I love it!

Awesome! The only thing missing is a towel. Although never mentioned in the book, I'm sure the dolphins recognized the importance of having one.

Nice job!

Great Job, Love The Movie Reference As Well.

Nice dolphin! The water is brilliant too! Good job capturing the feeling of "still motion", as it were. Well done!

The dolphin is really natural-looking and organic, and the HGTTG references work well here. Although you got one thing wrong... the mice were smarter, and also mammals.

Brilliant. Lego as sculpture - love it!

Ha! I´m reading the Hitchhiker again for the x time and look who did a stunning MOC about it. The dynamic is awesome; it´s like a snapshot and that makes it so real.

Mine. Lee.

Dolphins are the SECOND smartest species, humans are the THIRD. still, what an excellent movie, and it was doing a backflip.

I love this! This is pure Quality, but ..... sureley you know that the dolpin was doing a BACKFLIP when it delivered the message? *sob sob* *hysterical hitting of the "not good" button*

Oh fantastic. Dolphin and water splashing both. Pure artistry.

Nice build, i love this movie, and this scene gave me quite a laugh~Nick

so sad that it shall come to this, we tried to warn you all but oohh dear... nice one

LMAO touche!

I'm afraid you're wrong about that. Dolphins are the SECOND smartest animals on Earth, mice being the smartest.

have you seen the movie? any way in the movie when the dolphins leave its the best part and check out my mocs :)

HAHA! One of the best series of our age. I love your description: "It's a dolphin."

This comment was written for multiple posts so please excuse the non specific nature of it. You (or your Lego creation) has been nominated for a MOCie award this year. If you would like to write an acceptance speech in the event that you win, please feel free to do so and email it to me at mocieawards@gmail.com. If you win, your acceptance speech will be used in the awards ceremony post due out sometime in June. If you are nominated for multiple entries, please be sure to write a response for each entry. Please check this link http://mocpages.com/group_conversation.php?id=11182&topicid=50162 to see if you’ve been nominated for more than one category. Thanks and good luck! ~ Chris.

Nice work! Wow he is so smooth, he looks perfectly like a dolphin, especially adore his nose, excellent. Love the water base and the splash technique as it leaps up through it. Tremendous!

Thank you for your comment, you got the overall shape of the dolphin perfected. A nice sculpture.

That's one great dolphin !!!!!

Nice work it looks so real.

Very awesome Leo, thanks for sharing!!!

It was blogged here, too: http://blogg.aftonbladet.se/legobloggen/2010/01/ajoss-och-tack-for-fisken

Thanks Joshua! I had no idea actually! It's pretty cool to be blogged. I will have to make sure and thank the blogger.

I don't know if you've seen this yet or not, but your creation has been blogged. I was just surfing the web when I happened apon it: http://legoexpress.tumblr.com/post/358211276/lego-dolphin-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the And great creation by the way!

Wonderful MOC. Imaginative and very well done :)

Shouldn't it be doing a backflip through a hoop while whistling the tune to "Star Spangled Banner"?

Very nice. I love dolphins, very good job making one!

My pleasure, Heath! This is one beauty of an entry here; all the harder for the competition to follow. Now, hasn't anybody mentioned a Petunia and a spermwhale yet? Hmmm...

Wow, great work! One of the best MOCs I've seen so far in terms of efficiency. In other words, you get the point across extremely well with remarkably few elements, which, in my opinion, makes the whole thing seem much more elegant than larger creations. Just remember, DON'T PANIC.

Wow, really nice work Heath! Great technique on the water and the dolphin looks great as well.

Thank you very much for the kind words Dave! I definitely will bring it out to BW, and look forward to meeting you both. Well, it will be a first for meeting everyone actually! LOL we're looking forward to mixing it up with the community's elite!!

I tried to comment back Dave, but the filter did not approve of the words "Thank" and "You". Hopefully someday we can get some leniency on this language filter. Until then....seriously, thank you all for the kinds comments!

Don't let Chris fool you, Heath...he's just happy for the opportunity to attribute his "stunned" to something other than just being awake. But seriously...this is awesome! Hope you're bringing it to BrickWorld...Johnny and I look forward to meeting you!

there's something fishy and fun here

WOW! There isn't anything I can say that hasn't already been said. Fabulous job on this!~H

You Beauty....what a little ripper.

lol I read the series 2 twice already. (From The Hitchhiker`s guide to the galaxy to Mostly Harmless) Oh, and Great MOC!

Yes! I love it!

This moc is stunning! It's a very accurate of both a dolphin, and my favorite scene from Hitchhikers. Great job =)

Seriously, When I saw the picture of this under the "new from your favorite builders box" My mouth dropped open. This is outstanding nothing less, it will never be anything less than outstanding. Bravo, Bravo!

Wow....thank you all for the very kind comments! I'm glad that you enjoy this MOC as much as I do. The dolphin is a whole assembly and can be removed from the base.....no missing tail. I wanted to do something epic for the contest, but wanted to stay within my brick inventory too so had to compromise a bit. Best compromise ever! And the answer is ALWAYS 42.

"I like dolphin, Steve."

This is just way too cool. For such a small MOC, there is too much good stuff to comment on, so I'll leave it at this...you win. -Dylan

So sad that it should come to this. I love this! I like the sleekness, it looks like it was hard to made that curve.

Very clever design, and I love the water splash effect. Lee.

Stunningly beautiful. Great work Heath. Some of your best to date. You've captured the shape perfectly. Love it.

Having just experienced a dolphin encounter a few weeks ago, I declare that this is a very accurate depiction of how Bill (all dolphins are named Bill, btw) comes out of the water. You really capture the action here -- the surprise of him coming out of the water so gracefully is perfection. Great work!

This was one of the greatest movies ever, and the best part was just this. "So long so long so long, thanks for all tha' fish!"

uh... wow! i agree with your feelings on this being your best MOC to date, it's stunning! Like others have said organic builds are a lot harder to do well than inorganic ones, so kudos for that and the water effect is pretty amazing, too.

Hehe love those books, Great Dolphin!

Very nice, very nice.. -Madd.. (Ps, Dont forget your towel.)

Nice, Heath. Animals have got to be some of the most difficult subjects to attempt in Lego. You did a great job on this one, particularly the head and mouth. Immediately recognizable.

hehe =D love this

the awnser is.... 42.

cool idea I love it

I believe it was a hyperspace bypass, actually.

Nicely done! Idea right off the opening scene!

That is a very lovely dolphin! Nicely. It also reminds me that I have to think of something for the compo.

Cute dolphin. Nice splash.

Good critter, nice action. Reminds me to watch that show again. I haven't seen it for a few years. see ya. garth

Heck with the movie. The book is 42 times better.

I love that movie! This is beautifully done indeed! "The answer is 42."

Oh, right, that contest. I must get on that.

When I first saw this moc I sat in stunned silence at the beauty of it... I still am. ~ Chris.