Jarek is an incredible lego builder. On his YouTube channel he explains that the reason the bolter doesn’t actually fire the bolts was tht he wanted a realistic way to seperate the bullet from the shell during shooting. He could easily build a gun that launched lego blocks – but didn’t think that would interest […]
Helm’s Deep in Lego – Lord of the Rings brick by brick
Daniel Z (check out his Flickr account) has created this staggeringly complex diorama of Helm’s Deep – out of Lego. Check out the landscape, the unheaven (extra effort) surface of the rock, and the architecture. The Lego Helm’s Deep was created for a store in the highstreet of Oslo called Outland and after a quick […]
LEGO samurai Oni slayer
Andrew Lee is a skilled Lego builder. Wintermute on BrickShelf and onosendai2600 on Flickr he is worth tracking if Lego is your thing. In any case, it’s certainly worth checking out this impressive Lego sumurai. I figure the warrior is holding the head of an Oni or similar, but Lee notes; “Someone needs to kick […]
The world’s tallest LEGO tower – more than 500,000 bricks
What did you do this weekend? A team of LEGO fans took four days to build a 500,000+ brick tower. Built at Legoland Windsor, the tower is built from 160 different colour sections that were constructed at ground level before a crane was used to help get them into position on the tower. The Lego […]
LEGO Cthulhu of blocky doom!
Hats off and souls out to Imagine’s rather fantastic LEGO creation. Imagine has broken the mortal boundaries of time and space, going beyond to channel the dark master and has built LEGO Cthulhu. There’s every reason to be proud of this creation – no wonder that the designer is encouraging people to sign in and […]
Superhero Week: LEGO superheroes
Our second post in Superhero Week is to look at some LEGO heroes. There are some impressive LEGO builds out there but my favourite may well be Superman and Young Justice versus Brainiac in a battle around The Daily Planet building. There are easier ways to get started with superhero LEGO. The company has both […]
A LEGO Turing Machine
Today is Alan Turing’s 100th birthday. He’s seen by many as the father of both computer science and AI. If you’re struggling to solve today’s Google logo then imagine the insight needed to create a working Turing machine out of LEGO. That’s what Jeroen van den Bos and Daby Landman at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica […]
Incredible LEGO Superman mosaic
Based off Jim Lee’s Superman is this impressive LEGO mosaic from Dave Ware (aka BrickWares). What does the Jim Lee artwork look like? Glad you asked. Image via Brothers Brick. Original here.
Impressive LEGO Strandbeest
Are you familiar with strandbeests? They are a strange mix between art and engineering. The Strandbeest is the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen who has “evolved” the design over the years. He said; “Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water, and eventually I want […]
LEGO Star Wars re-imagine the barrel organ
The organ grinder of yesteryear had nothing on these LEGO creations. Whereas some traditional barrel organs rotated to flick against metal pins which operate valves in a wind chest – these LEGO barrels are rigged to press keys on a keyboard. Even if the organ version of the Star Wars music doesn’t grab your attention […]
