Legos are toys, but they can also inspire amazing creations. LEGO artists use small plastic bricks to build everything from robots to buildings. Even the engineers at the company develop new elements to allow builders to construct more complex models. Erik Varszegi is a Master Builder at the Lego Group, Billund, Denmark. He has designed the new element to be used this year, the curving slope. It allows Lego users to design more slanted forms while still adhering the strict color palette of the company. The slopes can be used to create more dynamic shapes, like a curving staircase.

While some Lego designs are the creations of professional designers, others are the result of the popular Lego Ideas set-design program. The Ideas line lets anyone create a set, and it is able to be made. It offers fame and one percent of sales for anyone who convinces 10,000 other designers that their work is worthy of being be made. It’s no surprise that most elaborate and impressive sets usually garner the most support — particularly when they contain iconic scenes or characters from movies, TV shows or even real life.

One of the most impressive Lego designs are two space-age icons including the NASA spaceship Discovery and a model of the Hubble Telescope. Each telescope comes with a plaque for display and the miniature Lego version of the original inventor. Other impressive models include a framed Rainbow and a Steampunk Dragon and a replica of the Westminster Palace.

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