LEGO appreciation thread

[n0Mad]

http://gizmodo.com/5870322/the-best-lego-builds-of-the-year

Turns out a friend of mine's husband is the builder/owner of #5.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

this is unbelievable!

http://io9.com/5909719/the-nine-circles-of-hell-as-depicted-in-lego

[eatdirt426]

I seen these today at Meijer. I can't wait for the game to come out.

[Illuminatrix]

http://mocpages.com/image_zoom.php?mocid=228199&id=/user_images/62542/1285677093m_DISPLAY.jpg

Lego blight. I don't even need to express how much this wins. Super goth.

That's gorgeous! :O<3

[Troy Spiral (13)]

LEGO Hadron Collider

OMFG. not sure how i missed this the first time around!! (to bad people don't realize how epic this is, the legos or the real thing)

[Troy Spiral (13)]

That's gorgeous! :O<3

IKR?

[eatdirt426]

I'm pretty geeked for this to come out... Monster Legos I seen some of the smaller sets for the Monster Fighter series earlier today at target.

[wormsinwombs]

I'm pretty geeked for this to come out... Monster Legos I seen some of the smaller sets for the Monster Fighter series earlier today at target.

Beat me too it!!!!!!! I creamed my panties when I saw them in toys are us. I just bought the hearse and I'm building it right now. I am so happy for this I've been waiting for monster legos!

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Beat me too it!!!!!!! I creamed my panties when I saw them in toys are us. I just bought the hearse and I'm building it right now. I am so happy for this I've been waiting for monster legos!

lol hot *starts stocking up on monster legos to catch a wild worms in wombs unawares*

It really does look neat, I wandered into a toys r us before the Sci Fi book club I went to today, I only had a few minutes but didn't see them (seriously did look only based on the above posts, wouldn't have had a clue otherwise).

I used to do a lot of stuff with legos back in the day but its been ages. Mainly because a guy I knew and I used to do them together but he dissapeared and my leggos got lost somewhere along the way. I've long had ideas about mixing the Alien Concquest / Kingdoms / Lord of the Rings / Bionicales together, but just never quite got there. (My buddy and I used to make a lot of nightmare before Christmas inspired stuff and totally unrealated, various military history recreations)

[0pheliA]

As a kid (80s) I used to make my own Transformers out of Lego.

One of my callcenter jobs I collected a fair sized tub of lego to play with at work (night shift)

Other employees didn't like the noise when I dug for parts, but fuck them I made Blitzwing!!!!

[Nymada del Sol]

As a kid (80s) I used to make my own Transformers out of Lego.

One of my callcenter jobs I collected a fair sized tub of lego to play with at work (night shift)

Other employees didn't like the noise when I dug for parts, but fuck them I made Blitzwing!!!!

I was completely unoriginal and built Optimus.

[0pheliA]

I was completely unoriginal and built Optimus.

I've made countless Optimus Primes

As a child I made all the Dinobots, Multiple Jetfires, a Starscream, various Gestalts (Combiners) of original design, a transforming USS Enterprise, a surprisingly accurate Bird of Prey model I kept together for ten years (I was that proud of it), various original designs for cars and jets and whatever that transformed, MASK Vehicles, and Star Wars vehicles. I also made transformers out of old betting slips when my Mom took me to the track.

[0pheliA]

I've made countless Optimus Primes

As a child I made all the Dinobots, Multiple Jetfires, a Starscream, various Gestalts (Combiners) of original design, a transforming USS Enterprise, a surprisingly accurate Bird of Prey model I kept together for ten years (I was that proud of it), various original designs for cars and jets and whatever that transformed, MASK Vehicles, and Star Wars vehicles. I also made transformers out of old betting slips when my Mom took me to the track.

I've also made quite a few Megatrons. His unique leg/waste/arm transformation always intrigued me.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

I was big into legos as a child as well, I never made any Transformers but I HAD a ton of them. I was always building minautre worlds of various sorts, the first one I remember making was a version of the block I lived on (with a rampaging godzilla of course). (I made models of many star trek and star wars vehicles but not with legos) I made minature versions of many well known landmarks, The Sphinx, Taj Mahal etc) and lots of imaginary sci fi or fantasy "worlds" usually with lots of robots or fire breathing <somethings> with different scenes of carnage or just "The daily life in Robotsexland". Really liked the "microcosm" idea (and still do). I remember making the haunted mansion from memory and then when I found some real pictures I crushed the thing and started over as it was nothing like I remembered lol. Even had angry people standing in a way too long line.

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http://now.msn.com/legoland-hotel-opening-soon?gt1=50501

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WSU Lego Based Robotics BE 1100 Final Contest Challenge Winner

CHIBICHAN RoboTeam 1

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Finally managed to upload the movie of CHIBICHAN in action

http://youtu.be/6dHZmh1DmOM

[Simon Bar Sinister]

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Skip the kids...give me some of these....!!!

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YESSS!!!

[Simon Bar Sinister]

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Drivable Lego car built piece by piece -- all 500,000

Original Story http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/19/lego-car-drives-air/4122939/

Jolie Lee, USA TODAY Network 12:47 p.m. EST December 19, 2013

The car reaches a top speed of 18 mph and runs on air.

(Photo: Josh Rowe for Super Awesome Micro Project)

The first drivable Lego car is made of 500,000 pieces and runs on air.

VIDEO: Watch the test drive of the Lego car

The inventors of the Lego car are Australian entrepreneur Steve Sammartino and Romanian Raul Oaida, a self-taught technology guru.

The car — known as the Super Awesome Micro Project — can reach a top speed of 18 mph. It was built in Romania and delivered to a location in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, where the car was test-driven, according to the inventors' website.

"We were scared of a Lego explosion, so we drove it slowly," the inventors said on their site.

Even the engine is made of Legos, which has "four orbital engines and a total of 256 pistons," according to the site. Only the tires and some load-bearing elements are not made of the plastic block toys.

The pair met when Sammartino accepted a Skype request from Oaida, who was interested in meeting an astronaut whom Sammartino knew, the Daily Mail reports.

"I'm teaching him about business and he's teaching me a bit about physics. It's a really nice mash-up," Sammartino told the Daily Mail.

The project was crowdfunded through Twitter, starting with a request from Sammartino in February 2012, asking for contributions of $500 to $1,000 from 20 participants. In the end, about 40 people funded the project.

This isn't the team's first Lego project. In 2011, Sammartino and Oaida launched a Lego shuttle in Germany, reaching a maximum altitude of 35,000 meters.

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Lego White Castle