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Blast From the Past: Legos Keep Generations Building
Before technological toys and character-inspired goods began taking over toy chests, Legos gave lil ones the opportunity to build exciting creations without worrying about them falling down in seconds. For more than 75 years the brainchild of a Danish carpenter, has been a staple in playrooms, where the multicolored, interlocking bricks have been used to create gargantuan structures and creatures of all kinds.
What began as an innocent alternative to the standard building block has evolved into one of the most successful toy companies in the world.
Coveted Crib: James May's Lego House
Trix may be for kids, but Legos are for building. British TV presenter and journalist James May and a group of volunteers have been building a house from over three million Legos at Denbies Wine Estate in the town of Dorking, in Surrey. Construction had reached the upper floor of the house last week.
Nice and New: Building Brick Candles
I must admit: I've always been a big LEGO fan. I used to spend hours building entire LEGO villages, complete with nail salons and clothing boutiques (for the little policemen figures, of course). So I couldn't help but smile at this Building Brick Candle ($48).
Cool Idea: Lego Frame
As part of his university project to give a household brand a new marketing direction, Michael Ciancio chose to rebrand Lego, targeting hip, young adults instead of children. He created a catalog featuring instructions on how to customize Lego blocks to make useful products like iPod cases, picture frames, and coffee mugs. I'm keen on his Lego frame.
Cool Idea: Kitchen Legos
In these tough economic times, we all have to do a little penny-pinching. For some, that means cooking at home instead of dining out, steering clear of the shopping mall, doing DIY projects on the weekends, or even making your own firestarters. But even DIY projects cost money sometimes.
Drunken Legos
Oh, look! It's a heartwarming video of drunken Legos, some of them related, singing their praises for "liquid bread," aka beer. I'm not a big fan of beer, and even keeling over, burping, singing Legos can't win me over.
WTF?!
The rich aren't like you and me. Instead of using $60,000 to pay off student loans, put a down payment on a house, or save the money in a retirement account, some of them would rather order a life-sized replica of themselves made out of Lego bricks from the Neiman-Marcus 2008 holiday catalogue. You know — the basics.
The Simpsons Intro — in Legos!
Just listening to The Simpsons intro music makes me happier. But then someone went and did it in Legos. Double happiness!
Album Covers Created in Lego!
I'm not going to make my usual too-much-time-on-their-hands joke because this is the way we should all spend our free time! Making cool, pop culturally referential stuff out of Legos! (Disclaimer: the Beatles are disproportionately represented for some reason!)
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Indiana Jones and the Lego Boulder of Doom
Or was it Raiders of the Lost Ark? I get them mixed up, but one of those Indiana Jones flicks features a classic scene showing Harrison Ford running away from a giant boulder. Leave it to some jokesters in San Francisco to create a boulder made completely of Legos.
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