Me and my legos!: 2013

12/20/2013

«Super Awesome Micro Project»!

A full sized Lego car, with an engine made from Lego that runs on air.
- The engine is made from standard Lego pieces and runs on air!
- The engine has four orbital engines and a total of 256 pistons.
- More than 500,000 LEGO pieces.
- Top speed around 20-30km (We drive it slow as are scared of giant lego explosion)
- Built in Romania and shipped to a secret location in Melbourne.
- It's a Hot Rod design, mainly because hot rods are cool.

6/08/2013

The LEGO House

The LEGO Group today revealed the design of the experience center “The LEGO House”. The center, which will be built in Denmark, illustrates the systematic creativity of LEGO bricks and is expected to attract 250,000 visitors annually.When the LEGO House opens in 2016 visitors to the house in Billund, Denmark will enter a building that resembles gigantic LEGO bricks combined and stacked in a creative way to create an imaginative experience both outside and inside.

1/19/2013

Harry Bossert, 2012 in Lego bricks

Harry Bossert, an 18-year-old filmmaker from Walton, Surrey, used the blocks to recreate ”the British public’s best moments of 2012.” His animations include Psy’s super-viral “Gangnam style,” the Queen’s entrance to the Olympics opening ceremony and Skyfall, the 23rd installment of the James Bond series.
A Lego version of skydiver Felix Baumgartner also makes an appearance, mimicking his daring jump from space, in which he broke the sound barrier.