Lots of LEGO news these past two weeks, including the newest CUUSOO set, a brick-based productivity killer from Google, and a New York City hotel makes art out of plastic bricks.
- Continuing their 80’s pop culture vein, the LEGO CUUSOO folks follow up on the awesome Back To The Future DeLorean with the even better Ghostbusters set, featuring the iconic Ecto-1, all four Ghostbuster minifigs, and Slimer. Their HQ building may also be included! (Geekosystem)
- Sure to be a timekiller at work, the Google team adds a Lego extension to their Chrome broswer. (Slate)
- The Wall Street Journal takes a behind-the-scenes look at The LEGO Movie, touching on how the company almost went bankrupt in 2004 and how its resurrection became “a classic business case study.” (WSJ)
- And this “Behind The Bricks” extended promo is excellently entertaining. (FBTB)
- Here’s some music from the film’s soundtrack, courtesy of Tegan & Sara and composer Mark Mothersbaugh. (MovieFone)
- Special, simple effects: Finnish photographer Vesa Lehtimaki creates cinematic stills using LEGO models — and baking soda. (Petapixel)
- Groove Bricks has several pics of the 2014 LEGO line from the Nuremberg Toy Fair, including the Arctic, Chima, Ultra Agents and The Simpsons themes. (GB)
- And finally, a New York hotel invites guests and visitors to help turn an ugly construction “masking wall” into art using — what else — LEGO bricks. (The New York Times)
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