The Brothers Brick

Lukas has written (is in the process of writing?) a short article on what steampunk generally is considered to be. It is one of the best introductions to the theme I’ve seen lately, so I’d recommend having a look. Good work, man!

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A little something you might have seen in the latest issue of Brickjournal, Mark Stafford has finally put up pictures of the Gothica:
It fits in the same vein as his Big Boys Toys - lots of small stuff in a big, nice, package. Click on over and behold - there’s a lot to see there.

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Regular readers of this blog should be familiar with Nathan Proudlove’s steampunk work, but I ran across this little beauty in Nathan’s Flickr photostream a couple days ago:

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I couldn’t help but steal that title from Lukas. A hilarious trend I’m seeing in my LEGO feed from Flickr lately is assembling small LEGO sets without opening the bag that the parts come in. Check out three “in-bag builds” from three builders:
Here’s Lukas:

TBB first-timer Tim Tosino:

And finally, Matt Hamann (aka jastermereel08):

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Jens has built a truly incredible bridge for Colossal Castle Contest IV. Not only is the construction very unique, his landscaping is superb. The figures in the scene add a nice touch of life and the lost miner adds a hint of tragedy. Yet another masterpiece by an amazing builder!
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In honor of Moko’s 18th birthday recently, I thought I’d feature a few of his latest creations. (Okay, so I would’ve posted them anyway, and they’ve already been Snoikled.)
I love the arms coming out of the new wheel well pieces on this “space mecha”, and the pink makes a surprisingly cool accent color (link):

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Angular and spiky, Sugegasa’s vehicles are rarely big, boring blocks of bricks. He’s recently posted three such vehicles:

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Moko is at it again, building mecha in addition to his usual minifigs, micro-vehicles, vignettes, and so on. Today’s batch brings us mecha from the Gundam universe.
Gundam RX-78GP01 “Zephyranthes” (info):

XMA-01 “Rafflesia” (info):

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While I’ve been busy hosting my brother and his wife, Izzo has continued his “Mechanimals” series. Click on over to his blog or Brickshelf gallery to see all of them, but here are a couple of my favorites.
Santa’s podracer (blog post):

This one may be my favorite so far — a mole mech (blog post):

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I’m a huge fan of minifig. As if he didn’t already have the best user name ever, he makes awesome vignettes and, of course, minifigs.
It’s been a while since his last series of figs, but his latest includes the boys from New York, the Beastie Boys from their “Intergalactic” video:

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This is an amazingly cool recreation of a Rembrandt painting, by Barbara Werth (found by Bruce).
Here’s the original, just to show how nicely Barbara captured the painting’s composition, lighting, and overall mood:

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Sir Lomero has built a cute little sampan. The tile work on the sides gives this a rather elegant feel and the lantern is a great design. But what really makes this stand out is the brick-built sail! The use of the wedges gives the sail a beautiful curve and makes this [...]

Tim Gould (aka Gambort) recently posted this sweet camel and rider on Classic-Castle. Its an excellent example of a brick-built beast. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen a better camel anywhere. The turban is also a great touch.
Check out the gallery.

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I have become a big fan of Megan Rothrock’s creations and her Sea Tragon is no disappointment. She posted her newest Tragon on Lugnet and it’s incredible!
Check out the diver-eating gallery.

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Most readers probably know by now that my favorite anime director is Hayao Miyazaki. It should be no surprise that I’ll pretty much blog anything Miyazaki-related.
First up, here’s pero’s small round Totoro, or “Totoroll”:

Next, Poizunn-05’s Cat Bus:

Finally, no post of My Neighbor Totoro LEGO creations would be complete without Todd Kubo’s ginormous Totoro:

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Arg, matey, check out this impressive CGI brickfilm, “Man O War” by independant filmmakers of First Pacific Media.
Anyone interested in a lot of behind-the-scenes information can check out their blog: http://www.outside-hollywood.com/

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I have to admit that I’m not a huge Ideon fan, what with the decapitations and universal (and I say that in its most literal sense) destruction. That said, I’ll grant that Izzo has recreated the titular mecha quite nicely:

(Via Soren on Tourist Bot’s Diary.)
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Back in May I blogged Hiron’s MS-09F Domtropen. Now, Justin Harvey has posted a another version, MS-09R Rick Dom (info) in awesome alternate colors:

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