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I may well be alone in this but as a child I spent a great deal of time “inventing”. By this I mean I took things apart to see how they worked and then struggled to put them back together again. Occasionally I would cobble together a gadget from the bits that never made their way back into their own gizmos. My proudest creation was a self-stirring coffee cup. A questionable, leaky and thoroughly dangerous combination of a polystyrene hot drinks cup, an old mobile phone battery, a spoon, a motor and a mind-boggling amount of non-branded sticky tack.

As you can probably ascertain from the fact you stirred your own coffee this morning, my invention never did take off. Alas my career as an inventor was cut short and instead I found myself in the glamourous and action-packed world of career blogging. I’m telling you ladies and gents, it’s like Sex and the City in here (except interesting, and nobody looks like zombie).

I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent so I’ll get to the point. Some people, like me, like inventing. A reasonable percentage of these people, unlike me, are good at it and the elite of these people invent using LEGO® You see where I’m going on this now? It’s yet another blog tenuously linked to LEGOLAND by the fact it relates to LEGO. Submitted for your approval, a collection of some of the greatest gadgets and gizmos you can build from LEGO.

1) The LEGO Automatic Loo Roll Dispenser.
Day to day life is pretty tough and it’s the little luxuries that make it just a tiny bit more bearable. The air-con in your car, the spellcheck on your PC, wi-fi and of course, a clever little contraption that measures, folds and cuts your toilet paper at the push of a button, a button made of LEGO! Behold!

Did that or did that not just change your life? I for one intend to make a similar device for nearly every consumable in my home. No more effort for me, automatically dispensed loo roll, milk, biscuits, and frubes! My house will become a LEGO version of Kubrik’s 2001, except my automated LEGO home won’t kill me. The worst LEGO can do is really hurt your foot when you stand on it, the price we pay for progress eh?

2) Laser Guided Rocket Launcher.

Life is just not complete without a nemesis. Spider-man has the Green Goblin (debatable I know), Superman has Lex Luthor, Bill Gates has Steve Jobs, everyone who’s anyone has a nemesis. Personally, my nemesis changes depending on if Big Brother is on telly and if I prefer Britney or Christina on any given week (this week is a Christina week, sorry Britters). Anyway, what better way to protect your under-bed secret lair from your chosen nemesis than an automatic, laser guided, self-reloading rocket launcher. Only one thing, sharks, and you can’t buy all the materials to build a shark off eBay.

The applications for this technology are literally endless, biscuit tin sentinel, automated cleaning cupboard guard - stop the other half moving your things in the name of “tidiness”. It’s a wonder that the military has not picked up on this. Or perhaps they have….Strategic Defense Initiative (”Star Wars”) anyone?

3)LEGO Vending Machine

Words cannot express my joy that this exists, a home-made vending machine made of LEGO. All the thrill of a cheeky vend, none of the expense and best of all you can pick what goes in!

I’m lost for words, I’m going to have to leave you, but fear not. there’ll be plenty more LEGO gadgetry hitting this blog so please do keep checking in.

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