ignigeno:

The chimera I designed for our new LEGO show. I cannot express how much of a labor of love this was. It took over 100 hours just to design, let alone build and is one of the largest and most complex sculptures I’ve done.

Fun fact: This model used every single LEGO color available in standard brick.

the-future-now:

Lego announces new set themed around the women of NASA

  • Toy manufacturer Lego Group has
    announced it will be creating a set of Legos based around the women of
    NASA, Community Specialist Hasan Jensen wrote in a blog post for the company on Tuesday.
  • The idea for the project was originally pitched by Maia Weinstock, who submitted it to Lego through the company’s Lego Ideas program.
  • The set will include five women who contributed to NASA’s
    mission, including computer scientist Margaret Hamilton, mathematician
    Katherine Johnson, astronaut Sally Ride, astronomer Nancy Grace Roman
    and astronaut Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to enter
    space in 1992. Read more (2/28/17 5:53 PM)

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