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Building the Printing Press

Caylin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:08:01 +0000

busboy489 built Gutenberg’s printing press for Classic-Castle’s CCCVII contest, in the Technological Advances category.

I really like the arches for the ceiling–they really give a sense of space for me, making the room look even bigger, despite the HUGE press.

Kaptain Kazoodle and the Travelling Circus of Doom!

Andrew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:35:07 +0000

Nathan Proudlove says his latest steampunk creation was inspired by Dark Cloud 2, a Christina Aguilera song, and the steam spider by Crabfu Steamworks.

In contrast to a lot of steampunk creations of the past, Nathan includes big splotches of color. The big flywheel gives it the classic steampunk touch, but the turquoise boiler and accents take this beyond the world of brown and gray.

Mini Telecaster and Flying V guitars look real enough to rock

Andrew — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:03:14 +0000

These guitars by LEGOWOW have enough detail to look almost exactly like the real thing, but they’re still small enough to be awesomely adorable.

Thanks to Bruce for the tip!

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.

Two by two, cranes of blue

gambort — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:38:41 +0000

I just discovered Maciej Drwiega’s flickr gallery today and was really impressed by both the models and photography. This railroad support crane struck as particularly nice due to its use of studes out tiles, plates and wings to create a visually interesting monochrome surface. The windscreen is also particularly nice.

Bus Driver’s Prayer

gambort — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:52 +0000

I’m pretty sure we’ve blogged this before.

OK so we’ve kind of blogged it before but Ralph Savelsberg (madphysicist) has given Firas’ scene a redux for the latest LUGNUTs challenge. This is truly the best Routemaster I’ve seen at minifig scale.

Kris Kelvin rebuilds 6276 Eldorado Fortress for the modern age

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:41:17 +0000

6276 Eldorado Fortress is one of those classic LEGO Pirates sets that we’ve grown to love over the years. Released 20 years ago, the set arrived in the phase when my parents thought I should give Technic a try instead of all those sets marked “Ages 7-12″.

Kris Kelvin applies modern techniques and uses current LEGO elements to refresh this classic set.

Kris’s version even includes a complete basement. See more photos on Flickr, and all the photos on Brickshelf.

Via Klocki.

Hispabrick Magazine 006 now available for download [News]

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:25:21 +0000

The latest issue of Hispabrick Magazine is now available in English.

This issue includes interviews with Pete Reid and the admins of the Brick-Busters anti-plagiarism group, as well as features on how to clean LEGO, learning about LDraw, and more.

Click the pic for links to download both the English and Spanish versions of Hispabrick Magazine 006.

Preventing Power Miner cave-ins

Andrew — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:02 +0000

In contrast to earlier this year, I don’t think there are enough Power Miners LEGO creations out there. It really is a pretty cool theme. Brandon Bannerman (Catsy) seems to agree, having recently posted this Mobile Roof Support rig.

More pics on Flickr.

Vic . . . Raptor?

Dan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:07:13 +0000

Andrew Lee is calling it the Raptor. I call them T-Rex parts. I expect that everyone will call it awesome.