It’s an excellent way to put the 3D printer to work if there are any children around in the house. But this isn’t the only LEGO-inspired build we’ve ever seen, and they aren’t always going ...

The concept behind the build is as you’d expect. The duo effectively just 3D printed giant versions of LEGO pieces, with which they then assembled a large Christmas tree.

Comments Scientists have used Lego to build a 3D printer (Picture: Getty) It has been used to build a life-sized velociraptor, the Batmobile and a six-foot replica of the space shuttle.

Lego has already been experimenting with 3D printing as a complementary manufacturing approach for parts with smaller production runs and cheaper up-front costs. The company’s first 3D-printed ...

Dutch hobbyist Sten has developed a "3D printer" that prints AI-generated images using 1×1 plates from Lego. The project is open source. The Pixelbot is essentially based on the Bricasso printer ...