Jan 18, 2011: BrickMW

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2011, 12:43 AM

We're getting more and more strange stories out of China. I don't know if it's because China has become less insular, or the increase in wealth has allowed more people to march to a different drummer... or saxophone.

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Dai Geng spent more than a year cementing the brick blocks together which he then carved into a model of a sporty BMW Z4, which can exceed speeds of 150mph. Except for the windows, everything is made from brick, even the hinges that allow the door to open and close just like metal ones.

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The brick car, which is 5 metres long, 2.15 metres wide, 1.6 metres high and weighs 6.5 tons, was completed in 2007 and was displayed at different places, such as the 798 Art Zone in Beijing.

Off hand I can't think of anything more useless, so it must be art, I guess.

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He is hoping the car will be sold for use as a garden ornament and bought by one of the newly rich Chinese who regard BMW as extremely desirable because of the quality and performance.

Sounds like he had a plan when he chose what to build, I guess nobody wants a brick rickshaw.

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plthijinx · 01-18-2011, 01:29 AM

6.5 tons? wow! that is a really really cool model!

Undertoad · 01-18-2011, 01:45 AM

Bad art, is what we're going to see a lot of from China. Sure, buddy, take a year of your life to recreate someone else's design, and sell it for decoration.

I'd piss him off if I got to talk with him. "So... you decided to go easy on yourself and not carve out the grille, or the rotors and brakes? Just lazy, or you didn't plan ahead? You do realize, you coulda saved yourself 2 months by doing the Convertible."

But that would be rude, because he's probably got lung disease and no fingertips. Besides being stuck with a shit-ton of building materials in the shape of any sports coupe produced around the world in the last 10 years. "Oh it's a Z? I thought it was a Hyundai Genesis. But you're right, the rear sight lines are shittier in the Z."

Griff · 01-18-2011, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Bad art, is what we're going to see a lot of from China. Sure, buddy, take a year of your life to recreate someone else's design, and sell it for decoration.

It is bad art and smart marketing. China is at the stage where folks have buckets of cash looking to buy "class". We need to teach them what class is and sell them little wooden boats.

Trilby · 01-18-2011, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

sell them little wooden boats.

that footfootfoot designed and produced!

Gravdigr · 01-18-2011, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

You do realize, you coulda saved yourself 2 months by doing the Convertible?

01-18-2011, 02:56 AM

How do you say "pathetic waste of time" in Mandarin or Cantonese or Shanghainese or....

ZenGum · 01-18-2011, 06:28 AM

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sell them little wooden boats.

footfootfoot · 01-18-2011, 08:06 AM

NOW you guys have your thinking caps on!

Shawnee123 · 01-18-2011, 08:56 AM

My (level 2) dream car, out of brick? No, no, no.

monster · 01-18-2011, 09:29 AM

How did it take a year to cement the bricks together? The lung disease and no fingertips?

Sheldonrs · 01-18-2011, 10:02 AM

Does this mean that the Great Wall was supposed to be a train?

glatt · 01-18-2011, 10:08 AM

win!

footfootfoot · 01-18-2011, 09:15 PM

It's a brick car
It's mighty mighty

Gravdigr · 01-18-2011, 10:43 PM

Oh that used to be the shit right there.

ETA:

My little nodding smilie up there seems to be rocking to the Commodores when I watch the vid now...

01-18-2011, 01:29 AM	#2
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	6.5 tons? wow! that is a really really cool model! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

01-18-2011, 08:06 AM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	NOW you guys have your thinking caps on! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-18-2011, 08:56 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My (level 2) dream car, out of brick? No, no, no. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-18-2011, 09:29 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	How did it take a year to cement the bricks together? The lung disease and no fingertips? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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01-18-2011, 01:45 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Bad art, is what we're going to see a lot of from China. Sure, buddy, take a year of your life to recreate someone else's design, and sell it for decoration. I'd piss him off if I got to talk with him. "So... you decided to go easy on yourself and not carve out the grille, or the rotors and brakes? Just lazy, or you didn't plan ahead? You do realize, you coulda saved yourself 2 months by doing the Convertible." But that would be rude, because he's probably got lung disease and no fingertips. Besides being stuck with a shit-ton of building materials in the shape of any sports coupe produced around the world in the last 10 years. "Oh it's a Z? I thought it was a Hyundai Genesis. But you're right, the rear sight lines are shittier in the Z."

01-18-2011, 02:56 AM	#7
aero geek Guest Posts: n/a	How do you say "pathetic waste of time" in Mandarin or Cantonese or Shanghainese or....

01-18-2011, 10:08 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	win!

01-18-2011, 09:15 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	It's a brick car It's mighty mighty __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-18-2011, 10:43 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Oh that used to be the shit right there. ETA: My little nodding smilie up there seems to be rocking to the Commodores when I watch the vid now... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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