LEGO is a constant and when mixed with any pop culture of our time, it can only spell awesome and the 71006 LEGO The Simpsons House Set is such awesome. no kidding. i practically grew up with The Simpsons, not even South Park can detract me from the familiar phrases like “you suck-diddly-uck, Flanders.”
chrome and LEGO, well, what can we say? it is possibly a marriage made in heaven. no? at least, that’s our opinion and if you are on the same page with us, then you are going to love this announcement made recently by Google: a collaboration between Google and LEGO…
since August 2012 right through to 2013, the biggest thing to happen in science would be Mars Curiosity Rover – the historic space vehicle that would answer mankind’s question, at least in part, of whether the Red Planet could be a
unlike the Sydney Opera House, the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore may not be old enough to be classified as an architecture icon (yet), but it is nevertheless an architectural feat that took three years to realize. else, why would it be featured in National Geographic’s Megastructures documentary?
whether you are a mega LEGO fan, or just tired of facing the same old case everyday, the Brickcase For iPad mini by SmallWorks would be the perfect case to tote around. as an iPad case, it offers a complete, all-round protection for your precious iDevice, along with access to all ports and buttons.
you know how popular games are being ported from platform to platform? well, here’s another one: Minecraft and it has been “ported” to LEGO, allowing you have a go with Minecraft in a more tactile way, so to speak. since it started out in 2012, Minecraft has been a highly successful sandbox game
this is certainly not the first Maersk cargo liner to come out from the Danish toy company, but the 10241 LEGO Maersk Line Triple-E you see here has the honor of being the largest LEGO Maersk set to date with 1,518 pieces and being the largest set in LEGO’s Maersk line up couldn’t be more fitting cos’ the actual Maersk Line Triple-E
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