A Non-Stop Lego Trailer, starring Lego Liam Neeson

Non-Stop Lego Trailer

Non-Stop is about to be released in theaters. Meaning that Liam Neeson will be appearing in two movies at the same time. He is also starring as the Bad-Cop/Good-Cop in The Lego Movie. What better way to celebrate this coincidence then with Lego. This Non-Stop Lego Trailer is the creation of the Brotherhood Workshop, who have been creating great Lego videos for a while now. There is something about the Minifigures (including the hand customized ones) that are enduring.

Even if Non-Stop won’t be a great movie, we at least get a great trailer.

http://youtu.be/9iSMPR5zVuM

Brotherhood Workshop has also created a scene-by-scene split screen version of the Lego trailer comparing it to the original. These are always fun.

http://youtu.be/BJfDLTjjNog

Lego NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover (21104) Reviewed with Designer Stephen Pakbaz

YCF LegoReviews: Curiosity Rover 21104

The new Lego CUUSOO set, NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover (21104), has recently been released and is extremely hard to find. Not only that, but reviews for the the Rover are also rare. Maybe it is because YCF Lego Reviews has pretty much posted the definitive video review. Not only do they have the set designer (and Curiosity engineer!), Stephen Pakbaz, assisting in the review, but this 18 minute video also features a Lego studio tour. The Lego Curiosity Rover is the smallest CUUSOO set yet. With 295 pieces and a price tag of $29.99. The little Rover features a unique 6 wheel rocker-bogie suspension, an articulated arm, and even a model nuclear power source. This thing is ready to explore Lego Mars.

YCF LegoReviews: Curiosity Rover 21104 Comparison

One of the most interesting aspects of this review is that they spend a great deal of time comparing the released Rover with the original proposed Rover. The most apparent change is the color of Mars (baseplate) and its rocks. Opting for a gray color because the dark orange is not in production. Good news is that there are many gray rocks on Mars, so it stays accurate. There are two other big changes. The articulated arm has been reinforced, to prevent accidental breaking. And, the suspension has been refined. Stephen Pakbaz compliments Lego with designing a more accurate and sturdy suspension in the released Rover.

YCF LegoReviews: Curiosity Rover 21104 Suspension

The video from YCF also features a pretty extensive tour of Stephen Pakbaz’s studio. Featuring other space themed models (Voyager, Juno…), Transformers, and even Samurai Jack’s villain: Aku. This is a great setup for a Lego room… wow.

http://youtu.be/63R25E4FigY

Check out the Mars Curiosity Rover over on Amazon: Curiosity Rover (21104)

Ground Control To Major Tom — A Lego tribute to Chris Hadfield

John Moffatt's Ground Control To Major Tom, Lego Chris Hadfield

“For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do”
— David Bowie

Ground Control to Major Tom is a great Lego Vignette. Jeff Moffatt built this as a tribute to everyone’s favorite musical astronaut. This MOC depicts Commander Chris Hadfield singing Space Oddity (by David Bowie) while on board the International Space Station. The original version is one of the best videos on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/KaOC9danxNo

Check out Jeff Moffatt’s work over on MOCpages: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/381587

The crazy MetalBeard’s Sea Cow (70810) from The Lego Movie revealed with video!

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 Box

The first wave of the Lego Movie sets have hit the store shelves, and Lego is not stopping there. With a mini-wave of sets being released in the next few weeks. The first of which is the massive MetalBeard’s Sea Cow (70810). This nautical wonder is the largest set available in the theme. With 2,741 pieces and a price tag of $249.99 (CA $299.99, DE 249.99€, UK £169.99, DK 2,199.00 DKK). The Sea Cow is currently available for purchase for Lego VIP members, and will have a full release on March 1st.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 01

MetalBeard’s Sea Cow is a top heavy ship. Featuring a steam punk and pirate themed design. This insane ship comes with 6 cannons, a huge chimney, a cow with wings, satellite dish, a captains quarters, removable decks, huge turbines, propellers, and brick built sails.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 02

Lego has put together one of their Design videos for this release (http://youtu.be/KNjz7Q2isQk):

The ship is fully furnished inside. Just look how happy Benny is about this.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 Cannons

This may be the most detailed Lego set ever made. There is just an insane amount of stuff going on here.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 Interior

The set also comes with Emmets blue couch and 2 Micro Managers.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 Crows Nest

The Lego Movie, MetalBeard’s Sea Cow comes with 4 minifigures and 2 brick built figures. Benny, Emmet, Vitruvius and Wyldstyle will be setting sail with MetalBeard and QueasyKitty. This version of MetalBeard is actually a scaled down version, the full size is already available. Some of the details have been wonderfully preserved, such as the mini shark, and peg leg, and arm cannons.

