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Doesn’t This Lego Pin Block Animator Know You Can Just Mash Someone’s Face in There?

Arthur Sacek’s Lego Pinpoint Animator is a brilliant piece of Technic and Mindstorms engineering. It can painstakingly reproduce detailed 3D images using those pin block desktop toys, but someone needs to tell him that recreating faces is a lot easier when you just press your face in there. A pair of tethered arms that move…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Our First Look Inside the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Reveals So Many Wonderful Details

You can’t actually buy it until the new year, but on its Facebook page today Lego revealed a giant gallery of images of what you’ll find inside its new Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters set, and fans of the movies are going to be blown away. The set is already almost perfect when standing there all closed…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

You Can Redecorate This Lego-Friendly Wreath As Often As You Like

Having a hard time deciding which theme you’re going with for your holiday decor this year? With ThinkGeek’s Lego-compatible Build On Brick Holiday Wreath you don’t have to decide. You can just redecorate it with your own Lego pieces every hour if you’re so inspired. The 10-inch wide plastic green wreath comes completely naked save…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Lego TIE Fighter Smashed by Asteroids Is Equal Parts Sad and Wonderful

Wired’s ongoing investigative series, Is Smashing Lego in Slo-mo Still Awesome?, continues with a TIE Fighter model that meets its unfortunate demise at the hands of a pair of falling rocks standing in for asteroids. The pilot appears to have survived the attack mostly unscathed, however his TIE Fighter is yet another write-off for the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Giant LEGO TARDIS Is a Shameless Ad and I Don’t Care

This life-size LEGO TARDIS is not a thing that you will ever buy, or touch, or see. It’s really just a reminder of the hundred-dollar LEGO sets you should probably buy your kids. But I still love it wholeheartedly. The giant TARDIS was made with help from a bunch of fans at the BRICK show…

Tech News Chris Mills

The Lego Batman Movie Just Cast a Very Unexpected Pop Superstar [UPDATED]

Update: The Hollywood Reporter says, while the initial reports were Mariah Carey was playing Commissioner Gordon, she’s in fact playing the mayor of Gotham City, which is much less exciting. Original story follows, with some minor edits to take this into consideration When news of The Lego Batman Movie was announced, obviously it was going…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Lego Millennium Falcon Looks Fantastic Decked Out in Racing Livery

Han Solo boasted the Millennium Falcon was the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. But Joe Gan’s version, decked out in some amazing racing livery borrowed from the Lego Technic Grand Prix Racer set, could easily do it in ten. We already got a taste of what intergalactic racing is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

These Drones Are Like Floating Legos

Ever wish your Legos could fly? Someone invented the next best thing—BitDrones are tiny box drones that work like 3D building blocks. Created at Queen’s University, BitDrones are physical manifestations of pixels, made for the real world. There are three different kinds of BitDrone: PixelDrones come with an LED light for different color capabilities, while…

Tech News Chelsea Scherer

The Rebels Enlist Gravity To Destroy a Lego AT-AT

You’d think that after seeing one Lego set getting smashed in slow motion you’d get tired of the idea. But nope, it’s endlessly entertaining. As long as Wired has the time and money to buy, build, and destroy all these Star Wars Lego sets, we promise we’ll keep watching. This time around it’s a 1,137-piece…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Go Vote So These Tiny Lego Minimoog Synthesizers Become Real Sets

Not familiar with what an analog synthesizer is, even though you’ve probably heard them used on countless songs? Go read our in-depth explainer first, and then vote for Andy Grobengieser’s tiny recreations of Bob Moog’s Minimoog synths on the Lego Ideas site. Designed to be portable versions of the classic Moog modular synthesizers that weren’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Smashing a Lego AT-ST With Logs Like the Ewoks Did Is So Satisfying

The best scene in Return of the Jedi isn’t when Vader kills the Emperor, or when the Death Star explodes, or even when Han Solo thaws out of carbonite. It’s when the Ewoks take down an AT-ST walker using a couple of giant swinging logs, and it’s just as satisfying when recreated with Lego. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

‘Tis the Season To Start Building All These New Lego Ornaments

Halloween is now nothing but a bowl full of empty candy wrappers and smashed pumpkins, which means it’s time to switch gears and start prepping for Christmas by building Chris McVeigh’s latest collection of Lego ornaments. Like in years past, McVeigh—aka Powerpig—has provided the instructions to build his latest batch of custom-designed ornaments for download…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Heroes and Villains Of The Force Awakens Are Being Turned Into Lego Figures

