Lego Announces Back To The Future-Inspired Set

By Brian Tremml at 1:30 PM on December 21, 2012

Back To The Future mania is as much alive today as it was when the first film was released nearly 30 years ago. With quotes and images continuing to appear in advertisements and on merchandise, it is now apparent that we cannot get enough of Marty McFly, Doc or their time-traveling DeLorean. Now, Lego has announced that they will be releasing a Back To The Future inspired DeLorean set....  read more

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Lego The Lord of the Rings Review (Multi-Platform)

By J.P. Grant at 8:00 AM on December 17, 2012

December is a slow month for new games, so over the next few weeks we’ll look back at notable 2012 releases that we haven’t reviewed yet. Today J.P. Grant reviews Traveller’s Tales Legofied adaptation of The Lord of the Rings movies....  read more

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Watch a Clip of Inception, Lego Style

By Patty Miranda at 12:30 PM on June 11, 2012

Everyone loves a re-imagined classic, and Christopher Nolan’s hugely popular intellectual thriller Inception certainly qualifies....  read more

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Arrested Development Made of Legos

By John Barrett at 1:25 PM on December 21, 2011

Each year at Chicago’s Brickworld event, adult fans of Legos come together to share and display their own Lego creations. At Brickworld 2011, designer Matt De Lanoy unveiled a specially designed and incredibly detailed Lego replica of everyone’s favorite cult-sitcom: Arrested Development. De Lanoy’s custom-built Arrested Development Lego set includes every member of the Bluth family and the model home they live in. It does the beloved series additional justice by offering a surprising level of detail and accuracy: Tobias is in full-on “blue himself” mode, GOB is riding a Segway with his black puppet Franklin, Lucille is clutching a...  read more

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Famous Photos Remade In Legos

By Ross Bonaime at 4:17 PM on September 30, 2011

Tiananmen Square. The V.J. Day kiss. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. All important images. But what could possibly make them better? How about if they were done by Lego. Mike Stimpson, a self-proclaimed “Photographer of Plastic”, has taken some of the world’s most famous photographs and recreating them in the famous plastic building block toy. Even celebrities, from John Lennon to Bigfoot, are represented in the gallery of fourteen pictures. Check out the gallery of Lego pictures here....  read more

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The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars Story Ever Told

By Bo Moore at 12:22 PM on May 5, 2011

Have you ever wondered what the entire Star Wars saga would look like if it took place in less than five minutes and was performed by LEGO pieces?...  read more

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WB's New Lego Movie Gets Directors

By Corey Humphress at 2:27 PM on June 29, 2010

When Phil Lord and Chris Miller decided to apply for a job directing Warner Brothers’ upcoming Lego movie, they had a lot of convincing to do. Not only did the duo (responsible for Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs) have to pitch Warner for the opportunity, they had to pitch Lego as well, reports Reuters....  read more

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USA vs. England World Cup Game Recreated with Legos

By Josh Jackson at 9:15 AM on June 15, 2010

If you, like me, were running out of ways to relive Robert Green fumbling Clint Dempsey’s shot last Saturday, here’s a fresh one—with Legos! The German site Legofussball has been recreating soccer matches for a while now—particularly those big Bundesliga games—and they’ve already reenacted the first World Cup ties. Below is the USA vs. England:...  read more

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Start Press: Not Just Another Pretty Pixel

By Jason Killingsworth at 10:00 AM on March 17, 2010

Before leaving San Francisco after the conclusion of the Game Developers Conference, I carved out some time to visit Dog Eared Books. It’s one of those exceedingly rare bookstores where the clerks are so genial and eager to help, you’re almost disappointed when you realize there’s no tip jar by the register. Some men dream about Megan Fox; I fantasize about being rich enough to walk around Dog Eared with a grocery cart, filling it to the top with any titles that seem remotely interesting. Considering how heavy books are, it’s astounding how helium-balloon light they make you feel as...  read more

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Warner Brothers to Construct a Lego Movie

By Gage Henry at 7:30 AM on August 21, 2009

If the past two Transformers movies taught us anything, it's that you can take a bunch of plastic toys and make them into something fit (sort of, anyway) for the silver screen. Now, the future holds movies not only based on shape-shifting figurines, but also toys you can build stuff with....  read more

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