Posted 10/18/12 4:45 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Toys
If you happened to miss the spectacular event that was Red Bull Stratos you're in luck – the event has been recreated at 1:350 scale in LEGO form! The video was meant to promote the Vienna ModelMaker Fair, which takes place later this month, and has already garnered over 4 million views. Check it out after the break!
Posted 10/17/12 11:00 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in LEGO, New York Comic Con, News, Toys
LEGO was putting out new reveals each day for their licensed lines during New York Comic Con 2012, and the latest comes from this winter's most anticipated movie "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey". Two new sets were shown, along with Bilbo Baggins' abode that was first seen at SDCC 2012. The Goblin King makes his presence known in the largest of the two sets and may hold the title as the largest LEGO minifigure to date! He towered over Gandalf in the display and dwarfs the Avengers Hulk minifigure! Read on for a closer look at the "Riddles for the Ring" and, the appropriately named, "The Goblin King Battle< "with pictures snapped at the LEGO booth!
Posted 10/11/12 10:57 am EST by Lemonjuice McGee in LEGO, New York Comic Con, News, Toys
Cowabunga! Booyakasha! New York Comic-Con 2012 is starting off right, when it comes to toy reveals, thanks to LEGO and their incredible announcement of Nickelodeon's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" LEGO sets! While this has been rumored pretty heavily over the last few weeks, this is the first time official word has been given and, thank Krang the Kraang, they even sent along some images! For those fans attending NYCC 2012, the TMNT product will not only be on display, but you can enter a contest each day to win an exclusive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles minifigure! Of course, now that people are aware of this, actually navigating the LEGO booth (#TK) to get a look might require every skill in a ninja's arsenal! Read on for info on the toys, the con-exclusive, and tons of sweet, LEGO-y images full of mutated goodness!
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Posted 9/25/12 3:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in DC Comics, LEGO, News, Toys
While 2012 saw the release of only a few DC Superheroes LEGO sets, 2013 looks like it's going to be a busy year-- especially for the heroes of Gotham City. Although we don't have info on all of the sets themselves, we DO have photos of every single Minifigure release for the DC property, including everyone's favorite mush-mouthed Bane as he appeared in "The Dark Knight Rises"! These figures will be released sporadically throughout 2013 in various sets, so be sure to keep an eye out, and read on for all the photos, beginning with the Bat-centric releases-- except Aquaman, who swims his way into the lineup like a Candiru fish into a urethra (look it up).
Posted 8/29/12 8:55 am EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Tech, Toys
As a kid I always wanted a go-kart. Some of my friends had them, but for whatever reason I never got a chance to take them for spin. If I had known I could just build one out of LEGO, like the creative minds behind the contraption you see above, my childhood may have been a little different. Read More...
Posted 8/28/12 4:30 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Marvel, Toys
Some of you may remember the awesome, life-size LEGO Batman that Evan Bacon built last year for Brick Fiesta in Austin, Texas. He won a few different awards at the show and this year it looks like he wanted to keep the trend going, showing up with a life-size LEGO Iron Man! Read More...
Posted 8/16/12 9:44 am EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Toys
What happens when you get 5,000 children, parents and LEGO employees in the same room with nearly 2 million LEGO bricks? Well, I could let the photo above speak for itself, but I'd much rather tell you – they rebuild the entire island of Japan out of the world's favorite building toy! Read More...
Posted 8/8/12 4:30 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Movies, Toys
Even though Lord of the Rings has official LEGO sets available these days people keep taking it upon themselves to recreate scenes from the films on their own. And why not? There are a ton of memorable moments, landscapes and events to draw inspiration from and the amazing diorama seen above is just one example. Read More...
Posted 8/7/12 5:16 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Movies, Toys, TV
I am absolutely beside myself right now. We have seen some incredible Lego builds before – a 10,000 piece Jawa Sandcrawler, the entire Middle Earth and an enormous Venator Class Star Destroyer – but this Lego rendition of the Serenity from Firefly is just plain crazy! Read More...
Posted 8/6/12 4:40 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Tech, Toys
NASA's 2,000 pound, car-sized Curiosity rover landed safely on Mars Monday morning, successfully beginning its search for life on the Red Planet, but there's another curiosity rover here on Earth that's causing quite a stir. This one is much smaller, weighs much less and is built completely out of Lego Mindstorms bricks. Read More...
Posted 8/1/12 10:11 am EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Movies, Star Wars, Toys
Star Wars chess sets are awesome. Star Wars LEGO sets are awesome. A Star Wars LEGO chess set? Well that's just plain craziness! The Star Wars: Return of the Jedi LEGO chess set you see above is just one of three sets created by Brandon Griffith to celebrate the original Star Wars Trilogy. Read More...
Posted 5/10/12 2:30 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Books, Fun, LEGO
Nothing is more satisfying than building something with your own two hands-- especially when it's a 1:1 scale AK47 assault rifle! Sure, making a replica firearm out of LEGOs isn't going to be useful when surrounded by zombie hordes, but it also doesn't require a background check. Jack Streat has just authored a how-to book titled LEGO Heavy Weapons that is filled with step-by-step guides on everything from an M-4 to the .50 caliber Desert Eagle pistol. Basically, if you loved any of the weapons you've seen in video games or action flicks (and have a little LEGO building skill) then you can re-create your very own version at home. Granted, it might take a while to collect that many black bricks-- but until then, your weapons shall be like rainbows!
Posted 5/1/12 3:00 pm EST by Lemonjuice McGee in Apps, LEGO, Toys
Toy Fair 2012: LEGO's DC Superheroes
Finally, after all these years, the internet and phones have finally proven truly useful! That's right, forget all of the social media nonsense, calling loved ones, or even the mountains of pornography-- now you can make your own LEGO stop motion videos using the DC Superheroes! The future is now, people! The LEGO DC Super Heroes Movie Maker app clocks in at the low, low price of FREE and is available in the Apple iTunes store. This will surely throw the world into turmoil as now only Android users will still manage to be productive. Seems like the perfect super villain ploy...
Posted 3/16/12 1:39 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Star Wars, Toys
This isn't the first time we've seen iconic astromech droid R2-D2 in LEGO form; master builders have displayed life-size LEGO versions of him numerous times around the globe. However, this time things are a little different as the model you see above is becoming an actual LEGO set so we can all take a swing at putting it together! Read More...
Posted 3/14/12 2:30 pm EST by Don Hatfield in LEGO, Toys, Video Games
It's not often we a see a Nintendo / Transformers mashup, actually, I don't think I've ever seen a Nintendo and Transformers mashup. Well, not up until now anyway. Yep, what you see above is a classic Nintendo Gameboy made of LEGO that's also a Transformer, but we all know the real question -- Is this guy an Autobot or a Decepticon? Read More...