Items 1 to 60 of 817 Items 1 to 60 of 817Before you can vote for cool new LEGO sets, or submit your own you'll need to sign in with or register for a LEGO ID: You're currently signed in to LEGO ID as . Would you like to sign in to LEGO Ideas with this LEGO ID? LEGO Ideas is designed for older builders. We’re sorry, but based on the birth date we have on file for you, this means we can't let you have an account here. Create and Share Galleries as a place to share your models with other LEGO builders like you. Are you sure you want to log out of LEGO Ideas? Official LEGO Comments 1 Last Updated 6 months ago. Click "Updates" above to see the latest. A bobblehead is a toy figure with an oversized head that is connected to the body with a spring. When you lightly tap on its head it wobbles (or bobbles) back and forth for a while. The first modern bobbleheads appeared in the 1950s. I was thinking about how a bobblehead could be made by LEGO bricks, and how the wobbling effect could be built.
There is no real LEGO spring that can be used for this purpose, so I had to think of something else to use. After some trial and error I found a simple technic using an LEGO antenna piece which creates a wobbling effect that works really well. How it is done can be seen in the photos and video below. I decided to recreate six characters from the original Star Wars movie into LEGO bobbleheads - Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Boba Fett, Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper. Each character consists of between 80 to 100 pieces. The LEGO bobblehead can, compared to the traditional bobbleheads, easily be rebuilt and the head can be detached and swapped with other bobblehead figures. The head can also be turned in all directions. In the video below you can see how the LEGO bobbleheads work in reality. There is a Facebook page for the Star Wars Bobbleheads. Have a look at my other Ideas project as well: Donald Duck's Car - The 313 Ragge Runarson's Business Building
A Star Wars mad Canadian may have taken the title of greatest ever father after building his son a Lego Boba Fett suit.By using the mini Lego figurine as a source of inspiration, costume king, Keith Sheppard, 41, from Ontario, has been able to replicate the iconic character with incredible accuracy.The graphic designer has spent over 100 hours building the child-sized bounty hunter for his Star Wars mad son, Caillen, seven. At a convention far, far away... Keith Sheppard with his amazing Boba Fett costume May the force be with him: Caillen Sheppard shows off the Boba Fett costume without the helmetAnd it’s no surprise that the fantastic suit took first place at this year’s Burlington Toycon convention in Ontario.Both huge fans of the Star Wars series and the Lego brand, Mr Sheppard has previously made two other Lego mini figure designs for his son, learning and perfecting his craft with each attempt.Constructed using using Sintra, a lightweight but rigid PVC material, Mr Sheppard was able to construct the torso, hands, jetpack, antenna, legs and most of the helmet.
While inside the helmet, Mr Sheppard used pink insulation foam board to carve the dome shape and a closed cell foam called Plastazote to carve the rocket tips and exhausts found on the jetpack. Out of this world: The Boba Fett suit took first place at this year's Burlington Toycon convention in OntarioBut it's the attention to detail that really makes the suit something special. Not only was the costume spray painted and clear coated but Mr Sheppard even printed vinyl adhesives to copy the graphics on the tiny toy.If that isn't enough, both the antenna and jetpack are in fact removable, just like the Lego version of the cult character, giving his son, Caillen, a welcome break from the full weight of the suit and turning him into a real living, breathing Lego Boba Fett.However, Mr Sheppard has an even more ambitious idea in the pipeline and hopes to create a Star Wars Lego mini figure costume of a character that has not even yet been built by Lego.Mr Sheppard said: ‘I've been a fan of Star Wars for 35 years and never made a Star Wars costume until now, If I hadn't a child, perhaps I would still be saying the same thing.
The real deal: Jeremy Bulloch as bounty hunter Boba Fett in the 1980 hit film Star Wars‘I've turned my attention from sculpting my own work to making costumes for him. We love the Star Wars Lego culture and Boba Fett is a great character to recreate.‘Every Imperial figure would be awesome to build, but Boba Fett is so lush with colour, and has details that are both challenging and visually appealing.‘Making a Star Wars costume for a child is cool - children are the perfect dimensions to bring the mini figure to life.‘Caillen has an extensive Lego collection that includes among others, Star Wars. His love for the movies, characters and mini figures sort of rebooted my passion for both the Star Wars fan culture and the Lego brand.‘I think the mini figure is reflected in a child. They share an innocence and playfulness and I believe that's why people react so positively to these types of costumes.‘Considering this costume was both Star Wars and Lego, I was confident that it would be well received by fans of both communities.
However, I never anticipated the costume going viral.‘My partner is very supportive of my projects and loves the results. However, she's not a fan of both the mental and environmental chaos they create. Ultimately, she knows why I do it, for my son, and that makes her happy.’Remember the LEGO CubeDude craze from a couple of years ago? It all started with PIXAR-animator and LEGO-fan Angus McLane uploading over one hundred of his brick-built LEGO figures on Flickr towards the end of 2009. He called them CubeDudes. The stocky, adorable, and easily recognizable characters became instant favorites and everyone started building their own versions of CubeDudes. The LEGO CubeDudes became so popular that LEGO collaborated with Angus to release two special LEGO CubeDude sets (both Star Wars themed) available only at Star Wars and comics conventions. Although the CubeDude-mania cooled off, building CubeDudes remains an excellent way to challenge yourself and expand your LEGO building skills. C
ubeDudes don’t require you to have a large LEGO collection, but they teach you interesting and advanced building skills – usually only available in large and complex LEGO sets. They are kind of like a puzzle, and once you get a hang of the design-concept, you can create your own CubeDudes. From then on, only your own imagination is the limit… So how do you star building CubeDudes if you don’t own one of the limited-edition CubeDude LEGO sets? Fortunately members at Brickset reverse-engineered the CubeDude characters included in the sets and made the instructions available for download. These instructions will allow you build your first CubeDudes. (You can download the PDF instruction by clicking on the images below.) Once you build a few CubeDudes, I would recommend you head over to Angus’ Flickr gallery to check out his other designs. He has CubeDudes characters from movies, cartoons, comics, games, etc. There is also a LEGO CubeDudes Group Gallery where other people share their CubeDudes. I