‘Greatest setting in college football’ gets the LEGO treatment with fan’s elaborate Husky Stadium build Husky Stadium is often called the “greatest setting in college football.” Now the iconic University of Washington football venue might… Read More
New LEGO skyscraper exhibit at Seattle’s MOHAI shows off some impressive building blocks The most impressive skyline view in Seattle is coming to the inside of the city’s Museum of History and Industry.… Read More
Inside BrickCon 2023, where serious LEGO geeks have been building for this moment If you build it, they will come. Especially if you build a train, roller coaster, coral reef, space station, warship,… Read More
LEGO builder’s T-Mobile Park gets major upgrade in time for Seattle Mariners season opener It’s Opening Day at T-Mobile Park — both the real version of the Seattle Mariners ballpark and the LEGO version, which… Read More
The old brick ballpark: LEGO fanatic has a hit on his hands with Seattle Mariners stadium build The Seattle Mariners have been busy assembling the building blocks for a potential run to the World Series. Shane Deegan… Read More
Play Podcast LEGO secrets from a ‘LEGO Masters’ star: How Boone Langston built a new career, brick by brick Play Boone Langston is an accomplished LEGO builder from the Portland, Ore., area who shares his creations with the world at… Read More
Photos: LEGO and Nintendo officially show off brick-built NES and retro TV that will sell for $229 A day after leaked images and a short teaser video hinted at a unique expansion of their partnership, LEGO Group… Read More
‘Are you ready to play like never before?’ LEGO teases Nintendo NES paired with brick-built TV LEGO is teasing a Nintendo Entertainment System that comes paired with a brick-built television after images were leaked showing off… Read More
Oh, baby, ‘LEGO Masters’ finale lands like a brick on outraged fans who dispute choice of winner The suspense was building, along with the epic LEGO builds, on the finale of the FOX series “LEGO Masters” on… Read More
Play Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on the future of work; Vicis reborn; Nintendo meets Lego Play Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Bill Gates talks about how work will change after… Read More
Pre-orders start for LEGO and Nintendo ‘Super Mario’ set that interacts with the physical world A new partnership between LEGO and Nintendo promises to take the colorful bricks to a whole new level as the… Read More
Lego celebrates 20 years of the International Space Station with an out-of-this-world new model Lego is aiming high again with a new model for space geeks, this time celebrating the more than 20 years… Read More
LEGO Space Needle uses 55,000 bricks to create a 14-foot-high tribute to Seattle landmark The best new view of the Space Needle might be from inside the Seattle landmark’s gift shop — if you’re… Read More
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lander proposed … as Lego toys Which will go into commercial service first: Blue Origin’s orbital-class New Glenn rocket and Blue Moon lunar lander, or the… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: AI and faith, a LEGO convention, advice for hardware startups, and more – Advances in artificial intelligence raise new questions about the future of humanity. But what will AI mean for faith?… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: PAX West; LEGO Robotics; chaos engineering; and more — Every Labor Day weekend, thousands of gamers descend upon the Washington State Convention Center for PAX West, the… Read More
Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included That’s one giant heap of Lego bricks: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Lego… Read More
LEGO unveils new city-focused sets for kids who compete in FIRST robotics competitions Kids who have caught on to the world of FIRST LEGO League competitions will have something new to build with… Read More
GeekWire Robotics Cup is thrilling new addition to annual Bash, featuring 24 teams of junior geeks Weasel Eggs, Mini-Taurs, LEGO Lassies, and the Cyber Cheetahs! With team names like these, you know the first annual GeekWire… Read More
Like a brick: Chevy uses more than 300,000 Lego pieces to construct full-size pickup truck Still working on that 4,000 piece Lego set you got your kid for Christmas? The people over at Chevrolet just… Read More
TLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet, Lego Hogwarts Castle Today’s featured stories Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on… Read More
Magical! Lego conjures up a 6,000-piece Hogwarts Castle for Harry Potter fans Find the Lego wizard in your house. You’re gonna need some help with this new set from the famed toymaker.… Read More
TLDR: Uber could use AI to identify drunk riders, big bets on energy storage, LEGO Seattle [Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More
Artist builds LEGO scene for a modern day Seattle, with iconic buildings — and tents on the streets As an artist working with LEGO bricks, Iain Heath has created pieces that capture iconic figures of popular culture and… Read More
Lego shows off its ‘Women of NASA’ toy set, without ‘Hidden Figures’ star Seven and a half months after its selection, Lego unveiled a set of minifigures celebrating NASA women researchers and explorers,… Read More
New $800 ‘Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon is one of Lego’s biggest sets ever at 7,500 pieces Han Solo famously told Luke Skywalker, in the original “Star Wars” film, that his beloved Corellian freighter “may not look like… Read More
Researchers run the numbers on cutting the cost of toys by 3-D printing them at home “The Lego Movie” had parents and kids singing “Everything Is Awesome” all the way to the toy stores, which boosted… Read More
This Geeky, custom-built Lego lounge is an architect’s dream Jeffrey Pelletier is a superhero of sorts. By day, he’s an architect designing custom homes at Seattle firm Board & Vellum. But… Read More
From ‘Hidden Figures’ to minifigures: Lego toys immortalize the women of NASA It’s all systems go for a new set of Lego minifigures celebrating women researchers at NASA, including the central figure… Read More
Life-size LEGO Batmobile uses 344,000 bricks — and needs one superhero behind the wheel When it comes to concept cars, they don’t get much more super than this. A life-size LEGO Batmobile was unveiled… Read More
