In today's toy-scape, robotic building sets have handily made the transition from fad to staple, and for good reason—they are awesome. But in a world where Lego Mindstorms reigns king, nothing has managed to combine function, universal appeal, and straight up fun quite like TinkerBots. This could be your kids'—and, for that matter, your—new favourite toy. Read More >>

Here you have them: The rumoured Lego Simpsons minifigs in all their glory! 16 of them, including Itchy and Scratchy with deadly weapons! Even the Simpsons themselves look better than the ones in the house set, because their eyes are fully open. Read More >>

It's not the massive Sandcrawler Ultimate Collector Edition every Star Wars and Lego nerd in the world wanted, but it's pretty damn good. 3,296 pieces! Here we got all the official images. It really looks fantastic. Read More >>

A few weeks ago Lego officially revealed that the next fan-designed Cuusoo set to go into production would be Brent Waller's incredibly-detailed Ghostbusters set. And while the brickmasters at Lego made a few tweaks to Waller's design, the results are still definitely worth adding to any Lego collection. Read More >>

After watching this blooper reel from The Lego Movie, I'm curled up in a ball laughing so hard that my abs risk being laughter-cised into a rock-hard 2x4 red Lego brick. It's just so much fun. Read More >>

A Lego police helicopter was hastily assembled and scrambled in the skies above a West Yorkshire business park, after thieves were discovered to have stolen £40,000 worth of Lego. So be on the lookout for shady men offering you discounted minifigs in pubs. Read More >>

If you were watching ITV's Dancing On Ice on Sunday night (don't worry, we weren't either), you may've spotted something rather special -- an entire ad break taken over by Lego, to promote Warner Bros.' The Lego Movie, which is released on the 14th. Advertising within advertising? We're so confused about which products we should be buying right now! Read More >>

If you have a spoilt child, a Lego-packed man-cave, or fancy making an investment for the future, that amazing The Simpsons Lego house is now on sale in the UK. You may need to take out a small mortgage on the plastic brick house to pay for it, though, as the Lego shop has priced it at £179. A small price to pay for a Ned Flanders minifig. [Lego] Read More >>

It's hard to argue the fact that Lego is one of the greatest toys of all time, but who says the plastic building blocks have to only be used as toys? The creators of these wonderful Togetherfarm Blocks—made from recycled food-grade plastic—are intended for use as planters and garden boxes in any shape or size you can imagine. Read More >>

It may not include the amazing firehouse HQ that designer Brent Waller originally included in his 30th Anniversary Ghostbusters Lego Cuusoo submission, but blimey, has this inspired child-like excitement in me! Read More >>

Forget about getting any work done today. A new Chrome feature has just been unveiled by Google, letting you create elaborate Lego structures right inside your browser. Read More >>

Who says you need opposable thumbs to assemble objects or operate complex machinery? Empire Robotics has been working on the plush sphere of the future with their so-called "jamming-based robot grippers," otherwise known as the Versaball system. Read More >>

We want LEGO everything these days, from Star Wars to Minecraft, Superman to the Taj Mahal. With the user-generated Cuusoo community proving to license holders that there's an audience for any old franchise in LEGO form, it's actually surprising that there hasn't been a LEGO The Simpsons set already. Until now that is. Read More >>

What happens if you take 500,000 pieces of Lego and 256 pistons, then hand them over to Australians Steve Sammartino and Raul Oaida? This fully functioning, life-size, air-powered Lego car is what. Read More >>

Splitting the 300-page childrens fantasy tale The Hobbit into three, three-hour-long silver-screen episodes sounds a bit like a futile endeavor, borne out in part by the lukewarm reception given to the first chapter in the trilogy. An 80,000 piece LEGO version of one of the book's most intricate locations however? Now that's precious. Read More >>

The Wall Street Journal goes has gone behind the scenes at a very stressful job interview for the coolest job in the world: Designer at Lego world headquarters in Billund, Denmark. Read More >>