https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/happy-60th-birthday-lego-brilliant-11922056
The little building blocks first appeared 60 years ago. Since it was patented on January 28, 1958, fans young and old have been building Lego creations.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/happy-60th-birthday-lego-brilliant-11922056
The little building blocks first appeared 60 years ago. Since it was patented on January 28, 1958, fans young and old have been building Lego creations.
65 Comments
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO made James Bond’s Aston Martin, complete with working ejector seat
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/18/aston-martin-lego-ejector-seat/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
There’s a new Aston Martin DB5 on the market and it’s everything you’d expect from the vehicle used by James Bond in the movie Goldfinger.
The only drawback: It’s too small to drive.
LEGO has created a replica of the Aston Martin DB5 used by super spy James Bond, but in miniature. The 1964 sports car, which measures in at 13 inches long, is loaded with features
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO Creates Anti-LEGO Slippers To End 66 Years Of Horrible Pain
FUNNY, PRODUCT DESIGN
https://www.boredpanda.com/anti-lego-slippers-brand-station/?utm_source=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO – 01 Basic Dimensions & Bricks Explained
https://grabcad.com/tutorials/lego-01-basic-dimensions-bricks-explained
Most “standard” parts can be created using only simple math. Standard parts consist of square, circular, and angled blocks – regular geometric blocks.
Tomi Engdahl says:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MINIFIG! LEGO’S TINY PLASTIC PEOPLE TURN 40
08.28.18
https://www.wired.com/story/lego-minifig-40th-birthday/
TODAY MARKS THE 40th birthday of the Lego minifigure. The little plastic people from Billund, Denmark first walked off the assembly line and onto the carpet under our bare feet in August of 1978.
The Lego minifigure—colloquially known as the minifig—has enjoyed a long life so far. But it also endured its own years-long journey to retail shelves.
Lego dabbled in humanoids of different designs before settling on the modern minifig. The first plastic people, now known to Lego fans as 1974′s “maxifigs,”
The following year, Lego introduced new figures that were smaller than the maxifigs but stood at the same height as today’s minifigs. The 1975 versions had legs that didn’t move, heads with no features or facial expressions
They didn’t last long. A big update in 1978 gave us the minifig design that still rules today: arms that move at the shoulder, capped with swiveling hands that can grasp accessories; a big silly grin beneath solid black eyes; legs that bend, though just at the waist, but that’s all you need to get them to sit—a design change that matched with Lego’s new vehicles and playsets introduced that year.
Now there are thousands of minifigs, including specialty characters from licensed story brands like Star Wars, Batman, The Simpsons, Harry Potter, and Spider-Man. There are monsters like werewolves and zombies.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.wired.com/story/lego-minifig-40th-birthday/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Doctors Ate Pieces Of LEGO To Test How Long They Take To Poop Out
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/doctors-ate-pieces-of-lego-to-test-how-long-they-take-to-poop-out/
Tomi Engdahl says:
This LEGO Is illegal!!!
https://youtu.be/iw0V-9AEoQI
Tomi Engdahl says:
How Much Abuse Can a Single Lego Brick Take?
Forget iPads, if you want a long lasting toy stick with blocks
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-much-abuse-can-a-single-lego-brick-take-343398/#MHq134PCgaoq7dO4.99
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2018/06/26/ole-kirk-kristiansen-and-the-lego-frontier/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2018/07/27/self-vacuuming-lego-box-makes-life-better/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2018/09/27/sorting-lego-is-like-making-a-box-of-chocolates/
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO launches eight AR-focused sets
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/14/lego-launches-eight-ar-focused-sets/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO launches eight AR-focused sets
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/14/lego-launches-eight-ar-focused-sets/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
LEGO’s long been a leader among traditional toy companies when it comes to embracing tech trends, from mobile apps to robotics. The toy maker’s been talking up its plans to embrace augmented reality since a couple of WWDCs ago, and now it’s finally ready to go all-in with the launch of eight AR-focused sets.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego takes on Samsung and Huawei with its own foldable
Unlike Samsung, you can already buy Lego’s now
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/3/4/18250449/lego-fold-storybook-samsung-galaxy-parody
Tomi Engdahl says:
Watch This LEGO Pantograph Carve Chocolate Messages
https://hackaday.com/2019/03/07/watch-this-lego-pantograph-carve-chocolate-messages/
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO launches the Education Spike STEAM system for grades 6-8
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/02/lego-launches-the-education-spike-steam-system-for-grades-6-8/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego Struggles To Find a Plant-Based Plastic That Clicks
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/19/06/12/226201/lego-struggles-to-find-a-plant-based-plastic-that-clicks
Last year, it was reported that Lego was investing $120 million and hiring about 100 people to eliminate its dependence on petroleum-based plastics, and build its toys entirely from plant-based or recycled materials by 2030.
