MetaFilter posts tagged with Lego

Traveller's Tales Presents...

OverlappingElvis — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:16:38 -0800

Lego Star Wars

AElfwine Evenstar — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:07:32 -0800

But why is the girl in the ravishing red Lego dress so sad?

misha — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:16:30 -0800

In Pieces, on display at the OpenHouse gallery in SOHO through March 17th. New York based LEGO sculptor Nathan Sawaya and Australian photographer Dean West (Warning: annoying Flash interface) create magic together. The intriguing combination of Lego bricks and photography draws you in. The untold stories behind the stark tableaux make you want to linger. Here's how the artists put them all together. (Nathan Sawaya, previously)

Color in the cracks of the city

jammy — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:30:31 -0800

Lego Bombing and the Art of Infrastructure: "Oftentimes the displays are little more than attempts at drawing the eye or conveying a message. Sometimes, though, the two combine to great effect, pointing out glaring, gaping holes in the world around us. In the case of Lego Bombing, as it has become known, those holes -- and therefore, that art -- crop up in our crumbling infrastructure. The colorful plastic blocks are being snapped into walls, streets, and buildings all over the world courtesy of Dispatchwork."

You're a Wizard, Harry!

deborah — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:22:39 -0800

Alice Finch has used 400,000 LEGO pieces to create Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in wonderful detail. [via]

It Happened On Brick Avenue

Legomancer — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:39:16 -0800

Dustincropsboy's first (and hopefully not last) stop-motion animated Lego film is a charming story of romance. He also made a poster for it.

En arche en ho Legos :: The Price of a Lego Brick

zamboni — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:25:52 -0800

“LEGO® sets are not cheap toys. They are made to the highest standards and have the price to go along with it. However, in the past couple decades it seems that the price of LEGO sets has become outrageous. New sets can sell for up to $500 retail and old sets can sell for twice that in a secondary market. This is a children’s toy, right? There is no way LEGO sets have always been this expensive; it is just molded plastic. Let’s take a look at the history of LEGO pricing and try to figure out what is going on.”

Lego riddles anyone?

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

55 Years of The Brick

"Will treaty lead us to form a “Treaty Empire” or a “Treaty Rebellion”?"

chapps — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:41:58 -0800

Northwest coast native artist, Andy Everson explores pop culture and native rights in his prints. Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw artist Andy Everson's image of a hand holding a feather has become synonymous with the Idle No More Movement, which has shifted the Canadian political spotlight on First Nations issues in recent months (previously). But I predict it is his C3P0, Yoda, and LEGO figurine self portrait giclée prints that will be irresistible to many mefites.

little techie.

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:22:43 -0800

little techie. from the mind of a 5-year-old tech geek. "My name is Summer Allen and I run the successful design blog Design is Mine. That kid above? That’s London, my five-year-old son. He likes technology and gadgets a whole lot. Seriously. "Little Techie is a spot to showcase his “creations” and day-to-day life as a tiny little tech geek. Because sometimes being a geek is majorly awesome. "FYI: everything (aside from things otherwise noted) is made by London. While other kids are playing with action figures and watching cartoons, he’s drawing and building iPhones. Cool, eh?"

An unexpected gathering of bricks

Artw — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:31:17 -0800

What It Takes to Build a Lego Hobbit [cached version] - How Lego's An Unexpected Gathering was designed from the 2,700 pieces of the modern Lego "system of play", which remains compatible with a brick design that goes back to 1958. Despite worries that the stacking brick system has become less creative, a persistant series of complaints that have spawned their own bingo card, it remains hugely popular, in part through quality control and clever licensing. The Lego Bag-End house also comes in a life size version.

88 Bricks per hour

Twain Device — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:23:54 -0800

Lego has announced it will release a Back to the Future Delorean next year The design was supplied through their Cuusoo system, a user submission based program where fan created kits that garner more than 10,000 likes go to their approval board for review. Previous kits created through this system include the Minecraft kits, the Japanese Satellite Hayabusa and the Shinkai 6500, a manned research submersible.

Love Lego? Love Rugby?

Scottie_Bob — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:01:28 -0800

Ever wanted to see rugby highlights animated in lego? Of course you have! The Autumn Rugby Internationals finished a few weeks ago, with England famously upsetting the odds in their win over New Zealand, adding to their total of only seven wins in 35 occasions, while both Wales and Scotland slumped home with zero wins over Southern Hemisphere opposition. If you want to watch the highlights, there are plenty online. But perhaps the best of the bunch is this one here. Animated by Graham Love, he's done a bunch of stuff with lego and famous sporting events.

Relevant to MeFi's Interests

Parasite Unseen — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:00:51 -0800

James Groccia is a ten-year old with Asperger syndrome and self-describes at the "most loyal Lego fan". He is involved in a Lego playgroup to help with developing his social skills. After spending two years saving for his dream set, he was disappointed to discover that it was no longer in production and was priced beyond what he could afford on the secondary market. He decided to ask Lego for help. Lego responded.

Lego recreation of Felix Baumgartner's record breaking skydive

Confess, Fletch — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:26:01 -0800

Lego recreation of Felix Baumgartner's record breaking skydive

LEGO Batcave

Egg Shen — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:51:48 -0800

LEGO Batcave

Minifig, I can walk!

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:39:46 -0800

Stop-motion Lego Dr. Strangelove (part I | II) [Lego kubricks via]

LEGO Great Ball Contraption (Layout 2012.9)

klausman — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:14:21 -0800

Lego Great Ball Contraption (Layout 2012.9) (Previously)

A cluster of raspberries

Jpfed — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:57:16 -0800

University builds inexpensive computer cluster with Raspberry Pi and Lego, and publishes a guide if you want to build your own.

The Breaking Bad Art Project

Egg Shen — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:18:38 -0800

The Breaking Bad Art Project is on exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles through August 26. The acclaimed television drama has also inspired derivative works in other media.

Play With Your Food

zamboni — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:53:10 -0800

A Collector's Weekly article on 19th Century butcher shop playsets. Also available in the 21st Century. If you prefer LEGO, your options are more limited.

The Lego Story

MonkeyToes — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:21:58 -0800

Ole was a toymaker. My 8-year-old Lego fan found this charming short movie (SLLegoTube) about the company's history. Happy near-80th, Lego!

I am a lego on the wind.

Fleebnork — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:45:36 -0800

Lego Serenity Adrian Drake spent 475 hours over the course of 21 months to build this painstakingly accurate model of Firefly's Serenity entirely out of Lego bricks. It is currently on display at Brickfair Virginia.

The Lego Wire

Room 641-A — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:03:04 -0800

Listen up! We are a special police detail. Our task is Avon Blocksdale, drug kingpin.

Memories Are Made of This

T.D. Strange — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:09:18 -0800

Inside the secret LEGO vault containing every set ever made.