Nearly three decades after Apple’s iconic iMac G3 first hit the market, the machine’s colorful design is once again turning heads – this time in Lego form. 
A creator known as ‘terauma’ has crafted a miniature iMac G3 entirely out of Lego bricks, assembling around 700 parts to replicate the late 90s computer that redefined Apple’s look.
The Lego build captures the translucent plastic casing that made the iMac G3 so distinctive, along with a tiny cathode ray tube inside – a playful detail that shows just how much love went into the project. While the replica is smaller than the real thing (thankfully, since a life-size Lego G3 would swallow your desk), the resemblance is uncanny.
For now, the concept isn’t something you can buy off the shelf. Lego Ideas requires projects to hit 5,000 votes before being considered, and terauma’s design is sitting just shy of that milestone with 4,663 supporters. Reaching the goal seems inevitable, but the bigger hurdle is Apple itself. Without a licensing agreement, Lego can’t move forward, since Apple still owns the designs and patents tied to the iMac G3. In short: the fans might be ready, but the lawyers will have the final word.
Still, the excitement shows how deeply the iMac G3 is embedded in tech nostalgia. Whether you loved it for its candy colors, its role in reviving Apple, or just the fact that it looked like no other computer of its time, seeing it reimagined in Lego is both quirky and fitting – a tribute to a machine that made design fun again.
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imac g3 was peak apple design, nothing beats those candy colors