Homer: A LEGO® creation by Sean Kenney : MOCpages.com

LEGO Homer is 4 feet tall and contains about 10,000 LEGO elements. He has an open hand that functions as a real cup holder. Two Homers were built; the first in 2003 as a personal project, and the second for a brief public display in Washington DC, August 2005.

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LEGO Homer was a personal project; as a LEGO Certified Professional, Sean can't sell copies of copyrighted characters.

Contact Sean if you'd like to commission a LEGO sculpture of something else.

The full sculpture

Head-on

The details of his fingers

Design
Sean spent over 2 weeks designing and building the sculpture. It was the first time he had ever built a large-scale LEGO sculpture. Much of the building process was pure visualization, double-checked by a little counting and math. (Sean had to recall a lot of math that he had not used since high school, such as the "rise over run" principles from geometry.) Sean finds that building curved surfaces with square bricks is a fun challenge, so he did not do any pre-planning, sketching, measurements, or computer-aided design prior to beginning this model.

Building it
Sean started the prototype by building Homer's eyes, and then building his face outwards from there. He created 75% of his head before he realized that the model was not coming out to his liking. So, putting this first attempt aside, he started construction on a second face, comparing the two as he went, working to get a better result. Once his head was done, Sean began working downward, creating the collar, bust, belly, legs, and feet. Building downwards can be problematic... Often, as the outer shell approached a part of the superstructure, Sean would have to pry pieces into the center of the model, which caused creaking and bending that had to be corrected later.

Technique
In some ways, Homer is similar to smaller models like Sean's 1:20 scale VW beetle, because of the visualization needed for some of the complex curves. In many other ways, however, it proved very different. Most importantly, when working on a model of this size, a internal support is very important. In Homer's case, a sturdy column runs vertically along the full length of his body, from the base of his neck all the way down his center to between his feet. This allows his head to rest on a sturdy platform, and branches off to several cross-braces at his hips and arms.

Early construction

Under construction,
mostly done

Just a big cupholder
Since Homer's open hand was to be used as a cup-holder for a real beer can, his hand has to support a lot of weight, even though it doesn't have any direct support underneath. After a little experimentation, a sturdy truss along the bottom inside of Homer's arm that now leads from his wrist back to his elbow, and then bends into his body and connects with the main superstructure. An additional smaller truss spans the base of the cup holder and connects with his wrist.

Public display
Built in 2003, the model went on display in August 2005 in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington DC. The model was mentioned in The Washington Post and was on the home page of Wired Magazine for two weeks. Here are some pictures from the event:

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riley and mason zoesting

(from U.R.M)

July 15, 2008

prefect deatail!great job!

josh dempsey

(from in front of my pc ....Duh.])

June 21, 2008

WWWWOOOOOOOW!! i love it but why arent you aloud to sell it couldnt you sontact the company or summin because i want it so much !!

puwit neangongoy butt monkey

(from uranus(not the planet))

April 22, 2008

doh! this is great and very accurate 5/5 nice job.

Optimus Prime

(from Cybertron)

January 26, 2008

"MMM... Sacralicous", the waffle on the ceiling may not be god, but this model and the creator are certainly close. If I were you though I would get a clear beer bottle and make Duff lables for it, but he doesn't need a doughnut because he's doing his signatue 'ooh!!' pose. "Forget it Marge it's Chinatown!!"

Edvin Einarsson

(from in front of a blaster cannon... !BLAM! ughh...)

December 31, 2007

cool, but you shuold make a duff can to put in his hand and a donut with pink sugar thingy on

Joey Marks

August 13, 2007

cool

Josh Smith

(from The Bottomless Pit)

August 8, 2007

Way cool! I love the Simpsons. D'oh, please come look at my MOC's.

sean j

(from Australia)

July 16, 2007

This is simply the greatest Homer ever.Accuracy is just fantastic

monkeyguy is kewl

June 12, 2007

I think that's one of the best sculptures so far

Vadoo Seven

January 6, 2007

This is the best MOC on this website!!! Homer looks so real. Great Job1

Ryan Beck

(from Virginia, U.S.A.)

