Ichiban Custom Lego Kits The crazy kids at Lego do a pretty good job of giving us interesting items to build, but what if the thing you're lusting after — a Lego DeLorean, for instance — isn't available? That's where these Ichiban Custom Lego Kits ($15-$800) come in. Painstakingly designed, each kit arrives with all the brand-new, official Lego elements needed to recreate the design, but many also arrive with an instruction booklet — otherwise available as a PDF download — and a collector's box. They might lack some of the polish seen on Lego's most impressive kits, but if you're looking to build a replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise, the Batpod, or the Nebuchadnezzar, they're the only game in town. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots has nothing on these. Arriving in a package weighing 850 lbs. (!), these Robot Boxing Machines ($17,000) take recreational robot warfare to a new level. You and buddy each climb inside one of the beasts, and use a thumb-triggered button and two independent joysticks to activate the pneumatic-powered, tire-tread-fisted arms, while a Honda gas engine powers the hidden wheels, letting you float like a tank at up to 3 mph for up to five hours of fighting.

Just the thing to liven up your holiday gatherings. Afraid of tearing your delicate rotator cuff in an overly heated snowball fight? The Crossbow Snow Launcher ($40) can save you from career-ending surgery. Simply load a snowball into the front, pull back the lever, and fire your icy projectile up to 60 feet. Snowball press included for the truly lazy. While it's not the most inconspicuous spy gadget we've ever seen, the Rover Spy Tank ($150) should do just enough to let you be the Ethan Hunt of your abode. Controlled by an app that works with your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, the tank has a camera that streams live video and takes still photos, while a built-in microphone transmits sound back to you. It has a wireless range of up to 200 feet, plus infrared night vision for late night missions. Big Daddy Nerf Gun We usually gag at anything related to the Steampunk movement, but this rejiggered Nerf Barricade blaster stole our heart. The Big Daddy Nerf Gun ($300) is crafted from wood planks that were part of a 75-year-old chair and hand-riveted aluminum, and sports a working scope.

It holds 10 whistler Nerf darts and all the dreams of your steam-powered childhood. Lego have a scheme called Cuusoo through which they solicit fan designs for new kits and models. lego shop leicesterThe system is simple: aspiring designers cook up a Lego set they’d like to see made and sold; lego shop tokyoyou publish a Cuusoo page for your kit and get web users to endorse it; buy lego table online australiaany kits that get 10,000 “likes” go before Lego’s official approval board.buy lego war What’s more, any that are then sold pay a 1% royalty fee to the original designer.buy one color lego bricks

The latest Lego Cuusoo review took account of the Summer submissions and among them was a Back to the Future kit featuring the DeLorean, Marty and Doc. cheap lego man costumeToday, Lego released this video in which – spoiler warning – they announce that DeLorean has been approved. If you watched that in full you’ll know that the 1% royalty payable to the kit designers is, in this case, being generously donated to a Michael J. Fox’s Parkinsons charity. And then, if you watched it in fuller, you’ll have seen the next wave includes a pretty large scale Star Wars sandcrawler. I think that one’s unlikely to make the cut, however. My hunch is that we’ll be seeing the Portal kit instead. I love the DeLorean. It’s got a pretty low brick count but it’s neat and trim and looks like the real thing just squeezed through the Lego filter. Well played, Universal, for approving this.

Uncategorized Just plain cool. Back to the Future Lego kit. I recently met a high school kid named “LegoLee329” who has a Youtube business building lego kits. I need to do a whole post on what he’s doing because it’s awesome. One of the things he showed me was the Lego Back to the Future kit. Apparently there’s a French site that allows you to submit your own design. If it gets enough votes, Lego will review it and possibly make it. Thus, the LEGO DeLorean Time Machine Set. It’s a great example of the power of what an online community can do, but more than that, it’s just plain cool. I bought it on Amazon and gave it to Jenny as a gift because she loves that movie. It’s a great kit and allows you to tweak the car so that it looks like every car from every film. It includes two license plates, one from 1985 and one from 2015, Marty, Doc and a skateboard.Well done Internets for making this happen. Get every post emailed to you! Copyright © 2016 Jon Acuff |

Lego Cuusoo, for those who’ve not heard of it before, is a part of the Lego website where builders can upload photos of their creations. However, it’s not a place to just show off what you can build – if the model gains enough support from the community, and meets a strict set of guidelines, Lego will consider putting it into production as an official set. In the video above, Lego Cuusoo’s Tim Courtney delivers the results of the Summer Review and shows us a teaser of the latest set to pass the review stage – Doc Brown’s Delorean Time Machine from ‘‘! I remember seeing this one when it was first launched, backing it immediately, and being desperate to have it in my hands as soon as possible.This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be missing content or contain faulty links. to report an issue. It’s such a well made model, with the perfect amount of detail for its scale, and comes with beautifully crafted minifigs of Doc Brown and Marty from all three films, as well a skateboard and a hoverboard!