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Lego Spock

LEGO artist Rakanishu placed over 10,000 one-by-one LEGO plates to a 96-by-144 board for this portrait of Leonard Nimoy wearing his famous earpieces. It was an anniversary gift for his wife.

Now You Can Buy Your Own Sonic Screwdriver

If you've ever wished you could use "sonic" as a verb — or be as swashbuckling a gadgeteer as the mysterious time-traveling Doctor and his friends — then this is your lucky day. Quantum Mechanix is unveiling a series of Doctor Who sonic screwdrivers, designed by the actual Doctor Who propmaker, Nick Robatto, at San Diego Comic-Con. (And Nick will be there at Comic-Con, next to the lifesize TARDIS at the QMX booth!) There's also a new line of "Little Whovian Monsters," starting with some mini Weeping Angels. The next toy to be introduced in the monster line will be the World War II Dalek, from "Victory of the Daleks" — complete with a nice cup of tea!

7 Strange Ways Harry Potter Has Become a Reality

On June 30th 1997, J.K. Rowling's novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone" was released in book stores. No one could have predicted the influence it would have over the course of the next decade and a half. Every book and film in the series (7 in total) has debuted at number 1 and they have inspired countless other franchises, as well as some of the craziest and most dedicated fans imaginable.