LEGO Rolls-Royce Jet Engine

A half-size replica of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000, used on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, made out of LEGO. On display at Farnborough International Airshow 2012 in the 'innovation zone'.
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Street Artist ‘Megx’ Creates Giant Lego Bridge in Germany

In October of last year street artist Megx converted a bridge in Wuppertal, Germany into a giant Lego structure using colored panels that create the illusion of being the underside of Lego bricks. The bridge itself is part of the Wuppertal Bewegung e.V., an old train line that has been converted to a pedestrian and cycle path. How great is this? There’s been no shortage of giant toys and games in the streets lately. See much more on his website. Photos above courtesy Lukas Power and Rolf Dellenbusch.
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The Future From Back To The Future II In Lego

Hill Valley of the future is such a wonderful place to live, or at least it is when created by Lego artist Alex Jones. He has even more cool movie sets on his Flickr page for the viewing enjoyment of any Lego enthusiast. Link, Via:, Geekologie, Via: Neatorama

A Peek Inside Lego Headquarters

Hello, dream office. Employees who work at Lego HQ get to enjoy a slide inside of their already sleek-and-modern digs. I imagine their day-to-day goes something like this: “Hey, Bob. Meet me in the conference room for a very important meeting in 30 seconds — just take the slide!” LINK

LEGO Volkswagen Camper

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This 1962 Volkswagen Camper Van is made entirely out of LEGOs. It includes features such as the 'V' shape three-way color split at the front, rounded roof and window frames, opening 'splittie' safari front window, opening doors, and of course, the instantly recognizable pop-up roof.

It even embraces its counterculture roots with an interior lava lamp and a T-shirt in the window that says 'Make LEGO models, not war.' LINK: Presurfer

Artist Builds Stunning Lego Aircraft Carrier Out of 250,000 Bricks

Ed Diment, 39-year-old British Lego artist, created amazing model of the retired US aircraft carrier, USS Intrepid, using 250,000 pieces of Lego bricks.
It took Diment and his associates about a year to finish the masterpiece, which is now displayed in a Interpid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York.
A model, which has been valued at more than 50,000 dollars, is almost seven meters long and weighs 249kg.

"Lego Intrepid floats into N.Y." LINK: Youtube


Lego artist Ed Diment brings his 22 foot lego Intrepid to go on display at the Intrepid Museum in N.Y.

"Artist Builds 22ft Lego Aircraft Carrier." LINK: Youtube


An artist has created a 22ft model of the USS aircraft carrier Intrepid using 250,000 pieces of Lego.
Ed Diment built the model, which weighs almost 40st (249kg), on board the Intrepid, the world's largest aircraft carrier, which is now a museum and is docked in New York.
Mr Diment, who has been building models with Lego since the age of three, explained how he began the huge task of building the warship, which has been valued at more than £30,000 ($50,000).

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Master Builder Makes Legos Bend To His Will In Ohio Stadium Replica

Opened in 1922 and currently able to handle more 100,000 fans, Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, is a sight to behold. It's almost as amazing as the Lego replica sitting in Paul Janssen's basement.

The 42-year-old Ohio State University professor tells NPR's Robert Siegel on All Things Considered what it was like to build the horseshoe-shaped stadium out of 1 million Lego pieces. Built at a scale of 1:120, it took years of planning, collecting pieces and building to complete the project.

The mini-stadium can seat only 6,000 Lego people — that's thanks to issues of scale, not Janssen's work.

You can see the results for yourself in the photos below, and in a full photo gallery over at The Columbus Dispatch.

There is also audio on this story at the LINK.

Lego 6x6 trial truck

Recorded on December 27, 2010 using a Flip Video camera. LINK: Youtube

Mini LEGO Snow Scooter

“After the snowpocalypse, it’s going to be just like Mad Max, except with gangs of Lego vehicles roaming the white wastelands. Prepare yourselves!” Link: Neatorama, Via: Youtube

Functional LEGO Snow Crawler

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LEGO artist Peer Kreuger made the Stilzkin Indrik, a remarkably strong and agile vehicle that can pull heavy loads over snow. Could any reader translate the Russian text for us?

