LEGO stories

Lego sunglasses let you build your own fashion

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 11:04am

Legos are maybe the world's best toy, what with them allowing kids to build whatever they want to play with that day. So why not bring them into more everyday objects? These sunglasses do just that. Lego teamed up with...

Insane 65,000-brick LEGO space shuttle may as well be the real thing

Thursday, April 2, 2009 - 11:07am

I'm almost a little embarrassed to admit that I first thought this was a photo of a real space shuttle. Two Japanese LEGOsmiths used a whopping 65,000 bricks and 1,590 man hours to complete the stunning diorama, which even simulates...

Tiny LEGO theater has a working mechanical projector

Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 12:03pm

There's hardly anything you can't build with LEGO. This construction by Ricardo Oliviera beats even the LEGO Taj Mahal — it's a mini-theater that can actually project film on its minuscule screen. Check out the gallery below and you'll...

7 foot long Lego Star Wars cruiser is epic in its awesomeness

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 8:07am

There's no shortage of pathetically geeky gadgets you can get to show your love for Star Wars, but every now and then we come across something so awesome that it's hard to dismiss. This seven foot long model of...

Steampunk Cylon Gallery: 25 old-tyme robot designs

Friday, March 20, 2009 - 10:02am

What would a Steampunk Cylon look like? That's what we asked you a few months ago, when DVICE kicked off its Steampunk Cylon design contest as Battlestar Galactica began its final run (ending tonight, by the way). And did you...

Lego camcorder isn't made out of Legos, unfortunately

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - 7:13am

Lego is getting into the gadget business, it seems, with a new camcorder branded by the legendary toy maker showing up at a toy fair in Nuremberg. The camcorder has some definite Lego elements to it, including a 4x4 tile...

LEGO phone changes colors with snap-on parts

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 10:58am

What does a company do when it's having trouble selling cell phones? I know, let's make a LEGO phone! This Alcatel cell phone, destined to hit the market this year, has snap-on pieces that let you change the color of...

Battlestar Galactica in LEGO: world's largest gathering of Viper models, ever

Monday, January 26, 2009 - 7:48am

Who says Star Wars gets to have all the LEGO-fun? At BrickCon (a gathering for adults who still play with LEGO) in Seattle last October, LEGO maven Ryan Wood organized the first Battlestar Galactica (BSG) Viper fly-in, and look...

Lego's Virtual Box makes a 3D model out of thin air

Friday, January 23, 2009 - 2:03pm

Wouldn't it be fun to be able to see a 3D model of the completed Lego set you were considering buying without even opening the box? It's possible thanks to augmented reality. Metaio, a company in Germany, has designed a...

LEGO camera can't be taken apart, unfortunately

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 7:35am

This is an official LEGO camera. Yes, the company is starting to sell gadgets that are made to look like they were built out of the famous toy blocks. It's pretty awesome stuff, although we're disappointed that the camera...

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