Full disclosure: I am a total LEGO nerd. On the list of all the things I geek out about, LEGO is probably somewhere around #4. I don’t know what it is about those LEGO sets – they just get it. Why tiny, blocky versions of familiar things are so hilarious is a mystery to me. […]
If you’re anything like me, your “five minute” Internet break almost always ends up being an accidental trip down the geek-culture rabbit hole. Last week I was doing some research for another story, and I came across this Lego Star Wars Beatles Abbey Road Mashup Tee. “Holy crap,” went my inner monologue. I’ve seen […]
Remember when LEGO bricks were just … bricks? Yeah, me neither. The fully licensed LEGO Hogwarts and hobbit holes perching proudly on your kids’ shelves make the red plastic loose-brick bucket seem like the mascot of a bygone era. As if the classic builder’s toy hasn’t changed enough in the last half century, LEGO has […]
We’ve covered building products before, but the majority of them are for younger builders, and while many of them encourage abstract and critical thinking and experimentation, it’s sometimes better to have a building set that the older crowd can really dig into. And so we have the Motorized Mechanisms Base Set from LEGO Technic. Right off […]
Bat-nanas in pajamas are coming down the stairs! You’re right, that was bad. Let me try again… My wife has a reputation in our family as a pajama connoisseur. Her collection is vast and impressive, representing fabrics and styles and seasons beyond my power to articulate. And as can be expected, she has passed this […]
It’s never too early to start your kids on machinism. Okay, that came out wrong; I don’t condone any underage workers slaving away in an underground workshop. What I mean, is that kids who are growing up can learn much from designing and constructing machines, and the Duplo Early Simple Machines III Homeschool Pack is […]
I’m sure I wasn’t the only teenager who tried combining D&D and Lego. I took it as far as recording names, stats and equipment for all of my medieval-themed Lego guys, which were quite a lot. Now my kids have inherited those sets, but are still too young to understand the complex rules and hours […]
A recognizable band logo is important for successful image creation. Every year, big, corporate record labels spend cajillions of advertising dollars to ensure you, the listening consumer, recognize their rock band brand as easily as you would fire or water. That’s why whenever we come across pictures of dancing tie-dyed teddy bears, guns and roses, […]
Living life in the suburbs can be a real drag. Just ask David Bowie. Born David Jones, Bowie was tired of the bland livelihood of his suburban upbringing and escaped the teenage wasteland he was bred in to pursue a musical career that would eventually push him to the tippity top of the British charts […]
Somewhere between an app, a playset, and a game lives George. Lego Life of George comes packaged as a 140-brick Lego build set, so right from the start your kid gets a box full of Legos. Win! Next, it’s an app – a game specifically. On your smartphone, George goes about his business and encounters […]
