Conan Made Out of Legos

Once again this week, we look at the work of Nathan Sawaya. This time it’s a commissioned sculpture of Conan, and it’s big.
Custom Lego Dog by Nathan Sawaya

Lauren Santo Domingo commisioned a Lego sculpture of her dog Georgie made by the Lego brick artist himself, Nathan Sawaya. This is just one of many images from her apartment tour on Vogue’s website. Have a look, you’ll want to party there.
photo courtesy of VOGUE/Claiborne Swanson Frank
Morning Dose of Awesome
A Lego Antikythera Mechanism
via, neatorama
Weekend Watching: Adult Fans of Lego
A Blocumentary.
via, doobybrain
Lego minifigs
Here are two of the new Lego Series 1 Minifigures that are available now in a “blind assortment” pack.
storm troopers standing guard
Lego stills by 
legofenris
A Lego Printer
From its creator:
Lego felt tip 110″ printer connected to an Apple Mac. This is not mindstorms, I designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board.
Lego Star Wars Hoth Wampa set
Wampa Attack will be available in August to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. They will also be re-issuing Slave 1
You had us at “detachable fuel tank and booster rockets”

Lego has announced a new set that will certainly stoke your childhood dreams, the Shuttle Adventure. Available in June, and retailing for $99.99 the Lego Space Shuttle stands tall at 17.5″ tall with a 10″ wing span. And the 1,204 pieces that it’ll take to make this? Have fun not losing a couple.
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Damn, this is kind of beast
The entire Star Wars Trilogy told using legos in a little over 2 minutes.
Creatures of Habit
The Philadelphia Zoo is currently holding an exhibit featuring endangered animals and their environments constructed out of legos. The creation of NY-Based artist Sean Kenney, the completed exhibit required a total of 259,450 LEGO bricks! More info on the exhibit here