Tomi Engdahl says:
25 Rarest Lego Sets (And What They’re Worth)
https://www.thegamer.com/lego-sets-rare-worth/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego Goes Underwater, With Model Submarines And Missiles
https://hackaday.com/2019/06/08/lego-goes-underwater-with-model-submarines-and-missiles/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2019/09/09/lego-house-right-next-to-denmarks-legoland-but-way-cooler/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego, as part of its ongoing effort to become a greener toy company, is launching a pilot program to make it easier to donate unwanted Lego bricks.
Lego’s Latest Green Initiative Wants To Put Old Bricks To New Use
http://on.forbes.com/61871Edbc
Lego today launched a pilot program, LEGO Replay, designed to make it easier to donate LEGO bricks for reuse by children’s charities.
The toy maker today is unveiling Lego Replay, a program that will provides free shipping labels for donations. Lego will arrange for the bricks to be cleaned and sorted and delivered to classroom and after-school programs for needy kids.
Lego is providing free shipping labels for anyone in the United States who wants to make a donation of Lego bricks.
Lego has begun making some of its accessories from bio-based plastic made from sugar cane, but is still testing solutions for the classic building brick.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego made an International Space Station kit, including Space Shuttle and robotic arm
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/21/lego-made-an-international-space-station-kit-including-space-shuttle-and-robotic-arm/?tpcc=ECFB2019&fbclid=IwAR1gDFfD-6Un4goN7j7NG4k12GYoiSJSQbbfffjBkfDfbqEzslIHYP9q2kk
Tomi Engdahl says:
Engineer Designs Flying Quadcopter Almost Entirely Out of LEGO
This drone was made out of a LEGO frame, motors and propeller, plus non-LEGO parts, including the flight controller, receiver and battery.
https://www.hackster.io/news/engineer-designs-flying-quadcopter-almost-entirely-out-of-lego-7bf8696a6b0f
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nintendo and Lego team up for Lego Super Mario
The brick smasher has become the brick
https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/10/21173030/nintendo-lego-super-mario
Tomi Engdahl says:
By scaling up a LEGO go-kart, Matt Denton was able to make it 3D-printable and even rideable.
An Entirely 3D-Printed, Rideable Electric LEGO Go-Kart
https://www.hackster.io/news/an-entirely-3d-printed-rideable-electric-lego-go-kart-2eb2b82ae695
By scaling up a LEGO go-kart, Matt Denton was able to make it 3D-printable and even rideable
The genius of LEGO is that you can use the bricks to build just about anything you can imagine. With the exception of special bricks, any type of brick can lock onto any other type of brick. In order for those bricks to lock together reliably and to still be easy to disassemble, they need to be manufactured to a very high tolerance — far higher than the vast majority of toys, especially when LEGO bricks were first introduced. Bricks are reportedly manufactured by machines with tolerances down to 10 micrometers, which most 3D printers aren’t capable of. By scaling up a LEGO go-kart, Matt Denton was able to make it 3D-printable and even rideable.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=lFav_MOkGp4
Tomi Engdahl says:
It Took 7 Years, But Lego Finally Has a New Mindstorms Kit
BY WILL GREENWALD 12 JUN 2020, 1 P.M.
The new Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor kit includes instructions for four robots, and supports both Scratch and Python programming.
https://uk.pcmag.com/robotics/127362/it-took-7-years-but-lego-finally-has-a-new-mindstorms-kit
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2020/june/lego-mindstorms-robot-inventor/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego history
https://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheBrickTV/videos/1076372456040918/
Tomi Engdahl says:
3D printed LEGO go cart
https://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheBrickTV/videos/558381055041540/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Someone’s taken apart Lego Mario and the results are terrifying
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-08-03-someones-taken-apart-lego-mario-and-the-results-are-terrifying
The Lego Super Mario unit is, unsurprisingly, well built, as most Lego is, which means there comes a point in the video where Langston needs to start snapping bits off to get inside. As a fan of Lego and Mario, it’s upsetting, frankly.
