With three kids in their prime Lego years, we have amassed a considerable collection of bricks. However, while we do have some motorized components, we don’t have any illuminated gear. I know Lego does sell an LED kit, but we haven’t invested in one and, at least from what I ...

This could just be the Lego Star Wars project to defeat all Lego Star Wars projects.

What would you do with 780,000 Lego studs? Zachary Pollock wants to combine them with another childhood classic. He's started a Kickstarter project to build an enormous mosaic, recreating the entire level 1-1 of the original Super Mario Brothers video game.

Titanic stories are so last week, but here's one more item to add to the list of events, movies, books and projects that marked the 100th anniversary of the ship's sinking. How about a 9-foot scale model replica of the ship, made from Lego?

If you're a Lego fan and you've lurked about the online Lego community for any length of time, there's an excellent chance you've come across Peter Reid's exo-skeleton minifig model. The design is clearly inspired by the mecha suits that we've seen in games, film, and graphic novels for decades ...

There are very few Lego Master Model Builders in the world and only a handful of them are located in the United States. When one of the American builders recently retired there was an intense competition to fill his dream job slot.

Flickr user Si-MOCs has created 3 awesome scenes in Lego that depict Asimov's three laws of robotics. I'm impressed with this on a few levels, but most of all as a fan of Asimov's writings. Anything that might encourage someone to pick up the Robot series is good in my ...

Here at GeekDad we let you know about the plans to build a Lego version of the Autism Awareness Ribbon to celebrate and raise awareness on World Autism Awareness Day. Well, as you can see above, the build was highly successful.

The next time you hear folks complaining that kids aren’t reading enough, point them to a new study by the Association of American Publishers. A new monthly industry snapshot report produced by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) confirms what we all expected: The children’s book market has exploded. According ...

Get it? Avengers assemble. You assemble LEGO bricks. That’s pure gold, people. Pure gold. (No gold bricks are included.) I’ll be interviewing these guys (the cast of Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers, not the actual LEGO figures) in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned! Look here for a first look at the ...