The Brothers Brick

This might only be the second post to highlight this builder’s mecha, but Stogelley is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Does Izzo have a secret twin?

(Thanks for the tip, Andrew!)

Alex Eylar created a concept of minifig assassins, each with a distinct psychotic nature and style of operation. Check out his MOCpages gallery for vignette shots and profiles of these plastic killers. Who’d you hire? I prefer the White Rabbit; he’s got style.

Lukas‘ latest is a bright yellow, very swooshable racer with a low profile and awesome stripes.

Building a geodesic dome is a complex engineering challenge. Jon Palmer tackled the challenge a while ago with his “Shpleem Dome”, and has just shared instructions on how to build your own. Head on over to ZEMI and read all about it.

Name: Aung San Suu Kyi
Dates: Born in 1945
Biography:
Aung San Suu Kyi is a pro-democracy activist currently detained as a political prisoner by the government of Myanmar (Burma). Elected Prime Minister in 1990, she has intermittently been under house arrest ever since, despite calls for her release by world leaders, human rights organizations, and even the United Nations.

As a Buddhist, Suu Kyi has advocated a non-violent struggle for democracy in the face of the military dictatorship that has been in power since 1962. Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and remains under house arrest today.

Learn more: Wikipedia

I sometimes feel like I haven’t been paying attention or something when I discover a builder I haven’t heard of before through one of the many LEGO blogs I read (LegOficina dos Baixinhos, in this case). Today’s discovery was Astuanax, whose Lord of the Rings creations are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

Check out the city of Minas Tirith (above) and The Beacon (below):

I’m sorry to say that I really only look for LEGO pictures on Brickshelf and Flickr, so it was wonderful to find Horace Cheng on Flickr earlier today. (Remember his awesome Flappters?)

Anyway, Horace doesn’t live in Hong Kong, but he’s captured a couple iconic vehicles I remember from my visit there in 1989 — a natural gas delivery-man (above) and rickshaw (below).

Name: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dates: 1929-1968
Biography:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the primary leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. Beginning as a Baptist minister, King led the struggle to end racial injustice, including segregation.

Inspired by his Christian convictions and the non-violent philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, King organized acts of civil disobedience, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and the March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In 1967, King voiced public opposition to the Vietnam war.

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. He left behind his wife Coretta Scott King and four children. Mrs. King carried on her husband’s work until her death in 2006.

Learn more: Wikipedia

(About the minifig itself: morgan19 and at least one other builder who I can’t find at the moment have posted identical MLK figs, but in my defense, I’ve had this minifig lying around unphotographed for at least a year. ;-) )

The wonderful little scene above, featuring William “Bill” Bones, caught my eye recently on The Brick Time blog, so I went a few posts back and discovered a very cool diorama of the Admiral Benbow Inn — the inn where Jim Hawkins lives in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

Click the picture to check out the full gallery on Brickshelf:

Chris Giddens (Flickr) has recreated the Classic Space set 6929 Starfleet Voyager from 1981. Would it be sacrilege to say that Chris’ version is a marked improvement over the original?

Charlie Co. (aka Tim) continues to post great World War II creations, including a trio of adorable pinups sure to give comfort to little plastic Allies.

Inspired by Keith Goldman, Jon Palmer (Flickr) is starting a series of vignettes starring another real-life LEGO fan, Aaron Sneary.

In Jon’s first vig, Aaron chooses the items he will take on his journey.

Name: Stephen Bantu Biko
Dates: 1946-1977
Biography:
Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist who founded the Black Consciousness Movement. As a young medical student, Biko formed the South African Students’ Organization, a group that fought for the rights of Black, Indian, and mixed-race (“Coloured”) students.

Despite being banned by the white apartheid government, Biko continued his political activities. On August 18, 1977, Biko was arrested. On September 12, he died in police custody.

Learn more: Wikipedia

After 9 months of building, Mark Kelso has finally completed his epic model of the Invisible Hand. It spans an amazing 231 studs long and weighs 30 pounds, I can’t begin to imagine the cost. I have seen the various stages of this model from the many work in progress photos Mark has posted over time. The finished model is beautiful, studless, and full of details. Congratulations on a project well done Mark!

Brickshelf user snyderman built a robotic machine head inspired by Terminator. It features moving eyes and jaw independently controlled by two motors.