This is Monster Chess, a 12′ x 12′ (that’s feet, not inches) robotic LEGO chess game made with over 100,000 blocks for a total build cost of ~$30K (that’s thousands, not kelvin). The pieces are all controlled via laptop and I wouldn’t hesitate to body-slam a rook if it got out of line. Same goes for the knights . But not the king — he reminds me of Stephen Hawking. Hit the jump for a long-ass video of the game being played.

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Wow: $30,000 Robotic LEGO Chess Game

Dogfight as in airplane battle, not dogfight as in I’m a peenerless d-bag who likes watching pitbulls bite each other. Which, fun fact: if I’m ever diagnosed with terminal cancer I’m coming for you. Me making you chew on a gun aside, this is an awesome jet-fighter scene created by Flickr user -Mainman- , who — need a wingman? For anyone who’s interested, the cockpit is somewhere around 1/2 scale (maybe a little smaller) and the F-15E and MiG-29 are 1/100 scale The flares are a couple of Exoforce fiber optic tubes with Lego light bricks on the far end. They worked out better than I expected - I love the lens flare I got with them. Incidentally, with the exception of the HUD display photoshopped in, there’s not a single non-Lego object in this photo Freaking awesome. Reminds me of when my brother and I would set barstools on their sides and sit in them while pretending we were fighter-jet pilots. No, no it doesn’t. Because that was actually a train. Now shovel some more coal in the wastebasket and let’s CHOO CHOO our way to a house fire! -Mainman-’s Flickr Gallery via Enemy in sight [brothers-brick] Thanks to The Bucktooth Ninja, who — Jesus man I could see you coming a mile away with those things. Get some tooth blackout or something.

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Bogey At 2 O’Clock!: Awesome LEGO Dogfight

Remember Star Wars Uncut , the online project in which 473 people recreated 15-second clips from Star Wars: A New Hope with cardboard costumes and/or LEGO and the world’s shittiest CGI? Well the project has been completed, and there’s a five minute trailer after the jump. And I’m not talking a double wide either. Get it? Mobile home joke! Hit it for the video.

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Yay!: Star Wars Uncut Reaches Completion

This is a super-simple scene from Pixar’s ‘ Up ‘ created in LEGO by Peter Aoun. Now how cute is that? I just wanna eat all those lil balloons like candy! *crunch* Mmmmm, even better than I could’ve imagined! Here, you try a cloud. But wait, let’s turn out the lights first — I bet it’ll spark like a WintOGreen Lifesaver! What? NO I’M NOT TOUCHING YOUR BUTT, YOU’RE TOUCHING YOUR BUTT! Peter’s Flickr Gallery (with some other geeky LEGO builds) via Fresh-ass Fanart: Minimalist Lego Homage to Disney/Pixar’s ‘Up’ [albotas]

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Cuuuute!: Minimalist ‘Up’ Scene In LEGO

Granted a LEGO wallet isn’t the worst thing (cellmate) to make your ass hurt, but still. I can barely stand my wallet and it’s genuine pillowdragon leather ( softest material known to wizard ). I don’t want a bunch of dots printed on my buttcheeks, yo! Still, if you’re a lady and want to carry one in your purse , I respect that. They range in price from $24 to $32 depending on the model and I’ll even let you pay for my drinks. All of which better come with umbrellas and plastic cutlasses cause I’m a classy bitch. Product Site via I Can’t Think Of Anything More Comfortable To Carry In Your Pocket Than These LEGO Wallets [ohgizmo]

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LEGO Wallets Make Your Ass Hurt, Squarish

Muji’s going to start selling hole-punches that knock out patterns that can be threaded between two Lego bricks. They go on sale in a week, and open up many possibilities for crafty Lego extensions. LEGO for MUJI Paper and Block Sets ( via Make ) Previously: USB devices stuffed into legos — Boing Boing Gadgets - Boing Boing Frank Lloyd Wright Lego — Boing Boing Gadgets - Boing Boing Patching ancient walls with legos - Boing Boing Lego arms-dealer - Boing Boing

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Lego hole-punch for paper-meets-Lego projects

LEGO announced a new product line, which includes a stop-animation video camera, MP3 player ($40), still camera ($50), alarm clock, walkie-takie, and a “boomblox” (get it? … blox !). The gadgets won’t be available till the fall, but DVICE got to check ‘em out. Kevin Hall reports : The camera isn’t packing all that strong of a punch with a 1.5″ LCD screen, 3 MP sensor and 128 MB of internal memory, but that should be more than enough for a kid to play around with. It hooks up to your computer with a USB cord, and has a lithium battery inside. The MP3 player has 2 GB of memory by comparison. Who cares about the guts? I’m paying for that classic aesthetic.

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LEGO Launching New Blox Gagdets

If you’re the type of young lady with a form these sacks flatter—and you have a love for the plastic block—this t-shirt dress from JC De Castelbajac is a relatively inexpensive $134. I’d try to buy it for my girlfriend, but after a long conversation last night about how she has “mother’s knees”, I’m afraid she’d think I was sending her a message. (A message that would not be my intended query, “What are mother’s knees, exactly?”) [via Geek Sugar ]

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LEGO print dress

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LEGO: Walkers vs Wartracks

Onosendai2600’s “Solaris 8″ microscale space station is awesome with a capital awwww . Don’t miss the up close tour and its hilarious captions. (Especially funny if you’re an Adult Fan of LEGO and follow the scene. [Yes there is a LEGO scene now, but fortunately it's on Flickr and easy to follow.]) [via NeoClassicSpace.com ]

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Welcome to Solaris 8, a microscale LEGO space station