Legos are toys, but they also inspire incredible creations. LEGO artists make use of the tiny plastic bricks to create everything from architecture to robots. Even the engineers of the company create new components that allow builders to construct more complex models. Erik Varszegi, a Master Builder with the Lego Group in Billund, Denmark has created a new feature this year that is a curve of the slope. It lets Lego users create more slanted forms while adhering to the company’s strict color palette. The slopes can also be used to create more dynamic shapes like an incline staircase.

Some Lego sets are the result of the work of professional designers and some are the result of the wildly popular Lego Ideas program. The Ideas line lets anyone design a set and it is able to be made. It provides fame and 1% of sales for site any designer who convinces a crowd of 10,000 people that their work is worthy of being be made. It’s no surprise that most elaborate and impressive sets usually garner the most support — especially when they have iconic characters or scenes from TV shows, movies, or real life.

Two space icons are among the most impressive Lego models of the space shuttle Discovery and Hubble Telescope. NASA shuttle Discovery and the Hubble Telescope model. Each comes with plaques for display and a miniature Lego replica of the scientist who developed the telescope. Other impressive models include a framed Rainbow as well as a Steampunk Dragon and a model of the Westminster Palace.