The Brothers Brick

I think garden gnomes aren’t half bad. I got one recently for my wife (and not one of those nasty resin ones either). Anyway, Bill Ward puts little plastic bricks to good use in his own garden gnome:

Love the belt!!!
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Oh, and mumu also makes “real” mecha:

(That’s XM-XC Crossbone Gundam X3.)

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Indeed, mumu himself seems surprised by the prospect of a panda mecha, stuttering in his blog post title.

Check out the driver:

Hilarious! (And no, this isn’t Panda-Z, says mumu.)

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Brickshelfer Helico has posted a nice series of philosopher minifigs, but without individual shots or keywords, I don’t know who all of them are — though I have my guesses. Okay readers, try and name ‘em all!

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Brickshelfer and Classic-Spacer Jerac posted something so cool I can’t help posting it. (Sorry Linus!)
Jerac calls it a “Corviwurm,” but it looks very much like a Zerg Mutalisk (which he acknowledges in his CSF post):

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I’m declaring arvo the Master of Everyday Objects.
I said in my most recent post about his mini Nord Lead synthesizer that it’s harder to make big things small than it is to make big or life-size versions of big things.
This is certainly true of arvo’s latest creation, which looks like a real-life typewriter until you [...]

Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable.
Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool):

Steve Vargo’s Tool:

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Apparently there’s this show called FLCL that Lukas watches. I’m usually asleep by 1:30 in the morning, so I haven’t seen it.
Anyhoo, I guess robots and other stuff pop out of this kid’s head:

Weird. But it’s a cool robot, Lukas! Nice use of BrickFA arms and T-pipe thingies.

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Mogenson has posted a very detailed head of Gandalf the White Hut on Brickshelf. Its pretty nifty, if you ask me. I love the expression.
Gandalf:

Here’s the Gandalfian Gallery

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40 years ago today, the first five-year mission of the starship Enterprise began. Five television series, ten movies, and many books and video games later, Star Trek is still boldly going. Brendon Griffith celebrates with a microscale model of the N.C.C. 1701 U.S.S. Enterprise.

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If you think about it, every LEGO model builder is an architect in their own way. Minifig-scale house builders are no exception. Check out these various houses built by LEGO Frank Lloyd Wrights. Special thanks to Bill Ward for taking pictures.

Calum Tsang’s Sweep Building, built for a train layout, is subtley curved [...]

Back in May I blogged Japanese builder Hiron’s MS-09F Domtropen from Gundam. Over the last several weeks he’s posted three more awesome mecha:
RMS-108 Marasai (info):

ATH-Q58 “Blue Knight” Berserga DT (info):

Heavy Metal L-Gaim (info):

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ComputerandVideoGames.com is reporting that the development studio responsible for the two LEGO Star Wars video games is now working on a LEGO Batman game:
The next licensed LEGO game from veteran UK developer, Traveller’s Tales will be based on the massive DC Comics superhero, Batman, CVG can exclusively reveal today…. When we contacted Traveller’s Tales the [...]

This past weekend brought sad news about the death of Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin. As Bruce blogged over on VignetteBricks, the LEGO world has responded with several fantastic tributes for this great conservationist, family man, and entertainer.
Melody Brown:

rogueyoda:

k-hatch:

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Roger Stroud’s mecha diorama reminded me of another great mech-themed diorama I saw a while ago, and then again in some recent BrickFest photos. It’s about six months old (before I started blogging mecha), but I found it thanks to Bill Ward’s careful titling of his BrickFest pictures.
Without further ado, here’s Adrian Drake’s “Forest Sentinel”:

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I like vignettes because they’re like miniature dioramas. Regular-sized dioramas are equally awesome, especially when they involve a mecha. I’m just noticing W. Roger Stroud’s work for the first time, mainly due to a very cool diorama he recently posted to Brickshelf:

Roger’s diorama also includes several excellent support and diagnostic vehicles, so check out the [...]

Three LEGO themes might be considered mecha themes — Roboforce (sort of), Life on Mars (a couple sets), and Exo-Force (definitely). For those of you unfamiliar with building mecha with LEGO, each mecha uses an underlying structure called a “frame,” created by the builder or by someone else. (Several recent builders have been inspired by [...]

I was amused by Danny Rice’s recent undead chocobo, and I’m no less entertained by Legokinsfolk’s skeleton centaur:

(Legokinsfolk has posted various versions of this centaur, including a king, wizard, and soldier, so be sure to click the image to view the full gallery on Brickshelf.)

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