Four Cool Lego Links

Four cool Lego Links for today –

1. The Lego Minifig Timeline – The “minifig” is the little guy that rides around on your Lego creation. This site traces his evolution from 1978 to now with images of many of the miniature figures that have been used. I have some of the early ones and some from as recent as last week. I may do something similar in the near future with my sets.
2. Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History – how cool is this – all the sets ever built in one location. I would love to see this in person.
3. Micro Schematic – what is a “minifig?” I thought you might ask so here is the best answer you can get an anatomically correct drawing of a dissected Lego man.
4. The Minifig Generator – Finally for everyone that wanted to live in a Lego Castle or fly a Lego Space Ship you can create yourself as a Minifig.

** Thanks to BobG for the first link which lead me to the others. No the created minifigs in this post are no living people but could be cool outfits for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year.

Mobile Tracking Station – 452

Most of you that know me or have been to the house know that I have a slight Lego obsession. It didn’t start last week – in fact this year marks the 30th Anniversary of the first Lego set I remember playing with as a kid. Yes – I had bricks before this one and I likely had sets before this one too but this is the very first one I remember playing with non-stop. I am honestly surprised that you can still read Lego on the top of each of the bricks.

This is the Mobile Tracking Station set number 452. It came with one space man and what had to be a vehicle for doing some type of work. In the 70s you didn’t get to go the moon for a vacation. My set is missing a brick from the back “work station” – I could replace it but like the fact that it has been missing so long I recognize my set with it gone.

BobG’s IOW: Lego Beer Song

T-minus two days till Christmas. Enjoy.

BobG’s IO: Star Wars Retold

From Lego to Play Dough to excited little kids the greatest story ever told has been retold many times. No not the Christmas story – Star Wars. This week’s Internet Oddity is from Wired Magazine and has the best remakes on the web of one of the best movies ever made. I’ve included my personal favorite done in Lego after the jump.

8 Bit Video Games Gone Lego

File under things I should do with the 3-4 thousand legos I have floating around the house. There is a small gallery of these here.

If you do anything cool with your legos – email me and if I like it – I’ll post it.