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Top 13 Practical Uses for Legos
Over the years, LEGO fans have come up with some pretty creative uses for these plastic bricks. From the mundane to the extreme, here are some of the best practical ways you can use your LEGOs!
LEGO USB Charger | ||
 The marriage of technology and toys is a beautiful thing. Here, we see LEGOs used to create a USB charger that you hand crank yourself, since, you know, that's way more practical than just plugging the damn thing in to your computer.The usefulness of this LEGO gadget is almost as impressive as its relative simplicity. Using a LEGO motor (and a few bricks, of course), you can turn a crank that will generate current, pass through a voltage regulator, and into your USB port. Your high school physics teacher would be proud. |
LEGO Salt and Pepper Shakers | ||
 Not only are these LEGO salt and pepper shakers aesthetically pleasing to appease your design sensibilities, they are also incredibly useful and flexible. Plus, you'll get that added plasitc-y taste that was always missing from your salt and pepper before now.These spice dispensers should fit in nicely with your grandmother's china or that special anniversay crystal your parents bring out for Thanksgiving every year. Note the red brick at the top that can be positioned differently to allow different proportions of salt, pepper, or both. Sheer elegance. |
LEGO Valve Stems | ||
 Looking for a way to totally geek out your bike or car without having to spend too much money? These sweet LEGO valve stems for your bike or car wheels will make you even more popular than that kid down the street with the Star Wars bed sheets.Not only do LEGOs make a totally awesome bike/car accessory, they're super easy to make. All you need is a 2X2 brick, a utility knife, and some super glue, and you've got yourself some LEGO valve stems! |
LEGO Boat | ||
 The LEGO boat might stretch the definition of "practical," but consider this: when you're stranded on a desert island with nothing but an unlimited supply of LEGOs, the ability to build a functional LEGO boat will come in real handy. If that's not practical, I don't know what is.This particular LEGO boat was constructed and used by Japanese boy band Arashi. Unfortunately for them, the whole experience ended rather sourly. Of course, their boat is suspected to be made out of LEGO knockoffs, so I'm sure it'll turn out better for you in that whole deserted-on-a-remote-island scenario I mentioned earlier. |
LEGO Mouse Trap | ||
 If you could never get that damn Mouse Trap game to work, you might like this contraption a bit more, though it's pretty much equally complicated to assemble.An alternative to the horrible snapping-metal-bar mouse trap you see in cartoons, this LEGO cage will capture your mouse with no gore to be had. Trust me, a mouse trapped inside a LEGO prison is way cuter than a mouse corpse trapped beneath a metal bar any day. |
LEGO Rubik's Cube Solver | ||
 You've had that oh-so-elusive Rubik's cube sitting on your desk for years and you've never bothered to figure the damn thing out. Who's got the time anyway? Certainly not you.If you don't have time to solve the Rubik's cube - which could take weeks, months, or years - you should at least have time to build this LEGO Rubik's cube solver, which should only take a few hours. Trust me, it's way easier to figure out than the Rubik's cube itself. |
LEGO Computer Case | ||
 Some things are just so obvious, it's like they were meant to be. For instance, check out this LEGO computer case. Building a boxy case for your computer out of LEGOs just makes too much sense to be ignored.This particular model is packing with a VIA Epia PD Mobo 1Ghz processor, Nvidia 6200 PCI Graphics, Laptop 80 Gig 7200Rpm Hdd, Laptop DVD, 1 gig Geil DDR memory, and 200 watt PS, so it's just as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside. |
LEGO Yarn Winder | ||
 The woman in your life complaining about all that time you spend playing with LEGOs while she spends a full week knitting a sweater? Perhaps you can help her appreciate LEGOs by crafting a LEGO yarn winder.The best part about the LEGO yarn winder is that it accomplishes the exact same thing as the pre-existing ball winder, but this one is made out of LEGOs, and is therefore 100 gillion times cooler. |
LEGO Flash Drive Casing | ||
 There are plenty of kooky and creative flash drive casings out there, but the LEGO flash drive casing combines our love of toys with our love of technology, like geekiness squared.This little gem takes a bit of hacking to get a flash drive to fit into the relatively small space inside a hollowed-out 4X2 brick, but if you get it to fit just right, the effect is great. Plus, if you make more than one, you can stick them together and never lose another flash drive again. Or, alternatively, lose them all at once. Whatevs. |
LEGO Business Card | ||
 We've got one more thing to add to your growing list of reasons why it'd be totally awesome to work for LEGO. In addition to working for a ridiculously cool company, you get another, little-known fringe benefit that helps you flaunt your awesome job: the best business card that has ever existed.Word on the street is that LEGO gives their employees business cards that are look-alike minifigs with contact info printed onto their tiny shirts. Custom minifigs in and of themselves are pretty sweet, but imagine the warm, fuzzy feeling you'd get every time you gave one of these to your envious colleagues. So good. |
LEGO Cell Phone Cradle | ||
 You don't have to build something intricate or complicated for it to be practical and useful. This LEGO cell phone cradle proves exactly that in all its simplistic beauty. Plus, it's a great way to show off your beloved smart phone in the geekiest way possible.As you can see from the pic on the left, creating a cell phone cradle isn't particularly involved. Just make sure you've got a hole in the back so you can charge your phone, and you've got yourself a cheap and fun cell phone cradle. Although this cradle shows a phone being held upright, you can also build ones where your phone lays down, so you're pretty much free to build whatever your geeky little heart desires. Either way, you definitely want to keep that minifig on guard to watch out for thieves. You never can be too careful. |
LEGO Rubberband Gun | ||
LEGO Flamethrower | ||
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