Earlier this year, Lego announced a line of “Constraction” Star Wars toys—Bionicle-esque poseable figures that you built out of Lego pieces. It’s perhaps not surprising to hear that the line is being updated with characters from The Force Awakens, but now we’ve got a good look at what these figures look like! We’ve seen the…

Tech News James Whitbrook

Here Are the First Official Shots of the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Set

Barely a week after a Toys “R” Us store in Canada leaked the possible existence of the Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters, the actual set has officially been revealed by Lego itself via the company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts this morning. It looks like Lego had some extra fun with the new set’s reveal by photographing it…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Toys “R” Us Leaked More Info on the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Set

The Lego Ghostbusters can’t really be expected to do their jobs without a place to store all their gear. There have been some strong rumors that Lego plans to release a Ghostbusters Firehall set to accompany Brent Waller’s Ecto-1 released last year, and Toys “R” Us may have just finally spilled the beans. The page…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Amazingly Detailed Life-Size Caravan Is Made Entirely From Lego

It’s a niche award, but we’d all love to win it. This construction was just awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest caravan built with interlocking Lego pieces. Built by a team of 12 Lego-certified professional builders, it’s a full-sized caravan made of 215,150 individual bricks, complete with a Lego sink, Lego utensils and…

Tech News Aatif Sulleyman - Gizmodo UK

How the Lego Color Palette Has Changed Over the Last 40 Years

When Lego first burst on to the toy scene, its bricks came in a very limited selection of colors; now, there’s an overwhelming range of choice. This chart shows how the available palette has changed over the years. The stats were pulled together by Dave E over on the BrickSet forums. With the help of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Got Half a Million Lego Bricks? Build Yourself a Life-Size Batmobile

You know that giant tub of Lego bricks in your basement you think is really impressive? Take a look at the vast collection of bricks that Lego artist Nathan Sawaya has to work with. He not only designs his own Batmobile models, he’s actually able to build them large enough to drive. At 18-feet long…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Can Finally Buy the X-Files Minifigs That Lego Won’t Make

Now that the X-Files is officially returning, Lego fans have decided that Minifig versions of Scully and Mulder are must-have additions to their collections. Lego has tried to suppress that truth, though, so Minifigures.com has stepped up to create tiny versions of the FBI’s best paranormal investigators. The custom X-Files Minifigs are compatible with all…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Life-Size Lego Mugs Let You Sip Coffee Like a Minifig

Your Minifigs have been drinking coffee and tea from these Lego mugs for decades now, but have you ever wondered what it’s like to sip from them using those giant handles? Now’s your chance to find out. The Lego Store is officially selling these upscaled and stackable Minifig mugs—$13 each in red, blue, or transparent…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Doesn’t This Lego Pin Block Animator Know You Can Just Mash Someone’s Face in There?

Our First Look Inside the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Reveals So Many Wonderful Details

You Can Redecorate This Lego-Friendly Wreath As Often As You Like

A Lego TIE Fighter Smashed by Asteroids Is Equal Parts Sad and Wonderful

This Giant LEGO TARDIS Is a Shameless Ad and I Don’t Care

The Lego Batman Movie Just Cast a Very Unexpected Pop Superstar [UPDATED]

The Lego Millennium Falcon Looks Fantastic Decked Out in Racing Livery

These Drones Are Like Floating Legos

The Rebels Enlist Gravity To Destroy a Lego AT-AT

Go Vote So These Tiny Lego Minimoog Synthesizers Become Real Sets

Smashing a Lego AT-ST With Logs Like the Ewoks Did Is So Satisfying

‘Tis the Season To Start Building All These New Lego Ornaments

The Heroes and Villains Of The Force Awakens Are Being Turned Into Lego Figures

Here Are the First Official Shots of the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Set

Toys “R” Us Leaked More Info on the Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ Set

This Amazingly Detailed Life-Size Caravan Is Made Entirely From Lego

How the Lego Color Palette Has Changed Over the Last 40 Years

Got Half a Million Lego Bricks? Build Yourself a Life-Size Batmobile

You Can Finally Buy the X-Files Minifigs That Lego Won’t Make

Life-Size Lego Mugs Let You Sip Coffee Like a Minifig

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