Awesome Lego

While this animation was done with CGI and not actual LEGO, VFX’s short film is still sufficiently impressive that any fan of Inception (or LEGO) should take 2 minutes out of their day to watch it.

The spooky LEGO haunted house set opens up to reveal tons of creepy details. Includes 2 glowing ghosts, a zombie chef and butler and a vampire and his bride. Out this Sept, in time for Halloween.

LEGO City: Undercover for the Wii U is a lighthearted open world action game with mini-games and augmented reality features. Think of it as kid-friendly version of Grand Theft Auto.

LEGO celebrates the upcoming London 2012 Olympics by releasing minifigures of 9 athletes from Great Britain. They will be exclusive to the UK and will be available starting 07/01 for £1.99 ea.

YouTuber H1tmonchan spotted this kick-ass window display at a toy store in a mall in Norway. The diorama made of LEGO Star Wars sets came alive through the use of a hologram-style projection.

These special building blocks let you create usable furniture, thanks to their increased height-to-width ratio and tall studs which help make their connections more stable than LEGO bricks.

A LEGO version of the The Dark Knight Rises trailer, by Paranick Films, Jedimastersoda and Adviceversa. Is it just us, or is Bane more comprehensible as a minifig than as a human?

Still want to play as the Dark Knight after Arkham City? Watch out for LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes. As a bonus, you’ll also have control of Bats’ most powerful guest star ever: Superman.

Using 3D printing tech, this 79-piece set lets you connect LEGO to K’Nex to Tinkertoys and other previously incompatible building blocks. And yes, we know what its name spells out.

Geeks around the world had a collective nerdgasm when LEGO revealed this 2127 piece, 12″ tall R2-D2, complete with turning head, retractable third leg, and fold-out tools. More pics here.

Domaster – a transforming Game Boy – and Tetrawing – a Tetris cartridge that turns into a bird – are LEGO Transformers from Julius Von Brunk. The Game Boy’s batteries even turn into blasters.

We’re not sure what legal mumbo-jumbo they pulled off, but Zip Zip has managed to make these colorful flash drives with cases that look a lot like LEGO bricks and are even stackable.

Stop-motion master Alex Kobbs made this montage featuring LEGO-fied versions of last year’s most popular video games – from Portal 2 to Skyrim – for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

CGI stop-motion video showing the assembly of the LEGO Millenium Falcon. Francisco Prieto spent three years modeling bricks and animating. The song is Chambermaid Swing by Parov Stelar.

It may seem kind of meta for LEGO to be making building blocks based on a game about building with blocks, but this mini Minecraft world is still cool in our book. LEGO Creeper, FTW!

Sorry Chris Evans, but this minifig does a better job of portraying the Star Spangled Avenger. Watch him tear the flesh out of his enemies. This Cap would have punched his way out of the ice.

We love these tiny replicas of mounted deer and bear heads by David Cole, mostly because bricks can’t be endangered. As for the LEGO taxidermy fox… isn’t that just a LEGO fox?

Ryan McNaught (as in “astronaught”) built this incredible Saturn V rocket from over 120,000 LEGO bricks. The 19 foot-tall spaceship even has a tiny NASA Astrovan to deliver its flight crew.

Build your own DeLorean, with this 287pc. LEGO brick kit from Ichiban Toys. Their latest DMC-12 refines prior designs, with moving gull-wing doors, retractable wheels and room for two minifigs.

It’s not operational, but this replica of the Hyperion battlecruiser is still a sight to behold. Sven Junga spent almost 6 months building this 115-stud long, 15,000 piece monster.

This rare LEGO set the architectural wonder with over 5,900 bricks. Finished model measures appx. 20″(w) and 16″(h). At $1100, it’s expensive, but not nearly as much as the real Taj Mahal cost.

A 144-brick set that works in conjunction with an iOS app. Follow George’s travels and he’ll give you building challenges. You can also challenge a friend or make and capture your own creations.

It’s been 2 years since the trailer and 6 years since Alex Kobbs and the rest of Kooberz Studios started working on this LEGO Halo stop motion film. It was all worth it. Nearly 28 mins. of fun and action.