The Brothers Brick

When I named my blog, I did so because I liked how “Blocklog” sounded like “Block Blog.” But recently it’s been bugging me that everybody else calls individual LEGO pieces “bricks.”
Perusing some Japanese LEGO blogs today (links in a new section on the right), I figured out that Japanese LEGO fans call LEGO pieces “blocks” […]

Twenty years ago or so, my brother and I spent our free time alternating between building giant castles and giant moon bases. To populate our spaceports and star cruisers, I designed several alien/robot heads and stuck them on my space torsos. My parents wouldn’t buy me a digital camera in the ’80s (heh heh), so […]

Japanese Brickshelf user MOKO is famous for using parts in unusual ways (among other things). MOKO’s latest creations use parts from the new Vikings line:

Can’t wait to pick up my Vikings…

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Here’s a little political cartoon I created a couple weeks ago.
“The president responds to one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history…by staying on vacation for a couple more days.”

In the last week, this has started circulating:

The similarity is striking, no?

I just uploaded twenty more literary minifigs. Here’s a sampling:
John Thornton and Buck from Jack London’s The Call of the Wild:
Mr. Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
And links to the rest:
Guy Montag from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

David Bowman from Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

Piggy, Ralph, […]

I’ve been focusing on vignettes for a while, but this weekend I thought I’d try building a bunch of new minifigs.
Here’s the crew of the Pequod from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick:

(A note on Captain Ahab: This minifig is an essentially unmodified Hovercraft Pilot from 7045 Hovercraft Hideout. The head even has a scar that spans […]

Brickshelf user Michael Jasper is a master of using minifig-hands in unusual ways. I’m not quite sure what he updated in his sundries folder, but these jumped out at me today:

I especially like his beach scene (note the bikini top):

I’ve just added a bunch of LEGO blogs to my “Blocklogroll.” (I still don’t know if I like “blocklog,” since most people call ‘em bricks — myself included, but I suppose I’m committed at this point. Oh well…)
I’d just like to highlight klasbricks. Go ahead, click the link.
You back? A DUPLO blog? DUPLO?! Yes, that’s […]

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve taken pictures of the things I’ve built. Let’s just say events in the real world have proved somewhat more compelling than little plastic bricks. I’ve created a couple political cartoons inspired by recent events, but I’m debating whether or not to post them.
In the meantime, here’s something I […]

The podcast from Nikki and Steven over at Bricks in my Pocket is now available on iTunes, so I finally got around to listening to them. Not bad at all. I’ve added them to my blogroll as well.

I haven’t taken pictures of anything this last week or so, but I ran across these wonderful cars a while ago on Brickshelf:

The perfect rides for my new favorite minifigs.
Check out the rest of mrzumbi’s gallery. Not a lot in terms of quantity, but he’s made some amazing stuff — I’m honestly shocked that the […]

Patrick Bosman has created several fantastic minifigs reminiscent of the turn of the last century. Patrick demonstrates that the accessories are often as important as the minifigs themselves:

Edit (9/9/05): Here are a couple more I think he’s added recently:

The lace on the maid’s skirt is truly a unique use of the flower!
Oh, and sorry about […]