LEGOs are pretty much one of the greatest memories I have of childhood. Many a night were spent building completely random objects and interjecting healthy amounts of fantasy. But alas, we grow up and move to other things. For myself, gaming took over what little spare time I have. While I haven’t been the biggest player of Minecraft, it is interesting to see the ever increasingly awesome displays of ingenuity and patience that some Minecraft players are displaying...
Think you’re a LEGO whiz kid? A few determined chaps at a Hamburg, Germany company (NPIRI) spent a solid year putting together the LEGO wall you see above. In total there are over 55,000 individual LEGO pieces making for the ultimate nerd wall. Think you can top it? ‘Nother shot after the break. Via: Zeutch...
Old and busted: Dropping Mentos into Diet Coke. New Hotness: Harnessing the explosive gas to propel a LEGO car. Thanks to a group of engineers at Finland’s Abo Akademi University, the Mentos + Diet Coke powered LEGO car is now a reality. The design is simple: feed the gases created by the Mentos and Diet Coke reaction through a small, restrictive piece of tubing that turns a wheel with fishing line attached to a LEGO car. The end result is a propulsion system that can...
I’m sorry if you were slightly misled by the title. I can see how it may sound like little LEGO Angry Birds figures were coming to market. And seeing as how Rovio is aiming to beat Tetris by “Angry Birding” every aspect of our lives in the near future, LEGO figurines certainly isn’t out of the realm of possibility. Though the nifty Bomber Bird you see above was hand crafted by Flickr user “Beuk, and isn’t coming to market. Sorry folks....
On a slightly lighter and less repulsive note than the Real Piggy Bank, someone has taken everyone’s favorite geek toy (Hint: LEGOs) and crafted them to depict arguably one of the best summer movies (another hint: Inception). Actually, it wasn’t just one scene, but several, created by Flickr users Profound Whatever and Ochre Jelly’s. Once you get bored of Inception-only themes (how dare you), be sure to step through the rest of the duo’s LEGO...
