This is a video of artist Blake McFarland carving three wooden skulls: one in five minutes, one in five hours, and one in five days. That five minute skull — even that one looks better than I could make in a lifetime. And while the uncensored five day skull is

Carefully crafted by artist Nanako Kume, ‘Sharpener’ is a series of lampshades made from the shavings of massive colored pencils cut with a giant pencil sharpener. The colored pencils aren’t actually functional colored pencils (there’s no colored pigment in the middle), just hexagonal logs with a painted exterior. Per Nanako,

Presumably tipped off that my grandma always sends my Christmas money early, LEGO has just announced its largest and most expensive set to date: the Star Wars Death Star. The set contains 9,023 pieces (including 33 minifigs), and measures 32″ wide, 28″ tall, and 11″ deep. It will release October

This is a video of LEGO lover and Youtuber Dr. Engine using a single Technic motor to drive increasingly longer LEGO chains, ending with a 3,000 link chain that I was surprised to even see move. Although, FULL DISCLOSURE: I am easy to surprise and often get jump scared if

With the addition of “The Caterpillar” attachment, Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest kinetic walking sculptures can now tow a human along the beach. How about that! Mount a metal detector to that thing and we’ll be unearthing watches and coins in no time. Cha-ching! I still remember the first time

The original Game Boy: that thing was a brick. And, appropriately, now it’s being immortalized in brick form with the upcoming release of LEGO set #72046. The 421-piece Game Boy set will be released October 1st for $60 and include pressable buttons, Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening game cartridges,

Because some people really know how to spend their free time, this is a video from Youtuber Dr. Engine, who built seven different LEGO vehicles and pitted them against each other in four different extreme obstacle challenges. That’s fun, that’s a good way to spend a weekend. How I spend

This is video of artist Kimiro crafting an insanely impressive origami Pegasus from a single (very large) sheet of uncut paper. He even mixes dyes and colors the paper himself, so you know he’s serious about his craft. Me? I am not very serious about my craft. “What is your