Brick-Buster Models Take Over Toy Fair

Check out the new lifesize Indiana Jones & Star Wars models featured outside the LEGO booth at Toy Fair...

A timeline of LEGO sets

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the LEGO bricks, several timelines of LEGO sets have emerged, giving us all a blast from the past. Here are some of my favorites:

Best Sets in LEGO History
50 Years of LEGO: Nine Sets I Have Known and Loved
A Golden Anniversary for LEGO

Happy Belated Birthday!

This past Monday, January 28 at 1:58 pm the original LEGO brick celebrated 50 years of fun and creativity! Check out the official historical footage here, but also look for all the great fan tributes!

NYC in LEGO

If you're in the New York area be sure to stop by the Storefront for Art and Architecture. They are currently hosting an exhibit entitled CPH Experiments by BIG, a Copenhagen based group of over 80 architects, designers, builders and thinkers. The main thrill for all of you LEGO fans: the LEGO replica of New York City, complete with everything from minifigures at the gym to sipping coffee at Dean and Deluca to... well I think I'll let you explore for yourself. The exhibtit runs through November 24 so be sure to check it out!

Nerd Math - LEGO Star Wars Style

Everyone's buzzing about the new 5000 piece Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon that was just released, but GeekDad is now taking it one step farther. He's done the math and and is now issuing the challenge - can anyone out there build a 1:30 scale model of an Imperial Star Destroyer?

Vacuum LEGO Style

For everyone who said chores can't be fun think again! Here's a great new use for your vacuum - LEGO Jousting! All you need are a few minifigures and a vacuum or two - Geek Dad used the Roomba, but my guess is that you can get this to work with any vacuum. Check out the full article here.

Creation Nation Rocks Canada!

Creation Nation has invaded Canada, stopping at the CNE in Toronto to encourage thousands of kids and adults to add their creativity to the efforts to break the world record for the largest LEGO Tower! And of course they did it! The tower was topped off yesterday at 29.03 meters (95 feet), beating the previous record by more than 1 meter. It will be on display until the end of the month, so be sure to check it out!

Bugs Beware... Mindstorms is Here

Are bugs preventing you from enjoying your summer swim? Worry no more. A family in New Zealand has just created SPIT - Swimming Pool Insect Terminator. And they created it out of Mindstorms NXT. The robot floats on the water, locates the bugs and then destroys them, making for a more peaceful summer night. Check out all of the details, including building instructions, here.

Innovation... the Long Tail way

Mindstorms creations are making news again. Editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of the Long Tail, Chris Anderson spoke at last week's NI conference about the technology and how the masses can now be innovative - cheap. Mindstorms is a great example of this. Check out the story here for more details!

Happy Birthday LEGO!

Did you know that the LEGO Company turned 75 this past Friday? Take a walk back in history and check out some of the coolest LEGO creations ever!

LAND HO?

Tuesday morning a giant figure washed ashore at a beach resort in Zandvoort in the northern Netherlands. Workers at a drinks stall on the beach noticed the giant figure in the water and fished him out of the sea. The making of the figure is obviously inspired by LEGO minifigures. He is 8 feet tall (2.5 meters) and on his chest it says “No real than you are”. On the back, he carries the name “Ego Leonard 9”. Nobody in the LEGO Group seems to know anything about the figure – who made him, and where did he come from? Beach guests don’t care… they are having a great time looking at him and taking pictures.

LEGO Event in Canada... Coming Soon!

Event Alert!! For anyone who's going to be in the Toronto area from Friday, August 17 through Monday, August 20 make sure to stop by the CNE to help the LEGO Canada team break the Guiness Book of World Record for the world's largest LEGO tower. Check out all the details here!

Choo-Choo! Here come the LEGO Trains!

For all of you LEGO train fans check out pictures and stories from the National Train Show that was going on in Michigan this past weekend. The Michigan LEGO Train Club was on hand and had some awesome displays!

Advancing the Art World - with Mindstorms?

A robot that can paint portraits? It's happening in Ohio, where local artist Tom Lohre is putting down his paint brush and using his newly programmed Mindstorms robot to create a different kind of art.

Why is Lohre doing this?

"Art has to advance somehow - it always does," Lohre said. "It doesn't have to be with camel hair, it doesn't have to be with a wooden handle - it can be with a sophisticated machine that creates images."


Read more here to see how the robot works!

A Lesson in Fine Art - LEGO Style

If anyone is looking for a lesson in fine art or movie art this is totally the place to go. Even I did a double take looking at some of these images.

Newly discovered dinosaur preserved in Lego form

The newly discovered dinosaur, the Albertaceratops, has now been preserved in Lego brick form at the Telus World of Science! Lego brick-master Robin Sather has captured every detail using Duplo bricks. How many you ask? He can't reveal that, but estimates 10s of 1000s of bricks. The really cool part - the model is on display until September, at which point kids are invited in to help dismantle the creation! Read all about it here!

Not just for kids...

260 LEGO fans gathered outside of Chicago this past weekend at BrickWorld to show off their creations. Showcased were everything from mosaics to life size Darth Vaders to an architectural study of a medieval English cathedral. And all of these models were built by AFOLs - Adult Fans of LEGO.

This isn't abnormal - right now there is a community of over 30,000 AFOLs and that number is growing. Architects, engineers, teachers - it's a broad and talented group that isn't afraid to showcase their inner child.

Check out more about the event!

A LEGO Fantasy Land

Adam Reed Tucker, once a LEGO kid, now a Chicago area architect has created “a LEGO extravaganza” for fans of all ages - Brickworld! Featuring thousands of LEGO creations, Brickworld took place this weekend and was a huge success! Check out this Chicago Tribune article to read about Tucker’s inspiration to organize this event for LEGO fans of all ages.

BrickWorld Links Lovers of LEGO

Inspired fans will be gathering this weekend to celebrate their love of LEGO and showcase their amazing creations. Adam Tucker, organizer of the BrickWorld event was not only a LEGO kid, but turned into a LEGO adult. "When I was young Lego had something called a World Showcase Tour ... a traveling exhibit in the early '70s to promote this new toy from Denmark called Lego," Tucker remembered. "I was touched by this and wanted to pay tribute to that event I experienced when I was young, which eventually aided in me becoming an architect today." Read about it here.

LEGO Photo Brings Couple Together

LEGO Matchmaking alert!! "A PHOTO of a Lego dinosaur eating a little girl has led to a woman leaving her home in the US to marry a Scotsman living in London."

Read all about it...
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