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Lego dock provides home to full assortment of handhelds

engadget.com — It doesn't get much better than when the Lego bricks of our youth meet our gadget stash of today, and while we've seen Lego docks for various devices before, Chris C built himself an all-in-one unit to house his 8252, iPod and DS Lite in plastic digs..

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  • rainierez, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25I gotta Digg my own Dock :)
    • assum09, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9With all the lego mods and stuff that you see on Digg you think Lego would make you your own custom dock for like $40 bucks or something. Now THAT would be awesome.
    • iamjames, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3looks good and well constructed, but i gotta wonder did you already have all those perfectly matching legos? I had a bunch of legos as a kid too but I could have never made something specificially for docking with all matching colors. Did you paint some or do you work for Lego (or have a hook up)?
    • rainierez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The great thing is Lego.com has a bunch of bulk block sets you can buy... and they also can do custom bags with just one or two of the blocks you really need.
    • scbysnx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3if you go to a lego store you can buy specific parts you need
    • Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Where the hell can you find a lego store?
    • hooksie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Here maybe?

      http://shop.lego.com/
  • IndyRobin83, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0This is the coolest dock I've ever seen and want one of my own, will you build me one ? ;)
  • boberto, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Seriously, I wanna see how he made this. I kind of need one of these.
  • tarynme, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12With everything I see on here, there's no greater regret I have than giving away my old Legos. :(
    • movd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the problem is to have it look this nice you have to get semi colored lego boxes! or buy alot of lego hospitals (the might have lots of white bricks)
  • IcyWings8, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I wish there were instructions...I would like to build one myself.
  • airiox, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24 of the 15 articles on the front page are either gizmodo or engadget , digg has gotta do something about stuffing the ballot box. I come here for articles I haven't read, not ones I read every morning on my daily internet rounds.
  • jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7wow - since no one has said it, i guess i must.

    one cradle to rule them all...
  • mahalohead, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1I didn't know there was an "indie Lego-hacker ethic."
  • creator123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0good
  • xstephx, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Too bad it it looks so childish/ugly ...
  • h4ppymac, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I WANT ONE!!
  • corvairkid, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1For once and for all, THERE IS NO ***** "S" on the end of the word LEGO! It's the same as "sheep" or "moose." The singular is also the plural. In the 22 years I can remember of building with the stuff, I've NEVER seen the word "LEGOS" in any company documentation.

    [/rage]

    With that out of the way, how long until someone hacks some Technic and Mindstorms together to make a dock that unplugs your device and hands it to you?
    • SenatorPenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Understandable, because they always refer to them as "LEGO® bricks". Since it is so hard to find the "®" key, the plural "legos" is substituted. Sorry that you lost sleep over that one.
    • corvairkid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=facts

      Open whichever pdf in your preferred language and the last page details the proper way to use their name.

      - The LEGO name should always be written in capital letters.
      - LEGO must never be used as a generic term or in the plural or possessive pronoun eg. "LEGO's"
      - When the LEGO brand name is used as part of a noun, it must never appear on its own. It should always be accompanied by a noun. For example: LEGO set, LEGO products, LEGO group, LEGO play materials, LEGO bricks, LEGO universe, etc.
      - The first time the LEGO trademark appears, it should be accompanied by the registration symbol ®.

      I had no idea they were quite THAT anal about it but I suppose it is a fairly large trademark. Screw the capitals. Screw the trademark symbol. Can we all just agree that from now on there is no "S"?
    • dosterm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, they're anal about it because they make their money off their image. You'll find those same advertising directives for almost every company that runs a campaign of any size. (I worked in advertising design... this is standard boilerplate)
      What I really wonder about is why the hell you care about the 'S'? I don't think even the most soulless of corporate lackeys would defend this crap outside of the office.
    • xstephx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1like.. who cares ?
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