The Lego Movie, MetalBeards Sea Cow 70810 Figures

Read the full Press Release for more details:

“70810 MetalBeard’s Sea Cow

Ages 14+ 2,741 Pieces

US $249.99 – CA $299.99 – DE 249.99€ – UK £169.99 – DK 2,199.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Help our heroes escape the Micro Managers on MetalBeard’s Sea Cow!

Shiver me timbers, the Micro Managers are approaching our heroes and MetalBeard aboard his wacky Sea Cow ship. Climb the mast to keep a look-out. Fire the powerful shooting cannons from the side of the ship to repel the Micro Managers. And watch out – one has flick missiles and the other can shoot a net! Raise the anchors, spin the rear propellers and steer the ship to safety with the mini version of MetalBeard at the wheel. Includes 4 minifigures: Benny, Emmet, Vitruvius and Wyldstyle, and 2 figures: MetalBeard and QueasyKitty.

Battle 2 Micro Managers with The LEGO® Movie MetalBeard’s Sea Cow with mini version of MetalBeard, 4 minifigures and cow with wings!

• Includes 4 minifigures: Benny, Emmet, Vitruvius and Wyldstyle, and 2 figures: MetalBeard and QueasyKitty
• MetalBeard’s Sea Cow features chimney, 2 anchors, 4 back propellers, 2 huge side turbines, lanterns, 2 gold keys, 2 bottles, bottle with printed ship, box with 4 black coals, hammer, wrench, shovel, gold crowbar and a barrel with 2 rammers. Plus cannon and ammunition deck with 6 cannons and 2 boxes with cannon ammunition (12 pieces), and boiler room with 2 flint guns, 2 flint pistols and 2 swords. Also features captain’s room with treasure chest containing 6 gold coins, 2 red jewels and 2 green jewels, 2 blueprints, 2 maps, globe, sextant, ink vial and quill, and a portrait of MetalBeard
• Also includes a cow with wings!
• The large Micro Manager features fold-up wings with hidden flick missiles, 2 claws and fold-down satellite dish
• The small Micro Manager features a net shooter
• Weapons include 2 flint guns, 2 flint pistols and 2 swords
• Steer the ship with the mini MetalBeard with sword and treasure chest
• Fire the cannons on both sides of the ship to fend off attackers
• Take off the funnel to access the cannon and ammunition deck
• Open the top to access the captain’s cabin and check out the maps, treasure chest, MetalBeard portrait and more!
• Open the doors to the boiler room to access the weapons
• Turn the exhaust to raise and lower the anchors
• Rotate the giant side turbines
• Place a minifigure on the fore mast to operate the mounted guns
• Keep a look-out from the crow’s nest
• Get the fire going below the huge funnel
• Make the rear propellers spin and speed away
• Watch The LEGO® Movie to see all your favorite characters in action
• MetalBeard’s Sea Cow measures over 22” (58cm) high, 24” (61cm) long and 7” (19cm) wide
• The Micro Manager (large) measures over 3” (9cm) high, 4” (12cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide
• The Micro Manager (small) measures over 1” (5cm) high, 2” (6cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide
• Mini MetalBeard measures over 4” (11cm) high, 5” (13cm) deep, and 5” (13cm) wide
• Double-decker couch measures over 3” (8cm) high, 3” (10cm) wide and less than 1” (2cm) long”

 

Everything is Awesome! – Music Video by Tegan and Sara, and The Lonely Island.

