In some ideas are best left unrealized news, this is a video from Adam of Youtube channel North Of The Border (I prefer South Of The Border myself, but that’s just me and I enjoy palm tree beaches and frozen cocktails) creating a ‘realistic’ LEGO minifig sculpture. Ugh, those eyes.

In what is arguably the most sensical toy release in recent history, LEGO has announced an official Transformers build set featuring Optimus Prime that actually transforms from semi truck to humanoid form. The $169 set will be released June 1st and feature 1,508 pieces, including ion blaster, Autobot Matrix of

This is a video demonstration and build discussion of the LEGO Flip Walker constructed by LEGO fanatic JK Brickworks after being inspired by a rare 1980’s Bandai model that moved using the same technique. Pretty neat. I wish I was clever enough to design stuff like this, but as it

Because nothing says ‘you can expect the same flowers every Valentine’s Day from now on’ like undying plastic roses, LEGO set #40460 has got you covered. The set contains 120 pieces (enough to build two roses, order six for a full dozen!), and does not include rose-scented perfume to spray

This is a video tour of the Legend Of Zelda overworld map that Iam Roosma constructed entirely out of LEGO bricks. The finished map measures 86″ wide, 30″ tall and contains 25,000 LEGO bricks with 2,779 total trees and 493 enemies. It’s pretty awesome. The only thing that would make

This is some POV footage captured by a GoPro camera attached to a LEGO City Ocean Exploration Ship built and sent out to sea by the folks at Youtube channel Canvas 23 Studios to see how the ship fares in a real ocean environment. SPOILER: Not very well. So, the

In now that would make an awesome middle school field trip news (we went to a waste water treatment plant), this is a video from inside a LEGO factory detailing how minifigs are made, at rates up to 8,000 minifigs/hour. Fascinating. Of course the short answer of how LEGO minifigs

After garnering enough interest for production consideration on the LEGO Ideas website, LEGO is releasing an official Sonic The Hedgehog Green Hill Zone playset (links to LEGO product site) on January 1st to start the new year running(!). This is that playset. Featuring a respectable 1,125 pieces, the $70 set