Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Set

Lots of LEGO news these past two weeks, including the newest CUUSOO set, a brick-based productivity killer from Google, and even more awesome LEGO Star Wars builds on a mini mini scale.

• Continuing their 80’s pop culture vein, the LEGO CUUSOO folks follow up on the awesome Back To The Future DeLorean with the even better Ghostbusters set, featuring the iconic Ecto-1, all four Ghostbuster minifigs, and Slimer.  Their HQ building may also be included!  (Geekosystem)
• Sure to be a timekiller at work, the Google team adds a Lego extension to their Chrome broswer.  (Slate)
• The Wall Street Journal takes a behind-the-scenes look at The LEGO Movie, touching on how the company almost went bankrupt in 2004 and how its resurrection became “a classic business case study.”  (WSJ)
• And this “Behind The Bricks” extended promo is excellently entertaining.  (FBTB)
• Here’s some music from the film’s soundtrack, courtesy of Tegan & Sara and composer Mark Mothersbaugh.  (MovieFone)
• Special, simple effects: Finnish photographer Vesa Lehtimaki creates cinematic stills using LEGO models — and baking soda.  (Petapixel)
• Groove Bricks has several pics of the 2014 LEGO line from the Nuremberg Toy Fair, including the Arctic, Chima, Ultra Agents and The Simpsons themes.  (GB)
• And finally, a New York hotel invites guests and visitors to help turn an ugly construction “masking wall” into art using — what else — LEGO bricks.  (The New York Times)

Making art at the LEGO wall at Yotel on Manhattan’s West Side