Pinhead Minifig
I’m not sure the Hellraiser franchise is going to adapt as well to Lego as Star Wars did. Still, I’ll be first in line to buy the video game if it ever appears. Many more pics in capnbootle’s photo set. [via The Brothers Brick]
Toys and Games
Pillow Mace Recklessly Escalates Pillow Arms Race
From mad dog of pillow warfare Matthew Borgatti. Check the links below for some of our past coverage of Matthew’s work. [via CRAFT]
Android-Powered Lego Megaminx Solver
Cubes are so passé. The Megaminx is a dodecahedron with 12 faces, each with 5 edges. Each face can be rotated in a similar way to the well-known Rubik’s Cube puzzle. The robot itself is built out of LEGO using a Mindstorms NXT kit for driving the mechanics. An HTC Desire smartphone running a custom […]
Trebuchette
MAKE friend Dick Whitney wrote in to tell us about this sweet-looking trebuchet kit that’s looking for funding on Kickstarter. Started by Evan Murphy and Mike Woods, Seige Toys is hoping to round up enough supporters to open a workshop and produce the trebuchets in-house. It’s a very nice looking siege weapon, but I must […]
Make: Live 3/23/11 – Kinetic Contraptions (video)
Make: Live ep05 is all about mechanics and motion! Thanks to our guests Lenore Edman, Windell Oskay, and Dustyn Roberts. If you missed a few minutes of the show, catch up on it here! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download Make: Live episode 05 in its entirety (m4v or Vimeo), or watch clips […]
Father / Son Supervillain World Control Panel Build
Those of you who have been following the progress of Steve Lodefink’s World Control Panel in our last two Flickr pool roundups (1, 2) will enjoy these videos of the completed panel in action. So, too, will almost everyone else. The uppermost vid has a truly rockin’ soundtrack (which I would be grateful to have someone identify), and the one immediately above features Steve’s son, Harlan, explaining the operation of the panel with all the diabolical enthusiasm one would expect from a promising young superspy. And Steve’s photo set has some great details on the build itself. [via Boing Boing]
Lego Spaceship Alphabet
Kudos to Mark Anderson, who made this incredible Lego spaceship alphabet: I was looking to create some Lego spaceships, but ran into a brick wall when it came to design. I mean what hasn’t been done to death already?! So, to kick start my creativity, I decided to do a scpaceship based on each latter […]