But it means we get this image, showing the unit with its various casings completely off. It turns out the unit has just one large LCD panel, whose display then pokes through the various parts of its plastic shell.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Combining traditional LEGO bricks and Technic parts with Brown Dog Gadgets Maker Tape creates an extremely unusual switch.
Pete Prodoehl and Brown Dog Gadgets Showcase a Maker Tape and LEGO Hand-Cranked Circuit
https://www.hackster.io/news/pete-prodoehl-and-brown-dog-gadgets-showcase-a-maker-tape-and-lego-hand-cranked-circuit-aa080664aef0
Combining traditional LEGO bricks and LEGO Technic parts with Maker Tape creates an extremely unusual switch.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego Mario Power-Up Hack/Cheat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PXX9z_5ZbFY
Nicholas discovered a way to get power-ups without actually purchasing them for Lego Mario
Tomi Engdahl says:
The UX of LEGO Interface Panels
https://www.designedbycave.co.uk/2020/LEGO-Interface-UX/
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO tease IKEA announcement
26/08/2020 Rob
The LEGO Group has teased an upcoming announcement regarding their collaboration with IKEA.
https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-tease-ikea-announcement/
https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-tease-ikea-announcement/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego is launching an epic Mos Eisley Cantina set from “Star Wars: A New Hope” on Oct. 1, 2020
https://www.space.com/lego-star-wars-mos-eisley-cantina-2020.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO 10276 Colosseum announced as the largest ever LEGO set
https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-10276-colosseum-announced-as-the-largest-ever-lego-set/
The LEGO Group has unveiled the new largest ever LEGO set, with 10276 Colosseum using over 9,000 pieces.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Speed building the brand new, gigantic LEGO Colosseum set with 9,036 pieces!
(by Jay’s Brick Blog https://bit.ly/3lEhujY)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VsGo_8JpcJ4
Tomi Engdahl says:
A nice article about how Lego canceled their V-22 Osprey set and how other makers are producing compatible sets and models of modern war machines.
LEGO won’t make modern war machines, but others are picking up the pieces
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/lego-military-sets-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
manufacturers, a German peace group and renegades who make miniaturized weapons systems out of small shops.
Not that those tiny weapons could actually hurt anyone. Well, not unless you stepped on one.
The conglomerate is LEGO, with worldwide revenues of $6.2 billion in 2019 from its toys, retail stores, theme parks and even movie rights. Its toy sets — which are intended to “inspire the builders of tomorrow,” according to the company’s mission statement — run the gamut, from skyscrapers to boats, police stations to castles. There’s even a kit to make Rome’s famous Colosseum. Nothing from the real world, it seems, is off limits. That is, except for anything modeled on today’s military.
“We have a long-standing policy of not creating sets which feature real military vehicles that are currently in use,” Ryan Greenwood, a spokesman for the company, said in an email to CNN.
But during the summer, the Danish company released a set for the V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Bell Helicopter Textron that is only used by the American and Japanese militaries.
The kit, set to launch under LEGO’s vehicle-focused Technic brand, depicted a search and rescue version of the Osprey. But it drew a quick, harsh protest from the German Peace Society — United War Resisters (DFG-VK in German), an almost 130-year-old anti-war group.
The V-22 Osprey, the group said, has been involved in conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Yemen and Syria. In a press release criticizing LEGO over the model, the DFG-VK then threw the toymaker’s own words from a decade earlier right back at it:
Tomi Engdahl says:
ONLY LORD OF THE RINGS IS EPIC ENOUGH TO SET THE GUINNESS RECORD WITH A 150-MILLION-BLOCK LEGO BUILD
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/lord-of-the-rings-guinness-world-record-largest-lego-build
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2021/05/04/lego-wheels-and-tracks-benchmarked-for-your-pleasure/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.lego.com/en-fi/product/world-map-31203
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO Ideas Typewriter | LEGO Designer Video 21327
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLA7gZzdtU&feature=share
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego shut that down faster and more efficiently than the US government ever could have.
