Top 33 LEGO Creations - Innovating Retro Toys (SUPER GALLERY)

You didn’t think LEGO died with the rise of video games and the internet, did you?

Until the last of us who played with LEGO as kids die off, the fascination with the little plastic blocks will continue.

The following 33 bits of Trend Candy prove that a popular toy can retain its appeal for decades, regardless of new products and technologies.

While some of these features use original LEGO pieces, others are just heavily inspired by the retro construction toys.

Lego Art - The Work of Nathan Sawaya (GALLERY)

Nathan Sawaya is a New York city Lego artist. Whatever you can dream up he can build it. His website features a huge assortment of his works, but by far his best pieces are his human sculptures. They have a movement and reality that would be hard for any artist to capture, and he has managed to capt… [More]

Photo Journalism in LEGO - Mike Stimpson’s Playful Reproductions (GALLERY)

Mike Stimpson, a British photographer decided to reproduce famous journalism photos with Lego figurines. It is a beautiful project, but I have to wonder if it’s not too much to recreate a dramatic moment with kids toys. Still, it remains an unique idea! [More]

Lego Replicas - Abston Church of Christ by Amy Hughes (GALLERY)

I’m usually not much of a Lego fanatic but this replica of a church is a masterpiece. The incredible attention to detail is just amazing from the organ player to the religious icons, to the ceiling candelabra to the parishioners. The time and dedication that must have gone into completing this work … [More]

Unofficial Lego MP3 Player - Rock Around The Block

Everybody likes LEGO blocks, right? As a kid, I could play with them for hours (probably still could, come to think of it).  Although they are unofficial imitations, these “lego” block MP3 players look like an over sized version of the real thing. The manufacturer creatively used the bumps (isn’t th… [More]

Google Lego Logo - Lego 50th Birthday Recognised on Search Engine (GALLERY)

You know when a brand has really made it when they are featured as a Google logo. And those using the site today will see that it is made from Lego bricks, in honour of the Lego Brick’s 50th Birthday. Yes today’s bricks still fit those from 1958. It is indeed testament to how iconic lego has become… [More]

Lego Fashion Accessories - Marc Jacobs, Kasi Made (GALLERY)

Lego has conquered the runway as witnessed at the Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2008 fashion show. Worn by models as headband detail, belt buckles and as brooches, the Lego accessories may start a craze in the coming seasons. Aside from Marc Jacobs, online entrepreneur Kasi Made caught onto the Legoma… [More]

Steve Woz & Jobs Dolls - Apple-Theme Toys At PodBrix (GALLERY)

All parents raising geeks-in-the-making should head over to the PodBrix online store. Apple fans can introduce their little ones to the wonderful world of Mac with their own Young Woz and Jobs Playset. “If you don’t think your kids’ medieval or outer space-themed LEGO sets are quite nerdy enough, u… [More]

Secrets Of Lego Weapons Revealed - Insider How-To Book (VIDEO)

Remember playing with Lego as a kid? You no doubt looked at photos of great Lego houses, cars, and neat contraptions that you desperately wanted to recreate—perhaps you even dreamed of creating your own Lego weapons, too. Now you can build all the neat things you wanted to—it’s time to relive … [More]

Reuse Your Lego - Salt n’ Pepper Shaker (GALLERY)

Earlier in the year, Trend Hunter covered LEGO salt and Pepper Shakers.  Here’e a new set that looks a little more stylish. Here is another revival of your favourite childhood toy. We always knew that playing with Legos was good for you. Look at all the architects out there. Ok, maybe its not all b… [More]

LEGO NXT Rubik’s Cube Solver (VIDEO)

Having trouble with your Rubik’s cube?  Daniele Benedettelli has created an automated Rubik’s cube solver called the LEGO Rubik Utopy.  On his website, Daniele describes, “A motor actuates a prismatic joint that pushes the side of the cube (the red side in the photo); another rotates the cube’s supp… [More]

The 92.6 Foot Tall LEGO Brick Tower

Check-out this awesome pirate ship mast built at Legoland in California made with 465,000 bricks. It is the new tallest LEGO tower in the world, breaking a previous record of 93.43ft place in Denmark last year. The Park guests built 2,132 LEGO hearts into the tower and for each LEGO heart Legoland C… [More]

Functioning Toy Baseball Parks - Lego Miller Park (VIDEO)

Tim Kaebisch, an engineering student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has built a working model of Miller Park....out of Lego! Tim has built several versions over the past few years, his first attempt taking place in 2001. His latest version, version 4B, is the most detailed and feature rich, and took him… [More]

Zip Zip LEGO USB Memory Stick

For $59 you can pick up a 1 gb Zip Zip LEGO memory stick.  The memory stick is actually embedded within an actual brick of LEGO.  If you want one, maybe you’ll have to move fast because the product is not endorsed by LEGO, “the LEGO Group of companies [do not] sponsor, authorize or endorse this site… [More]

Lego Star Wars Video Game Will Include all Six Star Wars Films

Exciting news in the world of video games. Official word from Gamespot is the new Star Wars Lego game titled “Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga” will include all six Star Wars movies in it’s gameplay. Currently, there are two Lego Star Wars releases already on the market and this new game will also… [More]

Lego Innovations - Legoland Presents Mini-Las Vegas (GALLERY)

Legoland California one of the Legoland Themed parks include a Lego miniland, a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world made from millions of genuine Lego bricks. Other common features include a Lego Mindstorms centre (fun-based learning), Duplo Gardens (for… [More]

Fun Furniture - Lego Sofa

For Lego lovers, this is must-have in your collection. Now you can spice up your room with the colorful sofa inspired by Lego. The components work just like Lego and it’s sturdy enough to sit and relax.

