The Brothers Brick

As I predicted in a recent post, New Years Day in Japan has brought a spate of timely LEGO creations, including many inspired by the Year of the Boar.
First up, a boar ATV by Izzo:

Next, a new years card (or nengajyou) from mumu and his wife:

Here’s another new years card from Ayucow over at Bacalogue […]

And straight out from the Star Wars movies, we have Reto Geiger’s Droid Trifighter:

Reto is well known in the community as a master of the UCS-scale, which basically means that he is great at building realistic replicas of the ships from the movies. Check out his UCS gallery for more examples of that.

João Figueiredo’s space city is, well, a fascinating display of LEGO’s official space themes. Ah, the nostalgia.

Hey all! There have been a pretty good output of nice models during the holidays - in addition to spending time with family and friends, it seems people are taking the time to finish old projects. A good thing! Lets start by taking a look at Adrian Drake’s Thomas E. Dewey, the steam powered airship:
 
The Dewey […]

Classic-Castler and MCN member fry_slayer presents a very cool “Sun Warrior Princess” custom minifig (click for gallery on MCN):

Here’s a nice shot that shows off her cool face:

You can read a LEGO comic announcing the princess’s arrival in this thread on MCN Forums.

Have you ever wanted a nice display stand for your minifigs that doesn’t say “Star Wars” or “Sports” on it? Tim Gould (aka “Gambort”) has developed a great brick-built solution, complete with a slot in which to put a paper backdrop:

Click the image to go to Tim’s Brickshelf gallery, where you can download a PDF […]

2007 will be the Year of the Boar. Of course, tigers eat boars for breakfast, so I’m thinkin’ it’ll be a good year.
As I explained on New Years Day 2006, Japanese homes begin to fill up with new years cards — called nengajyou — this time of year.
I assume we’ll see lots of boar-themed LEGO […]

Sometimes the best little creations are the ones that can fit in the palm of your hand, as lego2000 of Classic-Castle.com shows with his Space Containers.  Check out this thread for discussion on how these neat little containers were built.

Today my copy of “The Unofficial Lego Sets/Parts Collectors Guide” finally came in the mail and it was definitely worth the wait.
Gary Istok has spent a lot time and effort on this CD and it shows. There are over 1,000 pages of wonderful Lego information. So much information that I don’t know if […]

Moko has build a rather ominous rendition of the jolly old elf:

Check out the gallery here!

Technorati tags: LEGO Santa Christmas Moko Brickshelf

2007 catalog scans are available on 1000steine.de, with pictures of previously unseen summer-release City sets (click to go to the page on 1000steine.de and view full-size images):

Czech LEGO fan site Kostky also has a picture of the new Castle sets for 2007 (via Eurobricks):

I’m very excited about the undead horses, new skeletons (with non-floppy arms) […]

The thing I like so much about micro-mecha is that they’re built of tons of tiny pieces. Vaughan James’ recent mecha illustrates this nicely, following in the footsteps of master micro mecha builders like zizy2 and Squieu.
Here’s Vaughan’s “5ive”:

Sachiko Akinaga is a champion builder who lives in Japan. My favorite creation from her latest batch of updates is a McDonald’s value meal:

Check out what happens when some minifigs come along and spill the Coca-Cola:

Unit 186, who is active on flickr, brickshelf and on a recently started lego blog called Brick Blogue, has built himself a nifty AT-RT:

Chinese inventor Su Song (1020-1101) invented a water clock that Brickshelfer oldhamk has faithfully recreated in LEGO:

oldhamk has included lots of great details, from the armillary sphere (or astrolabe) and other astronomical instruments on the top to the working gears inside. Click the picture above to watch two movies of the water clock in motion.

Add […]

The casting agency for U.S. TV network ABC has been trolling LEGO-themed Internet forums and spamming prominent members of the online community with the following message over the last few days:
Hello, my name is Jodi and I am a casting producer for ABC’s hit show Wife Swap. I am seeking families who are Lego or […]

Check out these two funny videos of the new Mindstorms NXT robots. Thanks to LEGO Ambassador Nelson Yrizarry for pointing them out.
http://5×5m.com/files/mindstorms/
EDIT (AB): Okay, the auto-play is just too annoying. (Sorry LEGO, choose a different video hosting service next time.) I’m swapping the videos for a link to the page where you can watch […]

Here is yet another entry of mine for the Colossal Castle Contest IV (getting tired of them yet?). This one is for the Medieval Bridge category. Spanning a ravine and only accessible through an elaborate cave system, this bridge is rests amid the spray of the famous Crystal Falls. While an intrepid […]