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Combining Video Games and LEGO

By Doug ⋅ May 20, 2010 ⋅ Please Leave a Comment

Combine LEGO Bricks and the guts of a video game console and what do you get? Read about this great project in my latest post on GeekDad: Arcade Game Made from LEGO Bricks. Some of my other recent GeekDad Posts: The Beginning of the End of the Space Shuttle GeekDad Visits the Royal Ontario Museum [...]

LEGO Atlantis Neptune Carrier

By Doug ⋅ February 27, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The Son has been highly interested in the LEGO Atlantis collection. Yesterday, when he got the LEGO Atlantis Neptune Carrier, I decided to film him assembling the kit. This is our second attempt at this experiment. The first was assembling the LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub You can see more in my latest post on [...]

LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub

By Doug ⋅ February 19, 2010 ⋅ Please Leave a Comment

The Son has been highly interested in the LEGO Atlantis collection. Yesterday, when he got the LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub, I decided to film him assembling the kit. You can see more in my latest post on GeekDad: Assembling the LEGO Atlantis Turbo Typhoon Sub. Some of my recent posts on GeekDad: Own Your [...]

Peace in the Galaxy

By Doug ⋅ December 25, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Thanks to the LEGO Space Police keeping us safe from the Alien Outlaws. At least that is the story in our house with the latest LEGO kits that the Son got for Christmas 5971 – Gold Heist 5973 – Hyperspeed Pursuit 5981 – Raid VPR 5982 – Smash ‘n Grab

The Business Side of LEGO

By Doug ⋅ December 14, 2009 ⋅ Please Leave a Comment

The Daily Mail has a a great story by James Delingpole on the business side of LEGO: When Lego lost its head – and how this toy story got its’ happy ending. “In 1998, Lego posted a small loss; in 2003 a much bigger one; then in 2004, carnage.” … “Then he consulted old colleagues [...]

Lego Bricks in Bulk

By Doug ⋅ June 2, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I just published a new GeekDad post on getting mass quantities of Lego bricks: Finding Lego Bricks in Bulk. Ray Sims went to eBay and found people selling Lego bricks by the pound and others selling bricks in hundred piece packages. I saw his twitter message on the issue. That gave me the idea of [...]