This promo video by sugru really shows some fun stuff you can do with your favorite bricks and some sugru putty. My favorites are the non-standard brick configurations that you can make. No matter how many Lego (or some other building set) you get, there are always more configurations that you wished existed.
We’ve posted about Chris McVeigh’s LEGO Star Wars ornaments before, but he’s got a new set of gorgeous DIY LEGO ornaments this year. His site includes parts lists for a bunch of different ornaments and holiday-themed builds. He also sells kits, but looks like they’re sold out for this year. (Via How About Orange.)
I love the Lego work that Mr. Attacki (H. Y. Leung) shows off on his Flickr page — a lot of beautiful recreations of everyday objects. This Nyan Cat motorized mural is especially great! [via The Brothers Brick]
Chris McVeigh used a new Lego part, a clear translucent 4×4 round plate with cutout, as the basis for this great model of a rotary telephone. [via The Brothers Brick]
Tokyo-based artist Azuma Makoto’s works are usually of the botanical nature, but a few of his works though, like the Lego Pine, use non-botanical media to evoke visions of plant life.
Anika‘s clever Mindstorms robot scans colors on the bottom of an LP. Matthias Paul Scholz of the NXT Step Blog helped with the software. [via The NXT Step]
Youtube user tapalz built this Lego temple that pops up out of its own enclosure.
