The tower reminds me more than a bit of the Washington Monument. The tower is larger at the base in the tip and uses supporting guide wires along the way to keep it from toppling over onto the crowds. The project used over 500,000 LEGO bricks when all was said and done.

Among the builders were 4000 local kids conscribed into LEGO slave labor. By that, I mean the children won a contest and were allowed to help build the massive tower. Don’t expect to see LEGO release this tower as an off-the-shelf kit any time soon.

[via Huffingtonpost]

Conceived by Cuusoo contributor Zombieattack, these simple sets would let you recreate classic scenes from NES games including Mario, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Balloon Fight, and others using a mix of standard and custom LEGO blocks.

Each set would produce a small diorama, with LEGO representing both pixels and individual characters and objects from the games. These sets sort of remind me of the dotgraph kits that Namco released a few years back.

If you’d like to see these made into actual LEGO sets you can buy, drop by LEGO Cuusoo and show your support. Personally, I’d pay good money just to have that blockheaded dog and some square ducks.

As a matter of fact, we mentioned back in March that LEGO was giving away a free limited-edition minifig Avengers movie poster to 2 million people. LEGO isn’t clear on how many of the free Hulk minifigs it will be giving away though. It does say “limited-edition,” but that could mean 2000 or 2 million for all we know.

The Hulk minifig is automatically added to your cart if you purchase $50 worth of merchandise from LEGO online or in-store while supplies last.

This custom x-wing fighter/batjet was created by LEGO mastermind Kevin Ryhal (aka M<0><0>DSWIM). Now I can only imagine what the Joker’s TIE Fighter might look like. As you might imagine, Batman’s story has changed just a little bit. “After Bruce Skywalker’s aunt and uncle are killed by the evil Darth Joker, he learns the ways of the Force and becomes the Bat Knight, vowing to fight crime across the galaxy and defeat the evil Empire!”

That is a pretty sweet LEGO ride. I think the Astromech should have been done up in Robin’s colors though. Great custom ship!

[via IT LEGO via Obvious Winner]

I think his most impressive piece is Cap’s shield, although the bow and arrow set is quite the feat too. It’s disappointing that Robichaud wasn’t able to make a LEGO Iron Man suit, but it’s not like that’s easy to make.

Take the quinjet to Flickr to see more pictures of Robichaud’s weapons.

[via Nerd Approved]

The parts don’t move using gears or motors, but closer to the way the actual Sopwiths were controlled – with string. How is that for accuracy? You have to love details like that. The LEGO Sopwith Camel will arrive in June for $99.99(USD).

[via Geekosystem]

What you’re looking at above is a micro-scale scene of the Death Star hangar and Imperial Shuttle landing as envisioned by toomuchcaffee (2MC). The set is one of several that are currently being pitched for consideration over on LEGO Cuusoo, including tiny versions of Hoth, Tatooine, and other locations from the Star Wars saga.

Each set would use a minimal number of primitive bricks to convey classic scenes from the films, going well beyond the few examples shown here. Personally, I think they’re just swell, and it’s kind of fun to know you could assemble each of these tiny dioramas with ease – in stark contrast to some of the massive multi-thousand brick LEGO Star Wars sets out there today.

If you like these sets as much as I do, hop in your Land Speeder and head on over to LEGO Cuusoo to show your support. With enough votes, I’m hopeful that LEGO will be convinced to put these into production.

[via Super Punch]

The set includes minifig designs for the Firefly cast and these figures will be able to play in the dining area and the cargo hold, which has a movable loading ramp, just like in the show. Best of all, the firefly drive even lights up, and the engine on the inside rotates with it. The only thing I don’t see are the shuttles.

This project is so good that it even has the support of several of the actors from the show. Now it is off to the LEGO review team, who will decide if it will be manufactured. Check this ship out here. I hope we can buy this one very soon.

[via Geek]

The most impressive thing about the build to me is the LEGO brick ocean. I can only imagine how many little gray bricks it took to create the very realistic waves and splashes in the ocean. You can almost see the water moving under the ships. Other than the sails and the ropes, it looks like the entire scene was made from LEGO bricks. Even the flags appear to be made from LEGO.

I think this is the coolest LEGO project I’ve seen with a nautical theme. This is one of those builds were you can look at the details for a long time and never see them all. Let’s hope that SlyOwl shares more detailed pictures for us to ogle over.

[via Brothers Brick]

Still not impressed? What if I told you that it can wave its arms and move its head? No? What if I told you that it has wheels but can also walk? No? What if I show you all those things I just said?

Kreuger estimates that the toy will sell for $150-$200(USD) if it becomes a real product. That’s a big if; as per Cuusoo rules, gathering the required 10,000 votes is no guarantee that LEGO will make it a real product, just that they will consider the possibility. But a true Section 9 operative never gives up, so go to LEGO Cuusoo and vote for the Tachikoma – and tell your friends to do the same. I bet if LEGO includes a Laughing Man sticker with every toy it will sell like crazy.

