Beijing Olympics In Lego, Impressive Brick Buildings

Toys, News July 26th, 2008

Beijing Olympics In Lego, Impressive Brick Building
The Bird Nest, Beijing Olympic Stadium

I remembered I tried to construct a fire engine using Lego bricks and yep, that’s all I could achieve. However, HKLUG or Hong Kong LEGO User Group has done more than my puny fire engine. They brought the Beijing Olympics into full scale using purely Lego bricks and figures. Using 30 000 bricks and 4500 cutesy figures, the Beijing Stadium (Bird Nest), Water Cube (Swimming Complex), the Sports Village, Equestrianism and Ancient Greek buildings were constructed to the last detail. Of course, you can see the activities that the Lego companions are doing in the venues.

I just look in awe.

Via HKLUG

Beijing Olympics Lego Photo Gallery

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8 Unique Beijing Olympics Coke Bottles, With Art & Songs

Toys, News July 24th, 2008

8 Unique Beijing Olympics Coke Bottles, With Art & Songs

This set of 8 Beijing Olympics Coca-Cola aluminium bottles doesn’t come cheap ($120). What’s so special is that Chinese artists and musicians have combined their talents to create 8 unique Beijing 2008-Coke bottles with each one having a special code that you can download music from Coke website. Here’s the list of songs by the We8 (the project’s name) musicians.

Global Harmony by Hio Hue no. 2008-0403 (green/black animals)
Peace on Earth by Joyn Viscom no. 2008-0402 (pink/red flowers with children)
Active Optimism by Chen Shoo Hua no. 2008-0405 (red/gold faces)
Uplifting Moments by MeWe no. 2008-0407 (red jewels)
Human Collaboration by Milkxhake no. 2008-0406 (pink/purple lips)
Individual Perserverence by Jiang Hua no. 2008-0408 (red/white design)
Happiness by Wang Hu no. 2008-0410 (grey/gold bottles)
Healthy World by Xin Jing no. 2008-0404 (green/purple plants and animals)

Anyone bought this set?

Via Always Collectors Corner

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Street Vendor Fuwa

Toys, News October 31st, 2007

Street vendor fuwa keychains

Passed this on the way home from work today… ignore the Disney ripoffs and focus on the clever beaded mascot keychains.

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Hello Kitty Invades Beijing Olympics 2008

Toys, News June 17th, 2007

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Japan, Hello Kitty. China, panda. And when you fuse these two together, you’ll get Hello Panda (the biscuits). Ok, probably lame but recently, Hello Kitty is spotted in a panda costume (Kitty Panda) to signal that the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 is coming up.

鈥淭he Olympics are coming up. That is what we have in mind,鈥� said Kazuo Tomatsu, a spokesman for Hello Kitty maker Sanrio Co.

We expect Sanrio, the parent company of the famous kitty, to line up a slew of Kitty products for Kitty fans, Olympics fans, kawaii girls and mature office ladies (OL).

Drool. I want a Kitty Panda or OL.

Via yingdong’s blog

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