Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Everyone’s favorite plastic block toys are now fifty years old. Neatorama celebrates with ten neat LEGO facts and links. I’m going to do much less work and show you another great Steam Wars entry, RocketSeason’s Steam-Powered Speedy bicycle:
And people say licensing killed LEGO creativity…
Be sure to check out the front page of Google, too!
Mark Stafford made a Naboo Fighter for the Steam Wars contest – and it’s pretty damn cool. Even aside from the sheer brilliance of a navigation monkey. Check out more entries at the second link. (via)
Mark Kelso recreated General Grevious’ Invisible Hand from 30 pounds of Lego. Wow. Really, that’s all I can say. Wow.
Some photos of some of the 2008 LEGO sets have surfaced, and the Indiana Jones sets have our adventuring archaeologist alongside his allies and enemies, and a bunch of LEGO critters in the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sets. Check it out here. Meanwhile, the LEGO Indiana Jones site is not quite ready, though it’s January!
The Star Wars Lego fanatics at the From Bricks to Bothans forums are having a Steam Wars vehicle contest.
No actual entries have been posted yet – the one in the pic above is used as an example – so keep an eye out. (via Neatorama, who also link X-Wing origami.)
Cute Lego place card holders are doable for even the most butterfingered fan. (And their kids!) Impress your friends!
All you need to do is place a Lego person on a Lego block so it will stay up. The hands of the Lego will keep the card in place, no need for glue. May the crafty force be with you.
Is an eight-foot Lego Artoo going too far? I mean, he might accidentally eat Orlando or something.
If this isn’t fan art, I don’t know what is… Mike Crowley creates amazing Lego models that don’t look anything like what you see on the boxes… Plus, the concept of a keg droid? GENIUS.
There’s a bunch more Star Wars stuff at the link, including a Slave Leia. (!?!)
British comedian Eddie Izzard will voice Narnia’s Reepicheep. (Interestingly enough, I was just discussing him elsewhere.) I don’t know if he’s exactly appropriate, but he’s a funny guy so I honestly don’t care.
For a quick immersion lesson, be sure to check out Thorn2200’s Lego animations of bits from Izzard’s routines. We’ve previously featured Death Star Canteen.