Even in a world full of change, there are many constants in the universe: taxes, Disney’s ever-present plan to own everything your childhood holds dear, and LEGO Star Wars kits. LOTS of LEGO Star Wars kits. While it can’t house the gigantic 7,541-piece Millenium Falcon, this 2,812-piece LEGO recreation of The Empire Strikes Back’s Cloud City includes a number of iconic scenes from the movie’s climax. For all the true Star Wars fans out there, you know you gotta have it. The Betrayal at Cloud City Set is split into four sections: the infamous torture room where Darth Vader had Han Solo frozen in carbonite (this includes the sensor balcony…

When it comes to functional workspaces, proper tool organization cannot be stressed enough. After all, does anybody enjoy having to bounce from drawer to drawer looking for that one special screwdriver? We didn’t think so. While it may not organize every took in your shop, the handmade Waterproof Waxed Canvas Tool Rool from Hide & Drink is still one of our favorites. In fact, we like that we can bundle specific tools for specific tasks in different rolls—making it easy to grab and go when the time comes. In total, each roll includes slots for six different tools (or a variety of small tools). Not to mention, the waxed canvas…

We’ve seen some crazy Nerf builds this year – from Adam Savage’s modified blaster which fires 1,000 paintballs from its magazine to a 3D printed Nuka Cola zapper inspired by the hit video game franchise Fallout. Now there’s a new game franchise that’s been picked up by toy company Hasbro, and that franchise is the ever-popular Overwatch. Falling under their more adult line of Nerf Rival guns (these shoot small, soft, round projectiles rather than the traditional foam darts), the first two guns in the product line feature baby D.Va’s blaster and Reaper’s handheld shotguns. In case you need a crash course in Overwatch lore, D.Va, who spends most of…

Let’s face it: the days when learning for kids meant going outside to play are dwindling fast. Instead of experiencing the outside world for themselves (or reading about it in a classic paper bound book), children of this generation are more content to sit in front of a screen for hours on end and absorb whatever is being shown to them. And though I wouldn’t say this is the best way for them to learn, at least they’re learning something. Plugo by PlayShifu is an AR gaming system which helps you keep track of what your child is learning. After downloading the Plugo app onto a mobile device, you can…

Epic Games’ Fortnite is a popular third-person shooter-survival game that pits up to four players who work together to fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects by building fortifications. Players can choose a myriad of guns to do battle with, including an excellent double-barrel shotgun that can dispatch enemies rather quickly. Being a favorite of some players, the creative minds from ZaziNombies decided to recreate the shotgun using LEGO bricks and a bit of ingenuity. The double-barrel break-action shotgun is decked-out with a tactical pistol grip along with some wooden-looking furniture and weighs about 4-pounds. The shotgun was designed using approximately 1100 LEGO bricks along with a LEGO Technics’ hinge-pin…

Get that stretch out of your system with this week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist. It’s fashioned up, ready to make you pull your shoulder blades back and knock out another week of meaningful work while you bob your head to the beat. Whether you’re in the shop milling aluminum, sketching the latest product prototypes or modeling up a 3D storm, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week on SolidSmack Radio we’ll get the groove going with “California English Pt. 2” from Vampire Weekend before diving into irresistible NEW tracks from Wild Nothing, Beck, NOFX, Blood Orange, and others before wrapping up with “No Real Friend” from…