Block 19 Makers Defend Selling Lego-Style Gun After Getting ‘Overwhelming Amount of Hate’
https://www.newsweek.com/block-19-makers-defend-selling-lego-style-gun-after-getting-overwhelming-amount-hate-1609918
The makers of a controversial Lego-inspired gun have defended their decision to custom design a handgun that was built using Lego blocks.
Utah-based Culper Precision first shared pictures of the Block 19 handgun on its Instagram page on June 24, where the company said they designed it with Legos as they “wanted the second amendment to simply be too painful to tread on.”
But, soon afterward, the Danish toy giant contacted Culper Precision to take the product down, which they later did.
Tomi Engdahl says:
LEGO Developer Octodesk Summit 2021 Edition (94107) Discovered!
http://www.brickfinder.net/2021/07/19/lego-developer-octodesk-summit-2021-94107/
GitHub’s developer conference just concluded and they just raised their corporate swag game with the LEGO Developer Octodesk Summit 2021 Edition (94107)!
The set features a BrickHeadz inspired version of their black cat logo, coding in front of the computer
Tomi Engdahl says:
Meanwhile, Lego has released a report about gender bias and how to remove it from their toys
Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/oct/11/lego-to-remove-gender-bias-after-survey-shows-impact-on-children-stereotypes
Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive.
Researchers found that while girls were becoming more confident and keen to engage in a wide range of activities, the same was not true of boys.
Seventy-one per cent of boys surveyed feared they would be made fun of if they played with what they described as “girls’ toys” – a fear shared by their parents. “Parents are more worried that their sons will be teased than their daughters for playing with toys associated with the other gender,” said Madeline Di Nonno, the chief executive of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, who conducted the research.
“But it’s also that behaviours associated with men are valued more highly in society,” said Di Nonno. “Until societies recognise that behaviours and activities typically associated with women are as valuable or important, parents and children will be tentative to embrace them.”
Exclusive: research reveals harmful stereotypes still hindering girls, boys and their parents
Tomi Engdahl says:
PRODUCT IDEA | May 23, 2012
LADYADA’S WORKSHOP!
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0d27953d-cf26-4a73-8ac4-93a9f2ca2201
Ladyada’s workshop is a place where you explore all the cool things you build and use when you’re an engineer! Computers, pick-and-place machine, laser cutter, soldering station and more! In Ladyada’s workshop you can run your own open-source hardware electronics company, complete with Mosfet the cat.
Tomi Engdahl says:
New Part Day: Raspberry Pi LEGO HAT
https://hackaday.com/2021/10/21/new-part-day-raspberry-pi-lego-hat/
The Raspberry Pi Foundation have been busy little bees for the last couple of years producing their own silicon, new boards and now in collaboration with the LEGO Education team a new HAT to connect to the LEGO SPIKE education platform. This new HAT board will work with every Raspberry Pi board with a 40-pin GPIO header.
Based on the RPI2040 microcontroller, it makes an interesting detour away from dumb slave boards, although it looks like the firmware is closed (for now) so you’ll have to make do with the pre-baked capabilities and talk to it with the supplied python library.
According to the documentation, the communication between the Pi and the RPI2040 nestled beneath the HAT PCB is plaintext-over-serial, freeing up the majority of the GPIO pins for other uses.
Meet the Raspberry Pi Build HAT: create with Raspberry Pi and LEGO® Education
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-build-hat-lego-education/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego built an $170 Transformers Optimus Prime that actually transforms
19 points of articulation, coming June 1st
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/12/23068250/lego-transformers-optimus-prime
Tomi Engdahl says:
Legoa juhlittiin satoja kiloja painavalla palikkakakulla
https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000008998778.html
Lego juhlisti tällä viikolla 90-vuotista taipalettaan. Juhlan kunniaksi yrityksen työntekijät väsäsivät upean jättikakun – mistäs muustakaan kuin legopalikoista.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lego is discontinuing its Mindstorms robotics kits by the end of the year
A combination of learning and capable robotics, Mindstorms have been around since 1998.
https://www.engadget.com/lego-discontinue-mindstorms-robotics-kits-by-end-of-year-081535123.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/11/02/brick-to-the-future-from-lego/