Link and Flickr Video, Via: Jalopnik, Via: Neatorama

The Geekiest LEGOs

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An endless variety of impressive models are made with tender-loving care (and frenzied mind activity) by the geek's army around the world - all based on a humble LEGO brick.

Some LEGO sets look almost impossible to build:
"M. C. Escher's Staircase" - LINK

LEGO in the City

Temujin Doran is an illustrator based in London. He created an advertising portfolio for LEGO by superimposing LEGO pieces and minifigs over real life. You can view six more examples at the link.

Link | Artist’s Website, Via: Neatorama

Lego Battleship Yamato Is Biggest Lego Ship Ever

Like its real counterpart, this Battleship Yamato is the biggest Lego ship ever constructed. At 22 feet long, it took 6 years and 4 months to complete by one of our Lego contest winners. [Updated]

The Yamato—along with her sister ship Musashi—was the largest battleship ever constructed: 862 feet and 10 inches long and 121 feet long at its widest point. Made by Jumpei Mitsui, the Lego version was constructed at minifig scale (1/40), which is an amazing task that resulted in these specs: Is Bigger Than Three Queen-Sized Beds.

• 22 feet long.
• 3 feet wide.
• 330 pounds.
• More than 200,000 Lego pieces.

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USA vs England in Lego

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The short version of last week’s World Cup game between the US and England features only the best parts -both goals, with instant replays. In LEGO! This video was created by the folks at Lego Fussball, who have Lego versions of many games. English translation by The Guardian. -Via: Laughing Squid, Via: Neatorama

Monster Chess

A very large chess game using LEGO MINDSTORMS(R) robots for EACH piece. LINK: Youtube

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in LEGO

It took LEGO artist Matija Grguric 7 months and 15,000 bricks to recreate Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece Fallingwater. It’s currently on display at a museum in Zageb, Croatia. Grguric writes:

Scale of the building is minifig, or approximate 1:40. One of the issues was how to make the stone walls of the building. The result here is made out of 4 different shades of grey (old grey and bley). Other was the terrain and vegetation. In the end I decided to make it in winter atmosphere. Snow is something I always enjoy, and I was always more of a winter type of person, so here it is – my first snowy MOC. :)

Building process spread over total of almost 7 months, and the structure is made out of more than 15000 bricks (just an approximate guess). It is placed on 6 48*48 baseplates, and measures 115 x 80 x 50 cm. It weights more than 20 kg.

Link, Via: DVICE, Via: Neatorama

Big and Scary LEGO Spider

Jason Ruff, who goes by the name Doctor Mobius built this huge spider from LEGO bricks! The creation he calls “Big Hairy Spider” was built for the Battlebugs Creepy Crawlers challenge.

Link – Via: atcrux, Via: Neatorama

See more LEGO creepy-crawlies in the Flickr group Lego Battle Bugs.

Lego Star Wars Foosball Table

Whatever you get when you combine games, Star Wars, and Lego construction has to be awesome. When it’s big and useful, it’s doubly awesome! Stefan built a foosball table completely from Lego bricks, and manned it with Star Wars minifigs. The game is completely playable, too! Link, -Via: Coolest Gadgets, Via: Neatorama

Motorized Lego Technic Avatar Helicopter is Grounded—For Now

Give this Lego Avatar helicopter a few aerodynamic tweaks, a slightly more powerful engine and a pilot spouting off canned, predictable dialogue, and I could easily see it taking flight, literally, to fight the Na'Vi.

Scale model of the Battle Helicopter form James Cameron's Avatar.
Made for a LEGO building competition.



Looks pretty sturdy too, which is incredibly important should the pilot happen to have a James Cameron-sized ego. [Nowhere Else, Via: CrunchGear], Via: Gizmodo, Via: Youtube

Johnny Depp in Lego

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