LEGO Nintendo models on The Brothers Brick

A lazy Saturday morning with chiukeung’s LEGO NES

CK Tsang (chiukeung) continues his fantastic series of miniaturized retro hardware with a LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with Light Gun for playing Duck Hunt.

LEGO Yoshi is adorably perfect

Bruce Lowell (Bruceywan) has created a truly fun rendition of one of Nintendo’s iconic characters, Yoshi. From the bulbous nose, to the “Yoshi Egg”, from the shell on his back to the brick-built hills in the background, this creation is simply awesome.

Convert your LEGO Wii into a LEGO Wii U

Unsatisfied with your LEGO Wii? Kooberz has the answer. (Pssst… All you need is a bunch more LEGO and an iPad. Easy!)

You’ve got to have the chops to handle this controller.

Flushing New York’s Baron Julius von Brunk has constructed an enormous fully functional NES controller to play his favorite old school cartridge games. I was on the fence about blogging what amounts to a giant box, but once I saw this photo of the good Baron, I was unable to resist the magnetic power of Continue reading →

The best of Count Blockula: Mario Kart characters

In January 2007, Mike Crowley began building all the major characters from Nintendo’s Mario Kart games, starting with King Koopa himself, Bowser. Mike soon followed with Mario and Toad: Yoshi & Donkey Kong: Mike brought all of these to BrickFest PDX 2007 in Portland, where he had them all in karts that I don’t think Continue reading →

Mechanical Bowser is ready to chomp Mario

The Like a Boss contest deadline is coming up in just a couple of weeks, and we’re starting to see some really nice entries. This LEGO Bowser by Zane Houston is giving the competition a run for its money — or at least lots of gold coins. Here’s an animated GIF of Bowser’s working jaws: