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LEGO Duplo Plate Covered Walls Is Pure Genius!

By Andrew Liszewski on 05/25/11 • 7 Comments

LEGO Duplo Plate Covered Walls (Image courtesy HGTV)
By Andrew Liszewski

I don’t have any of the back story on how the stud plates have actually been attached to the walls, but I think this idea for a LEGO Duplo themed kids’ room is pure genius. And it goes without saying that limiting such an idea to just kids is a big oversight. Covering the walls of an office or work area with regular LEGO brick plates allows you to constantly redecorate with new patterns or color schemes every day. You can even recreate famous works of art out of just LEGO bricks. In fact I hope someone from LEGO is reading this and drops a note in the suggestion box for custom colored brick plates too, because it would make decorating a room with them a whole lot easier.

Update: Thanks to Charlie Sorrel from Wired’s Gadget Lab for discovering the wall is actually from a restaurant in Brooklyn called Café Boo Bah.

[ HGTV - 10 Themed Bedrooms for Kids ] VIA [ ohdeedoh ]

Impressive LEGO Technic Super-8 Movie Projector

By Andrew Liszewski on 05/16/11 • Leave a comment!

LEGO Technic Super-8 Movie Projector
By Andrew Liszewski

J.J. Abrams’ Summer blockbuster Super 8 is just around the corner, but as far as I can tell LEGO builder Friedemann Wachsmuth was in no way paid or reimbursed by the film’s marketing team for building this impressive Super-8 film projector. All of the important mechanical bits like the shutter are all built from LEGO Technics, and the only non-LEGO pieces used are the flashlight, lens and film reels. I’m pretty sure the 8mm film isn’t made of LEGO either, that would be really impressive though. And if you feel you haven’t gotten enough of the Hawaii 5-0 theme song this morning, check out the video I’ve included below to see the projector in action.

[ Friedemann Wachsmuth - Lego Technic Super-8 Movie Projector ] VIA [ Make ]

LEGO Architecture: Farnsworth House

By Andrew Liszewski on 04/08/11 • 2 Comments

LEGO Farnsworth House (Image courtesy LEGO)
By Andrew Liszewski

A few years back LEGO launched their Architect Series with what is probably the most famous house ever built; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. It was an obvious choice to start with, but now as the collection has grown I’m happy to see they’ve recently added another famous landmark, and one of my personal favorites, the Farnsworth House.

Located 55 miles southwest of Chicago in Plano, Illinois, and designed and built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Chicago medical specialist Dr. Edith Farnsworth, the house has become an icon of the International Style of architecture, and can now be yours. Of course some assembly is required, 546 pieces worth to be exact, and the set even includes miniature LEGO versions of Mies’ furniture inside. $59.99 available directly from LEGO’s online store.

[ LEGO Farnsworth House ] VIA [ Hello Beautiful! ]

Creepy Limbless LEGO Water Bottles

By Andrew Liszewski on 04/06/11 • Leave a comment!

LEGO Water Bottles (Image courtesy Firebox)
By Andrew Liszewski

LEGO minifigs not wearing hats, helmets or little plastic toupees are creepy enough, but these 400ml LEGO minifig plastic water bottles take it to the next level. Lacking arms, legs and all manner of appendages, they might be easy to clean thanks to a removable bottom, but that small convenience won’t help you while they’re inevitably haunting your dreams. ~$16 from Firebox. (P.S. LEGO, you charge like $25 for a set that includes 10 bricks these days, I’m pretty sure you can cut back on the cheesy product licensing without going into Chapter 11.)

[ LEGO Drinking Bottle ] VIA [ GeekAlerts ]

Record Setting Great Ball Contraption Layout Will Appeal To LEGO And/Or Rube Goldberg Fans

By Andrew Liszewski on 03/18/11 • 1 Comment


By Andrew Liszewski

Even if you couldn’t care less about LEGO and have never heard of Rube Goldberg, I guarantee you’ll find the above video interesting, if not mesmerizing. And at the least, it’s a mindless way to get yourself 13 minutes closer to the weekend. From what I can tell, GBCs or ‘Great Ball Contraptions’ are standalone modules made of LEGO that are designed to get small balls from one area to another in a unique and original manner.

