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LEGO Rings: The Most Romantic Geeky Valentine’s Gift Ever?
So, there are only two days left until Valentine’s Day, and you’re stuck for something really romantic to get for your significant other. Or maybe you have some ideas, but find yourself frustrated with the difficulty of finding something that meets your (and your significant other’s) geeky sensibilities as well as your romantic ones.
Well, you […] Continue reading
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Tagged Hacking the Holidays, Jewelry, Lego, rings, Toys and Technology, Valentine's Day
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Lego Ben 10 Models Harness the Best of Bionicle
The other day my four-year-old son and I put together one of the Ben 10 Alien Force models from Lego, a Big Chill the company sent me to review.
The first thing I noticed was how few pieces came in the box — 20, which is pretty low for a Lego model. This is because the […] Continue reading
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LEGO Toy Story Green Army Men
I may never understand why LEGO didn’t make it into the first two Toy Story movies, but they will definitely have a part in the 3rd one. What appears to be a geeky match made in heaven, LEGO Set 7595 merges three awesome toys into one great product.
There are no real surprises in Army Men […] Continue reading
Go Lego Racer Go
Christmas 2009 brought a good haul of LEGO, including another entry in the LEGO gaming range: Race 3000.
Race 3000 allows you to build a LEGO Grand Prix track and to race around it with up to 4 players, overtaking, switching lanes, avoiding oil slicks and taking shortcuts. There’s even a little LEGO podium for the […] Continue reading
Dueling Star Wars LEGO Chess Sets
Great minds really do think alike. Here are several awesome Star Wars-themed chess sets built out of LEGO bricks:
icgetaway’s “Star Wars: A New Hope Lego Chess Set” (seen on MetaFilter by Matt) (also photographed by this user, as well as this one, and this one, and several others)
Levork’s “Lego Star Wars Chess Set,” which […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Chess, Lego, Star Wars, the higher geekery
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I Think the Word You’re Searching for is Lego Space Ranger
Our postman braved the frozen wasteland that our sleepy suburb has become, trudging through this morning’s snow and ice to deliver us the January 2010 Lego catalog. Always a good day where bedtime stories are abandoned in favor of a careful perusal of what new sets the catalogue has to offer, and what new sets […] Continue reading
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Tagged Everything Else, Lego, Toy Story, Toys and Technology
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Capture Your Light Bulb Moments With LEGO CLICK!
Eureka! LEGO has created a social media based portal for the world to share all of their aha! moments! It’s called LEGO CLICK and it’s LEGO! Continue reading
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Tagged #legoclick, community, Ideas, Invention, Lego, LEGO Click, Social media, The Internet, Toys and Technology
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The One Time When Bricking Your iPhone Is A Good Thing
There’s a great little app that’s just made its way to the iTunes store. It’s called LEGO Photo (links to iTunes), and it allows you to take any photo from your camera lens or your existing library and turn the pixels into LEGO bricks. It’s simple to use – just take or pick out a […] Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!
Today is Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday, as you know if you’ve been on Google’s homepage. In addition to laying out the Laws of Motion, he also did innovative work on the properties of light, as can be seen in this Lego re-enactment. I’ll be reviewing a new kids’ book about Newton — who was quite […] Continue reading
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Lego Imperial Flagship Crushes All Enemies
Oh, hecks yes! I thought last year’s Brickbeard’s Bounty was awesome but this beast ups the ante — bigger and even more detailed — though less piratical.
All hands on deck! This amazingly detailed and realistic historical ship has three removable sections. The main hull contains 4 firing cannons, ammunition crates, muskets, torches, cannonballs, a prison […] Continue reading
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