Toys for big kids ...

While it's undoubtedly childish, it's also incredibly fun ... a guy in the US has started making custom weapons for Lego figures. Everything from world war 2 weapons to pulse rifles from Aliens and everything fictional and real in-between. Check out the pics at the Brickarms site or a Gizmodo interview with the creator.

It's funny really the new life that Lego has online ... adults who are either recapturing their childhood, or enjoying a new one with their kids are becoming Lego fans in a big way. And the Lego company has responded pretty well to this, providing custom brick sales and bulk sales of specialist pieces. And it's not even that childish of course -- adult creators are building complicated models and doing scientific designs, but most of all they're just having fun with it.

I can get behind that ... and while I haven't bought any new Lego yet, I would really like to. Both to get Will and Alex into it more, but also for my own fun :)

Google brings back the youthful fun

Had to smile at the Google home page today -- brought back a lot of childhood memories, and some more recent ones as well:



Apparently it's the 50th anniversary of the creation of Lego, probably my favourite childhood toy (and something increasingly popular among adults, so I keep wanting to try some again :)) Of course, remembering how good it was for me as a kid also makes me want to get into it again now with Will and Alex, which we have a bit.

Hopefully they'll be into it more as they get older, especially the new high tech stuff with the robotics (as soon as I can afford that!) That's a whole new Lego world for me to discover!