Monthly Archives: August 2010

He has been chosen, he must go!

Joel Baker constructed a sculpture of the scene from Toy Story where Sid pulls out Woody and Buzz at the claw crane. Say, if there were no glass, would you still have to pay and use the claw? Check out more views on Joel’s Flickr set.

Via The Un-Sung Brick

Super Robot Mazinger Z!

Mark Sandlin (Grand Admiral) is bringing this towering model of the robot Mazinger Z to the Big in Japan display at Brickcon 2010. Modeled after the gigantic Teknomeka frame, the mecha is sure to stand out. Déjà vu anyone?

LEGO at Star Wars Celebration V

Star Wars Celebration V took place last weekend. The video below has an incredible time-lapse footage of the public assembling a 15-foot wide Lego mural along with a good coverage of LEGO’s presence at the event.

Via FBTB

The cutest smuggler in the galaxy

Tyler turns up the cute meter with this cuddly little craft. Dubbed the Smuggle Bug, it’s too innocent-looking to get inspected…..tricky, tricky.

LEGO Space Ship Smuggle Bug

Deep Conflict

Chris Malloy just posted this incredible battle at the bottom of the sea. It’s quite a lovely build. The lighting is exceptional.

Lego Pirates

Castello Rosso

Stephen (busboy489) has chimed in with his entry to the 32×32 challenge at Classic-Castle–aptly named Castello Rosso. I particularly like the angles of the towers on the base, and the inclusion of the dark red to break up the bright red.

Dragon of the Night

The first thing that struck me about this dragon was the neck and torso. Fantastic job there. Cameron G. knocked this one out of the park. He calls this “Midnight Dragon”. I call it freakin’ cool.

Lego Dragon Bionicle

Old School Building

This Coalition Gunship by Pierre E Fieschi isn’t old-school in technique, but it definitely is in feel. The aesthetic hearkens me back to those of sci-fi from the 70s. This ship incorporates much of the great surface texture and greebling that we’d see in movies like Star Wars onto a chunky shape. Which brings me to that shape, it’s so chunky, and blocky, it looks great.

It really feels like this ship contains huge thrumming engines, and was built for function, a skin that barely contains the guts that make the ship work.

Coalition Gunship

Blacksmith o’ the Crown

A timber-and-stone, house-and-shop combo is always nifty and being somewhat versed in the dark art myself, I’m partial to blacksmith creations. However, this one by Peter deYeule is especially nice.

LEGO Blacksmith

Gazebo likes Classic Space...NomNomNOM!

This adorable bionicle puppet by Jason Ruff (AKA Dr. Mobius) is just that…adorable. It’s also hysterical. Check it out. Now.

LEGO Gazebo Puppet

10216 Winter Village Bakery coming soon!

Following last year’s Winter Toy Shop, LEGO will release 10216 Winter Village Bakery for this holiday season. If the release schedule follows last year’s, then the set should be available on October 1st. For $55, you get 7 ½ minifigs and almost 700 pieces.

Here’s the official announcement from LEGO:

10216 – Winter Village Bakery


Ages 12+
687 pieces
US $ 54.99 UK £ 49.99 DE 54.99 € CA $74.99

Return to yesteryear with this festive holiday scene!

It’s a winter wonderland in this snow-covered little town! A special-delivery evergreen, all ready for decorating, arrives at the tree-seller’s stand by horse-drawn cart, while ice skaters frolic on the frozen pond with colorful lights and a curious owl perched overhead. Just look out for the freshly-shoveled snow piles – one skater has already tumbled in head-first! At the bakery nearby, the friendly baker prepares delicious holiday treats in his oven and rings up sales at the cash register. Push the glowing LEGO Power Functions brick to fill the building with warm interior light! Includes 7 ½ minifigures, snow owl, horse and lots of winter accessories.
• Includes 7 ½ minifigures as well as a snow owl and horse!
• Features LEGO Power Functions light-up brick which lights the interior of the bakery when you push it!
• Includes lots of fun winter accessories like a dark blue minifigure hood with new fur print!
• Prepare holiday treats and ring up sales at the cash register!
• Skate on the frozen pond made of 8×8 transparent blue plates!
• Interesting elements include a camera, tan baguettes, croissants, green apple, 8×8 transparent blue plates, medium blue tiles and even a new ‘caramel’ color for several brick and arch elements outside the bakery!
• Features an evergreen tree for decorating, tree seller’s stand and even a horse-drawn cart!
• Bakery measures 7″ (18 cm) wide!
• Completed model (depending on space allocated between the individual parts) measures 16″ (40 cm) wide, 12″ (30 cm) deep and 7″ (18 cm) high!

LegoMonster just Mooooned you.

This Mesopotamian Ox butt is pretty awesome. I’ve never seen a Mesopotamian Ox but I think Ed Diment got it right. The whole Ox that is, not just the butt.

Lego Mesoptamian Ox Butt

Lego Mesoptamian Ox Butt

He built a pair of these for his Mesopotamian Ox Cart, which is pretty neat too.