Man spends 2 years building Dalek out of 480,000 matches

[Forkboy]

Doctor Who's deadliest villains The Daleks have finally met their match ... well ... matches anyway. And not thanks to any Time Lord, either, but rather at the hands of Brian Croucher, who spent the last two years building a full-sized extraterrestrial out of 480,000 matches which have been cut, shaped and sanded.

"I did a Dalek because my wife Hazel bet me to do it as a challenge," he told the London Telegraph. "The hardest bit was the little bubbles on the body because they have to be rounded. There are 56 of them and each one had to be built up and then sanded off."

Wish you could have one of your own without having to spend hours each day building it, which even Croucher admits is a "tedious business?" Then you may be in luck, because the 5' 3" extraterrestrial is taking up too much room in Croucher's sitting room.

"I want to sell it," he said. "I'm prepared to listen to offers and sell it to the highest bidder."

http://scifiwire.com/2009/09/man-spends-2-years-buildi.php

I suddenly don't feel so bad for owning 28 Godzilla movies.

[Sky Masterson]

1. I would have given up on day 2

Sheesh.I'm such a gen X'r :P
The guy is either really committed or he's Rainman :D

[kentauros]

2. Seems kind of odd to build something whose purpose is to kill all life.

Why didn't he cuild a TARDIS instead? :)

[hobbit709]

3. Way too much time on his hands.

[deucemagnet]

4. If only he would have used his powers for good. n/t

[Call Me Wesley]

5. A Dalek's work is never done ...

[Richardo]

6. Comic Book Guy: "My god I've wasted my life"...

...Is the first thing that came to mind.

[charlie and algernon]

7. I hope his wife gave him a nice reward for completing her challenge

;)

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Sounds like his wife wanted some solitude for two years or so!

[Deja Q]

9. So THAT is why his gut is bigger than mine!

:rofl:

[surrealAmerican]

10. He did a fantastic job, too.

lovely bit of random folk art

[MilesColtrane]

11. !

[whistler162]

12. Then he had a celebratory smoke and flipped the

match the wrong way.

[wickerwoman]

13. Stand back girls, he's MINE!

Seriously though, how f'in cool is that thing?

I need to start making money again. :-(

[proteus_lives]

14. Awesome!

Give that man the Nerd Nobel Prize!

[jobycom]

15. Dammit!

A year and half into what I thought was an original project.