C3 NBA Brick Building Sets

image1With the NBA season now in full swing, here comes some LEGO-style brick building fun.  From the Bridge Direct, these are C3 NBA brick build-able playsets featuring a NBA Locker Room Starter sets (85 pieces) and Half Court sets (162 pieces).

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Animated LEGO Ninja’s Dueling It Out

ninjagoround00Another cool creation from LEGO builder Ian Spacek, his LEGO Zoetrope Ninja Duel.  But first, let’s define what is a Zoetrope.  According to Dictionary.com – Zoetrope is “a device for giving an illusion of motion, consisting of a slitted drum that, when whirled, shows a succession of images placed opposite the slits within the drum as one moving image.” (Dictionary.com).  Now let’s watch this LEGO Ninja battle:

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The LEGO CLUE Gameboard

cluegameboard00If you don’t want to buy a classic boardgame like CLUE, then why not build your very own with LEGO bricks?  This is what LEGO builder Ian Spacek has done with this.

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The Book on Custom LEGO Technic Builds

technicbookcoverPawel “Sariel” Kmieć day job is a graphic designer, but moonlights as a master LEGO Technics builder.  Based out of Warsaw, Poland, Pawel is a fan favorite with a legion of YouTube fans and has been featured in many magazines and news articles.  His new book “Incredible LEGO Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!” takes a look at the world’s best fan created Technic builds.

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Building Incredible LEGO Dioramas

magmacityWe mention these guys before on our site, but this South Korean professional LEGO master build team Olive Seon knows how to build huge LEGO diorama playsets.  Above image is their latest city build – Magma City.

legothemeparkThis is another recent build of theirs, a LEGO Theme Park.

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Boba Fett’s LEGO Star Wars Slave I

starwarsslavecoverEverybody’s favorite Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett and this time his personal spacecraft get’s the LEGO Star Wars Collectors treatment this coming January 2015.  The LEGO 75060 Slave I craft is super detailed with many cool play features.

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LEGO DOOM Diorama

legodoomdioramaWhen I was a wee young lad, one of the very first FPS I played was the game DOOM.  It’s been 20 years since Doom premiered, and here’s a LEGO tribute to this iconic game.

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Edible LEGOS by Akihiro Mizuuchi

chocolegocoverWhat is not to like about this?  Now you can build something with these functional LEGO bricks or just eat them.  These chocolate bricks were designed by artist Akihiro Mizuuchi.

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Full Size LEGO House in Denmark

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The hometown of LEGO will be building a full-size LEGO house in Denmark.  The LEGO House will be a LEGO museum showing the history and how LEGO came to be.  Look for the LEGO House to open in 2016.

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Rocket Raccon LEGO Brick Sketch

chrismcveighrocketAfter watching Guardians of the Galaxy for a second time, my two favorite characters has to be Groot and Rocket.  Now here’s neat 12×16 LEGO brick sketch of Rocket by LEGO fan Chris McVeigh.

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The Power of LEGOS and Magnets

mtronbrickfactorycoverThis custom LEGO playset was revealed at Brickfair Virginia 2014.  This is the M:Tron Corporation magnet factory built by Blake Foster.  It took over 2 years and over 100,000 bricks to build this cool looking space factory.

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LEGO 76023 The Tumbler

legotumblerrealisticLEGO has sold various versions of The Tumbler from the Batman: The Dark Knight Trilogy throughout the years, but this future release will be the ultimate version, the LEGO 76023 The Tumbler.

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Step Aside Godzilla, It’s time for Stay Puft LEGO Rampage

oliveseon 00While everybody is awaiting for the release of the LEGO Ghostbuster toy this month, here’s a custom LEGO build of Stay Puft marshmallow rampaging through New York streets.  This city-street probably took months of planning and thousands of LEGO bricks.

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LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy

gotg legoSince the release of the 2 Guardians of the Galaxy movie trailers, I’ve been actually quite excited for the upcoming movie.  You could say I’m a big Marvel fangirl, every month I have a stack of Marvel trades and comics sitting on my desk, but I wasn’t a fan of Guardians, until maybe now.  And with LEGO putting out their Marvel Super Heroes product line, now they are releasing LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy toys.

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Beyond the Brick – A LEGO Documentary

brickfilmBeyond the Brick: A LEGO Brickumentary made it’s debut at the Tribeca Film Festival this past month and I look forward to watching this on the film festival circuit.  The documentary is not just about “Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs)”, but about LEGO company itself, the kids and fans of bricks.

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Retro LEGO Builds for ALL!

lego retro building coverIf you ever feel nostalgic about past technological wonders like old video game systems, CRT tube TVs, rotary telephones and what not, and you are a LEGO builder, then check out – Chris McVeigh’s site Building Guides.  I admit I am not a LEGO mad-genius builder, I’m like a Emmet who needs an instruction booklet and details before I can build anything.

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10244 LEGO Fairground Mixer

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At the recent Sydney Brick Show (April 24-27, 2014) in Australia, LEGO announced a new release the LEGO 10244 Fairground Mixer.  If you like county fairs and like to build LEGO cities, this is another wonderful LEGO addition.  The Fairground Mixer will cost around $150 bucks and look for a June 2014 release date.

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Adly Syairi Ramly creates LEGO Bands

legobandcoverFan of music and LEGO, Adly Syairi Ramly neat project is using LEGO bricks and re-creating iconic pop bands.  From the Beatles, to Cypress Hill and even boyband N’Sync makes the list.  If you want to check out more cool images from this LEGO music project, go to his Instagram page:  adlysyairi#.

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LEGO The Simpsons Minifigures out May 2014

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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.

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The LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier

helicarrierWith Captain America:  Winter Soldier film  just around the corner, one of the coolest tech vehicles is the SHIELD Helicarrier.  Here is Jason Simmons custom LEGO SHIELD Helicarrier.

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LEGO Simpsons Couch Intro

lego simpsons openingA stop-motion short with LEGO Simpsons and minfigs from the LEGO movie by MonsieurCaron.

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75059 LEGO Sandcrawler

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I remember when the first LEGO Star Wars products were released and I was hooked and addicted like a madman.  I had to get this, get that, and this one.  My wallet was busting, but now as I’m older and much wiser when paycheck funds going into more important stuff, I’m a little more picky of what I want and I do want this!  The 75059 LEGO Sandcrawler from Star Wars:  Episode IV – A New Hope.

LEGO Hong Kong Photos by Ric Tse

hong kong lego 00Photographer Ric Tse takes snapshots of Hong Kong news by re-imagining the scenes with LEGO bricks.

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LEGO Indiana Jones Diorama

lego indiana jonesOne 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.

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Viral Video Friday: LEGO Microfighters Animation!

lego microfightersLEGO presents their Star Wars Microfighters line-up with this Microfighters Animation.  I want them all!