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The LEGO Simpsons House 71006 is awesome, but if it’s not your cup of tea and you want LEGO Simpsons mementos, then these LEGO Simpsons minifigures should do it. The series will feature Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grampa, Chief Wiggum, Scratchy, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz,, Milhouse, Krusty the Clown, Itchy, Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.
One of my favorite trilogies is the Indiana Jones franchise starring Harrison Ford as Indy the hero treasure hunter. Here’s a way cool playset, well a large-scale Indiana Jones diorama.
LEGO presents their Star Wars Microfighters line-up with this Microfighters Animation. I want them all!
LEGO web-series Blocumentary interviews and takes a look at Alice Finch’s famous LEGO build Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter films. A whopping 400,000 plus LEGO bricks were used!
Image via The Brothers Brick
Images have leaked online of LEGO’s upcoming The Simpsons line. The first images is the iconic Simpsons’ House numbered 71006. This set has 2,523 pieces of building fun and comes with 5 mini-figs: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Ned Flanders. The set will probably retail around $250USD. The LEGO Simpsons House looks to ship out this February 2014.
This is one really cool trailer – Lex Luthor and Joker team up and the Justice League comes together for LEGO-style action & comedy.
Did you ever wonder how LEGO began? Well, here’s a cool animated mini-documentary on the history of LEGO. If you have 17 minutes to spare in your office cubicle, put on your headphones and learn some cool wiki-style facts about LEGO.
The battle has begun! The two big comic giants – DC Comics and Marvel Comics – duel it out in this short, but sweet LEGO battle.
Instead of using wood, I’m thinking of just using LEGO bricks for my staircase!
WARNING: Kids don’t try this at home! Image via Freshome.
Now you can build your LEGO masterpieces without spending lots of money on bricks. Also you won’t waste time brick building by hand because you can now use Google’s new software Build – a Chrome based LEGO brick building game. It’s cool because you can visualize your LEGO build virtually and make sure everything looks right before you build it with real LEGO pieces.
This September, LEGO will release this highly detailed set. Costing $179.99 and consisting of 2,064 pieces, it features 6 minifigures including Haunted House staples such as a glow-in-the-dark ghosts and a zombie chef.
Image via Flickr – GeekyTom
It always amazes what people can do with LEGO. If you’re fan of Star Trek: The Original Series, here are some cool LEGO builds of a phaser, tricorder and communicator by Tommy Williamson.
Take a closer look at this canvas.
Superman LEGO Mosaic by Dave Ware (BrickWares)
It’s not a painting or a drawing, but this art piece was made from LEGO bricks. Awesome. This Jim Lee inspired Superman piece was done by Dave Ware (BrickWares).
This custom LEGO concert venue is filled with details you will find in a real world concert. LEGO builder Steinberg spent lots of time adding details like the backstage area and concert stage.
Do you have any summer reading plans? Might I suggest “LEGO Heavy Weapons” book from No Starch Press. It’s 368 pages of instructions on how to build 4 life-size guns with shooting action, like loading clips and firing brick ammo – and all from LEGOs. The book will show you how to piece together the Desert Eagle pistol, AKS-74U assault rifle, Jungle Carbine rifle, and SPAS shotgun. This kid Jack Streat from the UK started when he was just 13 years-old building LEGO firearms.
Do you want to know why LEGOs are so cool?
Brian Alano is not even a football fan, but his wife is a die-hard Peyton Manning fan and got him to do a special project. Brian spent 3 years using 30,000 LEGO bricks to build the Colts’ Lucas Oil Stadium. It even has a retractable roof.
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