The Lego Movie, Everything Is Awesome

Everything is Awesome is the featured song from The Lego Movie. This upbeat tune is performed by Tegan and Sara and features The Lonely Island. Check out the official music video. If you are looking to download the song, check it out on Amazon: Everything Is Awesome!!! (Feat. The Lonely Island)

http://youtu.be/StTqXEQ2l-Y

Official Bloopers from The Lego Movie

The Lego Movie Official Bloopers

If you can’t get enough of The Lego Movie then check out these great animated Bloopers. These mostly feature Emmet and Batman, proving that they can get along after all. These Official Bloopers are actually a “clip,” so keep an eye out for more being released in the future. I’m sure Benny and Wyldstyle have something to share…

The Lego Movie Official Bloopers (2014) on YouTube

The Making of The Lego Movie; A Spoiler Free, Behind the Scenes Video

The Making of The Lego Movie; A Spoiler Free, Behind the Scenes Video

The Lego movie is awesome! And now you can see just how much work went into that awesome. This 7 minute behind the scenes look into the making of the Lego Movie is almost completely spoiler free. The animation studio, Animal Logic, put a whole lot of love into this project. Starting from Lego sets, they built and familiarized themselves with Lego. Then built concept models that were then digitized with what looks like the Lego Digital Designer (LDD).  They then animated these models in the software. All of this took years of work, which paid off!

It looks like the video below is actually a cut of version of an fxguide article. The embedded version below mostly removed the interview portions. If you want to see the full version you can read the article, Brick-by-brick: how Animal Logic crafted The LEGO Movie, here: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/brick-by-brick-how-animal-logic-crafted-the-lego-movie/ and download the full 30 minute video, fxguidetv #186: The LEGO Movie, here: http://www.fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-186-the-lego-movie/


Making of The Lego Movie by CGMeetup

YouTube link: http://youtu.be/iiL5U-yksa8

Lego CUUSOO Fall 2013 Review: Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary!

Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Cuusoo Project: Group

Lego just announced the results for the next CUUSOO set. The Lego Review board has approved a Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary set. The other proposals that were looked at included the Female Minifigures set, Poptropica, FTL Spaceships, the Road to Oz, ATLAS mini model, Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary. Lego made a good choice and chose the better of the two Ghostbusters sets. Too bad it sounds like they will not be making the handsome headquarters building. Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore are back in action.

Ghostbusters Cuusoo Project: Ecto-1

Lego specifically mentions the Minifigures and the Ecto-1 for this upcoming set. With a tentative release date of 2014, but no exact month. This is great complimentary set to the recent Back to the Future set. Read more about the Ghostbuster here: http://everydaybricks.com/lego-ghostbusters-cuusoo-project/

Check out the full Lego CUUSOO Fall 2013 Review for all the details. Make sure to watch the whole video as their are some  updates on pending projects at the end.

http://youtu.be/_QT5zu1x65Q

Build Something Awesome with Google’s Build with Chrome Website

Google and Lego: Build with Chrome

Google and Lego have teamed up to create the “Build with Chrome” experiment. You can create and share Lego projects through a WebGL based website that is designed to be used with Google Chrome. Although I had no trouble at all using Apple Safari. There are three modes to explore on the website, a map of the world that lets you look at other peoples creations, the actual building website, and the “Build Academy.” Minifigures from the Lego Movie make cameo appearances in the Build Academy, which is a series of tutorials.

Build with Chrome started out in Australia as an experiment. Since then the site has been expanded out and now covers the whole world. You can pick a piece of unbuilt land, or use a randomly assigned plot to design your creation. Each plot is a 32×32 baseplate, with coloring based on a low resolution Google Map of the surrounding area. There are 21 basic bricks that come in 10 colors. Which means the LDD has nothing to worry about for now…

http://youtu.be/r4TIkhm2tWc

Check out the Build with Chrome website here: http://www.buildwithchrome.com

Everything is awesome in the Lego Movie, Behind the Bricks video!

The Lego Movie Behind The Bricks

Lego and Roadshow Films recently shared a behind the scenes look at the new Lego Movie. Titled “Behind the Bricks’ this video is an amusingly animated look at the drama behind the upcoming film. These videos are always impressive because the amount of work it takes to animate a full 4 minutes of video must be insane. Everything about this movie just keeps getting better. Now I’m off to make my own Space Dog and Space Cat…

http://youtu.be/Lipp_BxZpto

You can read more about The Lego Movie here: http://everydaybricks.com/tag/the-lego-movie/