As a kid, I’d often snap LEGO bricks together and make crude pistols. They didn’t shoot anything, so for added realism, I would go “pow”. Like I said, crude.
To celebrate last week’s release of The Avengers, LEGO builder Ken Robichaud has gone to town building a range of weapons and props from the film out of little plastic bricks.
As you may or may not be aware, LEGO is doing this crowd sourcing thing, to get idea for new types of LEGO. The idea is this — if you come up with an idea for a new LEGO product, and get 10,000 people to support that idea, LEGO will take the concept into consideration. As you might expect — more than a few video game ideas have come up, and one of those is for Zelda LEGO.
Complaints about certain parts of Mass Effect 3 may be more contemporary, but let’s not forget the first game had a more serious problem: the Mako tank drove like shit on wheels.
It’s, um, not quite as slick as the official HBO version. It’s definitely not as well lit. But the combination of craftsmanship and charm still makes this worth a watch.
Late last year, a man had an idea for a Zelda-themed LEGO set. I liked his work. But it was also a little basic. Now, a rival set has come along, with full plans for not just minifigs but playsets as well, and it is great.
One case modder out there in the world has finally found a use, a true purpose, for the featureless square “houses” and “castles” young me inevitably built (and tore down) from my LEGO collection.
This enormous cylinder made of Lego may look like a Katamari wad that rolled through Hoth, Naboo and the Death Star, but it’s actually a drum driving a synthesiser, player-piano style, that plays the main Star Wars theme.