Archive for the 'LEGO' Category

LEGO Store – Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falconâ„¢

Monday, February 12th, 2007

LEGO Store – Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falconâ„¢
This is it – the biggest, most spectacular LEGO® Star Wars model ever! Straight out of the classic Star Wars movies comes the Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon, Han Solo’s famous smuggling starship. Every detail of the modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter is here, all constructed to scale with [...]

Shaun of the Dean Minifig Costume

Monday, October 30th, 2006

MAKE: Blog: Homemade “Shaun of the Dead” LEGO Minifig costume
“My original Halloween plans got toasted, so I had to come up with something in short order. About a week ago, I was going thru Halloween ideas and remembered seeing this Lego MiniFig Costume. Lego’s been one of those fun things I’ve enjoyed staying a kid [...]

Lego Mindstorms NXT : Page 1

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Lego Mindstorms NXT : Page 1
Steve Hassenplug is sitting in a van with seven other people on the way to a Lego convention in Washington, DC, explaining the limitations of Lego’s previous robot-building kit, called Mindstorms. “It was always difficult to build a robot that could drive straight,” he says.
The confession prompts others—infrared communication on [...]

Chris Doyle Presents – Reasonably Clever! Wasting your workday since 1995

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Chris Doyle Presents – Reasonably Clever! Wasting your workday since 1995
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Guided Tour
Welcome to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Let me show you around the place…
We’ll start off on the East side of the building – imagine that we’re walking up from the parking lot – which we would [...]

Lego Guitar

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Lego Guitar
If I had more time to play these days I’d be tempted to try making one myself.
This is not my guitar. I just took the pictures before the guy sold it on eBay. The guitar was playable, but had to be re-tuned after a few chops. The ‘truss rod’ he made for the back [...]

16 Foot LEGO Aircraft Carrier CVN75

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Brickshelf Gallery
An insanely large scale model of the USS Harry S Truman (CVN75). There’s a lot of attention to detail. If anyone knows of a writeup about this model, please let me know in the comments and I’ll include links here.
A bit of info fron here.

Some facts:
Made by Malle Hawking (Weebleleezer). It is [...]

Video Feature: Lego Mindstorms – Engadget

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Video Feature: Lego Mindstorms – Engadget
Nice. 32 bit processor, bluetooth, and an ultrasonic sensor.
Yesterday we set you off with some video of the ROKR E2 from a CES press event; today, we’re giving you a look at the revamped version of Lego Mindstorms. Popular with hackers for its programability, the new mindstorms add some [...]

Thoughts About Photography: Medium Format Pinhole Lego Camera

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

Thoughts About Photography: Medium Format Pinhole Lego Camera
As you should all know, I’m a sucker for most anything LEGO. Here’s a working pinhole camera, and some pics on Flickr and a gallery.

After making the Lego conversion of my old Polaroid 95a, I decided to tackle another Lego challenge: a medium format Pinhole Lego Camera. [...]

BrickJournal – the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

BrickJournal – the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO
Yay! I’m very glad to see they produced a second issue. The first was brilliant and I’m expecting this one to be even better.

BrickJournal Issue 2 is now available for download!
This issue is themed toward Mecha with interviews with:
* Bryce McGlone, [...]

Home-made winder (Now with more pictures)

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Home-made winder (Now with more pictures)

Happy New Year everyone! I just wanted to share my new yarn related Xmas present with everyone. For christmas I aquired over 20 lovely hanks of yarn, but with no winder it’d be 20 hours of winding before any knitting could begin. So my boyfriend came up [...]