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1/64 Scale Suzuki Carry Truck Gets Turned Into Functional R/C Car

By Bill Smith November 17, 2025

Diorama111 has spent years bringing life to the plastic tiny worlds he designs. With him behind the wheel, a simple plastic shell is transformed into something that moves, turns, and even blinks back at you in an unsettling way. His most recent achievement transforms the 1/64 scale Suzuki Carry truck, an homage to Japan’s minuscule Kei automobiles, into a fully functional remote-controlled vehicle. This little hauler, only 53mm long and 23mm wide, packs an incredible amount of motor, steering, and lighting into a body roughly the size of a sugar packet.

Life-Sized LEGO Technic Dune Buggy Takes Giant Leap from Bricks to the Road

By Bill Smith November 15, 2025

Matt Denton, a legend when it comes to transforming tiny models into full-size sit-ins, has spent years making the unthinkable a reality. His new creation, a monstrous version of the 1981 LEGO Technic Dune Buggy (8845), is no exception. What began as a simple kit of 174 plastic parts has been expanded to accommodate a large adult behind the wheel.

LEGO Icons Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D (10356) Set is Essentially a 3,600 Piece Starship in a Box

By Bill Smith November 6, 2025

LEGO just handed the keys to the real bridge to every adult who’s ever cobbled together a shoebox with cardboard nacelles. On November 28th, a $399.99 kit hits stores and online: it’s the Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, set 10356, in all its glory – from the red-blue glow of the warp engines right down to the teeny tiny details.

Takara Tomy’s Poke-Nade Poké Ball Lets You Catch Feelings in a Handheld Sphere

By Bill Smith November 5, 2025

Takara Tomy has added Pokémon to the mix with the Poke-Nade Poké Ball, some 30 years after Tamagotchi first popularized the idea of carrying a needy digital creature in your pocket. This handheld device is an exact duplicate of the franchise’s iconic red-and-white ball, with a button in the center that turns on a small LCD screen.

LEGO Ideas Megazord Set Steps Out of the ’90s and Into Reality

By Bill Smith October 30, 2025

LEGO has finally given the green light to a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Megazord for its Ideas line, plucking the design straight from a fan’s painstakingly detailed blueprint – a blueprint submitted by TrumanBricks which, it’s worth noting, racked up a total of 10,000 supporters to push it through the review process. This round saw an all-time high for LEGO, with a whopping six sets getting approved out of a record 57 entries. The Megazord topped the list, and its inclusion joins licensed builds for E.T., The Smurfs, and Downton Abbey, along with two original creations: a Day of the Dead Catrina figure and a really cool ramen bowl display.

LEGO Ideas The Goonies Set (21363) Lets You Relive the Ultimate Treasure Hunt, But in Brick Form

By Bill Smith October 24, 2025

LEGO has released a plethora of ships over the years, everything from pirate galleons that scream adventure to ghostly vessels from spine-tingling tales. None of them, though, have quite got the allure of the Inferno, that decidedly unsavory old hulk from The Goonies – now a sprawling 2912-piece set, number 21363, that drags the whole underground escapade right into your living room. This build, released under the Ideas banner, where fan ideas are transformed into legitimate products, is a tribute to an 80’s film about youngsters seeking pirate plunder through booby trap-filled caves.

Artist Who Dreamed Up Labubu Gifts One-of-a-Kind Doll to Apple CEO Tim Cook

By Bill Smith October 17, 2025

Photo credit: Kasing Lung
Apple CEO Tim Cook just added a new piece to his collection. During his quick trip to Shanghai last week for the iPhone 17 Air launch, he met with the creators of one of China’s most popular collectibles. Kasing Lung, the artist who designed Labubu, gave Tim a custom doll with his own face.

LEGO Icons Tropical Aquarium Building Set (10366) Features Interactive Elements, Over 4,000 Pieces

By Bill Smith October 15, 2025

The LEGO Icons Tropical Aquarium Building Set, number 10366, allows you to create a frame that holds back an entire ocean world, complete with fish that glide effortlessly through the currents, corals that wave back and forth in an invisible tide dance, and hidden little surprises that appear when you least expect them.

Shadowman39’s 8-Bit Knex Mechanical Computer Evolves, Can Process Numbers from 0 to 255

By Bill Smith October 11, 2025

In a world of silicon and circuits, Shadowman39 is building a new kind of computer: one made entirely of Knex, the colorful plastic construction toy some may remember from their childhood. His latest video reveals a mesmerizing step forward in his 8-bit mechanical computer project.

Rubik’s WOWCube Offers a Digital Twist on the Cube That Started It All

By Bill Smith October 9, 2025

In 1974, Hungarian architect Ernő Rubik sat down with a handful of wooden blocks and a problem concerning 3D movement. Now, 50 years later, the same puzzle has a different shape. The Rubik’s WOWCube takes the classic design and fills it with screens, transforming idle rotations into entire games. Cubios, the firm behind this, collaborated with Spin Master, the current owners of the Rubik’s name, to make it official.