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Do not attempt this in real life

Nannan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:13:23 +0000

Sean Kenney presents a public service announcement for bikers. Its message is simple yet striking. Check out Red Light.

LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2

Andrew — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:15:07 +0000

Though it does at times feel a bit like an extended ad for the current LEGO Star Wars sets, “The Quest for R2-D2″ is a fun 5-minute video featuring some slick animation and funny moments reminiscent of the LEGO Star Wars video games.

Via Bricks3D.com.

Take an 8-bit Trip with Tomas Redigh & Daniel Larsson

Andrew — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:06:39 +0000

Tomas Redigh spent 1,500 hours using LEGO to animate a song by Daniel Larsson. With appearances from Mario, Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, and more, the video is sure to please any video game fan.

Via Wimp.com. Great tip, nnenn!

What goes around, comes around

Josh — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:06:46 +0000

This incredible Brickfilm by pe668 has some of the smoothest animation I’ve seen in a very long time. Check out “Cyclic“.

Thanks to Caylin for the heads up!

David Pagano animates Space Police 2009

Andrew — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:55:58 +0000

LEGO stop-motion animator David Pagano has stepped forward as one of the people behind the recent LEGO Space Police teaser.

Check out the first episode in what is apparently going to be a series.

And yes, we know that the new sets are starting to show up at TRU.

Server virtualization illustrated in LEGO by Bluelock and The Brick Engraver

Andrew — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:14:15 +0000

Sometimes, the best way to illustrate a complicated technical concept is through LEGO bricks. I spent my workday today shifting capacity around for a pair of virtual servers I manage (Hyper-V rocks), so this video about server virtualization in “the cloud” really hit home.

~~Ignore the “Lego’s” in the text, and~~ Yes, it’s an ad for bluelock, but the video makes virtualization a bit easier to understand, and features engraved LEGO bricks by Tommy Armstrong, the Brick Engraver. Thanks for the link, Tommy!

Emperor Palpatine finds new ways to motivate Death Star builders

Andrew — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:16:42 +0000

Sjaak Alvarez has just completed the fourth installment in his “It’s Hard to be a Stormtrooper” series. Click through to Bricks3D.com to watch this hilarious video:

As always, Sjaak renders and animates all his videos from scratch.

Planet TR-57 is full of hilarious clone trooper misfits

Andrew — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:19:35 +0000

Chris Wunz and his coworkers at Valley Video Services in La Grande, Oregon put together this funny LEGO Star Wars animation, called Planet TR-57:

Planet TR-57: Pilot from Valley Video Services on Vimeo.

Planet TR-57 debuted at BrickFest 2009, where the team also held a stop-motion animation workshop, or Animate-a-thon.

Stay tuned to PlanetTR57.com for future episodes in this series.

Sold out Big Ben Bricks hand car stars in Peter Edwards’ hilarious ad

Andrew — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:06:54 +0000

There’s something inherently funny about advertising a sold-out product, as Peter Edwards does with a hand car from Big Ben Bricks in this video:

The video features a fantastic Technic bridge long enough to span a LEGO Amazon:

Watch minifigs build the UCS Millenium Falcon

Andrew — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:34:04 +0000

This awesome video is making the rounds on the ‘net, but for those who haven’t seen it yet, check out David Gunstensen’s stop-motion movie of minifigs building the Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon:

Building the LEGO Millennium Falcon from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

As originally featured on Gizmodo.