The Brothers Brick

LEGO will make its presence known at Comic-Con 2008 this year (July 23-27 in San Diego, California) with a mysterious, exclusive set:

The picture doesn’t say a lot, but here are a couple key facts:

200 pieces (comparable to a $15.00-$20.00 set)
Limited to 500 sets

I love anything green. I also love anything by nnenn. Green nnenn is even better.
nnenn’s torpedo frigate The Suyampsis looks like it could plow straight through just about any planet’s picket fleet:

Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray tells of a man who stays young forever while a painting of him ages instead.
Alex Eylar gives Dorian Gray the LEGO treatment in this eerie creation:

A new creation by Mike Psiaki (Brickshelf) is nice to see, but when that new creation is a Savoia S-21 seaplane inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso, well, it’s that much more awesome.

Previously on The Brothers Brick:

Savoia S-21 Seaplace from Porco Rosso by Uspez Morbo

This is the fourth post in a series of six where we’re looking at LEGO models through a communicational point of view. Feel free to read the introduction, first, second and third post to get you up to par before diving into this one - it’ll help. Also, I’m sorry for skipping the promised case study yesterday. [...]

Thomas Wunz is rapidly making a name for himself in the Castle community. His newest creation is does nothing to tarnish that reputation. Built on a beautifully-crafted crag, overlooking the sea (access via some nifty stairs) , the Hold of Wyhrt Quoip is a very imposing fortress.
By the way, Thomas tells [...]

Mark Stafford (Nabii) shows us once again his skills for innovative use of parts that others would have considered “useless”, such as the red airplane tail fins used as the wings and the various Bionicle parts throughout.

It would seem today is mecha catch-up day. Our final mecha of the morning is by Brickshelfer Grenouille, whose RG-400 construction mecha towers over the urban landscape:

Here it is in action:

More on Brickshelf. (Via Young Spacers.)

Remember Kwi Chang’s bipedal mecha featured earlier this month?
Izzo was inspired to create a tribute version of Kwi Chang’s original:

While Kwi Chang’s version has a definite military feel to it, Izzo goes for more of a law enforcement look.
(More on Brickshelf.)

Kevin Guoh (Flickr) has posted a beefed-up version of his Hume mecha. There’s nary a smooth shape in sight on this thing:

Check out the contrast with the original version — what an improvement!

Castle builder Piotr Lewandowski has recreated several iconic scenes from the Star Wars universe as Castle vignettes.
Here’s “Duel of Mates” (inspired by “Duel of the Fates” between Qui-Gon Gin and Darth Maul in Episode I):

And another duel, on “BestPin,” between Luke Groundwalker and Darth Father (heh heh):

(Via VignetteBricks.)

Yul Burman Karel (Flickr) gives I am Legend the LEGO twist with his I am LEGO poster. I love the tagline, “The last minifigure on Earth is not alone.”

The latest creation by Tom Snellen is bursting with charm. According to the builder, this is his first foray into serious landscaping, as well as his first attempt at a tower with more than 4 sides. It was obviously a success!

Brickshelf user wobnam’s prison tower creation features an interesting architectural design of having a heavier top section of the tower resting on a narrower neck. The whole concept of solitary isolation on a high-rising cell above the water is pretty chilling. I’d hate to be the guy spending the rest of his life in this [...]

How Many Studs to LEGOLAND has the first photo of the upcoming LEGO agents set 8636 Deep Sea Quest:

The three lines of text in Japanese say:

8636 | CB [ClickBrick] exclusive | Ages 8 and up
Mission 7: Deep Sea Operation
7,990 yen (available mid-September)

Incidentally, Brickset has the full list of upcoming LEGO Agents sets, including high-res [...]

How do people who live in a steampunk world picture their future? Jeremy (aka Smod) has the answer:

More in Jeremy’s Brickshelf gallery.

LEGO Certified Professional Sean Kenney recently sculpted the Empire State Building, which was commissioned to be the centerpiece at the new gift shop in the real Empire State Building. Sean points out the fun fact that since the model will be located at the observation deck, it will become the highest LEGO sculpture in the [...]

The submission deadline for LEGO Ambassadors was 4:00 PM PDT today. Thanks to everybody who suggested nominees, voted, and contributed testimonials, we had everything in place and I hit Send on the e-mail to LEGO with over 15 minutes to spare!

538 people voted, and here are the results:

Andrew Becraft: 323 votes
Nannan Zhang: 273 [...]