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Kick off your weekend with some cathartic superhero-on-Nazi ultraviolence. This video, by ForestFire Films, merges Lego stop-animation with Play-Doh blood to send plastic Captain America on a gory action sequence. More violent movies should be filmed in Lego. More »
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As part of an endeavor to depict Marty McFly's adventures entirely à la plastic brick, LEGO builder Alex Schranz has created an incredibly detailed diorama of Hill Valley from Back to The Future, Part II. Visit all of your favorite spots that will exist in three years, such as Cafe 80's and the cineplex that's screening Jaws 19. More »
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We've seen some pretty spectacular LEGO brick recreations of The Lord of The Rings, and it looks like the toy manufacturer has noticed these fan dioramas as well. To coincide with the upcoming release of The Hobbit, LEGO is releasing a series of LOTR playsets this summer. More »
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LEGO builder Christer Nyberg constructed this reproduction of Khan Noonien Singh's favored ride from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The entire project took him over a year and required somewhere between 10,000-15,000 LEGO bricks. The lights are a nice touch, but this vessel's life support systems won't keep you alive while in the orbit of Ceti Alpha V.

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Every now and again the internet has the capacity to blow our dinky craniums to smithereens — this happens to be one of those moments. Some unplaceable Herculean conviction drove LEGO architect Ryan McNaught to build a 5.76-meter-tall recreation of the Saturn V rocket used for Apollo 11 out of 120,000 plastic bricks. More »
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Crank up the Queen — the best movie inspired Lego set ever has finally been created. Behold the Shaun of the Dead Lego set, complete with the crap flowers Shaun bought his "Mum", Ed, a few zombies, and horrible old David. More »
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We've seen the plastic spaceship design of LEGO craftsman Sven Junga previously — now check out his take on the Terran battlecruiser Hyperion from Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. As you can see, Junga is also assembling a larger Terran brick army to boot. More »
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Emiko Oyo is a San Francisco artist who specializes in turning legos and other salvaged materials into beautiful jewelry. In her Etsy store, she's got everything from earrings made out of Lego minifigs (yes, of course there are Star Wars figures for your earlobes) and lovely bracelets like this one above, to bejeweled toy tires and transparent Lego window drop earrings. We've got a gallery. More »
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This LEGO recreation of the battle of the Ents from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is seven feet tall, has an eight-foot-diameter, contains 22,000 plastic bricks, and weighs 145 pounds. This sculpture consists of 23 treefolk, over 100 orcs, and one Saruman. Wouldn't you like to see it? More »
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Ulises Farinas has wowed us before with his illustrations of superheroes as Lego minifigs. Now he does the same with the cast of Doctor Who. Perhaps this could provide some inspiration for a Doctor Who Lego line? [via Forbidden Planet] More »
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Plastic block wunderkind Sven Junga has built some of our favorite interstellar dreadnoughts. Check out his renditions of the Daedalus from Stargate Atlantis, the HAVw A6 Juggernaut from Revenge of the Sith, and more. Here's the Daedalus. More »
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We previously reported on the never-before-seen scenes that were cut from Avatar — now see the first image from the bar brawl on Cameron's dystopian Earth. Also, check out this collection of Lego Na'Vi, and news on Avatar 2's pre-production. More »
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Still missing the Asgard now that all of the Stargate shows are canceled, and you can't wait for teen Stargate to start? Until then you play with this giant Lego Asgard Beliskner Battleship. More »
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This past weekend, the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall played host to BrickCon 2008, an annual convention of adult Lego hobbyists. The best part? Lego enthusiasts Brothers Brick sponsored a large-scale zombie apocalypse made entirely from plastic bricks. Participants in the Zombie Apocafest created interlocking segments of a city overrun with the Lego undead to form one giant display. Witness the plastic carnage. More »
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