Searching Flickr groups for “Lego” returns over four-thousand hits. Among the interesting oddities I’ve discovered so far is the LEGO Life-Size weapons group, which has 160 items. Shown here is M4 v5 by The Dawg’s Guns. There are also Lego knives, Lego bombs–even a wearable Lego Boba Fett get-up.
Take a look at the photo above. You’re looking at my first and only attempt at a homemade Advent calendar. Next year, I’m going to save up and spring for the $40 Lego calendar, as you, Craftzine readers, are my witnesses. I love the idea of Advent calendars. A small gift every day for 25 […]
Our own Sean Ragan whipped up this entirely-Lego syringe— what a frightful delight! Parts list, instructions, and a kit are available if you want to make your own.
Chris McVeigh brings us this adorable pint-sized holiday version of everyone’s favorite futuristic superweapon of interstellar genocide. You’ll need Lego Digital Designer to read his files. [via The Brothers Brick]
Never underestimate the ingenuity of a true fan. Lego is selling blind packs of collectable minifigs, the idea being you’ll have to buy lots of extras in order to complete your set. However, Lego didn’t count on AFOLs figuring out the system. Apparently every bag has been embossed with tiny raised dots, marked in the […]
Phillipe “Philo” Hurbain created a neat 3D scanner out of Lego last year. It used a needle mounted on a Technics linear actuator to measure the dimensions of objects for conversion into LDraw parts. Now he has upped the ante with his latest version that uses a laser and David laser scanner software to do […]
Usually Lego is a hobby unto itself. But what I really like are projects where the Lego is the means, not the end, where the project succeeded because there was this neato prototyping material lying around. Here are some good one pulled from the cobweb-strewn archives of Make: Online. #10 Lego Letterpress #9 LEGO Swimming […]
