Lego Jet Engine

[Dunclane]

This just adds further proof to my argument that Lego is not just for kids!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18...

[anonymous-user]

LEGO rocks. Loved it all my life!!

[mad4amanda]

Thats Just brilliant I love Lego and we are literally in the process of bringing another fan into the world ( contractions every 10 minutes ) any duplo stuff any good this time around , my other kids are 22 and 18 so it was a bit basic then ? I think they do a duplo train set but thats about it .

[andy_s]

Just forwarded that to my Lego-obsessed nipper, looking forward to another three days of Lego raking sounds coming from his room.

[Whitefly Swatter]

Lets see if they complete the rest of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner !

[Simpo Two]

Real men would have used Meccano...

Emulating something that is round and metal out of things that are plastic and square doesn't make sense to me!

[anonymous-user]

Simpo Two said:

Real men would have used Meccano...

Emulating something that is round and metal out of things that are plastic and square doesn't make sense to me!

If you were a real man you'd use both plus Fischertechnik

[Butter Face]

Thats pretty awesome.

[jimnicebutdim]

How does one become a professional Lego builder?
That sounds like the greatest job in the world!!!!

[Simpo Two]

garyhun said:

If you were a real man you'd use both plus Fischertechnik

Heh, in fact I progressed to FT after Lego when I was about 10... still got a few drawerfuls upstairs.

[Hooli]

jimnicebutdim said:

How does one become a professional Lego builder?
That sounds like the greatest job in the world!!!!

+1

[anonymous-user]

jimnicebutdim said:

How does one become a professional Lego builder?
That sounds like the greatest job in the world!!!!

I'd assume be bloody brilliant at building stuff, send LEGO some pics and ask for a job!

[George H]

jimnicebutdim said:

How does one become a professional Lego builder?
That sounds like the greatest job in the world!!!!

It was built by apprentices and graduates at Rolls Royce I'm fairly sure. Still, I'm immensely jealous they get paid to play with lego

[Mutley]

http://dvice.com/archives/2012/07/why-we-love-leg....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsao-IhyQQ

Some more videos of it

[Dunclane]

Hooli said:

jimnicebutdim said:

How does one become a professional Lego builder?
That sounds like the greatest job in the world!!!!

+1

+ 1000000 I would love to 'play' all day!

[FourWheelDrift]

Later they get to fire a lego chicken at it.

[HoHoHo]

Outstanding and as has been commented, is there anything you can't build out of Lego?

[krusty]

Fantastic

[mrloudly]

Cool but IMHO Lego lost it when it started producing bespoke kits. It's supposed to fire the imagination into building something unique, not a kit that everyone else has...

[HoHoHo]

mrloudly said:

Cool but IMHO Lego lost it when it started producing bespoke kits. It's supposed to fire the imagination into building something unique, not a kit that everyone else has...

Ah, but they don't stay as bespoke kits for long. Ours simply get broken up and end up in the huge Lego box to be built into anything that captures the imagination.