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Time to Cross 'Sitting In a Life-Sized X-Wing Starfighter Made of LEGO' Off the Bucket List

Jackie Mancini — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:13 +0000

If you’ve ever dreamed of climbing inside of a Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter, then you are a huge nerd. It’s okay; so are we, and we just found out that you can do it this weekend in NY. Even the music in that video gets us pumped to go see the life-size X-Wing Starfighter made [...]

Exhibit Features MLB Parks Built From Legos

Joe Student — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:30:43 +0000

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Ky. recently opened its 'Big Leagues, Little Bricks' exhibition. The installation features the work of several artists who have built LEGO replicas

Rare LEGO Selling For a Staggering $800

Stephanie McMaster — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:54:43 +0000

The search for Mr. Gold — a recently-released LEGO Minifigure — has collectors opening their wallets wide, with the average 1.5-inch figurine bringing in about $800 in eBay auctions. Mr. Gold was created to commemorate LEGO’s 10th series of its Minifigure line. Only 5,000 of the figure were created and then hidden in boxes across [...]

Legoland Manager's Car Replaced With Lego Replica as a Prank [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:39:51 +0000

What could be better than working at Legoland? Pulling a Lego prank on your boss, of course.

Employees at Legoland California built a full-sized replica of general manager Peter Rochetti’s car out of the colorful blocks. Made out of 201,076 Lego pieces and weighing in at 2,934 pounds, the copy is an almost identical likeness to Rochetti’s Volvo XC60. Watch the caper (and the big cheese’s reaction) below:

Check Out This Lego Sub-Machine Gun That Shoots Lego Bullets [VIDEO]

Clay Miller — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:43:33 +0000

Using only Legos and rubber bands, Jack Streat was able to build a fully-functional replica of a Heckler & Koch UMP 45 sub machine gun.

This is far from the only time Streat has fashioned a potentially dangerous thing out of Legos; he was able to build a working chainsaw out of the construction toys, and has a Youtube channel full of videos of other Lego weapons he has assembled.

The video for the UMP 45 is below. A Lego gun doesn't quite shoot with the same velocity or distance as a real gun, but if the TSA bans Legos from flights, you know who to blame.