While I’m not flip out crazy over Harry Potter as our contributor Victoria seems to be with her Hermione cosplay, but I did read the books, and have seen most of the movies (there is a new one released on DVD today). I also like LEGO. Probably more than a person of my age should. Finally, there are video games. Gimme an infinite amount of free time, and you’ll find me in front of the console. Now, put Harry Potter, LEGO, and video games together, and you end up with LEGO Harry Potter: The First Four Years video game. Some…
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If you like stop motion animation and you are a big fan of LEGOs, then you’re going to get a kick out of this Matrix recreation done with the little bricks. I’m particularly fond of the Matrix-Time effect. Can you believe it took 440 hours to make this? Impressive!
Take 40,000 LEGO bricks, and a bit of time stacking, gluing, and shaping, and you’ve got LEGO Mario. The LEGO creation was unveiled at the LEGO World Fair in October, and sold for $5,000 on eBay. The money didn’t go to the Danish company, but rather the Ronald McDonald House Charity in The Netherlands. For the record, though Mario is close to six feet tall, he only weighs 110 pounds. The LEGO statues usually go for big money, but I hear if you know the right person at your local Toys R Us, you might catch a break. via Kotaku
LEGO Star Wars is like when you got your chocolate in my peanut butter, but without chocolate or peanut butter. Still, I’ve always liked this toy franchise, and when Mike Stimpson takes a mini-fig Stormtrooper and turns it into a work of art, it warrants being featured in this daily site segment.
G.I. Joe, Stretch Armstrong, ViewMaster, and by the time you read this, probably Slinky are getting the movie treatment, so it comes as no surprise that LEGO is being targeted by Hollywood for a film adaptation. Dan and Kevin Hageman have been hired by Warner Bros. to write a movie around the building toy. The live action-CG hybrid is described as a movie set in the world of Lego that centers on the subject of child-like imaginations and examines themes of creativity and teamwork in the manner of “Toy Story.†While the pic will have elements for children, the studio…
I haven’t even had the chance to play the LEGO Batman game yet, but it seems LEGO has tapped into something special with its line of LEGO games.
Instead of giving away free physical copies of its offereings, TwoMorrows publishing is giving away complete digital issues of its various magazines for Free Comic Book Day. From May 1-3, TwoMorrows will be offering free complete digital issues of their various magazines for download, so customers can sample their publications. This limited time offer includes issues of their current magazine line-up: ALTER EGO (focusing on Golden and Silver Age comics) BACK ISSUE! (celebrating comic books of the 1970s, 1980s, and today) THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR (documenting the life and career of the “King” of comics) DRAW! (the professional “how-to” magazine…
I’ve been particularly happy with the many building and city elements LEGO has been releasing these last couple of years to help build up LEGO City. The company plans to do it again in 2010 and wants fans to decide what to release next. Personally, as long as it isn’t another fire or police station, I’m good to go. Press Release Follows Architects and planners of LEGO CITY are at odds over which section of the booming metropolis should be developed next. After a Town Hall meeting was held on April 1, fraught with debate and indecision, CITY officials will…
What LEGO fashion trends await us in the year 3001? Check out Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s LEGO fashion show. JCDC Versus LEGO from Four H on Vimeo. Truly Bizarre. via Suvudu
You’d probably end up with something like this. Dr. M, I see your doodle. via Suvudu
BrickCon 2008, a LEGO convention, just wrapped at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, and one of the biggest and most interesting displays featured LEGO zombies shuffling through the city devouring brains and causing mayhem. It’s totally awesome, and is the reason why every child should play with LEGO as they grow up (and why many adults should never stop playing with LEGO). Check out the awesome gallery after the jump.
I remember the first time I saw the modern LEGO minifigs – it was September 1978, and my parent got me the Space Cruiser set (the first of many space themed LEGO sets). I loved the idea that you could actually pose these figures, have them fight, dance, and travel through your imagination. The LEGO(R) minifigure was first manufactured and packed into a LEGO set the morning of August 25, 1978. Children of all ages and LEGO employees around the world today commemorated the milestone by kicking off Go Miniman Go!, a movement that aims to inspire generations of LEGO…
Batgirl is joining the forces of good in the upcoming LEGO Batman game from Lego and Warner Bros. The Gotham Heroine arrives in the game in September.  Does this mean we’ll get a Batgirl mini-fig in future LEGO sets? More pics after the jump.
I’m usually not big on the non MMO video games, heck my console selection is pretty limited to old generation Xbox, PS2, and a PSP. However, the latest screen shots from LEGO Batman: The Videogame have me thinking a PS3 might be on my birthday wish list. Take the jump for more images.