January 4, 2007

Great job, this is an awesome MOC. Probably one of the best sculpure MOCS on the site. Keep up the great building. =)

SPARTAN-151 MC

(from A pile of Legos next to your house)

June 8, 2006

Awsome,you deserve a reward.But I got nothin'.

J Man

May 10, 2006

Simpson, HOMER Simpson, he's the best guy in history! Simpson, HOMER Simpson, he's about to run into a chest nut tree. Awsome!

Dean Spencer

(from Ontario, Canada)

March 13, 2006

one word.. a freakin amazing moc! *realizes thats 4 words* *knocks head on table really hard* nice model, try and make the rest of the simpsons family XD

Marauder

January 22, 2006

Don't listen to those lower than 3 reviewers. This statue is amazing.

Jared Adams

(from newnan ga.)

January 19, 2006

i don't watch the simpsins

Ww - Kiwi !

(from Sweden)

November 15, 2005

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! His awesome :D

Justin Depoy

(from The Luigiian Republic)

November 9, 2005

Undoubtedly the highlight of nall your Lego designs. That should be in a Miniland for everyone to enjoy, and I am impressed that you could create curves so seamlessly without even a preliminary design. A professional-looking, flawless creation.

Samson Bradley

November 9, 2005

why must everybody have more bricks than me!!!!anyway its good great job

Michael Newton

(from Homeland Planet)

August 30, 2005

Dude, this is awsome!!! I love the simpsons, and I would probably buy this model. i also like how it is multi-functional(a cupholder). have you ever gotten up in the middle of the night and freaked your self out with this thing? i really like this model, but here's a challenge: can you build all of the other simpsons characters?

DJ Kabu

(from Finland-Turku)

August 21, 2005

This Homer Simpson is so cool!

harold gurtrud

(from manchester)

April 22, 2005

now i look closer it is GUD!!!!

harold gutrud

(from manchester)

April 14, 2005

the eyes are RUBBISH!!! and it is POOEY!!! my model of poo is better!!!

Legomasta

(from england .cambridge)

March 4, 2005

How The!! What The!! how did You Do That!!

hunter vass

(from az tuscon)

January 5, 2005

WOW how can you curved if it was for sale i would buy it

sandy

December 25, 2004

sweet merciful crap! absolutely amazing!

December 6, 2004

Friggin Cool!!!

Mike Lucio

(from Lucioville Twp.)

November 15, 2004

(stands there in awww drooling...) 10 stars if I could give em!

Trent Breward

(from Australia)

September 30, 2004

All the Homer quotes have been used. Lets see some more simpson sculptures

huge simpson fan

August 23, 2004

That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have never seen anything like that in my life! Now all we need is...Mmmmmmmmmm...doughnut, anyone that didn't give you 5 stars is crazy!

Mikko

(from Turku, Finland)

July 31, 2004

D'oh it looks great!

Joker .

(from none of your business are you a cop or something!)

July 21, 2004

Where do you get those wonderful bricks?

Freddy Krueger

(from Elm Street)

June 14, 2004

You're really good.

David

April 14, 2004

WOW!!! this is great. now do the family and krusty

will

March 23, 2004

triple DOH!

Brian, M.

(from Italy)

February 25, 2004

Your homer is amazing! I think you should make a santas little helper.

Moe

(from Southern Kali)

February 24, 2004

Hey Sean...Make more of it and post them on E-bay...you'll make some serious bucks...Great LOOKing Homer man...ITs a masterpiece..Rock ON Dude!!...

Ryan

(from Lockport, IL)

February 14, 2004

Homer looks great!!! Matt Groening himself would be impressed!

Steven Ferriolo

(from Longisland,New york)

January 25, 2004

IT BLOWS LEGO AWAY!

