Love Steampunk? Adore Legos? Steampunk and LEGO? It may seem an incongruous combination being that LEGO is plastic and Steampunk harkens back to the age of brass & wood. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago tags Brass Meets Bricks Steampunk LEGO Creations |
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Lego is a world mania for sure. From kids to adults, it is the toy of choice to thousands, probably millions of people world wide. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share arts |
In the entrance to the Legoland Discovery Centre on Potsdamer Platz stands a Lego giraffe. Most of the time it has a 30cm long penis also made of Lego. On four occasions the penis has been stolen by tourists... picked by pocksucket 3 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Five Millions pieces of Lego: $3,000 12 comments edit related share entertainmentCar repair: $500 Indiana Jones Hat: $50 Re-enacting an Indiana Jones scene with a giant Lego boulder: Priceless picked by doggylives 2 years ago |
The VW Beetle's iconic silhouette presented a serious design challenge for LEGO. However, the Beetle is the classic car most requested by LEGO fans, so designer Steen Sig Andersen took three weeks to craft his interpretation of its rounded profile from angular LEGO blocks. picked by cactushair 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
Visitors to Legoland Windsor yesterday helped set a new world record for the tallest tower made of Lego bricks. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThousands of children and their families helped put the final bricks in place to complete the monster structure, which stands nearly 100ft tall. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |
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Even though it is often relegated to the realm of Geekdom, there is something enchanting about steampunk creations. Best described as looking like something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, the trend rails against the clean lines and smooth surfaces present in so much of our modern lives and trades them up for an ornate style reminiscent of the Victorian era. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Lego pieces as home construction materials? Self-storing Legos? Biodegradable Lego pieces? Legos made of recycled plastic? The brainstorm concocted by Quaid Guarino has gone from Falmouth, Maine to the desk of the president of Lego in Billund, Denmark, where the idea remains under wraps. picked by suebe 5 months ago 8 comments edit related share entertainment |
To continue in my awesome Lego set posts, that last being Futurama Legos. Now I introduce you to this custom Ghostbusters, Ecto-Mobile, and Slimer. I love stumbling upon these. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share technology |
The LEGO Company has always produced very good looking sets. But what makes the real difference is the work produced by independent LEGO artists all over the world. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentHere's a small gallery of awesome monsters and aliens made entirely in LEGO. picked by axxon2008 1 year ago |
The production of LEGO bricks is so accurate that only 18 out of 1 million LEGO elements produced is considered defective. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Here's the story: My 6-year-old son and I built this in 2003, using an HP Pavilion. It took about a month and $80 in bricks. There are no screws or glue — everything is held together with Lego bricks. 4 comments edit related share plime.comCool video in article picked by Doggylives 3 months ago |
A gent named Mark Borlase with a lot of time on his hands had the good sense to build a 5’ X 10’ diorama of the Empire Strikes Back Hoth battle out of 60,000 LEGO blocks. Borlase spent about $3,000 and four years of construction on this sweet baby, which also contains 50 LED lights that illuminate the Echo Base hangar, motorized AT-AT wenches, and a fully operational hanger door. picked by punthe 11 months ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
Top Gear presenter James May is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - but one made entirely out of Lego bricks in the middle of Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking. 2 comments edit related share plime.comOn Friday, more than three million Lego bricks were delivered to the vineyard in preparation for the task. picked by Bingo 4 months ago |
Because the casing of the phone is made from colorful Lego blocks that can be snapped into place and replaced with bricks of other colors when users become bored of the hues. picked by suebe 10 months ago 5 comments edit related share technology |
This safe, constructed with Lego bricks, requires 1 of over 305 billion possible combinations to open and even has a motion detecting alarm. So your valuables are safe. 4 comments edit related share plime.comUnless the safecracker has a hacksaw. Or fire. But nothing's perfect, right? picked by Wingnut 1 year ago |
The come in all shapes, sizes, colours and designs. But just how are they made? They're not, it turns out, made out of thousands of even smaller Lego bricks, which in turn are made out of millions of even teenier Lego bricks, as I once thought! picked by brightoncub 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A LEGO Mindstorm NXT kit can be bought, by you, at a LEGO store. In it are a bunch of funky looking LEGOs, three motors, and four sensors (one each for touch, light, ultrasonic, and sound). So if you had all that, could you build a robot that solves Rubik’s Cubes? The answer is, "Yes, you can." picked by muppet 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
"Professor Whistlecraft's Astounding Incendiary Automaton" and other toys made of vinyl, lead, brass, copper, paper, leather, wood, vintage watch parts and polymer clay. picked by equinox 9 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
This giant Lego Nintendo DSi is definitely bigger than life and is more than enough to be a source of inspiration for gamers, geeks, Lego fans and all Nintendo freaks out there. Good thing we got some personal answers (below) from the maker Sean Kenney, because such a project could raise a lot of questions. picked by cactushair 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
Lego Stop Motion Film, based on the Greatest Film Ever Made. 4 comments edit related share entertainmentJaws, Directed by Steven Spielberg in 1975. Starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw. I do understand I have spelt it as Hopper and not Hooper. This film was made sometime ago back when I was stupid. I still am stupid, just not as much. :P picked by kirk86 2 years ago |