But things get even more interesting when you chain these modules up into a larger layout, and they pass the balls between each other. This particular layout at LEGO World 2011 in Copenhagen actually set a new world record with 93 modules chained together, and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised at the originality of some of these creations and the methods they use to transport the balls.

[ YouTube - World's Largest LEGO Great Ball Contraption at LW 2011 ] VIA [ Make ]

LEGO Finally Releases An Official Minifig Flash Drive

By Andrew Liszewski on 03/11/11 • 3 Comments

LEGO Minifigure 2GB USB Flash Drive (Image courtesy LEGO)
By Andrew Liszewski

We’ve written about plenty of unofficial LEGO flash drives over the years, but the company has finally come to their senses and realized that these days a few extra gigs of novelty storage on your keychain is far more useful than an LED flashlight. At the moment they’re a little disappointing with just 2GBs of storage for ~$27, and they’ve used the most generic minifig in their catalog, but hopefully future versions will see members of their Star Wars family get converted, plus a little more storage would be nice too.

[ LEGO Minifigure 2GB USB Flash Drive ] VIA [ Brickset ]

Creationary Is Like Pictionary, But With LEGOs

By Chris Scott Barr on 02/17/11 • Leave a comment!

By Chris Scott Barr

We all love the game Pictionary Junior, you know, the one with the play-doh that everyone has to mold? Problem being, not everyone knows how to mold things very well, so the easiest way to resolve that problem? Give the people LEGOs. There is a game called Creationary put out by LEGO that helps you get through charades while playing with LEGOs. You can build dinosaurs, gas pumps, and everything in between. It comes with 96 cards, a buildable LEGO dice, minifigure, microfigure, and a rule booklet.

The idea is to let your imagination run wild, and be able to make it tangible. There are three levels of difficulty, so that all ages can play. This is definitely going to be a great family fun night game for sure. And at only $35, it’s a pretty cheap way to entertain everyone.

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Snack & Stack Utensils

By Chris Scott Barr on 02/04/11 • Leave a comment!

By Chris Scott Barr

We all love LEGOs as that awesome part of our past where we could make anything out of blocks. There is now a way to bring that nostalgic part of your life with you wherever you go when you eat. The Snack & Stack utensils are a set of three pieces of silverware with stackable lego-esque handles. These can fit into your lunchbox, picnic basket, satchel, or purse.

Even if they’re not right you for you, they’re awesome for kids, and very easy to keep track of. When it comes to kids, finding the mini version of everything they own and keeping it together can be a pain, so things that stack are definitely a blessing. This set will likely take up less drawer space and will be a lot of fun if you add other LEGOs to them. At $22, these easy to find utensils are worth every cent.

[ FredFlare ] VIA [ Coolest-Gadgets ]

Buzz And Woody Get The LEGO Minifigure Alarm Clock Treatment

By Andrew Liszewski on 01/27/11 • Leave a comment!

Toy Story LEGO Alarm Clocks (Images courtesy Firebox.com)
By Andrew Liszewski

A host of various Star Wars characters have already gotten the minifigure alarm clock treatment, but now that LEGO makes Toy Story themed sets, a couple of Pixar’s flagship characters are getting in on the action too. Available for pre-order from Firebox.com for ~$40, these Buzz Lightyear and Woody alarm clocks are fully posable, and like their Star Wars counterparts, feature a large, easy to read LCD display on their chests. With Woody the buttons for setting the alarm and time are located on his back, but with Buzz they’re cleverly integrated into his chest plate. And to snooze the alarm all you have to do is either press on Woody’s hat, or Buzz’s helmet.

[ Buzz Lightyear & Woody LEGO Minifigure Alarm Clock ] VIA [ 7Gadgets ]

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