Legos

Since it has been established that we enjoy Flippycat’s domino skills, please enjoy this latest endeavor, as well as another possible theory about why these creatures diasappeared. (Thanks Chris!)

These photos weren’t taken at Burning Man. A LEGO forest was installed overnight in the rather barren landscape of Broken Hill, Australia as part of the LEGO Festival of Play. Also done in Sydney.

Ryan McNaught used over 200,000 bricks to build a cross-section replica of the world famous Colosseum. The half is further split into its current ruined state and its original form. More here.

Fernando aka Sheepo loves making replicas of vehicles using LEGO Technic. This is one of his latest creations, a replica of one of his favorite vehicles, the Land Rover Defender 110.

Check out this supercool functional Gears of War Lancer MK2 built by the Plumbrothers; it can shoot rubberbands and has a motorized chainsaw. The action in the vid begins at 1:30. (Thanks David!)

Mike Doyle creates these brilliantly detailed, decrepit Victorian mansions to represent the fragility of life; he uses no foreign materials, just lots of tiny plastic LEGO bricks. (Thanks Don!)

Sean Kenney used 65,000 bricks to create this 10′ replica of Chicago’s Trump Tower. He emulated the reflectivity of windows by using clear bricks with several layers of blue and white bricks underneath.

We’re enjoying the looks of these fun little bricks from Tara Ketchum, hand-cast to resemble standard 2″x4″ LEGO building blocks. They’d make great gifts for architects, builders, or any LEGO fan.

A remote-controlled LEGO Sandcrawler made by Marshal Banana. The 3 ft. long, 44 lb. mobile Jawa fortress has over 10,000 parts, including functional cranes, conveyor belts and treads. Pics here.

This little clone trooper has to contend with the ever-so-slightly larger Gor in this funny ad for LEGO Star Wars III. Make sure you watch till the very end for the punchline. (Thanks James!)

Citizen Brick offers specialty LEGO minifigs that are unique not only because of their rather irreverent themes, but also because they’re printed with ink, using the same methods employed by LEGO.

Sariel says that this 11-lb. tow truck is his most complex creation yet, and we believe him. 17 electric motors powers its moving parts, including the towing arm and the steerable front wheels.

These awesome LEGO minifigs are the work of Julian Fong. We can’t believe they’re not official. Fong initially made minifigs of DC superheroes, but is now working on Street Fighter minifigs.

Alex Eylar – a movie buff who has seen a total of 1,600 movies since 2001 – reconstructed scenes from this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture. Can you identify which movies each scene is from?

Legoland California has announced a new attraction: a Miniland area devoted exclusively to scenes from Star Wars movies. Bonus: it’s opening just in time for Spring Break. (Thanks Ron!)

Ready to fire some rubberbands on your office-mates? Grab a copy of Martin Hudepohl’s detailed manual, which shows you exactly how to build five devilish Lego Technic-powered weapons.

There’s some really fun and quirky storytelling here in stop-motion filmmaker and AFOL Chris Salt’s video; it’s an entirely brick-animated clip for one of the latest tracks by Printed Circuit.

The talented Ben Caulkins has built a remarkable Master Chief helmet completely from LEGOS which features many fine details, including the dazzling gold visor (from a modified motorcycle helmet).

While you may think you’re over the age limit for a game rated “E” for everyone, but we’re still looking forward to making our own personal minifigs and taking over the world, brick by plastic brick.