Hello! We're pleased to announce that the Interactive Playpen will be returning for SXSW 2007. We had a fantastic response last year, so we're going to give it another go and find some new ways to make things fun and interesting. And in honor of a fresh batch of toys, we've given this site a fresh new look.

Last year's Lego creations included a SXSW logo, a tall tower of red, those dastardly snakes on a plane, the giant 8-bit looking monster and the ever-popular million spider-man march. In part, our creativity was driven by the limitations of the bricks provided (what else can you do with a million spider men?) so we'll see what the new batches of bricks bring us.

Any ideas how we can make things even more interesting? Casual, asynchronous competition? A white board where people can leave notes and suggest construction challenges? A few board games? Let's see what we can come up with.