The most epic Helm’s Deep LEGO recreation you’ll see in this lifetime

We’ve seen the Minecraft treatment done to Game of Thrones that blew our minds with the digital effort put into it. Now, we get to see physical effort at its geekiest with this recreation of the Helm’s Deep battle scene from Lord of the Rings: Two Towers.

So far, it has taken 150,000 LEGO blocks to put this thing together. It’s not complete, but you probably won’t even notice. LEGO pros Rich and Big J K have outdone themselves with this particular creation. In the book/movie, the kingdom of Rohan was being threatened by Uruk-hai orcs sent by Saruman. The Rohirrim took refuge at Helm’s Deep to make their last stand and the Battle of the Hornburg ensued. It was one of the most amazing book/movie battle scenes in history, culminating in the timely appearance of the White Wizard.

See if you can spot Galdalf in the images below.

It just goes to show that you can’t be a real geek without effort.

Age 3 marked as milestone in media usage

You have a couple of choices here. You can either mark this down as part of the advancement of society, one that heralds a shift for this generation to truly grow to be the fully digital age. The other option is to toss this into the WTH bin and weep for a generation of children that are growing too dependent on technology.

A recent Ipso study shows that the first major milestone for digital media usage is now at three years old, a time when most children are still mastering the art of walking. Researchers have surmised that human babies are extremely receptive to digital stimuli and are able to figure out how to maneuver through an iPad faster than they can grasp how to piece together a proper LEGO creation. It is alarming to some and enlightening to others depending on which side of the “technology is good for kids” fence you’re on.

If you’re on the side that embraces these changes as good for society and the children that will someday run it, here’s a quick infographic guide that breaks down the various milestones and highlights ways to make the digital journey of children more productive.

27 epic views of the LEGO Ghostbusters HQ by Orion Pax

When LEGO building pro Alex Jones (no, not that Alex Jones) decides to hit the nostalgic road, he likes to combine geek goodness with his creative streaks. Such is the case with his Ghostbusters creation, an epic and somewhat accurate representation of the iconic movie set piece that is approaching its 30th anniversary.

Better known as Orion Pax to those who follow his work, the LEGO super-stallion has taken his game to the next level with this creation. Here are 26 more images of his awesome work.

LEGO coffee mug makes java fun again

There was a time when we were kids when drinking coffee was fun. It was such an adult thing to do that we suffered through the harsh taste of black coffee, enjoyed the lightened version filled with cream and sugar, or pretended to be all grown up with our sampling of coffee ice cream. Around that time, we probably also played with LEGO on a regular basis (yes, some of us still do). Now, the two portions of our childhood come together with this LEGO coffee mug.

Fully functional, it allows the owner to add characters, blocks, or other LEGO accessories to our morning cup o’ joe. Create whatever fantasy world you want on your coffee. The only limitation is your imagination and the size in which it suddenly becomes impractical for our imbibing pleasure.

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Via: ThinkGeek

You can’t eat it, but that doesn’t make this sushi made of LEGO less epic

Most people have heard of Iron Chef, the show that pits two master chefs and their teams against each other in a battle of culinary creativity. The get a secret ingredient at the beginning of the show and have one hour to serve up a sudden masterpiece to the judges. The Flickr version of this is Iron Builder which takes the rules of Iron Chef and spins them on their heads to fit in with LEGO creations.

According to the Flickr page, here are the rules:

The basic rules of the contest require that the two builder’s receive a batch of the ‘secret ingredient’ part. In this case, the Bionicle Tridax Pod Half. The two builders have one month to produce as many high end builds as possible to submit to the panel of judges.

One of the entries so far into this month’s competition is the sushi block above. Check out the “Giant Centipede Roll” below.

Introducing Macintosh. For the LEGO lovers among us.

In 1984, Apple changed the world. They introduced Macintosh computers with a commercial directed by Ridley Scott that is arguably the most famous tech ad ever put on television. This overshadowed another advertisement, a print ad, that Apple distributed called, “Introducing Macintosh. For the rest of us.”

For those who weren’t around 30 years ago or who simply love LEGO, artist Chris McVeigh recreated the subject image of the ad for us in epic LEGO fashion. According to CNET:

Based in Halifax, Canada, McVeigh has designed custom builds and images for Gizmodo, Esquire Malaysia, and Toronto magazine Spacing. When he first gets an idea for the classic Mac or, as seen in the gallery below, a vintage camera, he uses Lego’s modeling app for designers, Lego Digital Designer.

Here’s the original ad followed by the 1984 video.

A massive motorized LEGO remote controlled batmobile

Move over all other remote controlled vehicles unless you want to get clobbered by this massive motorized LEGO batmobile. It steers like a real car, has gigantic wheels and can smash the competition. The front of this oversized LEGO batmobile has two remotely fired front end spring cannons.

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Lego Super-8 camera only further proof that Lego really can solve every problem

I dream of a world wherein we’ve built everything out of Lego, simply because we can. A post-apocalyptic future after which we’ve rebuilt humanity from the ground up with naught but our wits and Lego. I have yet to see a task that can’t be handled with a few cogs of Lego Technic and a pair of capable hands, and this Super 8 camera built by Friedemann Wachsmuth does nothing to contradict this claim. Of course, the lens and lamp aren’t Lego, but whatever. Still counts.

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20107617[/vimeo]

You can get your LEGO on in the tub, too!

Okay, so the LEGO thing has been played out over the Internet for far too much, and I might have contributed, but there is just something about LEGOs that I can’t get over. It just takes you back to a time when everything was so much simpler. Unfortunately, the idea of turning LEGOs into soap bars might be taking it a bit too far. However, I have a hot tip from an anonymous source who informs me that this soap does offer powerful scrubbing action! If you can read German, you can buy it here.

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