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Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley (Flickr) wishes everyone a very happy Halloween with a scene from one of my favorite movies, A Nightmare Before Christmas.

Mister oo7 recreates a scene from Washington Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

So much for a safe Halloween, Graham — at least for SpongeBob and Patrick! (Is that the King of Pop wielding the mace?!)

I really enjoyed the photo of Portuguese LEGO Ambassador Tânia Baixinho on page 28 of BrickJournal Issue 9. Fellow Forum 0937 member Rupi has built a lovely vignette that provides a bit of a backstory for the picture of Tânia in BrickJournal:

While we’re at it, Rupi has also built a vig showing 0937 mascot “Manel” […]

After we posted Mike Stimpson’s Classics in LEGO, we got an e-mail from Juan Macias that reminded me about some other historical photographs recreated in LEGO:

These were showing up all over the ‘net earlier this year, but I never managed to track down the actual creator, so chose not to blog them. (Side not: Shame […]

Mike Stimpson has added another great recreation of a classic black-and-white photograph, this one inspired by “Death of a Loyalist Soldier” by Robert Capa’s, taken during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 (compare original).
(More black-and-white photos coming up shortly.)

I was a bit shocked myself when I opened the browser this morning and saw this, as many of you probably saw too:

Of course, I knew we were at 97% of our 10 GB/month bandwidth limit on Monday, but I was just being cheap and hoping we’d squeek by through the end of the month. […]

Adrian Florea is participating in a contest over at FBTB. I love contests.

Gotta love Bruce. He finds the coolest stuff, like this amazing church by Holger Matthes.

The elite Yihaggothan Flight Commando leads the Yihaggothan Imperium into battle against the “frail” human horde. Human Marines, fighting a desparate battle against the alien invaders, have nicknamed this commando the “Tse Tse Trooper,” due to the buzzing sound emmitted by his hover-pack.
Witness the “Tse Tse Trooper” buzzing around in the upper-left corner of this […]

Space is at a premium in Japan, but many city residents still find ways to bring greenery into their lives through their courtyard gardens (or tsubo niwa).
Mumu’s tsubo niwa vignette includes many elements common in Japanese gardening: a shoji screen on the porch, a stone lantern, a kokeshi doll, various rocks and stones, and a […]

Hey all you castle-lovers out there!
Classic-Castle has announced their fifth annual Colossal Castle Contest! Let me tell you, these are a blast. I’ve entered every year and they just keep getting better and better.
Check out the prizes and the rules, then get building!

I’m a sucker for great-looking town vehicles. This truck and classic car by Brickshelfers misterzumbi and Tattun are simply great. Thanks to Bruce from Classic-Castle (and VignetteBricks and MircoBricks) for pointing these out.

Mike Stimpson has recreated a pair of classic black and white photographs in LEGO. The one above is based on “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” (compare with original) by Charles Ebbets (ca. 1932).
This next photo is based on “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare” (compare with original) by Henri Cartier-Bresson (also from 1932):

I think Frogspace is officially a trend. It even has its own Flickr group now. I’m guessing that somebody’s going to start a new blog dedicated just to Frogspace. Anyway, let’s catch up on the latest in this truly strange theme…
Arpy’s flyers, uniski, and walker:

Don Solo’s pillbuggy and Blacktron II frogfighter:

UPDATE: RebelRock’s spacesuit […]

No, but hosting a site that gets nearly 2 million hits a month isn’t free, so we’ve added a way for our loyal readers to help us out. The next time you buy LEGO from the LEGO Store online, please consider clicking through from Brothers-Brick.com first. If you do that, we get a (very […]

Another prolific, talented builder who deserves his own “roundup” post is Izzo. In addition to his series inspired by Cafe Corner (moving sidewalks, treads, and flyers), he’s been busy building great mecha:

And before that, a little bit of an “Ew!” factor with a flea and a weird blood-sucking machine: