Archive for March, 2007

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Versus & Assault by Izzo

Here is the seventh and eighth creations in the incredible Drakkhen series by Izzo.
Versus features a red dragon locked in mortal combat with a golem. Overall, its pretty spiffy and really like the wizard fig.

Assault depicts a two-headed yellow dragon as it attacked a very nicely built castle. Not only is the dragon [...]

Thwack! Shinbone to the skull!

Mark Twain is awesome, and I love Jane Austen. However, here’s what Twain had to say about Austen:
I haven’t any right to criticise books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticise Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy from the [...]

Jedi Master Shaak Ti by Moko

I always thought Shaak Ti was a pretty cool-looking Jedi, but never figured out how to make a brick-built version of her. Trust Moko to figure it out:

Plastic soul, man, plastic soul!

Thus said Paul McCartney on take 1 of “I’m Down” — the phrase that inspired the album title Rubber Soul, here recreated through the genius that is Digger Digger Dogstar:

Plastic soul indeed.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Steve Bishop wishes us all a happy St. Patrick’s Day with a vignette titled “The Luck of the Irish”:

News: Pictures of Summer 2007 Star Wars Minifigs

German LEGO blog The Brick Time has noticed photos I’d missed of the new minifigs in the summer 2007 LEGO Star Wars sets.
I’m rather excited about the Naboo pilot and redesigned Anakin Skywalker minifigs in 7660 Naboo Starfighter:
 
But I’m very excited by Kit Fisto in 7661 Jedi Starfighter:

It’s a trap!

Adding to his collection of great brick-built Star Wars minifigs, Moko presents Admiral Ackbar:

Legohaulic’s Warthog and Spectre

Too many LEGO creations inspired by Halo look pretty much the same. Not Legohaulic’s:

Excellent. (Via Review’d.)

LEGO at SXSW

I love music. I love LEGO. For at least the last couple of years, the “Interactive Playpen” at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas has featured LEGO.
Here’s a cool shot from last year by Flickr user alykat:

And the Flickr new user icon, built and photographed by naelyn:

The festival this year started yesterday and runs [...]

Chuck Rides Again

Chuck Citrin is beginning to reveal himself as a rather talented young builder. We’ve featured his space and mecha creations here on The Brothers Brick before, but I think this is the first Town creation we’ve highlighted from him. Here’s his John Deere tractor:

From the other side, without farmer-dude:

Izzo’s Flight & Encounter!

Here is the fifth and sixth installments of Izzo’s sweet Drakkhen series.
Flight has a little bit of a different twist to it. It shows one large minifig scale dragon flying over a microscale landscape, as well as two microscale dragons. The perspective shots are incredible!

Encounter takes place in the open sea. I really like [...]

Want some cheesebots?

Nelson Yrizarry has gone all cheesy again, with six new cheesebots!
1. String Cheese
2. Goat Cheese
3. Cheeseball
4. Asiago
5. Pecorino
6. Cheesewheel

Peter Griffin: Adult Fan of LEGO

Whaddaya know, the world’s best Family Guy is a true LEGO fan!
EDIT: Dang it, for some reason the video is refusing to embed. Here’s a link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDdyF1ihThY

Race On!

Classic-Castle’s newest Master Builder, Jens, has built three incredibly fun medieval racers:
1. The Prison-Wheeler

2. The Flying Viking

3. The Racing Carrot

News: Brick Journal 7 is out!

And it chock full of great articles and important news!

Go to the Lugnet announcement in order to download it. It’s well worth the read!

Monday Noodle’s Ascension

I’m pretty hard to get sold on a mech, but I found mondaynoodle’s Ascension… well, fantastic. Quality work throughout. Look at the gallery and take it all in for yourself.

Now I’ve heard of Robocop…

…but this is something altogether different. Moko, as you know, is one of our favorite builders here on the Brothers Brick. His newest build is quite cool, don’t you think?

Izzo’s Invasion

Here is the fourth in what is said to be a series of eight. In “Invasion” Izzo’s sweet dragon terrorizes some innocent townsfolk. I see that the dragon has skipped the veggies in favor of succulent townsperson. Didn’t his mother teach him that carrots are good for you?