The Brothers Brick

Moko’s latest hair technique gives me an excuse to post his beautiful girl in a kimono (something we haven’t featured before): Via The Living Brick, Ochre Jelly’s new LEGO sculpture blog.

Paul Brassington prepares you to witness a showdown over the fate of the sacred dumpling. This creation warrants a detailed look at its construciton and accompanying humorous captions. Don’t miss it!

For those who have seen the cartoon Samurai Jack, you’ll recognize the infamous Aku built by ImpreSariO.

LEGO announces East Asia’s first LEGOLAND Park to be built in Iskandar Malaysia: Johor Bahru, 13 December 2008 – Iskandar Investment Berhad (“IIB”) today signed a landmark agreement with Merlin Entertainments (“Merlin”), the world’s second largest visitor attraction operator, to build East Asia’s first LEGOLAND Park in Iskandar Malaysia. This exciting RM750m joint venture – Continue reading →

Chrispockster‘s scene of ancient Japan has a ton of interesting building techniques and cool minifigures to look at. I like the vines on the trees and the broken stone steps leading up to the torii gate.

Like his recent test pattern, Nelson Yrizarry has been taking a break from the minifig-scale creations he’s known for, to build LEGO on a more sculptural scale. Daruma are Japanese dolls most often used to make a wish or keep oneself focused on a goal. You paint one eye when you make the wish or Continue reading →

We’ve featured Brickshelfer edulyoung several times here on The Brothers Brick, often for rather complicated, large-scale sculptures. This time, I’m highlighting edulyoung’s LEGO creations for their beautiful simplicity: Somewhere between minifig and miniland scale, edulyoung’s characters are truly unique. The woman’s costume deserves a closer look: Based on the striped sleeves (and the text in Continue reading →

Andrew Lee was inspired to create this pair of miniland samurai by a T-shirt he saw at Comic-Con earlier this summer: Peter summarizes my reaction to this scene rather nicely: This reminds me of those awesome and cliche’d scenes in anime where they dash at each other with swords, run right by in silhouette and Continue reading →

David Pagano, Nate Burr and myself were all recently asked by the LEGO Company to make a brickfilm to celebrate the LEGO minifigure’s 30th birthday.  This is my contribution, 30 Years: The Story of the Minifigure.  How many historical figures/events can you name?   Don’t forget to check out GOMINIMANGO.com for more videos and a contest (details Continue reading →

Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) gives us a slice of South Asian culture with a scene of Nepal. He’s been working at it for the past few weeks and there are a number of interesting techniques to see. Direct your attention to the bridge, the flowing river, and the building interior, precariously nested on top of Continue reading →

The recent Beijing Olympics — and NBC’s coverage of them here in the U.S. — painted a picture of the People’s Republic of China as a veritable utopia of modernism in harmonious balance with ancient tradition. In this vignette depicting alleged organ-harvesting of Falun Gong detainees, Rocko suggests that the truth may not be so Continue reading →

Newcomer Crimson Wolf, winner of the Small Category of the recent Picking Up The Pieces ApocaLEGO Contest with his Mine/Cave Hideout, has just posted pictures of another great creation, a Dragon Temple to “honor a lesser dragon god.”  The temple is beautiful, with many great details, but my favorite part is the dragon itself.  

LEGO Ambassador Chiukeung won the Hong Kong Scene Building contest with his lighted model of Hong Kong’s Clock Tower and Cultural Centre. The entire scene measures 3′x3′x2′ and is wired with colorful lights. So what does the builder receive for his hard work and creativity? Two roundtrip tickets to LEGOLAND Billund. Enjoy your trip Chiukeung!

As a continuation to his tea house, Nathan has posted a lovely Zen garden. The beauty of the leaning tree is likely to distract those seeking to clear their minds, while the perfect torii evokes thoughts of Shinto-Buddhist syncretism — but we won’t go there. ;-) And now for something completely different. A Wells, Fargo Continue reading →

20+ years ago in Japan, my brother and I stared in amazement every time we saw a dekotora (from “decorated truck”). Of course, like their teamsters brethren here in the States, the Japanese truckers who drove these “art trucks” weren’t always the most savory of characters. Today, dekotora are apparently more popular than ever. There’s Continue reading →