In this edition, The LEGO Movie approaches $300 mil at the box office, a woman in a famous LEGO ad is found, and a whiz kid makes a Braille machine out of those plastic bricks.

• Everything really is awesome for The LEGO Movie, which has kept the top box office slot for three weeks and will surpass $200 million in ticket sales; a sequel is already planned.  (Fox News / USA Today)
• Here’s a neat look at the movie’s end credits, which unlike the rest of the film was done entirely in stop-motion animation.  (Art Of The Title)
• The LEGO CUUSOO project will now accept Doctor Who submissions!  Prerequisite: the sets must be bigger on the inside. (BleedingCool)
• On May 4th, The Simpsons will air an episode made entirely out of LEGO.  (Slashfilm)
• Here’s a look at forthcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sets based on the Michael Bay summer blockbuster.  (ComicBookFilm.com)
• A 12-year-old boy creates a Braille printer out of a Mindstorms set.  (NY Daily News)
• A blogger tracked down Rachel Giordano, who as a child model was featured in the landmark “What It Is Is Beautiful” ad for LEGO; she’s now an alternative medicine doctor in Washington state.  (Mashable)
• Lego will reportedly swap out ABS plastic for a new “sustainable resin” by 2030.  (Plastics News)
• Someone bought a single LEGO piece — a metallic Bionicle mask — for $15,000.  (Leg Godt)
• And finally… here’s builder Wami Delthorn’s creative imagining of laundry… in space.  (via Flickr)