This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It's as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker — and Porkins. Read More >>

Skynet comes across as a resourceful artificial intelligence. After all, if it's clever enough to send someone back in time to wipe out an enemy before they're born, it's not hard to believe it could see the potential in Lego Technic when it comes to building an army. Particularly when we've just shown it how. Read More >>

It's not quite as exciting as free-falling from the edge of space, but a group of 80 Lego enthusiasts in Denmark, led by Henrik Ludvigsen, now hold the Guinness Record for the world's longest plastic toy train track — an honour that will certainly look fantastic on a resume. Read More >>

Since 1958, 472 billion Lego bricks have been made. And even though most of those bricks are hardly bigger than your finger, 472 billion of anything is a ridiculous number. So what could you build with all the Lego bricks in the world? Surprisingly a lot. Like 200 Buckingham Palaces a lot. Read More >>

Well, it was only a matter of time before someone mashed up an icon of German engineering with an icon of the Galactic Empire. Read More >>

Daft Punk's next official album, Random Access Memories, drops in just over a couple of weeks, which might as well be an eternity for die hard fans. But while I'm as excited as anyone for the duo's next outing, I have to say I'm even more excited by these unofficial Daft Punk Lego minifigs. Read More >>

Lego builder/Flickr user Hippotam has come up with what is possibly the greatest innovation in cooking appliances since the toaster met the oven. Dubbed the Hippmikser 2000, it's an actual functioning hand mixer made out of nothing but Lego. Read More >>

Those crazy Slow-Mo guys are destroying anything they can possibly get their hands on this week. Today, it's a house made from LEGO. And though explosions are almost always a delicious visual treat, especially in slow motion, blowing up LEGO should never make anyone happy. Thankfully, LEGO bricks can totally withstand a banger. Read More >>

We couldn't be happier that Lego master Chris McVeigh—aka Power Pig—is continuing to use his formidable skills to create brick versions of iconic cameras. Following up on his Leica M9-P he brings us this gorgeous Lego version of the Polaroid Land Camera 1000. Read More >>

Hopefully, this won't cause any ecological disasters in Legoland. This ridiculously massive Lego oil rig is more than 1m tall and wide, and weights 42kg. According to The Brothers Brick, Lego master Tobias Vogt spent three months building this, and it shows in the detailed build-out. Read More >>

If Rube Goldberg and MC Escher sat down to build a Lego contraption, it still wouldn't be nearly as cool as this modular free-throwing automata from Philip Verbeek. Read More >>

The moulds used to create plastic Lego pieces are engineered with extreme precision so that the bricks stay connected via friction alone. But over time your Lego pieces will wear out with use and eventually stop sticking, and Phillipe Cantin wanted to know exactly when that would happen. Read More >>

If you've inexplicably amassed some 8,000 clear window pieces in your Lego collection, thanks to the design talents of Tobias Tøstesen you can turn them into a stunning see-through, floor-to-ceiling chandelier. What's particularly great about this approach to decorating is that it's far cheaper than a similarly sized chandelier made of crystal, but no less stunning. Read More >>

After much anticipation, the all-new Legoland Hotel opened on Friday, April 5, 2013. Located right next to the theme park in Carlsbad, California, the three-storey 250-room hotel does not disappoint, especially for those that can't get enough of those colourful plastic bricks. Read More >>

This Lego recreation of Han Solo's DL-44 heavy blaster is incredible. Right down to the wood-coloured handle and the offset scope, it looks as authentic as a Lego-built blaster can without actually firing lasers. Read More >>