LEGO & Toys (intersection of tags)

The Hot Wheels “Draggin’ Wagon” is designed to hold LEGO minifigs. The minifig’s hands clasp perfectly onto the handles. This is a standard $1.29 Hot Wheels available at any store that sells Hot Wheels. (Not one of the premium kinds.)…

When Hot Wheels makes a tank, you know I’m testing it with a LEGO minifig! Enter Janice, the Muppet guitarist, and Kaya, the Hot Dog Stand Girl!

What a wonderful idea! The “growing” of the LEGO piece, but also the notion of having a Sunday Sketch series, looking at a familiar object and reinterpreting it.

20 years ago I made a LEGO frame for my computer monitor. Should I do that again?

Old skyscrapers falling apart because of their limestone exterior. Over time the limestone becomes weak and crumbles. Restoration projects take quite some time to replace the damaged limestone. The Crains Communication building in Chicago is going through an extensive limestone…

Aboard NASA’s journey to Jupiter will be LEGO mini-statues of Jupiter, his wife Juno, and Galileo. Why? CNN reports, “LEGO is partnering with NASA to promote children’s interest in science, math, engineering and technology.” Are they going to offer these…

There are only five different kinds of ewok LEGO mini-figs. They are sold buy hundreds of dealers on bricklink.com. I’m thinking of buying all the LEGO ewok mini-figs under $10 and start selling them for ten bucks each. People gotta…

A selection of photos from various flickr groups on LEGO steampunk, tanks, and war. Some of these creations are just so COOOOOOOOL.

300,000 Lego bricks were used to create a 10ft by 26ft miniature city of the 2008 Beijing Olympics including the Bird Nest Stadium and the Water Cube swimming center. How much would this cost? I have a general rule when…

I’ve been into the idea of photographing LEGOs, so I did some research on flickr to see what was possible. Here are photos by other flickr members: These are all in my flickr favorites

Walgreens no longer has a toy section in its downtown Chicago stores. With the redesign of Walgreens floor layout last summer, they completely eliminated their toy section. So now other than the Lego Store on Michigan Avenue, there is a…

My girlfriend and I decided to be LEGO blocks for halloween. Here’s what I found online for LEGO costumes. Almost all of them are based on wearing a box. We both know from the past that is way too cumbersome.…

I have a new piece of art in the art gallery on spudart.org. Feel free to leave a comment at the lego mosaic robot page.

This coupon expires 10/31/2006. It got it in an email from LEGO.

LEGO Master Model Building Event Friday, August 18, 10:30am – 6:30pm Saturday, August 19, 10:30am – 6:30pm Sunday, August 20, 11am to 6pm The LEGO Store at Westfield North Bridge 515 N State St, Chicago, IL Ever wondered how those…

This little lego figure is a dude listening to a boombox. However, I cannot take credit for this little guy, TMS copywriter Lisa Schryver is the one who created him. But she did use my lego pieces. 🙂 It was…

What is up with all these new lego-like plates being installed at the edge of sidewalks in Chicago? Purpose A) General Safety: The bumps would (in theory) make it harder to slip into the street. (I’m not sure of that,…

Here’s some clips from the LEGO PressRoom, “LEGO Group on the Right Track.” The strategy is a continuation of the Action Plan implemented by the Group in 2004 05 to overcome its financial crisis. The company will, therefore, continue to…

Lego is going to be revamping their Mindstorms line–the robotic line of Lego. 9,600 people worldwide applied for Lego’s Mindstorms call for great developers. Lego selected 100 people to work on the product line. In Lego’s image library for the…

Read the press release. I can see how Lego must protect their market, but c’mon, really. It seems like such a waste. How about shipping these toys off to some 3rd world country where they can’t even afford toys? Actually,…