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by John Biggs on January 26, 2009

Chewk, and apparently hundreds of other Flickr users, have been creating Lego mecha for for the edification of the world for a while now and BBG found this cute example complete with mad-eyed Marine.

by Matt Burns on January 14, 2009

Star Wars isn’t the only franchises with LEGO-loving fans. This massive Asgard Beliskner-class battleship proves there is at least one for the Stargate world. The 5L X 6W x 2T foot model has a buy it now options of $3500 and so far – cause the auction is still up – no one has purchased it. I’m thinking it would take a pretty big Stargate SG-1 fan to purchase this ’cause I consider the show one of my all-time favorites and wouldn’t spend a dime over$2500 for such a model – plus, I would want a model of the Prometheus anyway. A few more pics after the jump.

by Ivan Beres on January 13, 2009

LEGO is the best toy ever made. And now you can have digital cameras, video cameras, MP3 players, walkie talkies, etc. Unfortunately the devices are not made from actual lego bricks so you can’t destroy and rebuild them.

by Doug Aamoth on December 21, 2008

LEGOBelieve it or not, I actually feel that it IS possible to over-report on LEGO-centric phenomena. However, this 60,000-piece LEGO diorama portraying the epic battle at Hoth is a miracle of modern block-building.

Lego Terrorist will slay the man-child in you
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by John Biggs on December 4, 2008

Just in time to be horribly inappropriate, some folks have discovered BrickArms, a company that makes cute little Lego men with realistic weapons. Here we have the White Bandit (not, not a terrorist) who is very angry and carries a rifle, what looks like a Luger, and some grenades. Not offensive enough for you? Try the SS man.
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BrickCon Flickr set
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by Matt Burns on October 9, 2008

There are people that played with LEGO bricks and then there people that still play with LEGO bricks. This Flickr pool of last weekend’s BrickCon is for the latter.

Lego MMO developers relying on hardcore Lego fans’ expertise to create authentic experience
by Nicholas Deleon on September 24, 2008

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Oh this made me laugh. The developers behind the upcoming Lego-themed MMO, Lego Universe, want to make the game as authentic as possible. Fair enough, sure. But how do they ensure that? One method: by using a team of more than 50 die hard Lego experts who essentially function as hired consultants. “More this, less that.” Et cetera. I never was a Lego fan growing up (more of a TMNT kid, to be honest), so I’ve no idea what “this” or “that” might entail.

This is becoming more and more common, developers using fan knowledge to help create video games. The upcoming DC comics MMO is doing a similar thing, having hired a guy to make sure all the superhero interactions make sense, gel with lore, etc.

Another LEGO Batman character revealed!
by Matt Burns on August 26, 2008

We have been following LEGO Batman closely and Warner just revealed to us the latest character. Alfred Pennyworth is joining Batman as a skilled sidekick. Kind of looks like Oddjob though…

Screenshots after the break

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Yet another Batman LEGO character emerges from the shadows
by Matt Burns on August 19, 2008

Batgirl (!!!) is going to be around to help Batman and Robin catch all the baddies in Batman LEGO

Powers and Abilities:

In LEGO Batman: The Videogame, Batgirl has the ability to utilize Batman’s technology suits including the Glide suit, Heat Protection Suit, Sonic Suit and Demolition suit in her efforts to fight crime alongside the DYNAMIC DUO.

Click through for the latest screenshots and some of the box art. Oh, and we don’t know why the pics are greenish. That’s how Warner sent ‘em to us.

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Amazing Olympic scenes – this time with playing cards
by Matt Burns on August 18, 2008

Forget LEGO’s. Real pimps use playing cards to build Olympic scenes.

via Gizmodo

Amazing LEGO Olympic scenes
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by Doug Aamoth on August 18, 2008

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The Hong Kong LEGO User Group used some 300,000 LEGO blocks and 4,500 LEGO people to recreate some amazing scenes and venues from the Beijing Games. Hit the jump for some views of the Water Cube, table tennis, beach volleyball, and more…

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Automated friendship bracelet maker made of LEGOs
by Jason Mosley on July 28, 2008

When I was in the 8th grade, friendship bracelets were all the rage — so much so that I started my own bracelet-making business. I would make them in study hall and then sell them for about 2-5 bucks. Demand got so high I ended up talking other kids into making them for me (I would pay them $1 a bracelet). Doing this got the attention of The Man and I had to shut down my little operation.

