Awesome Lego

(SPOILERS) The mother, the daughter and the unholy AI return in the Portal-themed expansion for the video game-toy hybrid LEGO Dimensions. It also features a new GLaDOS song from Jonathan Coulton titled You Wouldn’t Know.

Dan Siskind of Brickmania has spent countless hours (and dollars) building a 25.5 foot long, historically-accurate model of U.S. Navy vessel the USS Missouri from over 1,000,000 LEGO pieces. More on Flickr. (Thanks Orion!)

LEGO Ideas member Alex Paschoaletto’s proposal for an official LEGO set based on the new Ford GT. It’s around 1:17 scale and is made of about 950 pieces. Alex got the car’s engine wrong, but Ford still approved of his work.

Designed by Pixar animator Angus MacLane, this 677-piece set has a posable neck, head, arms, gripping hands and rolling tracks. There’s even a place to put garbage inside. We like to imagine the plant is Baby Groot. Drops 9/1/15.

Princess Yellow Feather sounds like the name of a character from a family flick, and this amazon parrot knows how to sing Everything is Awesome from The LEGO Movie like a boss. Best comment: “Everything is awesome…when you live in a tree.”

With 2,753 parts, the LEGO Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3425 is the largest LEGO Technic model ever produced. It has fully independent suspension, double differential drive, twin axle steering and a working crane arm and grabber.

LEGO Ideas member Matthew Inman honors his first car, the BJ42 Land Cruiser, by proposing a LEGO set based on the off-roader. His prototype’s windshield frame is a tad too thick on the sides, but otherwise it’s a great build.

LEGO Ideas member Firas Abu-Jaber built this prototype for his official Veneno Roadster kit proposal. Sure it’ll look better with custom parts, but the fact that he pulled this off with stock pieces is amazing.

The LEGO Creator set #10248 is a highly detailed Ferrari F40 model. It faithfully recreates the prototypical supercar’s marks, from the pop-up headlights to the massive – and removable – V8 engine. Drops 8/15 for $90.

Minecraft, but with LEGO. LEGO Worlds is a sandbox and exploration game for Windows. You can build structures right from the get-go thanks to an infinite stock of pieces, a user-friendly interface and convenient tools.

Fans of the hit sitcom will be happy to see this LEGO Ideas project made real, with this LEGO set of Leonard and Sheldon’s living room. The set includes minifigs of Leonard, Sheldon, Penny, Howard, Raj, Amy and Bernadette. Coming soon.

LEGO already has a lot of video games, but here’s a fun look at how Portal, Skyrim, BioShock and Counter-Strike might have looked like if LEGO owned them. A well-made short by YouTuber andrewmfilms.

This record-setting LEGO machine was on display at the Brick show last year in London. Made by Maico Arts and Ben Jonkman, the insanely complex build used 88 interconnected modules to shuttle balls from one end to the other.

LEGO Ideas member FisheeC3’s proposal for a LEGO version of the Top Gear set. It includes minifigs of the hosts, the Stig and two staff, plus the furniture, Power Lap board and the broken Hilux. Bonus points for the Stig’s face.

A boy narrates what happens when a peaceful city is attacked by the dreaded Gray. Rogier Wieland’s awesome stop-motion short film for LEGO China keeps things fresh by constantly switching scales and perspectives.

“It’s not what’s in front of the box.” Directors Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge take a look at a variety of creative LEGO projects and explores why we love to build. Narrated by Jason Bateman. Drops 7/31.

Celebrate Star Wars Day with some Imperial destruction! After spending 16 hours building a massive LEGO Star Destroyer, WIRED did the unthinkable – they smashed it and captured the recording at 1000fps for our enjoyment.

Architect Jeffrey Pelletier talks to Houzz about his remodeled basement, where he stores about 250,000 LEGO pieces. The toys are organized by type or color on hundreds of bins and drawers mounted on custom made shelves.

LEGO joins the money printing video game collectible craze with its famous franchises in tow. LEGO Dimensions consists of LEGO vehicles and minifigures and a game for the Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4. Drops 9/27.

The Brik Case is a lid protector for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that supports LEGO, Mega Bloks, PixelBlocks, KRE-O, or K’NEX Bricks. It works with MacBooks made in 2013 or later and comes with 100 1×1 bricks.

Digital Wizards Studios used over $100,000 worth of LEGO to recreate some of the most memorable scenes from Jurassic Park. Though in the spirit of LEGO films and games they added humourous twists here and there as well.

LEGO Jurassic World features events and characters from the four Jurassic Park movies. Like many other LEGO games, it will support drop-in/drop-out local multiplayer. You’ll also be able to collect and play as 20 dinosaurs.

The LEGO 71016 Kwik-E-Mart set has all of Apu’s classic products such as Buzz Cola and Krusty O’s. It also comes with Chief Wiggum’s cop car and minifigures of Apu, Homer, Marge, Bart, Snake and Chief Wiggum. Drops this May for $200.