Little Coloured Bricks

Woody and the gang are back and they are back with a Lego vengeance. Through Lego’s newest collection called Lego Toy Story, the story of Andy’s toys continues. Woody also known as Cowboy is the chief of police in Andy’s room. His status as the favorite among the toys has been challenged lots of times and the ultimate challenge for the toy was Buzz Lightyear. The story is loved by many animation film fans and now that these characters are in Lego, it makes things a lot better than before. If you are already a Lego Toy Story fan you can play the “The Claw” online and enjoy a Lego Toy Story adventure.

Legoland is rejoicing for the arrival of these minifigs. For Jessie fans, Jessie, the yodeling cowgirl is now in Legoland along with Woody of course and the rest of the gang. Bullseye, Woody’s steed is also in Lego along with Prospector more popularly known to fans as Stinky Pete. Do not hesitate to buy this minifig though because he is not stinky at all. Space Ranger Buzz Lightning has also arrived in Legoland already, now Lego minifigs can breathe easy because this action hero/defender of the galaxies is finally in town to defend Legoland from aliens like Alien (the friendly alien in Toy Story). Alien is not ferocious though so Buzz doesn’t really have to worry about anything.

If you are into the darker side and want a minifig that is bad to the bone, you can get a Lego Zurg. The rumored father of Buzz Lightning sure fits this description and if he is not stopped he will destroy the whole planet earth. Good thing there is Woody and all the soldiers in Andy’s room to help stop Zurg. Even if these Lego soldiers are stuck to platform bases, they can move, move, move.

Join the expedition to Atlantis through Lego’s newest collection inspired by the controversial civilization. For those interested in the quest you can log on to Lego’s main website for the Atlantis adventure. The lost city can be explored by Lego fanatics (both children and adults) through the online quest. All you have to do is to defeat Atlantis’ guardians and win treasure keys along the way. The quest will lead you to a wondrous journey under the sea. You can take photographs of the beautiful places in Atlantis and collect sunken treasures while you’re at it. The ocean floor will not be as friendly as you may imagine it to be since there will be guardians everywhere.

Using your LEGO ID, you will be able to experience the journey to Atlantis and experience the lost city itself. Your progress will be saved in your computer and you can just login whenever you feel like exploring this lost civilization.  The Impossible Quest is the first chapter of Lego Atlantis. The second chapter will be coming this March 2010 so those who are playing Lego Atlantis already you should sit back and wait for the next chapter. Chapter 3 (title unrevealed) will be coming in a month after the second chapter. The third chapter on the other hand will be available by June 2010 and the 5^th chapter in July.

If you are already a fan of Lego Atlantis maybe you should also see the Lego movie about it. The Lego Atlantis movie is a top-class animation and it includes characters such as Ace, Dr. Fisher, First Mate Lance Spears,  and other fun characters. Get to know these Lego minifigs in The Atlantis Movie. In terms of storyline and plot, this movie is a winner and it does not fall short of exciting scenes as well. If you want to see the movie you can click here but be sure to come back to this page for more of the newest Lego stuff.

On the last day of the year 2002, a webcomic, called Irregular Webcomic, photographically illustrated with Lego figures debuted on the Internet. Although it did not set an established frequency for its installments, the webcomic was able to pose updates everyday and has been one of the regular comics on the web. Aside from the strips on the Internet, extra Irregular Webcomic strips are also available every two weeks on the gaming magazine Pyramid.

Irregular Webcomic has a number of different themes with their own sets of characters and exclusive story arcs. However, like most popular comic franchises like Marvel and DC Comics, the themes in Irregular Webcomic also occasionally have crossovers. Some of the strips have side commentaries, including sometimes an explanation of the humor used in the story or further details about an obscure reference, or stories on how a comic was created.

Some of the most familiar themes that are featured in Irregular Webcomics are Harry Potter, Shakespeare, and Star Wars. With the Harry Potter theme, readers are able to see the Harry Potter characters in a different light, particularly the protagonist himself. With the Shakespeare theme, it showed how William Shakespeare would have lived if he had been born in modern times. According to Irregular Webcomics, the English playwright would have been a technical writer sidelining as a Harry Potter fanfic author and Nigerian internet moneymaking entrepreneur -which is a bit odd and funny at the same time. He would also be writing a novel version of The Lord of Rings movies. Finally, with the Star Wars theme, the comic creator was able to indicate a few of the conflicts and peculiarities in the universe of this dimension. This theme became a particularly controversial issue among Star Wars fans.

Irregular Webcomic has been popular among fans not only for having an intricate indexing method but also for having one of the most unique comic themes in the worldwide web.

Lego Mindstorms are toys manufactured by the Lego group that are made of robotics or construction blocks that can be programmed which stemmed from the educational toys that had programmable feeler blocks. It is named after a book by Seymour Papert entitled Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. The first Lego Mindstorms version available to the public was produced more than 10 years ago and was commercially promoted as the Robotics Invention System or RIS. The next edition was released only four years ago and it was called Lego Mindstorms NXT. The latest of this line called Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 went out in the market just last year.

The beginning of the hardware and software of the Mindstorms RIS kit can be traced back to the programmable block that was made at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. This block used the Brick Logo in its programming. A programming environment based on AgentSheets known as LegoSheets was used for this block and was made by the University of Colorado four years before the first release of Lego Mindstorms. The first Mindstorms RIS kit had one light sensor, two touch sensors, and two motors while both NXT editions have three servomechanism motors and four sensors, one for touch, one for light, one for sound, and one for distance.

Lego Mindstorms can be used to construct an embedded system model that has electromechanical pieces that are controlled by a computer. A lot of embedded systems used in real life may be represented in a smaller scale using these Mindstorms blocks like elevator controllers and robots used for industrial purposes. Aside from that, Lego Mindstorms can also be used as an educational toy. In fact, there is already an educational edition of this line known as Lego Mindstorms for Schools.

We keep on talking about Legoland but in technical terms we have not yet defined what or where Legoland is. Legoland is a Lego themed theme park that caters to young families. There are currently four Legolands in the world, three of which are located in Europe and one in the United States. The biggest and the oldest is Legoland Billund in Denmark. Two more are set to open, both in Asia; one in Malaysia and one in Dubai.

Unlike most theme parks, Legolands do not have a lot of extreme rides. Although they have a few roller coasters, most of their rides are made to suit young children. All four parks are divided into different areas. They each have their own Lego miniland which is a small-scale village that has models of famous landmarks and scenes from all over the world made from Lego blocks. Each Legoland also have a Lego Mindstorms center for fun education; Duplo Gardens for the younger children; different Driving areas that include Driving school, Ballooning school, Boating school, and Fire Academy; and other attractions such as Wild Woods, My Town, and Knight’s Kingdom.

As with the environment, Legoland rides are also Lego themed. Most of them are built to look like they were made from Lego blocks. They also have the tendency to be derived from one specific line of Lego. For instance, the Dragon Coaster, which is a popular ride in all four Legolands, is loosely based on a Lego set called Knight’s Kingdom. The Driving school, another famous ride, allows children to drive small electric cars around a small network of roads and receive a pretend driving license. The cars in this attraction are made to appear as if they are enlarged versions of the Lego toy cars. Although, there are some similarities to the rides in the four Legolands, like with the Disney parks, the actual set of rides differ among the parks.

If you want to go to all Legolands to see the wonders of Lego and Legolandia, book a flight today and have fun the Lego way.