i will tell you a story of kjeld kirk kristiansen, who is the current sole owner of the lego group and son of said creator.

when i had my big ol' japanese heavy cruiser (partially the impetus behind jumpei's masterpiece here) he came out to the show where i had it, and said that he really liked it and the detail was excellent, but he couldn't say it with cameras around because of the company philosophy.

they still won't make "realistic" war toys, and they get around it by making "movie toys" as tie-ins. sneaky, but that's the grounds. they also make the movie sets' faces in "skin colors" to distance them from the lego yellow people.

Same here, but this is still impressive.

There was no battle cruiser in Starcraft called Yamato.

Thinking of this perhaps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

no he was thinking of the Yamato Gun, a special ability of the terran battlecruiser modeled after the wave motion gun from Space Battle Ship Yamato.

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2008/10/12/hms-hood-is-finished/

ed motorized all of 'em

Holy shit, you're right.

Probably cost more too.