The shape of Izzo’s latest mecha is highly unusual, with a pointed “nose” and tons of wings:
Looking beyond the obvious, note the use of snowshoes in the backpack/engine! More on Brickshelf.
Daily Archives: June 8, 2008
Spinnenartiges Tier by Scotty Whitesell
Scotty Whitesell‘s builds just keep getting better and better.
The leg design on Scotty’s “Spinnenartiges Tier” use motorcycle bodies in a completely unique way:
Here’s a bonus Scotty-bot — an automated loading robot dubbed, appropriately enough, “Longshoreman”:
Skyfishing with Commodore Simon Melville (ret.)
Of his latest creation Jehkay writes, “Retirement could not keep Simon from flying. Along with his former comrades Laurence Banneker and Rachel Banks, he continues to plow the skies.”
Here’s Commodore Melville (not to be confused with tangarine-farmer Kozo Ichikawa) aloft in his skyfishing vessel:
Important features:
- Gutting sink
- Meat lockers
- Pheromone pods
- Military-grade thruster pods with hoverthrusters
Daniel creates his own adventure
The Create Your Own Adventure building challenge on Classic-Castle.com (hosted by Micah “LORD DOOM” B.) inspired Daniel to build a series of dioramas illustrating the struggle between dwarves, goblins, and humans to defend an important mine.
My favorite version is Daniel’s latest, with beautiful landscaping, ingenious dwarven machinery, and lots of activity:
Don’t miss other versions of this scene, including one with goblins in control and humans attempting to take the mine from the goblins.
How to armor your post-apocalyptic minifigs’ shoulders
Big, bulky shoulder armor can certainly contribute to a minifig’s overall ApocaLEGO look, but attaching helmets is difficult and limits the minifig’s arm movement and poseability.
Austin S (MOCpages) has figured out the perfect combination of bulked-up armor and range of movement by using the old Rock Raiders helmet:
Cool. Off to try this on my own figs…
Horace Cheng’s Junk Tanks do indeed Rock
For his latest creations, Horace Cheng takes his inspiration from the world of JunkTankRock (info in English on toybot studios):
Check out lots more pictures of the Anti-gravity bike and Desert Chicken on Flickr.
Brickworld 2008 is coming (June 19-22)
Brickworld, a LEGO convention in its second year hosted in Chicago, will be taking place in less than two weeks on June 19-22. It is never too late to register, but it’s better to do so sooner than later. I’ll be attending in part on behalf of The Brothers Brick to update the blog with pictures and news.
Meanwhile, the most recent episode of LAML Radio conducts an informative interview with Bryan Bonahoom, one of Brickworld’s main coordinators, to give the lowdown on the event and what’s happening.
You can see pictures of last year’s Brickworld in this flickr gallery.