The Green Gables Stadium never existed in real life, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the façade of this Lego model. The huge domed stadium, built by Lego maniac RedCoKid, looks just like an early 20th century ballpark, and it sports some cool features beyond looking really pretty. More »
Hopefully, this won’t cause any ecological disasters in Legoland. This ridiculously massive Lego oil rig is more than 3 feet tall and wide, and weights over 92 pounds. According to The Brothers Brick, Lego master Tobias Vogt spent three months building this, and it shows in the detailed build-out. More »
LEGO blocks are fun to play with for sure, but they’re definitely not the kind of thing you want kids putting in their mouth and chomping on. For block-builders who like to chew on stuff, better go with Candy Blocks instead.
These sugary building blocks have a similar shape to LEGO bricks, but are completely edible. And yes, they can be stacked and interlocked to form structures. Though keep in mind they’re a bit more fragile and crumbly than real LEGO bricks. They come in a variety of fruity flavors to match their colors, and sort of remind me of another favorite candy/toy combo – PEZ.
Image via Matt’s Brick Gallery
You can find Candy Blocks over on Amazon in packages ranging from 1 to 5.5 pounds, with prices between about $7 and $29(USD). I’m concerned that I’d end up eating half of my construction project before I could finish it.
Cuusoo member Jazlecraz wants LEGO to make a set based on the happiest post-apocalyptic cartoon ever made: Adventure Time. The set consists of two versions of the Tree Fort, home to lead characters Jake the Dog and Finn the Human Minifigure.
The larger version of the Tree Fort is made of 1,300 pieces and is hollow, meaning you can look inside and play with the different rooms and furniture. It also comes with Finn and Jake minifigs. Then there’s the Micro Tree Fort, which is just made of 400 pieces but is still recognizable. It also comes with Finn and Jake microfigures.
Jazlecraz is also thinking of additional characters to include in the set – you can see the Ice King’s already representing the sort of bad guys of Ooo. Wield your mouse cursor sword and vote for the concept on Cuusoo.
[via Geekologie]
If Rube Goldberg and MC Escher sat down to build a LEGO contraption, it still wouldn’t be nearly as cool as this modular free-throwing automata from Philip Verbeek. More »
The moulds used to create plastic Lego pieces are engineered with extreme precision so that the bricks stay connected via friction alone. But over time your Lego pieces will wear out with use and eventually stop sticking, and Phillipe Cantin wanted to know exactly when that would happen. More »
There’s something hypnotically satisfying about drawing the endless circular patterns with a Spirograph machine—unless you’re hopelessly lazy. Then it’s just another form of work you’re trying to avoid, and you’ll probably love PG52’s latest creation. It’s an autonomous Lego Spirograph machine powered by a single motor connected to an impressive four-speed gearbox. Its engineering is as much a piece of art as the spiral patterns it sketches. More »
The Empire had one last shot at destroying the Rebel Alliance, having built up an army of hundreds of thousands of ships and Destoyers with which to attack Rebel scum. Unfortunately for the Empire, the Alliance had discovered a rare species of Space Kraken. And, deciding that “Kraken” was a lame name, re-named their discovery the KR-KN, which is much more advanced piece of nomenclature.
Sending thousands of Ewoks to their unfortunate deaths on a series of suicide missions, the Alliance was eventually able to implant computers in the minds of the KR-KN that they had discovered, allowing them to control these beasts.
Their diet? Empire Destroyers.
This incredible LEGO creation was built by Iain Heath, a master of building awesome stuff, and was originally shown off at the 2013 Emerald Comicon. It is now, however, at its permanent residence in Tableau Software, shown below.
As you can see, the KR-KN Destroyer Destroyer was tactfully placed in front of the company’s “Tangled Sperm” masterpiece, which is juxtaposed with their “Floating Pieces of Goldfish” painting. Iain Heath originally created the piece because of the criticism that LEGO Destroyers were receiving for being big, gray, and boring. And, since Iain is such a logical man, he came to the conclusion that nothing adds a little spice to a work of art like a giant octopus.
New video game idea: play as the KR-KN and float around in never-ending, randomly generated space maps until you find something, at which point you hit all of the buttons at the same time and wildly swing your eight limbs until you kill it. I would buy that game in a second, especially if they added some KR-KN on KR-KN action with customizable tentacle suction cups and such.
If you love giant octopi, you are probably an octophile or perhaps an octogenarian. You should also go take a look at these Octopus Chandeliers and these LEGO Star Wars Mosaics, which are awesome.
Jack Kieffer owns Cool Gizmo Toys, a site where geeks go to do awesome things and then pass out on my fancy futons.
Back in February, we mentioned some cool build-your-own iPhone remote control Brick Cars from Utico that had landed in Japan. These cars let you drive around using your iPhone or other Apple gadget as a controller and you get to build the car as well. When they first surfaced they were only available in Japan and were priced at about $43 each.
If you thought those little LEGO-style remote control cars were really cool, you’ll be glad to hear that you can now buy them in the United States via iHelicopters.net. The downside is that the price has increased with the little kits now selling for $59.95 (USD).
There is a Mini Brick car kit and a Mini Brick Van kits to choose from. Both allow you to customize the design of the vehicle to suit your style. While they’re too small to use with LEGO bricks, they’re actually compatible with Nanoblocks building blocks.
The kits use wireless connectivity with a control range of 20 to 30 m. Charge time for the transmitter is 60 minutes for 120 minutes of play and charge time for the car itself is 20 minutes for 10 minutes of play. The control app is available free on the iTunes app store right now.
Flickr user RGB900’s Lego DSLR is far from the first bricked camera we’ve brought you. But damned if it isn’t one of the most detailed. One of its most impressive features is a flexible neck strap, presumably made from tank tread pieces. And the inclusion of an external flash that appears to be connected via an actual Lego hotshoe is the icing on the cake. Bravo. More »
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