The Brothers Brick

Apologies for boring 99% of our readers, but this is still the fastest way to communicate with the fairly large number of TBB readers who are attending BrickCon later this week.
Fill out your MOC cards now
MOC (My Own Creation) cards identify your LEGO creations for fellow attendees and the general public. They also help theme [...]

I have no idea what this scene by Wobnam means, but it’s pretty darn cool. More pics on Brickshelf.

In order to get this model posted before the universe ends I asked Matt Hamann to guest review this lovely steamer for me

Carl Greatrix recently finished this lovely addition to his layout, a British Railways 9F 2-10-0 “Evening Star” steam locomotive.The working and prototypical drivers alone make this model stand out to me. The flickering [...]

For those of you who can’t make it to BrickCon 2008, Josh, Nannan, and I will be covering the con starting this Thursday.
We want to know what you’re most interested in seeing from us. By voting in the new poll and leaving a comment here, you can help shape our coverage of BrickCon 2008. Our [...]

Harrison sends Chell through a series of tests in this vignette inspired by Portal:

Note the splashing water around the oars in this lovely little microscale rendition of the legendary Greek ship Argo by Luís Baixinho:

Don’t miss the behind-the-scenes coverage on Luís’s blog.
And now for something completely different — a human cannonball (also by Luís, of course):

Vidgamer838 has recreated the Rat’s Nest multiplayer map from Halo 3, complete with the trio of UNSC Marines voiced by Firefly and Serenity cast members — Alan Tudyk (Wash), Nathan Fillion (Mal Reynold), and Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb):

This is an entry for the August-September Contest in the LEGO Halo group on Flickr (click pic below [...]

This gorgeous mecha by Jas Nagra evokes favorites by Soren Roberts or Izzo.
That’s a big complement, to be sure, but I like Jas’s mecha for what sets it apart from all of those — the knee joints in particular:

Marcin (Hippotam) cooks up a fresh take on the pirate theme and presents outdoor BBQ with a flavor of, mmm… pirates. Don’t miss out on all the juicy details such as this hilarious shark killer contraption. For a small diorama, Volcanic Island sure packs some zing!

Austrian LEGO fan group LGOE (not a typo — it stands for LEGO Gemeinschaft Österreich) will be hosting an event next weekend in Vienna.

Here are the details in German (courtesy Verena Schaden):
Die LEGO® Gemeinschaft Österreich lädt euch ein zur
Welt der Steine - taucht ein in das bunte Reich der LEGO® Fans
4. - 5. Oktober, 10 [...]

Jarek (Jerrac) built his latest creation in only 4-5 hours, something which I cannot usually accomplish. He admits that it’s fast, but that doesn’t at all undermine the quality of this cool hovercraft. Check out the use of stretched-out inverted tire pieces for the bumpers on the model.

Chris Doyle sends word that the parts from Custom Car Garage are now available from online Pick A Brick. New parts include the great pilot torso originally from the redesigned Naboo fighter.
RP Cuenco used 2,558 bricks from LEGO Factory to build a case for his Mac (via Gizmodo):
Bricked Mac - Time-Lapse from RP Cuenco on [...]

LEGO Batman: The Video Game was released this past Tuesday. I’d hoped to play the game and write a review, as I did for LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game, but I won’t have time to do that for a couple weeks.
McDonald’s has of course had Happy Meal toys inspired by the game available for [...]

Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) knows where to put a pirate’s booty - inside a giant skull shaped mountain on a castaway island of course. Check out the interior that is chock full of more details to absorb and notice that the two halves of the mountains are put together via LEGO magnets as opposed to the [...]

BrickCon 2008 begins this Thursday! When I announced prizes and giveaways for the Zombie Apocafest, I realized we needed a good way to repel the zombie menace.
What better way to fend of that flesh-eating horde than with a special set of weapons designed for just that purpose from BrickArms?

In addition to the other prizes and [...]

Karf Oolhu sets sail with a rolling aircraft carrier, manned by trolls and monkey pilots. Does that mean its really “trolled” and not “manned”? Does a land-based aircraft carrier set sail? I don’t know, the whole thing confuses me. I’m going to be wondering about that all day now. Just [...]

Megan Rothrock is one of the most innovative builders out there. She has been working on a series of portable Lego boxes and the most recent is incredible. Its hard to believe all the detail that she has packed into this little box.

I’m loving sense of urgency in the this diorama by zgrredek. It has that wacky, silent movie feel. Almost the Keystone Cops turned fireman.

Those horses are swell, as well: