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Lego

loaded question: if you could have a Lego set of anything, what would it be?

Mon, Feb 27, 2023
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Of course there are many many Lego sets dedicated to pop culture. But don’t feel like you must limit yourself to pop culture. Go to town…

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part movie review: everything is still (mostly) awesome

Thu, Feb 07, 2019
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Our expectations are a lot higher now after the unexpectedly wildly inventive first movie… and this sequel delivers, digging with witty subversion into Hollywood’s glorification of its male heroes.

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A Lego Brickumentary documentary review: brick by brick

Fri, Jul 31, 2015
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It does sort of feel like one of those rah-rah corporate promo videos they make you watch on the day you start a new job, but there are some surprises here.

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London photos: Lego bus stop

Mon, Jul 28, 2014
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Outside famous Hamleys toy store on Regent Street, there is a bus stop made entirely of Lego. Entirely.

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Doctor Who thing: Lego now accepting Doctor Who fan-created projects

Thu, Mar 06, 2014
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Apparently, whatever licensing issue was preventing this before has been resolved…

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The Lego Movie review: take the brick pill

Wed, Feb 12, 2014
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You’ve seen this all before — it’s Toy Story meets The Matrix — just not done in Legos.

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Doctor Who thing: totally unofficial Lego TARDIS kit

Wed, Nov 06, 2013
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Please note: This is not a TARDIS. It’s just a police box that might or might not happen to have capabilities of transdimensional spacetime travel.

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Doctor Who thing: life-size Lego Dalek

Wed, Oct 09, 2013
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Or should that be “death-size”?

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London photo of the day: Lego tube map

Mon, Jun 24, 2013
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The 1933 tube map, replicated in little plastic bricks, on display at Piccadilly Circus station…

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fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Mar 23-29 2013

Sun, Mar 31, 2013
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Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

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