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This Week’s Toy News Brings Iconic Heroes Out of Retirement

Harrison Ford has never looked more rugged, while Michael Keaton is ready to get nuts.

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Jul 3

It’s Christmas in July For the Week’s Most Festive Toy News

All the big toy news of the week, including Transfomers, Star Wars, The Rocketeer, Power Rangers, and more!

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook Jul 23

Open Channel: What TV Show Did You Wish Survived This Week?

I’ve taken to calling yesterday Black Friday, because it seemed as though just about every television show out there met a grim end. So, what show are you going to miss the most? Here’s what isn’t returning (barring an unforeseen pickup by another network) as of this week: Agent Carter, Bordertown, Castle, Containment, Cooper Barrett’s…

io9 Andrew Liptak May 14

Lego castles aren’t always European

This impressive build by O Wingård proves that the Lego castle doesn’t always have to be based off the European style. This 17th century castle scene depicts some desperate Europeans who attempted to take refuge in this castle and were expelled by the Japanese. The build is quite large with some impressive detail. I really…

Tech News Michael Schulte Jan 21

How Lego dwarves churn out weapons

Henry F (Dubbadgrim) has shared a funny build showing how the master dwarf smiths actually create their weapons. Like any assembly line should be, they sit around and drink ale and let the machines do all the work. The Quik-Smith™ is a great little scene with a conveyor belt for the ingots of metal being…

Tech News Michael Schulte Jan 14

Check out this medieval Lego bobsled team

This wonderful winter scene by mrcp6d had to be shared. The build may not be huge but it is packed full of awesome little details and the minifigure placement is just perfection. Thankfully, it includes the international symbol of all things middle ages, the turkey leg.

Tech News Michael Schulte Dec 18

I can almost smell the bread from this Lego bakery

Built for an architecture contest on Bricker.ru this entry by Thorin Forkbeard placed fourth overall in the voting. The angled design on the foundation, door and windows is really great. They contribute nicely to the look of disrepair in this neat little bakery. You’re reading Leg Godt, the blog with the latest Lego news and…

Tech News Michael Schulte Nov 25

6 Episodes That Prove Castle Is Science Fiction

Nathan Fillion will always be best-loved by nerds for his role as Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, but did you know he’s also starred in another major scifi franchise? It’s called Castle — yes, the show where he’s a mystery writer solving crimes with police detective (and love interest) Kate Beckett. Don’t believe me? The…

Television Rob Bricken Nov 21

Let down your hair and check out this awesome Lego tower

César Soares has shared yet another impressive build. I loved his old watermill, but this new build of Rapunzel’s Tower is beautiful and fits nicely in that Guilds of Historica style. The good news is we get a similar and great looking roof, but this time it is attached to a massive tower. I love…

Tech News Michael Schulte Nov 19

This gigantic Lego Keep has an irregular shape

Big MOCs always seem to paint in the lines, confining the build to X number of base plates or a table size limitation for the display. Ylia Trotter threw that stuff out in this beautiful build of Otiongard Keep with a nice organic coast line. I really like that the foliage isn’t too dense. Overdoing…

Tech News Michael Schulte Nov 13

There is a hidden spy in this Lego tower

Stephen Braker has done another cool build for the Guilds of Historica Challenge over on Eurobricks. I really enjoy these vignettes where you have to keep size confined to a certain space. This time 16×16 studs was the limit. There is a bit of a overhang with this tower, but I think that will be…

Tech News Michael Schulte Nov 10

Deals: Lego Castle 10-33% off at Amazon

Amazon currently has all of the 2013 Lego Castle sets on sale. These are phasing out of the product line very soon. Now is a really good time to pick them up. Forest Ambush (70400) $7.99 (was $11.99) Gold Getaway (70401) $13.59 (was $19.99) Gatehouse Raid (70402) $22.25 (was $29.99) Dragon Mountain (70403) $45.37 (was…

Tech News Michael Schulte Oct 2

Whoa, This Guy 3D-Printed His Very Own Concrete Castle

It may not be quite fit for a king yet, but this playhouse-sized castle was entirely 3D printed using a custom-built printer and loads of concrete. And it means we could see an attempt at a livable, entirely 3D-printed home in the near future. Andrey Rudenko spent two years from conception to final product created…

io9 Lauren Davis Aug 27

You Can Now Make an Offer to Buy Dracula’s Castle

If you prefer your houses large, drafty, and associated with vampire lore, then now’s your chance to bid for Bran Castle. The castle isn’t technically up for sale, the owners insist, but they’re willing to entertain offers from the “right” people. Buyer beware though—this isn’t the only castle purporting to be Dracula’s. The confusion comes…

Tech News Sarah Zhang May 18

No medieval bedroom is complete without a castle drawbridge Murphy bed

A medieval drawbridge that lowers into a Murphy bed is such a perfect design pairing that it’s surprising we don’t see it more often. Playhouse maker TinyTownStudios built this particular drawbridge Murphy bed. You can find a few others if you hunt around online, but none with same detailed faux stonework, moss, and vines for…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 11

How One Man Created a 1,000 Ton Coral Castle in 1923

Between 1923 and 1951, a diminutive Floridian single-handedly and without heavy machinery moved 1,000 tons of limestone, creating out of it a castle. This is his story. The Builder Very little is known of the mysterious creator of the Coral Castle, Ed Leeskalnin. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1887 to a family of stonemasons, Ed…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com Oct 10

12th-century latrine still holds parasites from the crusaders’ feces

The medieval crusaders may be long gone, but some of them left behind something a bit personal. In a ruined castle in Cyprus, researchers discovered a latrine that still contained the fecal parasites of the European invaders. After King Richard I of England invaded Cyprus in 1191, he ordered the castle Saranda Kolones built on…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 23

Nathan Fillion gets back in the Captain’s Chair

Last night, Castle followed in the footsteps of CSI and many other shows and gave us a murder at a science fiction convention. But this Galaxy Quest-inspired outing was much more of a love letter to fans than a spoof on fandom — and it included the above scene, where Nathan Fillion’s Castle gets in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Nov 6

This Week’s TV: Proof that We Live in a Golden Age of Television Weirdness

American Horror Story is back, and quite possibly twice as insane as last season. Plus Walking Dead ups the ante, proving that basic cable horror is a flourishing genre at last. We get an intense look inside the making of Hitchcock’s The Birds. And it turns out that if you write to Dracula instead of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 15

This Week’s TV: The Greatest Event in Television History! Plus 7 premieres, including Walking Dead!

What’s on TV this week? The return of The Walking Dead, plus the premieres of The CW’s Green Arrow TV show and the Beauty and the Beast revamp. There’s the first ever airing of something they’re calling Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And learn how to make your own Viking sword! But most of all, there’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 8

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This Week’s Toy News Brings Iconic Heroes Out of Retirement

It’s Christmas in July For the Week’s Most Festive Toy News