The Brothers Brick

Names: Bartholemew O’Hurlahey and Mario FratelliOccupation: Captain and first mate of the fishing vessel Pequod IINotes: Capt. Bart fancies himself the long-lost descendent of Herman Melville’s Capt. Ahab. He insists on carrying around a harpoon, even though they mainly catch herring, with a little cod and pollack thrown in. He also affects a limp, despite […]

SpongeBob SquarePants! First images of our adorable invertebrate Bikini Bottom resident (via EuroBricks and I Love Cute LEGO!):

I know AFOLs everywhere will hate me for saying this, but I love this! I can just hear the foghorn blaring as Mr. SquarePants leaps off his bed yelling “I’m ready!” Off to the Krusty Krab, you!

Bricks in my Pocket has just posted the latest issue of Brick Journal, the magazine for adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs). There’s an article on the increasingly intriguing fan-created theme “steampunk” by local AFOL Dan Sabath, instructions for a cool mini V-wing, detailed pictures of Janey Cook’s awesome doll house, and lots of coverage of […]

Japanese LEGO blogger Sumi-Handy posts his own LEGO creations, along with those of his kids. He recently posted a kago (which means “box”), an enclosed sedan chair in which important people were carried around during the Edo period (1603-1867):

The sedan chair is by Sumi-Handy’s son, but what struck me about this creation is the fantastic […]

Brickshelf user drabadan has just posted some really cool brick-built power suits:

I really like how it’s not just a minifig head stuck onto a robot body. The minifig actually fits inside! How awesome is that?

Name: Casey LundquistOccupation: Beach bum.Interests: Backdooring a gnarly tube. Catching air. Hanging with the brahs. Trying not to cluck. Going off.Pet peeves: The meatball flag. Squids. Poser gremmies. Wannabes. Getting worked.

Brickshelf user morgan19 recently posted several cool minifigs based on the wonderful (and short-lived) Joss Whedon TV series Firefly. That reminded me that I’ve been meaning to make my own.
Here we have the crew of Serenity:

Click the image above for individual shots of the characters (with accessories!). LEGO hasn’t released a female African-American head yet, […]

I did a little experiment a couple weeks back because I wasn’t satisfied with the quality of my LEGO photography. In the process, I discovered that I have very specific ideas about what makes for good LEGO photography and Brickshelf posting practices. This is pretty long, so skip it if you’re not interested.
When you take […]

Stage name: Bobo the ClownReal name: Thanh NguyenOccupation: Professional clown.Interests: Juggling, miming, prancing, ventriloquism, prestidigitation. Giant shoes, lollypops, baggy pants, flowers that shoot water. Amusing children, frightening adults.

Mark Stafford (whose awesome “Cogitry Throckwood” I blogged about previously) has posted some amusing minifigs based on the BBC television series Little Britain:

FBTB and Classic-Castle Forums user lego2000 has posted a couple really cool brick-built minifig weapons for his Iron Reich creations.
First, the flamethrower:
And the sniper rifle:

I seem to have missed the last couple updates Michael Jasper has made to his wonderful Characters gallery, so let’s get caught up. First off, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (in honor of his 250th birthday today):

Next, St. Francis of Assisi (with some birds) and Oskar Matzerath (from Günther Grass’ novel The Tin Drum):

Name: Blaine McPhersonOccupation: Student.Interests: Finding himself (hint: he’s somewhere between Oslo and Istanbul). Finding cheap beverages. Finding a girl, preferably in Spain. No longer having to pretend to be Canadian.

I was honestly a bit disappointed that the New Year’s LEGO creations by Japanese builders didn’t include any mochi-pounding scenes. A really fun New Year’s tradition I remember is to make hand-made mochi (rice cakes). You put a special type of sticky rice in a wooden pestle and literally pound it with a giant wooden […]

As regular readers of Pan-Pacific Bricks and VignetteBricks already know, Izzo has been posting LEGO vignettes based on Japanese proverbs. So far, Izzo has posted 30 vignettes on his Web site and in two Brickshelf galleries. I’ve translated the first twenty, and am genuinely looking forward to the next thirty. How do I know there […]

Catching up on my cuteness fix, I clicked over to Adorablog from Cute Overload and found my Norse gods and goddesses featured in a post earlier this month, along with some great minifigs by fellow LEGO blogger minifig. Here’s the link to the Adorablog post:
http://www.adorablog.org/2006/01/everything_is_b.html
Very cool. It would seem that no matter how fierce you […]

Known aliases: Mickey Tooth, aka Mickey Tums, aka Michael Fitzpatrick, aka Fitzroy Michaels, etc.Occupation: Gangster.Interests: Smuggling kittens.

Name: Jasbir SinghOccupation: Rock star!Interests: Filling stadiums. Being a positive role model. Lasagna. The music.Pet peeve: Music journalists and critics who label him the “the Sikh Matisyahu.”