Everything is better with a little brick. Sure, we’ve got the Lego Moleskine notebooks coming soon, but this journal with stackable covers is nifty. It’s made from 5″ Lego base plates, and you can distract yourself from writing in it by building on it instead. Perfect.
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Some Stomtrooper Lego had parents on that Death Star.
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Ever since Lego announced they had the Lord of the Rings license, fans and hobbitses have been eagerly awaiting news. What will the first sets be? There are so many options. Well, thanks to the Slovenian Lego forum Kocke Klub, we may finally know. The image was taken in a private area of the Nuremberg Toy Fair, and if it’s valid we’re in for a treat. It looks like we’ve got Sam and Frodo battling Shelob, the fight between the Nazgul and the Fellowship on Weathertop, Helm’s Deep, and something with a cave troll. It’s probably a scene from the mines of Moria. Ahhh! I’m making room on my shelves now.
Check out an additional image after the break.
Forget just reconstructing a DeLorean in Lego; how about re-creating the town of Hill Valley 2015 from Back To The Future II? Alex Jones did just that by putting together many downtown buildings from the film. These things should be official sets.
See the rest of Jones’ Lego creations, including Cafe 80s, the Mr. Fusion plant, and more after the break.
Two 17-year old Canadian students Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad had some free time—but instead of squandering it on Skyrim they they launched a Lego man into space. They attached recording equipment and linked the parachute to a GPS tracker. The figure had four cameras attached, and they captured some amazing images. All-in-all, they spent four months worth of Saturdays plotting the mission at a cost of only $400 for equipment.
The figure was in the air for 97 minutes and got as high as 80,000 feet. For perspective, that’s three times higher than Mount Everest. I have a hunch this project is going help them get into a number of fine higher learning institutions.
Watch the impressive video after the break.
Once again, LEGO is delighting Lord of the Rings fans by releasing additional photos of their upcoming series of minifigs, adding to those revealed last week. This latest offering includes Uruk-hai, Ringwraiths, orcs and, of course, Gollum.
Hit the jump to check out more character posters.
If you have a special place in your heart for LEGO and writing things down the old fashioned way, you’ll be happy to know that a Moleskine notebook series is coming soon just for you. From the product page:
Featuring the new Limited Edition Moleskine LEGO Large Ruled Notebook! The legends of Moleskine and LEGO finally meet in this instant notebook classic. The themed black cover is debossed with a black LEGO design, and even has a real black LEGO plate embedded in the cover! With 240 lined pages (120 leaves) as a platform for free expression, you can use the included themed adhesive labels and just let your ideas flow. The themed flyleaf, colored rear expandable pocket, and colored ribbon placeholder all add to the experience.
The notebooks will be available starting on March 1st for $21.95. Check out an additional image after the break.
If you like moving blocks around digitally in Minecraft, you might enjoy doing it physically with Lego bricks. The idea for Minecraft Legos was pitched through CUUSOO, a fan platform where users can submit ideas to Lego. It just takes 10,000 votes on any given idea to get a review from the brick manufacturer. The pitch from Mojang (pictured above) got the required number of votes in less than 48 hours. No other project has reached that point faster.
But don’t get too excited just yet. The idea has moved from review to concept, and LEGO needs time to come up with product designs to determine whether the idea is feasible. While that’s a big deal, it doesn’t mean guaranteed success. From the CUUSOO blog:
“We’re happy to announce that the Minecraft project on LEGO CUUSOO has passed the LEGO review and we are now developing a concept that celebrates the best aspects of building with the LEGO system and in Minecraft. We can’t wait to show it to you—but it isn’t ready just yet. These things take time, so we appreciate your patience. More details are to come.”
(via Mashable)
We’ve seen a few sneak peeks at the upcoming Lego LOTR sets over the last several weeks, but this new image from the UK Toy Fair gives us a clear look at the minifigs. Needless to say, they look fantastic—can’t wait for the official release.
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Deciding it would be impossible to contruct a large scale USS Enterprise using pure LEGO, Eurobricks Forum user Myko opted to build the more compact USS Reliant from Wrath of Khan. One year and 10-15k LEGO bricks later, the project is complete.
Check out some additional photos after the break.
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