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The Iron Guppy pacifies the unruly West

  • Andrew
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  • Feb 4, 2009
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    • Victor Vitale takes steampunk into the Old West with this teeny tiny airship airboat piloted by a pair of U.S. cavalry soldiers.

    Andrew posted this entry on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 at 9:45 pm. Posted in the category LEGO You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    12 Responses to “The Iron Guppy pacifies the unruly West”

    1. stridermt2k Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 5:31 am

      I need to contact someone about my account. (strider_mt2k)
      Password trouble and the site won’t email me.

      I love alternate universe stuff like this.

      Nicely done!

    2. Andrew Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 7:44 am

      ^ Looks like your comments are coming through now. I’ll shoot you an e-mail later to work through the other issues. :)

    3. MdrnMrvls Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

      This is an extraordinarily well taken photo!

    4. Jai Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

      My favorite bit is the use of the pirate torso — that one’s new to me, and it looks great!

    5. Legeaux Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 5:17 pm

      Shouldn’t the description be ‘airboat’ rather than ‘airship’? They’re quite different things (unless I’m missing the point).

    6. eyezic Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

      hey thats real cool, I ain’t naever heard of steampunk before so I looked it up and thats a perfect genre for legos. oh those rifles are trill, are they lego? or mega? ive never seen them in a lego set before

    7. Andrew Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

      ^ Welcome to The Brothers Brick! Please consider using proper spelling and grammar, or we will be forced to assume you are under the age of 13, and therefore in violation of the Terms of Service.

      The rifles are from BrickArms.

    8. Motor.On Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 6:21 pm

      Not being a follower of steampunk:

      How is an airboat or airship of this design supposed to stay in the air?

      I can see it boat-ing well, but as for being in the air… I just can’t see it happening.

      Not that this isn’t totally awesome.

    9. Victor V. Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks for the Blog, Andrew.

      And yes, it’s supposed to be an air-boat. Glad so many like it! :)

    10. Legeaux Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm

      Airboats don’t fly. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airboat

    11. Motor.On Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

      Now that makes much more sense. I was stuck on “airship” and thinking that an airboat is a little airship, kinda like a boat is a little ship (to a point)

      Thanks

    12. Andrew Says:
      February 5th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

      I think “airboat” works reasonably well in a steampunk/cattlepunk context, regardless of how it’s used by gater-hunters and Horatio Cane. ;)