Roger

(from Hawaii)

January 17, 2004

What else is there to say - Homer looks great! I dare you to sculpt Side Show Bob!

Hullu

(from Finland)

January 15, 2004

GREAT!! Looks just like real Homer!

Viral Videos

(from http://viralcentral.com)

December 24, 2003

Homer is the best known personality in the US according to the recently conducted polls. You can look at this short clip and have fun. http://viralcentral.com

BRADEN

December 22, 2003

BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(from The Cat Box)

December 18, 2003

DOH !!!

Liam

(from London)

December 18, 2003

What a waste of precious time. This Homer could be better.

molli

(from finland)

December 16, 2003

Doup .... my hero

lawrence

December 9, 2003

ART!!!!!!!!

Bill

December 8, 2003

How did you do that:)

Brian Tobin

December 2, 2003

Double "D'OH!"

ad.hoc

(from germany)

November 28, 2003

5* MAJOR respect

a fan

November 24, 2003

It's so great. But the sideshowbob link doesn't work.

Laurent .

(from paris)

October 27, 2003

extraordinary !!

Karen

October 22, 2003

I am so impressed. You did a great job. I love your attention to detail.

Rhea

(from http://boysareturds.com)

October 15, 2003

Wow. I'm absolutely flabbergasted that you had the concentration and amount of Lego pieces to create that. As a big fan of Homer, I think you deserve a pat on the back.

josh leivars

(from england)

October 7, 2003

this is fat !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick

(from Uk (Scotland))

October 6, 2003

Sean, What a fantasic sculpture of homer simpson. Excellent work Mate. I think you should make a bottle of duff beer now just to give him that final real homer look. Keep up the great work.

marco

(from pa)

October 4, 2003

sean i think homer is great, but you should start building new york stuff again. i love greenich village and midtown, so please dont stop

Terry

(from NC)

October 1, 2003

Really cool! You got Homer so life like. You should be a model maker at Lego. Keep up the good work. Thank you. It was a pleasure to visit your site, Terry.

Repoort Enolc

(from California)

September 30, 2003

Well Sean, I must say I am truly delighted with the outcome of this model. Words cannot describe the amazement I went through when my jaw hit the ground. I only wish I had as many Lego as you have, because I am one for the masterpices, and this should be honored like the rest. Keep it up!

Reviewer

(from (suomesta))

September 30, 2003

It's very good, but Homer's eyes are too big...

Keith Goldman

(from Iron Reich)

September 30, 2003

This is a very good likeness, but shouldnt he be yellow? Stupid Flanders!

Steven R

(from NYC)

September 30, 2003

Sean amazes again. Look forward to your next project. I would love to see the Verrazano Bridge in Lego. You are the guy to build it. -- Steven

Mark Williams

(from Massachusetts)

September 30, 2003

Wow! This is amazing. You got everything pretty much perfect, except, his head might need to be a bit taller? Anywaygood job, and, are you gonna' try Bart anytime soon?

Brian

(from Philadelphia)

September 30, 2003

A work of pure genius!!! All we need now is lego Homer chokeing lego Flanders. Stupid Flanders. All said great job. Impressive!

Bruce

September 30, 2003

Woo-hoo! Awesome model, Sean.

Michelle

(from NYC)

September 30, 2003

Sean - you one scary man. Homer's kinda cute, is he busy saturday night?

Matthew Sklar

(from Legidia)

September 30, 2003

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is great!!! Why is he orange (or is that just the lightng making yellow look orange)? WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great work!!!

Sid

September 30, 2003

As Mr. Burns would say, "EK-sill-linttttt!" But aren't you scared of having that thing in your apartment at night? :-)

Chris Leach

(from Michigan (MichLUG/MichLTC ))

September 29, 2003

DOH!!

Tilt - Whirl

(from Toronto)

September 29, 2003

Absolutely sweet!!! As a major Simpson's fan, let me be the first to say well done on this icon of American culture! You should build a forbidden donut to go in his hand. ;-)