Archive for the 'lego' Category

We’ve all seen the hundreds of Lego USB drives that are available, but these new Lego USB hubs are actually stackable, therefore totally awesome. You can play with them!

Each Lego USB Hub comes with four USB ports, and in a variety of colors that include red, blue, yellow and black. Sadly, they aren’t an official Lego product and so are only available in Korea for about $12 each. That’s a shame. I really wanted to build an entire Lego wall using these and go for the coveted Guinness world record of “Most hubs in a single wall, made by some lonely dork”.

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Building the LEGO Millennium Falcon from Gizmodo on Vimeo.
This isn’t just a video of a Millenium Falcon being built. Oh no. It’s being built by LEGO minifigs. I can’t even imagine the hours that went into the making this video.

And let this be a lesson to you. If you are lazy enough and wait long enough, OTHER PEOPLE do cool stuff and show it to you on the interwebz.

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These LEGO ads may be fake, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t cool as hell. They were made for LEGO by agency DDB for apparently no reason other then being awesome. I’m not sure they captured what Lego is as a brand, but they are fresh and I guess hip.

Hit the link for two more.

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Nobody loves rappin more then Lego Mini-figs. That’s why somebody went and remade a bunch of album covers with LEGO minifigs. Lego and the Chronic just go hand in hand. Hit the link for several more.

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Why wear a plain yet valuable ring made out of something like gold and diamonds when you can wear a Lego ring? The Mathea’s sterling silver LEGO rings will run you from $140-$165. What’s great about this ring is that you can add Lego bricks and accessories to change it’s appearance.

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When you aren’t looking, your toys are having some fun of their own. Doing stuff like re-creating the cover for Abbey Road for instance. Hit the link for a lot more.

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Want to see some cool stuff built by geeks? Hit the link to see 17 awesome Lego statues. Built by geeks, for geeks. You know you want to click it. Go on. These nerds put in a lot of hours on these things. And I know you love Legos more then you love your husband/wife/kids.

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Sometimes Lego creations are just plain wrong. Creative, but wrong. Much like the Lego S&M we showed you a few weeks ago.

Behold the Lego Concentration camp.

The prisoners are played by smiling skeletons from the “Pirate” set, while slightly modified figurines from the “Police Station” set appear as tormenters.
In the upper-left corner of each box we find the following statement: “This work by Zbigniew Libera has been sponsored by Lego” – as the project was made possible thanks to the bricks presented by the polish department of the Danish company. Upon its presentation in Denmark, LEGO headquarters has launched legal complaints against the artist, however as a result of a fierce press campaign it has decided to drop the lawsuit.

People need to stop their whining. They may not like it, and it may be just plain wrong, but it’s art. Hey at least the guy didn’t install a furnace where the mini-figs can enter and melt. I don’t think.

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This is either a LEGO fashion show or a bunch of Devo wives got together for dress up. Designer Jean Charles de Castelbajac displayed some LEGO inspired outfits at a recent fashion show. It’s no big deal. I can also put a lego castle on an anorexic’s head, add a Sgt. Pepper shirt and cloud pants. Done. I think this goes with this video we posted a few weeks ago.

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Here’s the cutting edge of Lego safe technology. The safe weighs 14 pounds and has a motion detecting alarm so it can’t be moved without creating a huge ruckus.

The lock takes five double digit codes to open it. That translates into over 305 billion different combinations. It even boasts an electronic status display showing the numbers as you turn the combination dials. When you enter the combination, the door electronically opens itself. It’s a great place to store all of your valuable geek stuff.

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