3,000+ pieces. Its built in "Nano-Scale", instead of "Minifigure-Scale" but its massive at 37inches long and 23 inches wide. Its under the UCS (Ultimate Collector's Series) line. However, this StarWars license is set to expire later this year in 2006 Fall. So it either get renewed, -or- they go back to Lego's own Space theme, -or- they get a license with the StarGate franchise!

The StarTrek license is under MegaBloks (competitor brand of inferior quality building blocks).

Just imagine how cool that would be. Lego currently makes Castle (medieval), Space (sci-fi), Town (modern) themes. A line of sets with a StarGate license, can merge all three themes. Imagine a set with Lego F-302s flying over a Lego medieval village and Lego modern Earth soldiers walking around with guns.

[GoldenSG-1]

What plans? where from?



http://yoda.ca/lego_stargate/puddle_jumper/sga_puddle_jumper.htm

[Peoples_General]

ANY Lego fan here should join http://www.bricklink.com and put their creations into http://www.brickshelf.com . Both are free sites and Im a member of both any I frequent the online stores on BrickLink as well as the image galleries on Brickshelf.

Bricklink also has links to theme-specific fansites, such as http://www.classic-castle.com for Castle fans , http://www.classic-space.com for Space fans, http://www.fbtb.net/ for StarWars Lego fans, and many more sites.

[tflux]

Not to knock you, but I'd rather have instructions for this one:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=151715

And to this death glider:
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/920

Love the puddle jumper you put together though!

[GoldenSG-1]

Not to knock you, but I'd rather have instructions for this one:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=151715



Love the puddle jumper you put together though!

holy crap! thats the best stargate lego by far! I'd put the other one in second place. My F-302 i've add retracting wheels but i wish i could work on the wing angle a bit more