Australian 86-wheel road train by Ed and Ralph
Ed Diment and Ralph Savelsberg worked together to create this awe-inspiring Australian road train.
Check out the driver and his kangaroo friend:
Archive for 2008
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7752 Count Dooku’s Solar Sailer [News]
This set is generating quite a bit of discussion in our old post about 2009 LEGO Star Wars box art, so now that it’s up on LEGO.com (though not yet available to order), I thought I’d let everyone else know.
Here’s 7752 Count Dooku’s Solar Sailer:
And the direct link for those of you unable to click through the picture:
Don’t get lost in space
Dan has you covered with this handy roadsign. Check out this picture and don’t loose track of Dan’s project to capture one unique LEGO minifig shot each day for a year. He’s already on day 209! Check out his blog featuring the pictures: a LEGO a day.
Power Miners variation
Tyler (Legohaulic) takes a spin on the Power Miners theme and delivers his unique vision of the underground crystal-collecting team.
10193 Medieval Market village now available! [News]
In news sure to bring Christmas joy to LEGO fans everywhere, 10193 Medieval Market Village is now available from the LEGO Shop online:
For more details on this fantastic set, read our exclusive coverage from BrickCon 2008.
2009 LEGO Star Wars, Power Miners, and Indiana Jones now available [News]
UPDATE: Added Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Looks like lots more 2009 LEGO sets are finally showing up on the LEGO Shop online.
Just about all of the 2009 LEGO Star Wars sets from The Clone Wars appear to be available now. 8018 Armored Assault Tank (AAT) includes the newly redesigned Yoda:
- 7751 Ahsoka’s Starfighter & Droids
- 8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack
- 8015 Assassin Droids Battle Pack
- 8016 Hyena Droid Bomber
- 8018 Armored Assault Tank (AAT)
- 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle
The latest batch of updates also includes the new Power Miners theme. My wife got me 8960 Thunder Driller for Christmas, so I’m off to build it now.
The two new Indiana Jones sets — 7682 Shanghai Chase and 7683 Fight on the Flying Wing
— are also now on the LEGO Shop online:
(Still waiting for that farm… Mmmm… Cows…)
Santorclaus is coming to town
Christmas cheer from Rocko. Need I say more?
The LUGNuts holiday spirit
LUGNuts founders Lino Martins and Nathan Proudlove recently posted a pair of holiday-themed vehicles sure to stoke your Christmas spirit.
With “Santa’s Slay,” Nathan shows us what Santa (and the late Rudolph) would do after Santa retires from the old Christmas game:
Meanwhile, a very sexy Ms. Claus joins Santa aboard his 1930s era bike, as built by Lino:
New Jersey kids build giant Hanukkah menorah from LEGO
New Jersey newspaper Asbury Park Press reports that members of the Chabad Jewish Center in Toms River, NJ built an enormous LEGO menorah for the beginning of Hanukkah this past Sunday:
Rabbi Moshe Gourarie said, “A lot of darkness can be dispelled by a little light. What this world really needs, more than anything, is light, positivity and goodness.”
Read the full article on APP.com.
A very trolly Christmas to you all!
Even trolls enjoy trimming the tree and roasting, uh, marshmallows over a roaring fire, as Aaron Andrews demonstrates in this vignette:
The floor and rug are beautiful, and the shield above the fireplace is a nice touch.
Monster Claus will eat your cookies drink your milk, and harvest your soul!
Andrew Colunga‘s “Monster Claus” is already making the rounds on the Internet. It’s a particularly big hit with law enforcement officers, for some reason…
Personally, I like the milk and cookies.
Edit: The e-mail I got had a catchy title, with no link to the Gizmodo post it was taken from. Apologies to our good friend Jesus for ripping off his post title. Oops! Also via Neatorama.
Battle cruiser HERMES
Luis from HispaLUG presents this heavily armed space battle cruiser spanning 39.8″ or 127 studs. This microscale SHIP, labeled the Maximum Force Station, is sure to strike fear into the hearts of its enemies. There is a backstory behind the build written in Spanish; I regret that my Spanish skills are not proficient to understand the writing.
Tears as moondust
Mark Stafford‘s latest work depicts the collision of a military dropship into a space school bus in this unprecedented tragic accident on the moon. The effects of the collision are constructed realistically with trailing flames and explosion blasts. The whole scene is expertly frozen in space.
Jehkay’s trooper is in the zone
We’ve come to expect excellent mecha from Jehkay, but I particularly love the posing and photography in this one:
Here’s a more standard shot, showing the unique intakes built from fairly standard bricks and the awesome face, which incorporates a hinge piece:
