Comments on: Lego riddles anyone?

Lego riddles anyone?

ersatzkat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:10:00 -0800

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:15:07 -0800

Most of these are 'imagine a song' or 'imagine a movie', because when I think of Legos, the first thing I think of are songs and movies. Maybe if one of the movie choices was Star Wars or Raiders of the Lost Ark, I wouldn't be so tempted to snark.

By: Mrs. Pterodactyl

Mrs. Pterodactyl — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:17:51 -0800

Neat, thank you! Legos are the best and I really like visual riddles (even if I'm finding a lot of these difficult or outside my knowledge). For Christmas a few years ago my husband got me a model of the Lego Taj Mahal and it was the best gift I have ever gotten except for the additional gift of not killing me every time I sorted through the pieces. For Christmas this year my best friend got me a Lego Star Wars Advent calendar and every day I got to open a thing and build a Star Wars creation. In conclusion, my friends know me very well and I really like Legos.

By: tylerkaraszewski

tylerkaraszewski — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:18:59 -0800

Are the answers supposed to be just the thing you're imagining? Like the one that says "imagine a book" which is clearly Moby Dick, is that the answer? just "Moby Dick"?

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:20:54 -0800

The arbitrary use of scale bothers me. For big stuff, they should use bigger bricks, not just blow up a small one. (Also, I thought this post was going to be about 50 years of hideous overstuffed leather couches.)

By: MartinWisse

MartinWisse — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:22:02 -0800

Yes, so the sixth one with the several different coloured bricks on a row? Reservoir Dogs

By: marienbad

marienbad — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:30:54 -0800

Purple Rain!

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:47:53 -0800

By: Kabanos

Kabanos — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:47:59 -0800

These are fun riddles, but I don't think they really capture the spirit of LEGO as well as these ads did.

By: staccato signals of constant information

staccato signals of constant information — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:48:47 -0800

I really liked this. Thanks for posting. That said, some are pretty ambiguous. The third one could be Bird on a Wire or Walk the Line (or probably a dozen more). I guess the fact that the block is black makes it lean towards Cash. Also, this makes me feel racist when I'm guessing based on the block colors.

By: Capt. Renault

Capt. Renault — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:51:45 -0800

Are they attempting some WKRP-impossible contest here?

By: PhoBWanKenobi

PhoBWanKenobi — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:52:20 -0800

There really should be Lego Therapy options covered by health insurance. Sit in a nice room and talk about your stuff to a trained therapist and Lego expert while you just let your hands make anything they want with a wide array of bricks. Abstract designs encouraged! I go to a guy who specializing in play therapy and that is . . . pretty much exactly what we do. Wouldn't mind if it was covered by insurance, though.

By: Conductor71

Conductor71 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:56:10 -0800

The answer to 90% of these has something to do with Pink Floyd

By: obscurator

obscurator — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:59:16 -0800

Hmm, sorta wishing "Imagine" (the song) was visually imagined vis a vis unconnected Lego bricks. But on second though, the unconnectedness put my something is wrong on the internet needle in the red.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:00:03 -0800

....Is there an answer key?

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:01:11 -0800

So, I'm a mere week younger than Lego? Cool.

By: JoeZydeco

JoeZydeco — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:01:26 -0800

I kind of liked these ads better.

By: beagle

beagle — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:09:26 -0800

55 Years of The Brick I played with Legos in 1958 when they first came out.

By: MangyCarface

MangyCarface — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:27:05 -0800

These are really shitty riddles and I am furious that I can't figure them out

By: dry white toast

dry white toast — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:28:29 -0800

....Is there an answer key? It's at the bottom of the page, but the pictures aren't numbered, where the answers are, so it makes it a little tough to connect pictures and answers.

By: CancerMan

CancerMan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:29:03 -0800

A part of me likes the ambiguity. Nobody said I had to imagine the correct answer, just needed to imagine a song or movie. So if something makes me imagine a song that I think fits the theme, I consider that quite in the spirit of LEGO. That said, what the heck are the answers?

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:30:01 -0800

Dry White Toast, those are people's guesses at the answers, not the answers.

By: dry white toast

dry white toast — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:32:33 -0800

EmpressCallipygos, ohhhhhhhhh. My bad. I had scrolled back up pretty quickly when I came across it because I didn't want to spoil it.

By: FatherDagon

FatherDagon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:33:32 -0800

Also, this makes me feel racist when I'm guessing based on the block colors. See, when I saw this one, I was like 'it's gotta be Crash'. And I think this one is the other Crash, if you imagine all the blue and white brick couples are humping.

By: CancerMan

CancerMan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:36:23 -0800

I just saw that Gizmodo is offering a prize for answering everything correctly, so I guess they're telling me I have to imagine them the way they're intended. Way to ruin my creativity, Gizmodo!

By: FatherDagon

FatherDagon — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:58:19 -0800

Oh, these are fun! The Sermon on the Mount! Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn'! Lolita!

By: stoneweaver

stoneweaver — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:34:23 -0800

Wow, those are quite challenging. The Inception one was pretty good.