If I only had some LEGOs and a little engineering experience back then. I could have constructed a LEGO friendship bracelet maker and made millions! If I had that machine I wouldn’t have had to run a sweatshop in study hall, and wouldn’t have gotten punked by The Man.

[video via Make: Blog]

NXT robot solves Rubik’s Cube without a PC
by John Biggs on July 21, 2008

When I was a boy, Legos were good for having crash-em-up derbies (Instructions: You and your friends take a big green board each and build cars. The owner of the Legos gets all the good wheels. Crash the cars into each other. Repeat.) Now they have the damn things solving Rubik’s Cubes like some sort of manic hog-skinning machine that needed some time off. The full instructions and code are here but I enjoy just watching this thing go.

via Make

Homebrew Wiimote-Controlled Lego Robocar
by Devin Coldewey on July 18, 2008

From the “Preposterous Headline” Dept:
This looks like fun. This guy has put together a C# program that takes input from a Wiimote and passes it to a Lego NXT car with a wireless interface. The program looks pretty powerful and customizable and the car certainly responds right (although there is a little lag). I’d like to think these are the projects I’d do if I were a creative and code-savvy guy, but as things are I think I’m stuck writing about them instead.

There’s more NXT-built stuff here if you’re interested. [via MAKE]

Video: ‘LEGO Batman’ trailer
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by Doug Aamoth on July 15, 2008

Here’s some footage from the LEGO Batman game that’s set to hit various platforms in September. You can play as the good guys or the bad guys. Speaking of bad guys, Killer Moth and Mad Hatter were recently revealed to be part of the game. Never heard of them, but I did have a killer moth destroy a pair of my corduroy pants a few years ago, so I’m guessing the Batman version is at least equally disruptive.

It’s too bad she won’t live! But then again, who does?
by John Biggs on June 26, 2008


BBG’s Joel Johnson got a few hours with Syd Mead, the designer of the Spinner car in Blade Runner. Mead received a Lego model of his car at a design summit in Billund and he let Joel play with it. Mead proceeded to give Joel the Voight-Comp test and discovered that Joel was a pleasure model.

LEGO-like calendar can be reshaped any which way
by Doug Aamoth on June 20, 2008

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This product is not for me. Since the relatively widespread adoption of electronic calendars, I’ve sworn off old-school calendars for good. I was the guy with the calendar hanging on the wall that showed the same month for three years straight. Apparently, pulling a thumbtack out of the wall, flipping a page, and then reinserting the aforementioned thumbtack back into the wall was far too much work for me.

So you can imagine how I’d handle a calendar made of LEGO-like blocks that would need to be entirely rebuilt each month. Oh, the hilarity! I’d set it up for the first month and yada, yada, yada, that…is…it.

For those of you with more patience and diligence, $9.99 seems a small price to pay for such a wonderful doodad. You get “77 tiles with dates, days, blanks and icons to describe your month.”

Puzzle Calendar [ThinkGeek.com]

Rad: World’s tallest Lego tower
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by Matt Hickey on May 10, 2008

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Sure it’s got guy-wires keeping it from toppling and killing little Lego men, but this very tall tower is just neat. It’s nearly 100 feet tall, making it by far the tallest Lego tower ever made.

It’s in England, and it has something to do with Vikings, and it’s all colorful, and it’s tall. Maybe this signals a new trend: Legos for World Records. I’m into it.

Who’s going to build the tallest free-standing Lego tower?

New LEGO Batman character revealed
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by Peter Ha on May 6, 2008

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And it’s Two Face. Check out gameplay footage from Warner’s upcoming LEGO Batman after the jump.
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iPhone Lego live
by John Biggs on March 15, 2008

iPhone Lego appears to be ready to rock and from the soundtrack on this video, enjoys a spicy salsa beat.

[Thanks, Orli]

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