The intrepid retro-space astronauts of Chrispockster’s exploratory crew continue to encounter fascinating residents of the Planet Nidoria. Nidorians are of course famous for their bright green thoroughbred mounts (that’s a Bionicle creature put to excellent use):
The crew itself has recently received an upgrade, accompanied by Robbie the Robot:
Aliens remains one of my favorite sci-fi movies, in large part because of the awesome (though mostly futile) hardware the Colonial Marines throw at the aliens. Havoc’s version of the M577 APC is chock full of awesome:
This bad boy even has a full interior:
(Via Whippersnappers in the Void.)
The Aliens movies have spawned quite a few […]
Rob presents a small, brilliantly designed fighter:
The custom stickers add great detail to an already excellent model reminiscent of World War II fighters.
Those of you who were paying close attention to our coverage of BrickWorld 2008 probably noticed references to and pictures of the latest BrickForge accessories.
Thanks to Nannan and the magic of the United States Postal Service, here’s my review of the new items BrickForge will be releasing soon. In general, I’ll try to avoid repeating […]
Flickr user Chrispockster makes a diorama depicting a retro space landing on the fictional planet Nidoria. Some highlights include the organic alient plant life and the interesting color choice for the planet’s surface, which I think might just be plain yellow shaded dark during the photography process. The final result looks great.
Peter Reid’s series of Neo-Classic Space vehicles evoke simultaneous feelings of awe, jealousy, and nostalgia.
For Pete’s latest, he gives 497 Galaxy Explorer the contemporary treatment:
Pete’s use of modern bricks and current building techniques, applied to the shapes and colors of LEGO from the Classic Space era, results in creations that combine the best of both […]
Jerak uses brown in his most recent creation to construct a heavily armed micro spaceship called the Juggernaut Fortress, based off the Clairconctlar Pinnacle. It is worth checking out the bottom of the ship, equally full of details as the top and in my opinion wouldn’t look so awkward to be cruising upside down.
Red. Sleek. Fast. This lovely fighter by Niels Bugge (Flickr) veritably roars off the screen with speed and power:
Don’t miss the 80 Z-Fighter 3 page on Niels’ website for discussion of the inspiration and building techniques he used, including the great curved wings.
As I said a couple weeks ago, I really enjoy the little descriptions Teikjoon includes with his LEGO photos.
Click the picture to read Teikjoon’s description of the high-powered “Skyscraper” on Flickr:
The “geological research and exploration vehicle” Jehkay posted recently sports more play features than you can throw a brick at.
It has manipulator arms on the front and a motorbike on the back:
I’m loving Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz’s coverage of his recent trip to Billund. His latest post includes a great video of his visit to LEGO’s Secret Vault, where the company stores all of the products ever released, in their original packages.
Click through to Gizmodo for the video and the full gallery.
Jesus’ coverage of his trip […]
While everyone was oohing and aahing over Nnenn’s recent modular ships, I realized we’d neglected to blog his beautifully swooshable minifig-scale fighter:
My favorite detail is the transition from the cockpit to the nose, but the engine intakes are totally sweet too.
Fedde envisions a future in which droids go in, and then they go out.
Lots more on Brickshelf — definitely worth the visit for all the great details in this scene.
It’s a Tzek Tzek. Built by Martians and prized by humans. A slightly different take on the retro-futuristic Savage Planet concept.
In news sure to please those of you who thought that 10191 Star Justice and 10192 Space Skulls were a bit more expensive than you liked, both sets are now 30% from the LEGO Store online.
10191 Star Justice is now USD 69.99:
Similarly, 10192 Space Skulls is also now USD 69.99:
Other stuff on sale:
10143 Death Star […]
Brickshelf user czekoladowyboss’s newest build is a massive microscale space battle-ship called the Dragon. In addition to the bold red and black coloring, some other distinguishing features include the ribbed patterns and the docking bays for its smaller companion vessels. Check out the full gallery for some more great details.
Following up on his minifig-scale “488 Galaxy Scout” we featured yesterday, Aaron Becker (Flickr) goes microscale with “498 Command Frigate”:
Once again, Aaron demonstrates that it’s not about the size of your collection…
The clean, angular lines and customizations of a Nnenn fighter combined with the retro colors of Classic Space mean total awesomeness:
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