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LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun

2012-03-02 · documentary visit · Hank, Michael Aranda · 3:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Pop culture · mode: Personal update · tags: guest or collab

Hank and Michael Aranda, newly moved to Missoula to work on SciShow and Crash Course, build a LEGO Millennium Falcon overnight, bag by bag, until it is finished at about 2 a.m.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank introduces Michael Aranda; tonight they build the Millennium Falcon

  • ★★ Hank introduces Michael Aranda and says they are putting together the Millennium Falcon today. — 00:00:00

00:00:19 — Minifigures first (Han Solo), the price, an unnumbered bag, Lemon dislikes the noise

  • ★ Hank questions why the set has you build the people first, the most fun part, which he would save for last. (playful) — 00:00:19
  • ★ Hank notes the set was not cheap; it took a couple of guesses to guess its price. — 00:00:30

00:00:59 — Bags two to four: lost pieces, the tube, tasting pastel pieces, end of the first book

00:02:00 — Bag five: progress check, a broken blaster, why each new bag is hard again ('Cardigan! Madmartigan!')

  • ★ Hank observes that within each bag pieces get easier to find, then a new bag makes it hard again. (playful) — 00:02:12

00:02:33 — 2 a.m.: bag six, the finished Falcon, sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says it is now 2 a.m., Michael has finished his Mountain Dew, and the Falcon now looks like the Millennium Falcon. — 00:02:33
  • ★★ Hank announces the Millennium Falcon is finished. — 00:02:56

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says Michael Aranda recently moved to Missoula to help produce SciShow and Crash Course, and composed the video's music. — video description · Missoula, Montana, SciShow, Crash Course
  • ★★ The description says Hank saw the Millennium Falcon set at Target and needed it; building took about four hours at night and the video four more hours. — video description
  • ★★ Hank writes that LEGO did not pay him for the video, that the brothers have always turned down product placement, and that they will tell viewers if they ever do it. — video description
  • ★ Hank jokes that he would have no problem with Hasbro paying him to put together LEGO sets. (playful) — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Building the minifigures first, Hank finds hair and legs but no heads. — 00:00:24

    “Han Solo is complete!”

  • Hank finds pastel pieces and asks Michael what they taste like. — 00:01:29

    “Like Reese's....pieces, but...harder.”

  • Mid-build, Michael Aranda abruptly tells Hank to be careful, then gives his reason. — 00:01:50

    “I dropped an egg in my cleavage.”

  • Starting a new bag makes finding pieces hard again, and Hank riffs on the rhyme. — 00:02:19

    “It's hard again! Cardigan! Madmartigan!! Tartigrade!”

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Mentioned

Central: LEGO Millennium Falcon · Michael Aranda

Also: Han Solo · Lego · Lemon · Madmartigan · Mountain Dew · Reese's Pieces · tardigrade (“Tartigrade”)

Only in the description or credits: Crash Course · Hasbro · Missoula, Montana · SciShow · Target Corporation

Also centred on Michael Aranda: DFTBA · Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games · Caviar Brownies - The Second Annual Hungry Games

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