The blocks can be easily assembled into various shapes so you never bored to play with. [More]

Album Covers Recreated with Lego

Photo artist, David Dunsmore, from Staffs UK, in an internet hit after recreating Beatles album covers with Lego. John, Paul, George and Ringo are all identifiable in the Boot-lego Beatles band. Revolver to Legolver in my personal favourite if you consider Heather Mills. [More]

LEGO Paintings

You have to hand it to traditional lego artists - they do some pretty cool art and sculptures with Lego. Remind youyself by having a ganders http://www.brickartist.com. However my recently discovery (coming from a Polish Lego blog of all things) is a trend for fine art lego. Famous works of fine art are r… [More]

LEGO Plans Virtual World In Partnership with NetDevil

LEGO is teaming up with NetDevil as it plans to connect its users one brick at a time with a virtual world of their own. This online, muti-user forum will bridge the creativity involved in building with social interaction that an online venue can offer. [More]

Lego Robot (VIDEO)

Imagine the lego bricks which can be assembled and connected in a myriad combinations. Each of a modular-robot is individually a complete robotic system and has a power supply, micro- controllers, sensors, communication, three degrees of freedom, and six connecting faces (front, back, left, right, u… [More]

Lego Bling - Forever Young Ring No.1

Class up your LEGO ring with a little Bling. 

The Forever Young Ring No.1 adds a shiney stone to an already cute design. [More]

Edible LEGO - Constructive Snacks

Children like to play with their food, and they like colourful sweeties. Now, children can have both, with Kellogg USA’s Lego Fun Snacks. These are colourful snacks that are shaped like Lego pieces in grape, cherry, and ‘graperry’ flavours that contain 100% of the recommended daily allowance of vita… [More]

Beer Opening LEGO Robot (VIDEO)

We’ve posted a number of Robot Bartenders- HERE, HERE, and HERE. 

Now there’s a robot, named Fishertechnik, made of LEGO that can actually open a beer.  The Robot was built by Ryokale. If you like this, you’ll love the LEGO Flame Thrower posted in October. [More]

LaCie Lego Brick Desktop Hard Drive

This gigantic Lego bricks is actually a hard drive designed by the world-famous designer Ora-Ïto. It works with the standard USB2.0 interface and come in different colors and capacities, a white 160GB model, a red 250GB, the blue color 300GB, and lastly another red model that can hold 500GB of data… [More]

LEGO ROBOT - The LEGO Mindstorms NXT

Mindstorms NXT is a lego with a 32 bit microprocessor, some drag-and-drop programming software, touch sensors, and a whole lot more. The core of the NXT kit is the programming software which really makes it an amazing product. With the drag-and-drop interface you can design all the actions you wish … [More]

Lego Flame Thrower (VIDEO)

A week ago we featured LEGO Ice Trays and the Top 5 LEGO Kits for Christmas.  Well… The LEGO Flame Thrower one LEGO build that you won’t find in the official handbook.  It’s also the one build you won’t want your kid to make.  The inventor revealed, “This homemade LEGO flamethrower is completely b… [More]

Lego Cufflinks - Playfully Luxurious

Exude your youth while classing up your cuffs with the Forever Young Lego Cufflinks.  Designed by Jacqueline Sanchez you can order the Lego Cufflinks for $150 at PixelGirlShop, “Handcrafted from the highest quality materials and custom made in the color of your choice, this amazing set is the perfec… [More]

Top 5 Lego Kits for Christmas (GALLERY)

After checking out the LEGO Ice Cube Tray, I can’t help but notice that the LEGO kits have really cranked it up a notch.  Among other things, you can now build a LEGO Enzo Ferrari, LEGO Imperial Star Destroyer, or even a LEGO remote control car.  There’s even a LEGO video game and LEGO advent calend… [More]

LEGO Ice Cube Tray - LEGO Just Got Cooler

LEGO is selling a new ice tray that pops little LEGO brick of ice.  This means you can build your own LEGO ice sculpture.  The $10 LEGO ice cube tray is made out of silicone, dishwasher safe and capable of making up to 10 ice bricks. [More]

Medium Format Pinhole Lego Camera

Lego has a new program online that lets you create anything you want using their Lego Digital Designer Software.  However, if that’s not hardcore enough for you, you can make your own working lego creations, like the pinhole lego medium format camera. Note: there’s also a lego version of an old P… [More]

Worldcup Stadium Made With 1 Million Parts of Lego

A lego mockup of the Allianz Arena was constructed with a million of parts of lego.  Allianz Arena, in Munich, is the officual site of the World Cup.  The lego version of the stadium also has a thousand lights that are configured just like the official stadium. [More]

Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations - Lego Art

Check out Tech Blog for the latest in Lego Art.  It’s better than the stuff you used to make....  The link includes everything from a Lego Volvo XC90 to a Lego Knitting Machine. [More]