Design Wish — Women of NASA LEGOs
LEGO has released their Women of NASA set which includes:
- 4 minifigures: Nancy Grace Roman, Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride and Mae Jemison.
- Features 3 LEGO® builds illustrating the areas of expertise of the 4 featured women of NASA.
- Nancy Grace Roman’s build features a posable Hubble Space Telescope with authentic details and a projected image of a planetary nebula.
- Margaret Hamilton's build features a stack of book elements, representing the books of listings of Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) onboard flight software source code.
- Sally Ride and Mae Jemison’s build features a launchpad and Space Shuttle Challenger with 3 removable rocket stages.
Image of the Day - NYC rendered in LEGOS
This rendering of NYC made of LEGOS comes from the talented designer J.R. Schmidt. It is available in several different print sizes.
Enormous LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer with interior
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“The Tyrant is over 56 inches (1.4m) long and weighs approximately 70 lbs (32kg) with a full load (the interior adds a lot of weight),” explains the author. “That makes it about 20 inches longer — and quite a few times heavier — than the classic LEGO UCS version.“
Lego Album Covers
Oh so much fun, these http://legoalbums.tumblr.com
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Lego Stop-motion Thriller
Truly outstanding use of LEGO stop-motion.
Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark
LEGO artist and author Mike Doyle made a splash with his book, Beautiful LEGO, titled Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark.
3 - Lego Movie Scenes
Yeah these lego recreations of movie scenes and characters from 21-year-old Alex Eylar are so much fun.
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5 - Children lay 1.8 million LEGOs to create map of Japan
Over 5,000 people in 6 different regions collaborated to create a gigantic map of Japan, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of LEGO's introduction into Japan.
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4 - Brick by Brick: Lego Reconstruction of USA v. France
"An animated reconstruction of highlights of the USA's first match of the tournament, in which the favourites beat France 98-71. The American team of multimillionaires includes Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, and (with his trademark white headband) LeBron James, while the French side features fellow NBA stars Kevin Seraphin, Nicolas Batum, Boris Diaw and the goggles-wearing Tony Parker"
5 - Moving Lego Replica of Rolls Royce Jet Engine
While it doesn't work (as a jet engine) it is an impressive feat of lego magic.