Though its existence has been known for weeks, today it became official with a press release and a trailer — later this year, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games will be releasing LEGO Lord of the Rings, a video game that transports J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic story of good’s struggle against the forces of evilContinue reading “On Excitement for the LEGO Lord of the Rings Video Game”
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On LEGO Lord of the Rings
Today, I frightened my cubicle neighbor. I’d come into the office, and I walked into the middle of a conversation he was having with another writer in the Bullpen. “I bet,” said my cubicle neighbor, “that you can’t jump up and down for joy.” So without taking off my coat, without unslinging the BPRD bagContinue reading “On LEGO Lord of the Rings”
On the KRE-O Transformers Sets
Yesterday afternoon, a couple of us from work went to Target on our lunch break. While wandering around the store, I found myself back in the Toys section, looking at the LEGO sets they had. And there I saw the KRE-O Transformers sets. Hasbro has created a LEGO-compatible building system called KRE-O, and they’ve doneContinue reading “On the KRE-O Transformers Sets”
On Contemplating the Martian War Machine
On Saturday, I built the Tripod Invader, one of the sets from the new LEGO Alien Conquest theme which is based loosely on H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and alien invasion B-movies of the 1950s. When I wrote about the set yesterday, I mentioned that I was thinking of modifying the Tripod InvaderContinue reading “On Contemplating the Martian War Machine”
On the LEGO Alien Conquest Tripod
This summer, LEGO introduced a new theme, Alien Conquest, based loosely on classic tales of alien invasion, from H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds to 1950s B-movies and Mars Attacks!. Flying saucers, alien motherships, and tripod walkers bring the alien armada to the doorstep of LEGO City. Yesterday, I bought the Tripod Invader set.Continue reading “On the LEGO Alien Conquest Tripod”
On a Fun LEGO Video
LEGO and forced perspective together make for an awesome little film: Build Anything from Studiocanoe on Vimeo. It’s fun and it’s jaunty and it’s fun. Yes, I snagged this from Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish; it’s a blog I love to read. 🙂
On a New LEGO Video Game
Have I mentioned recently how much I like LEGO? Didn’t think so. There’s a LEGO strategy game coming out for the Nintendo DS. Think Age of Empires, but with LEGO! It’s called LEGO Battles, and it starts out with Castles, then Pirates, and finally Space! You build buildings, and they’re LEGO buildings. Then you buildContinue reading “On a New LEGO Video Game”
On LEGO Cars and Standards
A LEGO car came in my box of Cheerios. I’ve had it sitting on my desk since Friday. It came preassembled. I’ve rolled it back and forth. It came with stickers. That seemed odd. I’ve taken the car apart. It’s three pieces. Premolded pieces. A wheel piece in black. A body piece in yellow. AContinue reading “On LEGO Cars and Standards”
More on LEGO Doctor Who!
I want LEGO Doctor Who. I want it, want it, want it! I really, really want it! Fortunately, lots of other people want it, too. And someone put the question to none other than executive producer Julie Gardner. Why no LEGO Doctor Who? The answer? “Doctor Who needs to be bigger in the US toContinue reading “More on LEGO Doctor Who!”
On LEGOs I Don’t Want
Using the power of Google, someone wanted to find information on “Lego Minifig George Bush.” And that brought the person to me. Specifically, to this post on LEGO videos, including LEGO-fied versions of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Halo 2 video game trailers. A post where I used words “LEGO” and “Minifig.” Minifig,Continue reading “On LEGOs I Don’t Want”