LEGO MP3 player: another brick in your kid's wall of sound
By Laura June 
posted April 17th 2009 2:12PM
posted April 17th 2009 2:12PM
So this is pretty out-of-the-ordinary looking. LEGO's recently-announced MP3 player -- produced through a partnership with Digital Blue -- fits in nicely with the rest of the company's kiddie gadget offerings, though we'll admit that this is probably the first one we're truly tempted to check out for ourselves. These bad boys have 2GB of storage, LCD displays, and unlimited attitude. It's got that sweet brick shape that brings to mind memories of our olden days while staying on top of the latest tech that kids today demand... you know, MP3s of Miley Cyrus and stuff. Right? The MP3 players -- in multi-color and pinkish (for girls) -- will be available sometime this summer for $39.99
$39.99? That means that it is going to cost less that it would to buy a set of lego to model a fake one.
They look dangerous for children to use with all those pointy edges. Lego-look or not, that would appear to be a lousy product for a child.
^ you mean kinda like... ACTUAL lego blocks kids play with?
If I told you it came complete with the entire Pink Floyd catalog, then what would you say?
@ iphonerulz: You're not helping the perception of intelligence of Apple supporters...
What's with all the lego products... I'm saving up for the LEGOPhone
With add-on retinal scanner and light sabre?
Dude, the lPhone would be awesome ;)
If you can actually build with it, I might be interested...
this one?
http://lego4all.blogspot.com/2009/02/lego-phone.html
Not being a fanboy or anything, but that UI looks like the ones in iPod.
You don't have to say anything to be a fanboy.
What, you meen because it contains all the elements of the iPod UI that are required in order to make a half usable MP3 player? There are only so many places you can put this stuff on a small screen without being unintuitive and confusing.
Can anyone think of some nice hip, slangy alternatives to "these bad boys" for Ms. Laura June to use in her postings? For that matter, Mr. Joseph L. Flatley has recently overused the term "these bad boys" too in his postings. Check it out -- you'll see that it's true. We readers demand some poetic variety in our postings!
"these good girls"???
You bet, bad boy.
I'd glue flat Legos all over the house just for places to attach this gizmo
This is pretty sweet
Pink is for boys.
I had a pink tamagotchi when I was in school and I was the most popular boy in the class because of it.
Down with colour conservativism.
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
nice reference
I wonder if standard Lego blocks can actually attach to these things! Can you imagine the possibilities?
If this had come out when I was a kid, I would've been all over it.
What idiots. Why in the world did they include a screen and buttons??? *snark*
I would make a spaceship around it.
although proprietary and kinda a bad idea, i would actually want a headphone set that plugs in with a peice of lego lol
lol..
Another Brick In The Wall - Korn
Wall of Sound - American Hi-Fi
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Very clever, but you can't get past meh!
Did you seriously just attribute "Another Brick in the Wall" to Korn? Please tell me that you know that their recording is a cover...
While I'm at it, "meh" is usually used as a noncommittal response, not a typo for "me"... unlike "teh"/"the".
Now get off my lawn, before I throw my walker at you!
I'm more annoyed with Darren's constant use of "It's been a hot minute"
Well that was supposed to be a reply to markus's post above.
To coin a phrase, the comment system sucks.
damit! i wish this came out in march, instead of getting the shuffle which i dont use (not until they address the controller going haywire with sweat issue which wont ever happen :( ) i would have got this at least it has buttons and looks cool (wouldnt be caught using it outside the house tho)
So this is extremely small, has a screen and proper controls _and_ compatible with LEGO bricks?
This is the best MP3 player in the world, ever.
I want one of these bad boys.lol