LEGO sent out an email blast earlier today with some details on their May the Fourth promotion, the unofficial Star Wars shopping holiday. Here they are: New UCS R2-D2 Will Be Available This is the...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link

I only have one shiny to report this week, mostly because I have a themed post I’m trying to complete and I’d be much further along if I wasn’t such a doofus. Here’s what I...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link

For those of you who may have missed out on the original UCS R2-D2 set, LEGO is remaking it into a newer, slightly different but hopefully way better version, 75308 R2-D2. This new iteration costs...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Original link

Sometimes I am too fast when it comes to labeling LEGO pieces as useless or at least single use pieces. When I first saw the Disney Storybook Adventure sets I liked the small parts that came with it and the Micro Dolls. I couldn’t care less, however, for the book covers or the big 6 x 8 oval plates that came with it. Keith Reed has proven me wrong by using these pieces in a lovely way. In their latest creation the oval plates have been used as paintings. Displayed in a very lovely and well lit hallway. I may be reading too much into it, but my guess is that even the foliage outside matches the paintings. I see red roses in front of Belle and a shell in front of the Ariel painting. In front of Mulan we have the azalea and the magnolia. And last but not least,...

If you have a pet cat or if you’re like me and watch cat videos in your spare time you’ve definitely seen the well-documented phenomena of the “cat zoomies” – basically when indoor cats release pent-up energy and zoom around. Aido’s LEGO zoid-like cat mech also appears to be experiencing the zoomies and wow look at that powerful gait. Aido constructs this cat mech using a sleek black and red color scheme and overall the build makes use of a number of interesting elements including a black baseball diamond tile, an armor piece used above for the shoulder area – this looks like it is from a buildable figure model, and then the tail is interestingly constructed out of pneumatic T pieces clipped together using 1×1 modified plates. This robotic creature also is displayed running through a mystical patch of grass with bioluminescent-looking plants or creatures utilizing trans-clear green elements. Ultimately,...