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I didn’t think it was LEGO

Nannan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:46:52 +0000

From a thumbnail, Alex Schranz’s (Orion Pax) newest work looks like graffiti, and that’s precisely what it’s striving to imitate. It’s harder to believe that this is actually a LEGO creation.

LEGO Nakagin Capsule Tower captures the Metabolist spirit

Andrew — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:13:26 +0000

A new builder going by SPACE, TIME, & REALITY has posted a microscale version of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo.

The technique used for the round capsule windows is excellent, while the mix of light and dark windows adds interest.

Via twee affect.

Celtic Beast Mosaic

Josh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:18:04 +0000

The Lee Family has been knocking out some pretty fun creations lately. My personal favorites are the Celtic mosaics, but you should check out the portrait of the Dalai Lama as well.

Bruce interviewed Craig Lee recently and has posted part of the conversation on the front page of Classic Castle.

Dragon Bones

Josh — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:49:37 +0000

This stunning dragon, by Necromancer7, is incredible. I want one….really bad.

This is what you look like…

Josh — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:19 +0000

….to someone not from here. Da Eart, by Cole Blaq, is freaking me out. I keep looking in the mirror to see if this really what earthlings look like. I think I’m getting there.

You know what street art needs? More frogs.

Thanel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:16:17 +0000

I’ve been noticing a plague of frogs in a variety of creations and it’s one of the coolest trends out there. Alex Schranz (“Orion Pax”) even incorporates frogs into his latest brick-built graffiti wall called PaxFrogriderstyle.

Fedde (Karf Oolhu) also has a whole series of frog based creations, though my favorites are his civil defense observatory and mobile heavy infantry.

Getting in the spirit of Halloween

Nannan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:57:39 +0000

With Halloween approaching, Douglas Hill creates a chilling mosaic that uses so many shades of colors that I lost my head trying to keep track of them all. Can you identify all the brick colors that were used? I’ll bet it ain’t easy.

Thanks for the tip Chip Philson! ;)

Pop-up LEGO Kinkaku-ji opens to reveal golden pavilion

Andrew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:02:53 +0000

The Buddhist temple of Kinkaku-ji was originally built in 1397. In 2009, talapz built a Kinkaku-ji in a box. Okay, words fail me here. They really do.

The builder notes in the video that he used 4,500 LEGO pieces to build his pop-up Kinkaku-ji, and it weighs 4 kg. Be sure to watch the whole video — talapz shows how this amazing creation pops up out of the box.

And don’t miss Jumpei Mitsui’s Kinkaku-ji from 2007.

Ship in a bottle

Dan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:35:49 +0000

Matt Armstrong (Monsterbrick) has found a great use for all those empty x-pods. I’m sure I’m not the only person with a stack of pods that runs from floor to ceiling and then starts over, right? He’s done an elegant job of building a ship into a series of pods to make a ship in a bottle. Very clever!

Dalí + Halsman + Balakov

Andrew — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:44:41 +0000

Mike Stimpson (Balakov) takes us into the strange world of Salvador Dalí with his latest photo, a reenactment of Philippe Halsman’s Dalí Atomicus.

As always, the setup shot is nearly as amazing. Mike writes:

This was rather difficult, and wet. It took two and a half hours to set up, and 15 seconds before the set was destroyed by the chaos that ensues when you turn a hosepipe on a carefully balanced Lego scene.

That is so unbelievably cool.