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New LEGOLAND Coming to Central Florida
News was leaked Wednesday afternoon that the former home of Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida has been purchased and will soon undergo restructuring to become the second LEGOLAND...
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June 7, 1968: Legoland Opens in Denmark
Happy Birthday, Legoland! The company famous for its interlocking bricks opened the first Legoland theme park in its hometown of Billund, Denmark, on this day in 1968. The attraction featured detailed...
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GeekDad Puzzle Of The Week: Rides At Legoland
Today marks the 42nd anniversary of Legoland, that lovely theme park based on bricks, so it makes sense to have it be our theme for this week’s puzzle. Solve the head-scratcher below and E-mail your...
View ArticleGeekDad Puzzle Of The Week Solution: Rides At Legoland
Congratulations to Joey Ledet, who correctly answered this week’s puzzle and is now the proud new owner of a shiny $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek. Puzzle I took my three kids, plus two others to...
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The Big School Countdown Continues…
In the first part of our Countdown to Big School, my daughter and I covered Art and Science, and in part two we’ll be looking at Biology and History… London’s Natural History Museum is a truly amazing...
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Legoland California Expands Star Wars Miniland
The guys over at Technabob have posted new pictures of the models that will grace the new Star Wars miniland in Legoland California. According to the official press release, the announcement was made...
View ArticleBrickvention 2011: Why Australia Needs a Legoland
Brickvention 2011 was great. The diversity of displays, the commitment to their Adult Users of Lego grassroots feel, the inclusion and accommodation of so many and the friendly and engaging...
View ArticleVideo: Star Wars Miniland at Legoland California Takes Shape
The time-lapse part of it kicks in at about the three-minute mark, but you should really watch the whole thing. Enjoy! Thanks to Beth Chee at the Legoland California official Twitter account for...
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Forget Your Star Wars Miniland Legoland California — Look What Windsor Has
That’s right, your eyes are not deceiving you, the master builders in the UK’s Legoland in Windsor have built a little diorama to celebrate a little event that you might have heard about — the wedding...
View ArticleLegoland Florida: A Geeky Preview
Legoland Florida officially opens Saturday, October 15, 2011, but I was lucky enough to get a recent behind-the-scenes tour. Prediction: Lego fans: Prepare to go crazy at Legoland Florida. First, the...
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General Grievous vs the Cats: When Is It Okay to Glue Lego?
There’s a bit of an unwritten law among Lego geeks that gluing a kit together is taboo —unless you’re creating something for use in Legoland, where presumably, large scale models that could be pulled...
View ArticleMinifig Madness: A Legoland Insider Tip
Legoland Florida had just opened for the day, and we were hot on the trail of the park’s retail manager. We had reason to believe he had the much-desired mobster minifig, and if we could find him, that...
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A Start-Up Trek – An Artist’s Palette
I am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is my...
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A Wander Around the New Star Wars Miniland at Legoland Windsor
At last, the galaxy far, far away has come to Legoland Windsor. Just over a year after the Star Wars Miniland opened in Legoland California (read Dave Banks' excellent write up of that one here) the...
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New Legoland Discovery Center Opens in Midwest
This past weekend, a new Legoland Discovery Center opened in Kansas City. The indoor attraction, which features rides, activities, party rooms, and lots of Lego bricks is just the fourth in US and the...
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Legoland Discovery Center Announced for Canada, Brick Fever Builds in the...
Lego geeks in Canada have been abuzz with the news last week that a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre, since this is Canada) is being built in Vaughan, just north of Toronto. According to the press...
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Breaking the World Record for the Tallest Lego Tower
GeekDad helps to build the world's tallest Lego tower on a rainy Friday at Legoland Windsor.
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Watch This | Happy 80th Birthday, Lego!
Watch a short animated film by the Lego Group all about the history of the plastic brick building company, released to celebrate their 80th birthday this past week.
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