The Brothers Brick

Seattle residents will always hold a special place in their hearts for Boeing, even after they ditch the city for Chicago. Oh well. From LEGO employee Steve Witt, here’s a new set — 10177 Boeing 787 Dreamliner (via mumu’s I Love Cute LEGO):

(More pictures in Steve’s Flickr photostream.)
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Thanks to the Flickr steampunk contest, there’s been a bumper crop of steampunk lately. Awesome. Kevin Blocksidge adds two more with his Heliocopter and Whirlygig.
Kevin’s heliocopter has gone through several iterations, and I have to say that this, the simplest version, definitely works for me (love the minifig):
The whirlygig is apparently based on a real-life […]

This may be the first steampunk SHIP (that’s a Spacer term for Significantly Huge Investment in Parts). Nathan Proudlove presents a flying steampunk aircraft carrier reminiscent of Angelina Jolie’s ship in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow:

Not surprisingly, my favorite part is the little steampunk bicycle thingie sitting on the deck:

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Ever wanted to build a mecha of your own? Not satisfied with puzzling out building techniques from Brickshelf pictures? Wonder no more! Soren Roberts and Tim Gould have teamed up to announce step-by-step instructions for Soren’s RGM-79C GM mecha:

View the partslist and download the instructions (in PDF format).
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For the record, I don’t endorse vandalism, but some of these are really rather cool:

From Flickr user yorkshire4 | From Flickr user gfrancis
From Flickr user mmmazzoni
From Flickr user darnolds
From Flickr user loveandunrest

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Moko continues his series of Final Fantasy VII characters with Cid and Tifa (check out Cloud and Sephiroth):
Here’s Cid:
And here’s Tifa:

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I recently helped Linus Bohman with some ideas for a cool little space ninja vehicle. Here’s his Shin-nyu, a “long range infiltration and assassination craft” (shin-nyu means “infiltrate” in Japanese):

Be sure to click the picture for the full gallery — lots of great details on this one. Here’s the pilot of the Shin-nyu, Danzou the […]

Moko says he’s been playing Final Fantasy VII recently.
Here are his versions of Cloud (with awesomely spiky banana hair!!!):

And Sephiroth:

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Microscale + steampunk = “micropunk” according to Scott Whitesell. Here’s his “steampunk dirigible air fortress” in microscale:

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But I love Kevin Blocksidge’s arachnid steampunk walker:

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Flickr user Duane Hess rolls up in a lovely six-wide towtruck:

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Brickshelfer (and recent newlywed) wintermoog presents a larger-than-minifig-scale Dalek from Dr. Who:

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Master mecha modeler Tac has posted several mecha inspired by pieces from Exo-Force set 7705: Gate Assault.

This one’s my favorite, mainly because green is my favorite color and I just got that alligator minifig (complete with rare green hair):

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It’s been a while since Megan Rothrock posted her Tragon, which attracted quite a bit of attention last November.
Nathan Wells picked up a number of her latest creations, but missed my personal favorite, “Hemi” the hotrod racing turtle:

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Richard McCarthy recently blogged a video parody of Spider-Man 2 titled “The Peril of Doc Ock,” from Spite Your Face Productions — the same company that created the LEGO Monty Python Camelot song.
Here’s one I hadn’t seen before, a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey titled “ONE: A Space Odyssey” (because it’s only one minute […]

Flickr user jastermereel08 has been exchanging insults with the world at large through his 133t-speaking insult bot, but this little vehicle caught my eye this morning:

jastermereel08 identifies this as a boat, but I also think it works rather well as a speederbike, and quite possibly a rototiller. Whatever the case, it’s actually kind of cool.
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Today is Bastille Day. Hurray for France!
Here’s Digger Digger Dogstar’s tribute to the French Revolution (via Brick Brick):

And for good measure, a French knight insulting some silly English royalty:

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I really respect builders who can cross thematic lines with ease, and Chris Malloy is one such builder, active in the LEGO Star Wars, Castle, and Space communities. His latest creations include two great dioramas that reflect a slice of medieval/fantasy life.
Here’s Chris’ “Road Less Traveled” (I love the mushrooms):

And in this scene, a necromancer […]