Awesome Lego

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!

8-Bit Trip is a music video by Swedish band Rymdreglage made entirely out of LEGO bricks and filmed in stop motion; it pays homage to Pong, Pac-Man, Mario Bros and more.

LEGO’s Motorized AT-AT stands a foot tall and also walks while moving its head up and down; it’s got four minifigs including Luke Skywalker on a grappling line. Thanks, Thorir!

Jon Palmer isn’t the first to attempt LEGO ABC Spaceships, but we’re really liking his progress thus far: he’s up to the letter “H” but is already wowing us with his attention to detali.

Give the gift that keeps on devouring: Man-Eating Pits are LEGO sets that include your choice of feeding and food escape system, 16-page guidebook, and theme pack. Thanks, Jake!

We like Ryan Fitzgerald’s approach to making his Lego Love tee: throw bricks and minifigs on a screen and burn the image; each order includes actual Legos used in the screen.

Woody, Buzz and the gang are set to become toys of a slightly brickier persuasion: LEGO will be releasing minifigs for Toy Story, Cars and other Disney franchises in January 2010.

Starting 7/31 at noon EST, Mega Bloks will make available 10k limited edition 1.75″ Halo Wars Steel Spartans; the real draw: 100 randomly inserted, ultra-rare Active Camo Spartans.

Intricately detailed, Ernesto Carrillo’s Lego Star Wars Dioramas pull back the curtain on the inner workings of the Imperial war machine, from a droid-run ER to an AT-ST factory floor.

It was doomed from the start, but few vessels contributed to the Rebellion as much as Tantive IV: LEGO will be releasing a 1,408 piece model 9/9/09 with 5 minifigs and 2 escape pods.

We’ve seen plenty of custom LEGO sets, but Ochre Jelly’s Tour de Force was created with action in mind with lightsaber trails, leaping Yodas and beautifully dismembered Droids.