Our friends at the Jørgen Vig Knudstorp blog always finds ways to parody our favorite chief executive officer of LEGO. For the April Fools bonus, we get an extra dose of Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen along with Jørgen at no extra charge! Enjoy this special comic made by John of Brickspace.org. Speaking of which, you should [...]
The first LEGO creation that Jon Hall has posted to Flickr is a LEGO version of the ornithopter, or “flaptter”, from the Miyazaki film Laputa: Castle in the Sky:
I love the shape, and the use of the clear canopies as wings is excellent.
Thanks for the tip, Horace Cheng! Don’t miss Horace’s own Laputa flaptter here [...]
We’re not averse to highly customized minifigs here on The Brothers Brick, but I personally prefer a LEGO-only solution when it’s possible.
Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) shows us that Watchmen characters can be created using a mostly purist approach — with a little help from Photoshop for Dr. Manhattan:
See individual shots of Jordan’s Watchmen minifigs [...]
Alan Yap sent us a link to his LEGO version of Springer, one of the Triple Changers from the Transformers comics and TV show:
I don’t want to spoil the surprise, so be sure to check out the full gallery on Brickshelf and Alan’s description on MOCpages.
Although winners of the 7th Original Model Contest (sponsored by Japanese LEGO specialty store clickbrick) won’t be announced until March 7, some great photos of the LEGO creations entered in the contest are now available.
Entrants are free to choose their own theme, but are restricted to 20×20 studs and 30 cm tall, and they can’t [...]
Stephen Chao (Obscurance) recently posted an awesome micro version of the VF-0 fighter from the Macross Zero prequel movie.
More on Brickshelf and Flickr.
I might’ve overlooked this great Mobile Suit Gundam mecha by Solus Maximus as “Not LEGO” if reader Curtis hadn’t sent us a link.
Be sure to click All Sizes to check out all the details.
Moko says that he set out to build an airborne Patlabor mecha, but that it turned out looking more like an RGM-79 GM instead.
Awesome, either way.
We love Adam Grabowski’s vehicles, minifigs, and, oh, pretty much everything he does, but this Hellboy sculpture is an interesting departure. I suspect Mike Mignola would be proud.
Via Klocki. And don’t miss Jordan’s custom minifig from last year.
Vincent Cheung spent just 10 nights to build this amazing creation from the anime series Space Battleship Yamato. The model measures about 150 studs long, that’s the equivalent of four feet.
Via Klocki
Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor is a fairly recent anime series that has characters with that uniquely anime style, here turned into a fantastic LEGO creation by Shawn Snyder:
Peter Lea has made instructions to build your own Penrose triangle:
It’s not impossible, because Jarek has shown that it can be done! There’s no photo-editing involved either. The whole process took him only five minute (four to find the camera batteries)!
Via Klocki
Howl’s Moving Castle is easily my favorite Miyazaki film of the last 10 years or so. I never imagined the enormous castle could be shrunk down to microscale, but Horace Cheng does it with detail to spare.
Orion Pax takes us to Eternia with his latest creation — Castle Grayskull from He Man and the Masters of the Universe:
Of course, what Castle Grayskull would be complete without its defenders? Here’s the whole Masters of the Universe lineup, from He-Man himself to Mekaneck:
And Skeletor’s evil crew:
It has been many months since we saw teaser pictures of Arvo’s Doll, and now the builders have finally uploaded a complete frontal shot of the amazing model.