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LEGO Lonely Mountain: LEGalf the Grey
It’s been a little while since we saw a truly epic LEGO build. We are changing that right here and now. One glance at this and fans of The Hobbit will recognize Erebor – the Lonely Mountain, the dwarf stronghold. A geek named Michał Kaźmierczak built this LEGO reproduction of the movie set and it’s incredibly detailed on the inside and out.
The project took him seven months to build, and he used over 55,000 bricks. The finished model is 5-feet-tall and each of the big dwarf statues weighs 13 pounds. The image with the builder standing next to the creation gives you an idea of the massive size.
My favorite part is that he didn’t just build the outside and leave wooden supports showing in the back. This project is actually finished in high detail on the inside and out. This may be the coolest Tolkien themed LEGO creation ever.
[via Kotaku]
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DIY Hobbit Sting Sword Glows Near Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks: Whitehat Baggins
The magical dagger Sting protected Bilbo from evil creatures and glowed blue when there were orcs nearby. But WarSting, Spark IO’s modern take on Sting, provides a more timely warning. It will glow when there are unsecured wireless networks nearby.
WarSting is an offshoot of Spark IO’s WarKitteh, the Wi-Fi sniffing cat. They modified a toy Sting that had LEDs, a speaker and a motion sensor. They then spliced in their Spark Core chip and reprogrammed it to detect unsecured Wi-Fi networks.
They also made it so that if you swing WarSting, it will join and store the name of the unsecured network to a Spark Cloud account, then disconnect from it. It will then stop glowing if there are no other unsecured networks. Otherwise, you can keep swinging until you’ve marked all free rides to the Internet innocent networks.
Your browser senses a link nearby. Head to Spark IO’s website to find out how you can make a WarSting.
Lord of the Rings Bag End Litter Box
Hobbits normally keep their homes pretty clean, but this Hobbit Hole is one that you do not want to visit. Unless you are a cat. Every other week, the folks at AWE me get some of Hollywood’s top prop makers to build one-of-a-kind items. This week they build an impressive Hobbit-hole kitty litter box and an Eye of Sauron cat scratching post to go with.
Both look pretty impressive. Too bad that one is going to smell like crap and the other will end up scratched to bits. I hope that guy and his two fat cats, (Frodo and Sam) enjoy them while they can. Bag End? More like Gag End! Man, what are you feeding those cats?
Seriously, these builds are awesome. Those are some lucky cats.
[via Geeks Are Sexy]