NYC-based web designer David Cole has created a Taxidermy Deer LEGO Kit, which is exactly what it sounds like, and will definitely be ordered by most of Brooklyn by the end of this sentence. The LEGO kit, Cole says, will help you recall your hunting days with... though presumably "the morning dew, the crunch of the field under your fancy boots, the sad eyes of the majestic, dying animals" are all sold separately. For your 12 bucks, you'll get the 60-piece set comes with LEGOs and a hand drawn instruction kit. The only bummer is that it's a little small, but surely you can invest in a bulk order of brown LEGOs should you want to make a life sized decapitated deer head. [via Laughing Squid] more ›

Check out this precious Lego-made treehouse spotted on Jay Street in DUMBO! It makes sense that it's there, what with the recent construction of a Lego Manhattan Bridge and all, combined with the fact that treehouses are just so hot right now. more ›

The New York Public Library keeps delivering the goods as they continue to celebrate their centennial. This time it's the lions getting the tribute... in LEGOs! Our library friends tell us, "the lions will be on display for just the Centennial weekend [that's this weekend] on the Plaza outside the 42 Street building." They will be unveiled by artist Nathan Sawaya this Friday at 10 a.m. (get your free book if you drop by), staying through Sunday at 8 p.m. Let's have some fun with them now, shall we? Here's a photo of one of the LEGO lions (we can't tell if it's Patience or Fortitude)—get thee to Photoshop and give her a fun New York City backdrop! After all, the lions haven't roamed off their perch on 5th Avenue in nearly 100 years. more ›

We recently learned about Brooklynite Jonathan Lopes, who has recreated the borough (or some version of it) in his 400-square-foot living room. It's pretty amazing, and his project is now coming to an end (he jokingly tells us he's working on adding bike lanes!). We asked Lopes a little bit about his obsession with LEGOs (this isn't his only project involving the bricks), and what's next. more ›

The LEGO Group has just announced their newest interpretation of a modern day marvel to their Architecture series: Rockefeller Center. The series of Midtown Manhattan buildings were landmarked in 1986, and now you can rebuild them in your living room. The LEGO folks tell us the set contains 240 pieces, is approximately 5.4 inches tall (seems small, but the Empire State building model is only 7.4 inches tall). What other New York City buildings should be LEGO-fied... or is it better to use LEGO pieces to fill the city's crack-filled buildings in real life? more ›

According to NewYorkology, artist Jan Vormann has been busy repairing some holes in New York City buildings with Legos! Vormann’s website now has a DispatchWork—New York section, which documents the latest Lego frenzy. He writes, “In cooperation with the Gallery Jarmuschek+Partner and the kind support of Henk Holzheimer (LEGO Graffity Styles Convention), I went to New York City, as part of the VOLTA artshow, to support Mayor Bloomberg in his everyday-struggle to make this city even more amazing." We think he succeeded. more ›

The principal who punished and almost suspended a fourth-grader for playing with a LEGO-sized toy gun during lunch has apologized to the boy's family. "The principal called me and said, 'I'm sorry, I never meant for it to go this far,'" said the 9-year-old's mother, Laura Timoney, who has threatened to file suit over the incident. "She sounded upset ... I think she is sorry that this is happening. I wish she was sorry for Patrick." more ›

The mother of a 9-year-old who was reprimanded for playing with a tiny LEGO-sized toy gun during lunchtime might sue the principal who punished him. "This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, whose son Patrick was brought to the principal's office, forced to sign a statement, and nearly suspended after being spotted playing with the miniature weapon. "The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue." more ›

Just how little tolerance is zero tolerance? A Staten Island fourth-grader was reprimanded and almost suspended yesterday when the principal spotted him playing with a LEGO policeman and a two-inch-long toy gun during lunch, the Advance reports. more ›

Next Tuesday night BAM will host the Biking Rules PSA Festival, which will be followed by after-party in the BAM lobby with free beer from Brooklyn Brewery. The event is part of Transportation Alternative's initiative to get scofflaw cyclists to follow certain rules, such as giving pedestrians the right of way and obeying traffic lights. (But what about biking with a belly full of free beer?) Earlier this year, the group solicited imaginative PSAs to help promote their Biking Rules, and received submissions from more than 80 artists and filmmakers. Here's one of our favorites: more ›

While you might love New York, have you ever Lego'd it? The NY Times has a great little pictorial piece from Christoph Niemann, who explains: "During the cold and dark Berlin winter days, I spend a lot of time with my boys in their room. And as I look at the toys scattered on the floor, my mind inevitably wanders back to New York." He's created everything from the Sunday paper to the loathed Verizon building! Back in 2007 the Storefront for Art and Architecture had a Lego urban housing designs exhibit. more ›

We may be bidding farewell to Yankee Stadium, but there is a new (old) Yankee Stadium emerging: LEGO artist Sean Kenney, along with help from a grade schooler, has been working on a replica of the stadium for the past few years. He writes, "It will be complete in the next few months; these preview photos give you an in-progress look at the sculpture. The sculpture is 5 feet wide and 5 feet long, built to an approximate scale of 1:150." more ›

Today Lego celebrates the big 5-0, even getting some Google-love for hitting the half century mark. more ›