LEGO is the bee's knees.

Any LEGO fans out there? I recently dug mine out of the attic and have been compulsively adding to the collection. I forgot how much fun these are! I am such a dork.

Agreed! I still have to repo my collection back from my little sister...

i just down loaded some rules for doing auto combat with lego cars if it helps anyone for plulling them out again....

There used to be a local bar here that kept a bucket of Legos on each table for the patrons to play with. It was great.

I need to be hitting craigslist for more legos. 3 kids + me are in need of more

I recently got back into it a few years ago. Some of the new technic models are spectacular. The new motorized excavator is very well done and on its way to becoming a classic. They are going to release a Unimog this year. There are some details of it here:

http://technicbricks.blogspot.com/2011/02/2h11-lego-technic-unimog-shows-up-at.html

One of the best toy systems ever devised. Any form of entertainment that also makes you use actual cognitive skills is pure win. Kinda nostalgic as well I have to admit.

Yes, but have y'all seen this?

http://www.brickgun.com/

UHOH!!!!!

My kids love the stuff. I never had them as a kid, so I've recently "discovered" them. Pretty nice. Sometimes we'll make stuff together. The number of different pieces is amazing, and the little LEGO figures are neato.

captainzib wrote: Yes, but have y'all seen this?

I raise you this www.brickarms.com

My wife used to play with the kids for hours, and build some cool stuff. I don't have the coordination for it, and just get frustrated after a few minutes.

Oh no no NOOO! I'm screwed I had tons of Legos, LOVE them but sadly got rid of pretty much all of it but still love to tinker with them, still have my Williams Tecnic F1 car and many other "stuff" I built

These pics never fail to inspire.

Can't HL from my iPad so here's this.

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2011/02/18/beautiful-curves-of-the-phenix/

This is an intense crowd. Some of these starship creations are unbelievable.

This guy's stuff is amazing. I saw a spread he did at the local art museum.

I haven't played with this much, but Iike the idea.

http://ldd.lego.com/

The link icon appears to be busticated...

Uh oh, Lego CAD - now we're getting really geeky!

LDD is OK but can be buggy sometimes and I don't think it's parts library can compare to LDraw - open source FTW!

http://www.ldraw.org/

http://www.lugnet.com/cad/

http://www.techbricks.nl/LEGO-CAD-modeling/LEGO-modeling-LDraw-MLCad-LeoCad-and-POV-Ray/

http://www.brickengineer.com/pages/category/rendering/

Some people take it pretty seriously!

If you like robots and mecha look no further. They use LEGO in ways the designers never intended.

www.mechahub.com/

My wife bought me a LEGO model of FL Wright's Fallingwater for our anniversary. It came out pretty darn cool. We've got tubs of the stuff around from when we were in college and then later when we had kids.

In college a bunch of us in the architecture program made Tonka-sized freewheeling cars that we would joust against each other from 10-15 feet apart. I always won and kept the car for years and years after that, but I think I took it apart during a big household cleanup operation last year.

haha nice idea for a canoe!

In reply to Duke:

Gotta admit- that's an impressive canoe. To take your message, and then edit it WITH a new canoe in it.

paddle to ya. Major canoe though.

Duke wrote: In college a bunch of us in the architecture program made Tonka-sized freewheeling cars that we would joust against each other from 10-15 feet apart. I always won and kept the car for years and years after that, but I think I took it apart during a big household cleanup operation last year.

Me and my neighbor used to do that ALL the time when we were kids!

This is actually radio controlled.

Meh... Good concept, though!