The MP3 Player, CD Boombox, Digital Camera, and other devices LEGO has licensed Digital Blue to manufacture may be out in stores now, but we all know they’re not “real” LEGO. If you want electronics built from actual LEGO bricks, you’ll have to make your own.
Well, that’s exactly what John Park over at Make Online [...]
The latest 10182 Café Corner building from L.G. Orlando (lgorlando) arrives just as the set that inspired it all begins to come and go, hearkening the end of the set’s availability.
L.G.’s brickwork under the porch is excellent, and little details like the round 1×1 plates in the window frames break up the plane of the [...]
Randall Munroe’s xkcd webcomic uses LEGO to ask a rather profound question.
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.
BrickForge has just released a huge new batch of minifig accessories, starting with headgear printed to add realism to the helmets and berets. The new medium-blue helmets are printed with “UN” and the dark green berets are printed with a military badge
Other new items include:
Golf Club
Power Blade
Raider Blade
Sai
Hook Sword
Cleaver
Saw
Sickle
Wizard Sword
Sovereign Sword
Phaser
See photos of all [...]
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Jarek has decided to build his own take on the vehicles in the Space Police set Hyperspeed Pursuit.
Here’s the police cruiser, which I think is an excellent revision. I especially like the distribution of black and white, perfect for a futuristic take on a cruiser.
Don’t forget to check out his take on [...]
This truck by Brickshelf user Ultimate-Design doesn’t need fancy techniques or extraneous details to make it a good model. The simple and standard studs-up approach combined with using tiles and curved slopes to cover the studs make this an elegantly designed creation.
Thanks for the tip Mac!
SlyOwl busts out of the starting gate with this entry for the Colossal Castle Contest. Packed with all sort of fun olde time carnival action, the dark of side the fair is revealed in the depths below the midway.
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.
Alex Thyroid has managed to come through with a great execution on an idea that I’m sure has been eating a lot of mecha builders up. I know I’ve wanted to use these airplane doors as mecha legs for awhile, but never managed to put brick to brick and make one happen.
Let’s [...]
Amber Arts is relatively new to the hobby as a builder, but she’s quickly proving to have a great eye. Her entry into Classic-Castle’s Colossal Castle Contest VII is simply exquisite:
I don’t know why, but I’ve been on a real dark-bley building kick lately. That means I seem to just keep adding creations to the Iron Mountain Legion’s arsenal, which is starting to turn into a largish group. This time, it’s another dual-rotored helicopter. I just love this configuration, even if the [...]
Sometimes a model shows a lot of dedication to a cause that is worthy of blogging. In this case Matt Hamann (jaster) has carefully and cunningly connected every piece of scrap machinery in his gondola and attached it all to the base. He has no bar with clips left. That, dear readers, is dedication to [...]
Sometimes a brick is not just a brick, it is the brick. Jason Heltebridle (Moctagon Jones) has a picture of a brand new brick with a single stud on the side. I realise the same effect can be achieved with a 1×1 technic brick and quarter pin but this new part will align properly and [...]
I’m passing some information along about the LEGO VIP program. I must apologise profusely for taking so long to blog this information. It came right in the middle of a very busy patch of my life and I then completely forgot it.
It also came as a PDF which made life much more difficult. I’ve converted [...]
It looks like Angus MacLane is at it again. This time, he’s built Luigi from the Pixar film Cars. This LEGO rendition is just as funny and cute as the original.
I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise when someone who works at Pixar builds something from their movies. What continues to [...]
The NS 1800 (link in Dutch) is a common sight on railways in the Netherlands and I’ve seen various LEGO versions of it and its predecessor throughout the years. This one by Danden is a particularly fine 6-wide specimen and, even better, beautifully photographed for our viewing pleasure. And I have to give extra credit [...]