technabob » traveller’s tales http://technabob.com/blog gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets for geeks Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:46:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 lego rock band brings the house down http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/18/lego-rock-band/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/08/18/lego-rock-band/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:43:38 +0000 alisha k. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=18439 LEGO Rock Band, there’s a brand new trailer here to remind you, and to educate you on the epic and destructive fun of replacing traditional demolition with rock. The little scene that takes place during this gameplay clip is amusing, but it’s really the details that stick out to…]]> Just in case you forgot about LEGO Rock Band, there’s a brand new trailer here to remind you, and to educate you on the epic and destructive fun of replacing traditional demolition with rock.

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The little scene that takes place during this gameplay clip is amusing, but it’s really the details that stick out to me, like the bricks on the note highway. I’m always enamored of the little things, and here it looks like the little things are going to be the cornerstone of the experience.

Well, that and the awesome LEGO dudes.

If you haven’t had enough of Rock Band and its ilk yet, the LEGO version is scheduled for this year, during the jam-packed holiday season.

[via Joystiq]

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lego batman robin mosaic brickwares

LEGO enthusiast Dave, who puts his work on Flickr under BrickWares, made this mosaic for his son’s birthday. It features Batman and Robin, as you probably figured out, in their blocky personas from LEGO Batman. There’s just something satisfying about seeing the characters made from actual LEGOs.

When asked, Dave indicated that this completed mosaic probably cost about $500 to put together. That’s a lot of LEGOs! Perhaps more importantly, that’s a whole lot of time. It’s not his first, either; you can see more of Dave’s mosaics on his Flickr account.

[BrickWares at Flickr via Fanmode]

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