[via The Brothers Brick]

Pollock estimates that his ambitious scale will be equivalent to almost 780,000 LEGO studs, with the final mosaic measuring over 6ft. tall and over 90ft. wide. Here’s Pollock with more on his project:

Head to Kickstarter and pledge at least $5 (USD) if you want to help Pollock complete his ambitious project. Every $100 nets Pollock an extra life. Or so I’d like to think.

[via Nerd Approved]

This crank-turned, rotating cylindrical work of art is more than just a visual masterpiece. Certain key elements of the scenes are elevated to trigger levers, which in turn play an organ. An organ that is playing the Star Wars theme! The four sets on the platform are scenes from Hoth, Tatooine, Naboo, and the surface of the Death Star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Lgcen-PGI

Most impressive! Aside from the fact that it is being used to promote a crappy, overworked prequel. Oh well, this thing is still quite possibly the best diorama anywhere, from anytime.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]

As you can see, the Eva Gundam takes his color scheme and overall parts design from its dad, while he got her mom’s lanky frame and bad posture, not to mention her short temper, i.e. a Berserk mode.

Here’s Gyuta K. showing off some of the parts of his creation (you can skip to 0:17 if you want, the first part is just a slideshow):

Pilot your browser and head to Gyuta K.’s gallery on MOCpages for more pictures. Which robot mashups would you like to see?

[via Tomopop]

Baris provides several close-up shots of his build to allow enterprising DIY LEGO fanatics to build their own version. He also provides instructions and detailed close-up shots, which should be enough for anyone with some LEGO bricks to build their LEGO charging dock for their smartphone, not just the Nokia Lumia 900.

Baris isn’t selling his LEGO dock, but you can probably make your own, without much fuss. So what are you waiting for? Get those LEGO bricks out of storage and start building the perfect bedside dock for your smartphone!

[via Ubergizmo]

The LEDs are activated when you tap the brick and are supposed to last for hundreds of hours, which is good because I’m not sure if the batteries inside are easily replaceable.

ThinkGeek sells Brick Brites for $10 (USD) per pair. You can choose from red/white, blue/white and green/white LED variants.

Here’s a video of the LEGO Omniboat in action. Note the minifig pilot.

Patel actually made two versions of the Omniboat; in fact he used the first one to film this newer model. Unfortunately he hasn’t provided build instructions for either version, although a couple of people have pointed out that the pontoon-like objects are actually water bottles from LEGO hockey sets released in 2003. So that’s a start. Get four of those and then some bricks. Also a minifig. Then put them all together. You’re welcome.

[via Hack A Day]

Adam constructed an impressive array of 15 landmark buildings with different architectural styles, including the John Hancock building, the Burj Dubai, and the Empire State Building. He even managed to build the St. Louis arch. If you’d like to see them in person, they’re on display at an exhibition called LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition, at the National Building Museum in Washington DC through September 3.

I wonder where they will be stored after the exhibit, or if they will be taken apart. If it is the latter, I would love to be the guy to destroy them – in a Godzilla outfit of course.

[via Gizmodo via Dvice]

Nick built a full-size M45 Tactical Shotgun over the course of two months exclusively from LEGO bricks. He says that a little bit of glue was required in some particularly weak spots so it wouldn’t fall apart, but other than that, the gun looks very realistic and actually has some working features.

The coolest of the working features is the sliding pump-action.When the pump is moved, it also actually ejects a shell. How awesome is that?

I wonder what the design process that went into coming up with a workable pump-action slider entailed.

BTW, Nick is the same dude that made that Halo LEGO sniper rifle a while back. I wonder when he’ll build a LEGO Plasma Sword and LEGO M41 Rocket Launcher to go with.

[via Brothers-Brick]

I’m not sure if their courtship involved Star Wars characters or not, but they also appear in the video. It’s enough to make you all teary eyed and blubbery. Best of luck to this couple, and may they live happily ever after in LEGOland.

[via When Geeks Wed via The Mary Sue]

Hermit crabs have soft bodies and need to adopt abandoned shells for protection. Harry, who lives in a rock pool in LEGOLAND UK, recently crawled into a shell made out of LEGOs. It’s well known that LEGOs aren’t just for kids and Harry chose the LEGO shell over a bunch of other sea and snail shells available for his perusal.

Initially, the builders weren’t sure that Harry would move into the custom shell, but now he seems quite comfortable in his new home. If there is ever a shortage of shells in the wild, we know that now they’ve got an inexhaustible supply, thanks to LEGO maniacs everywhere.

[The Guardian via DVice]