Awesome Lego

James May’s LEGO House is nothing more than a pile of bricks now, but catch a glimpse of the Top Gear host as he spends a night with LEGO carpet, leaks, and painful loofas.

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 gets a truly magical debut trailer, with glimpses of Quidditch, Fluffy, the Sorting Hat, and even a little Wingardium Leviosa; it’s due out sometime in 2010.

Minifigs get superpowers thanks to artist Ulises Farinas’ LEGO Superheroes; he’s only done two pieces (DC-themed Rise and Lego my Marvel), but they’re absolutely marvel-ous.

Due out early 2010, Battle of the Brick: Built for Combat is a 25 minute LEGO Halo short film made by Alex Kobb; it recreates the Zanzibar map with an epic battle of Red vs. Blue.

The result of 440 hours of work and a horde of Agent Smiths, Matrix’s legendary bullet-time scene gets reimagined with LEGO bricks; it was created to celebrate the movie’s 10th anniversary.

And we thought Jenga was tough: Walter Wick’s Balancing Act puts 117 objects on a single LEGO block without glue or hidden supports; watch to the end for the “cue” de grace.

Based on the Hayao Miyazaki anime film of the same name, Imagine Rigney’s Howl’s Moving Castle is a LEGO tour-de-force; it’s as detailed on the inside as it is on the outside.

Dave Sterling’s NES (and TV and controllers) are crafted out of LEGOs, but we’re most impressed by the NES itself: it sports spring loaded buttons and a push-down cartridge loading system.

Made by graphic designer Matthew Davidson, this LEGO Foosball Table may look simple with wheels as knobs, but it’s fun to play; his son insists on several matches every night.

While we only caught a glimpse of it in the debut trailer, this developer’s walkthrough gives us an in-depth look on Lego Indiana Jones 2’s editor; the consensus: like LBP, but in 3D.

We have to hand it to Joe for a truly meta proposal: this series of LEGO picnic engagement boxes were given to his girlfriend Kristen as they were having that very picnic (she said yes).

The LEGO Book is Nirvana for brick lovers; it’s a two volume set that includes a 200 page visual guide through LEGO’s history and a 96-page book celebrating the Minifigure.

Twice the size of last year’s event, Zombie Apocafest 2009 was a dead-on success: it featured 17 tables with undead parade floats, creepy carousels, and zombie gobblin’ combines.

It’s been awhile since we featured a LEGO diorama, but Young Indiana Jones-inspired Train Raid scene is just too good to pass up; it features 53 minifigs, including Indy and Pancho Villa.

LEGO Indiana Jones 2 gets more characters, vehicles and settings over the original, but here’s what really knocks our blocks off: for the first time, you’ll get to design your own levels.

This LEGO Temple of Doom shows archaeology’s hidden perks: Wild mine cart chase? Check. Deadly traps and flames? Check. Indiana Jones pissing off a temple priest? Run!

Bling-out your LEGOs with ChromeBricks.com: everything from helmets and car parts to entire minifigs are coated with an ultra-thin 50 micrometer layer of real gold, chrome or copper.

Nathan Sawaya’s LEGO cello not only is roughly the size of a real cello, but can be played, too–just don’t’ expect it to sound like one; watch the time lapse, brick-by-brick video above.

Navigate desktop cable jungles with a LEGO LED Clip On Light; able to be worn either on the head or in true geek style on a pocket protector, each foot packs an LED light.

If you don’t mind wearing bricks on your man-boobs, this LEGO Baseplate t-shirt takes DIY apparel to new, 3D heights; it’s an actual baseplate on which you can attach LEGOs.

Brandon Griffith is a god amongst Jedi: he’s built a Star Wars chess set using LEGO pieces dedicated to A New Hope (Ep. IV), with two additional sets for the Ep. V and VI on the way.

Top Gear co-host and Toy Stories host James May is also a hardcore brick fanatic: he’s building a two-story LEGO house just outside of London that’ll use over 816 million pieces.

Solving Sudoku is trivial for this LEGO robot by Hans Andersson; the hardest part is image recognition, accomplished with a light sensor and several algorithms. Thanks, Nurgak!