remember The Goonies? we suppose you do and would also have pretty fond memories of it, if not you won’t be reading this. no? anyway for the uninitiated, it was a 1985 action-adventure-comedy flick starring mainly child actors (among them were Corey Feldman, Sean Austin, and Josh Brolin), helmed by Richard Donner with
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there are LEGO collectors and then there are the LEGO artists. whichever category you falls under, you will most certainly appreciate what Beautiful LEGO (No Starch Press, ISBN 978-59327-508-2), authored by internationally acclaimed LEGO artist Mike Doyle, has to offer. this 280-page paperback book showcases an
some people just have the knack for LEGO design. take note we said “design”, not construct. to be fair, anybody can build, but just how logical and recognizable is your creation is, well, to be further judged. speaking of which, looking at the above LEGO 4X4 Crawler Exclusive Edition (41999) you probably won’t believe that it was actually a creation by one regular dude
ready to progress beyond those tiny LEGO Architecture sets? then the LEGO Architecture Studio is the next logical progression. consisting of 1,210 white and transparent bricks (no fancy colors to influence your creativity), this “architect” set comes complete with sorting trays and an inspirational 272-page guidebook offering
the Tower of Orthanc was probably one of the most prominent and recognizable icon in the Lord of the Rings trilogy – apart from the little man with huge, hairy feet, and the grey-turn-white wizard, and the fiery Eye of Sauron, and the one Ring that rules them all, and… anyway, you get the idea.
thanks to LEGO whiz like Orion Pax aka Alex Jones, we are beginning to shy away from official LEGO movie franchise products. if you haven’t strayed like us, then you must not have seen the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters or this LEGO DeLorean Time Machine. by the look of the images, we hardly
completed in year 1973, the Sydney Opera House located in Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, is perhaps the most recognizable landmark in Australia. regardless whether you are an architecture aficionado, a performing artist, or just an avid traveler, you will come to appreciate the grandeur this monumental building
money can buy you a lot of objects of your desire, but one thing that it probably can’t buy is this awe-inspiring, 400,000-piece LEGO Hogwarts custom by LEGO enthusiast and mother of two, Alice Finch. the project started way back in 2011 and it took Alice a good one year and loads of money to complete.
we said it before and we are going to say it again: not everything we featured here is to tempt you to part with your money. there are times when we kicked and stumbled upon stuff that makes us go ‘wow’ and that’s when money-can’t-buy-stuff gets featured here. the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters by Orion Pax
having LEGO compatible studs on your iPhone case is not the newest new but having an official collaboration between an established iDevice accessories maker, Belkin and Danish toy company, LEGO certainly is and very much welcomed. the result is obvious: the Belkin x LEGO iPhone and iPod cases. there’s a reason why we keep changing cases
the Apple that Steve Jobs built has no doubt made history and with that, we also witness the birth of the great, great grandaddy of all-in-one computer – the original Macintosh. having said that, what better way to immortalize this icon then by crafting a ‘replica’ (albeit a scaled and non-working example) with an equally big