While I love posting interesting Lego projects on GeekTech, never before has it been so exciting to write about Lego as right now. Check out Baron von Brunk's latest Nintendo 64 Lego Transformers. The artist's new Lego project consists of four transformers, all made from original Lego pieces or Technic parts. Theres a Lego Nintendo 64 (Ultra Hexacon), a controller (Tetragon), a Donkey Kong cartridge and a James Bond Goldeneye cartridge, all of which turn into robots smoothly—no need to remove parts or rebuild. A contest this summer actually spurred Baron von Brunk's Legoformers project. The cartridge Transformers apparently took the longest to make, due to the difficulty involved with the dynamics of turning a box into a cool ape or scorpion. Personally, though, I think these are the best. The downside alas is that even though Baron Von Brunk published his designs on Instructables, he has yet to provide any guides for building them yourself. Don't let that keep you from making your own inventions, though!
Follow TechHive on Tumblr today. This story, "These Lego Nintendo 64 Transformers will make you regret giving Lego sets away" was originally published by To comment on this article and other PCWorld content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed. About the author and contact information Licence to Cook - a James Bond cookbook There were some very thoughtful and exciting gifts waiting for me under the tree this Christmas, including Lego figures of James Bond and Skyfall's Raoul Silva, and a Lego helicopter to go with them. The presents got me thinking about some of the many scenes in the Bond films that featured helicopters, and, following my earlier attempts to build Bond vehicles, how I could recreate them in Lego. James Bond and Raoul Silva as Lego figures The helicopter set that I had been given was a gunship from the Ultra Agents range. It wasn't too dissimilar from the Tiger helicopter from GoldenEye, so I turned to that film first. The helicopter is a two-seater, so I simply put Bond in the front seat of the cockpit and a female figure in the back seat to represent Natalya Simonova and recreate the scene where both have been captured and bound to the cockpit seats.
Here Natalya has just woken Bond up. Inside the Tiger helicopter in GoldenEye The pre-titles sequence of For Your Eyes Only is up there with the best of the opening sequences. Bond is picked up in a Universal Exports helicopter, which is then remotely hijacked by a Blofeld-like figure (now officially acknowledged to be Blofeld). With the pilot out of action, Bond clambers outside the aircraft, opens the pilot's door, climbs back inside, takes control and deals with Blofeld (declining the offer of a delicatessen in stainless steel). My Lego collection isn't that extensive, but I managed to find enough pieces to build something that resembled the helicopter. I had Bond dangle outside and used an image of Beckton Gas Works, where the scene was filmed, as background.The opening sequence of For Your Eyes Only I was keen to recreate the scene in From Russia With Love where Bond is being pursued by a helicopter in the Scottish highlands standing in for Turkey, but the design of the helicopter was too much of a challenge for my limited resources.
Instead, I looked to On Her Majesty's Secret Service (appropriately enough, being a Christmas film) and the helicopter attack on Piz Gloria. As I was watching the sequence again, looking for a good action moment involving Bond and a helicopter, I realised that Bond isn't particularly visible during the arrival of the helicopters at Piz Gloria. The sequence focuses on the approach of the helicopters, long-distance shots of Draco's men jumping out, and Tracy's fight with Blofeld's goons, but Bond isn't seen in close-up until he's out of the helicopter and sliding towards the main building. That hasn't stopped me, however, from showing Bond more clearly jumping out of the helicopter – in Lego, at least. The helicopter assault on Piz Gloria The helicopter itself was fairly easily rendered in Lego, and I was especially lucky to have a brick with a Red Cross sticker. I found an image of Piz Gloria to use as the background. Bond is wearing Silva's white jacket, which I thought it went better with the snow-covered slopes.
I don't pretend that my models are particularly accurate, but I've certainly had fun making them. There are plenty more helicopter moments in the Bond films, so watch this space for more of them recreated in Lego!This website no longer supports Internet Explorer 9 or below, please upgrade to a newer browser. Target has a new app With new features and a new design it’s quicker and easier to shop at Target FREE Click + Collect FREE Delivery on orders over $80* Shop LEGO From a galaxy far, far away… LEGO® Star Wars™ provides exciting opportunities for your child to develop construction skills and relive the excitement of the films or create their own imaginative adventures. Shop Now > Fire up your child’s imagination with a Fire Brigade setting, construction site or recreate a police car chase through a city street. LEGO® City allows your child to replicate the action and adventure of the world they see outside with LEGO®. Shop Now > A world your child will love.
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