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Lino’s 1960 Chevy Apache will carry inland surfers to the dunes

Andrew — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:19:00 +0000

It’s hard to believe that LUGNuts is already two years old, but the group of LEGO car builders celebrated its second anniversary in October. For the anniversary challenge, LUGNuts co-founder Lino Martins built a 1960 Chevrolet Apache.

The truck is great — with diamond patterns on the interior and a great gas can — but the backdrop is just as interesting. I love the cow’s skull and vulture.

Click the picture to read Lino’s full write-up about his inspiration, and see his roundup of all the entries on the LUGNuts blog.

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.

Nightmare, the flaming stallion

Nannan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:35 +0000

It’s not easy to build realistic creatures in LEGO on a small scale, but midnightcat have skillfully created a flaming stallion called Nightmare. I really like the use of the new flame pieces for the mane.

Of pink nosicles and very high B.E.F.

Andrew — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:37 +0000

Naneto has conveniently titled this pair of adorable rodents Cute Overload.

These little guys are naneto’s entries in the 1st LusOlympics, a LEGO contest hosted by two Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) LEGO fan communities, Comunidade 0937 and LUG Brasil.

Via The Living Brick.

Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!

Josh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:54:33 +0000

Erik Smit shows how its done with this whimsical redeux of Gold Tooth’s Getaway.

By the way, I really like the idea of this sort of challenge, specifically rebuilding a set in whatever fashion each builder prefers. I hope that more groups give this kind of thing a try.

Jacked up gorilla ride

Thanel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:15:35 +0000

I’ve been having nostalgic interest in old and short-lived themes, so it was nice to see this this Islander chief on his gorilla steed. I especially like how Ed captures the beefiness of the arms and the curve of the knuckles on the gorilla.

~~Sorry for the image quality, it’s to do with my linking, not with the quality of Ed’s original picture.~~

Edit (JW): The image link has been fixed.

Welcome to the machine

gambort — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:53:21 +0000

Box guy meet Fedde (Karf Oolhu), Fedde meet box guy.

Look Pugsly, it’s a rhinoceros!

Andrew — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:53:51 +0000

The minifig in this little dio by Evildead may want to keep running, but I have a dog sitting next to me here who’s willing to take on that two-horned beast.

No, seriously! He barks at them when they come on TV. Anyway, I think this is the first brick-built rhino that I’ve seen. It’s an interesting presentation, too, with just a few tan plates to help add a boundary to the scene.

Thanks for the tip, Bruce!

There’s somethin’ movin’ and it ain’t us!

Andrew — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:39:16 +0000

Lord Dane presents the best minifig-scale xenomorph from the Alien series that I recall seeing.

Exo-Force robot arms, minifig hands, and even flippers add a lot of organic detail to the alien.