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Chris Doyle has built an incredible rendition of the phantom zone, from the Superman movies. This is truly creepy.

Many years ago Mike Psiaki came onto the online LEGO scene and was impressed by El Caracho‘s Batmobile. Now he’s built his own for a new generation of builders to be impressed by.

Herbie is one of my favorite “movie” cars. Tyler did a perfect job…with the added bonus of PowerFunctions! Lovely, lovely build. This was built for Lugnuts 30th Challenge, which is inspiring some awesome cars, if you ask me….which of course you didn’t.

From time to time, we have the opportunity to add new faces to our stable of contributors. We try to bring on people who have a unique perspective and a good eye for a well-turned LEGO creation. The latest member of our staff fits that description to a tee. Please welcome Ace Kim! Ace is Continue reading →

Angus Maclane has been building like crazy lately. The craziness has manifested itself as CubeDudes, which appear to be famous characters with cubes for heads. They are adorable! He just posted oodles of these awesome little dudes. Click on the pictures to go to a gallery of related figures. Which is your favorite?

Legoland California just finished their hiring competition and selected 5 new Master Builders, as well as 4 Associate Builders! Among the finalists are some very deserving builders, including several that will be familiar to Brothers Brick readers. After participating in a routine job application process, finalists were subjected to a timed, two hour build-off, which Continue reading →

We’re not averse to highly customized minifigs here on The Brothers Brick, but I personally prefer a LEGO-only solution when it’s possible. Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) shows us that Watchmen characters can be created using a mostly purist approach — with a little help from Photoshop for Dr. Manhattan: See individual shots of Jordan’s Watchmen Continue reading →

In his explorations of the subway system of Gotham City Brent Wolke (thwaak) has uncovered a secret world: a world of subway racers. These are the cutest set of LEGOy things I’ve seen in ages.

Well, not in the sense that I want them to eat my minifigs’ brains (well, perhaps some of them), but in the sense that zombies make pretty much anything cooler. The guys from The Big Toy Hut have put together a batch of minifigs inspired by the zombie megafigs by Andrew Bell: While we’re at Continue reading →

So Christophe Bongay built one. I love the cut-away aspect of this creation.

Chandler (obxcrew) takes on Batman nemesis and former White Knight Harvey Dent in a series of five vignettes. In his first vig, Chandler explores Harvey’s origins as Two-Face: Each vignette includes great details and minifig customization, like the safe deposit boxes and two-face himself in this bank scene: Check out all five vignettes in Chandler’s Continue reading →

LEGO Batman: The Video Game was released this past Tuesday. I’d hoped to play the game and write a review, as I did for LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game, but I won’t have time to do that for a couple weeks. McDonald’s has of course had Happy Meal toys inspired by the game available Continue reading →

I’m loving sense of urgency in the this diorama by zgrredek. It has that wacky, silent movie feel. Almost the Keystone Cops turned fireman. Those horses are swell, as well:

Rong Yiren has a style all his own and I’m a big fan of his Primal Bots. In this scene, he has captured a rare sighting of a polar race of the creatures and their ride.

It’s no secret that we here at The Brothers Brick love this year’s LEGO Agents sets — especially Andrew, who won’t shut up about them! So we’re very pleased to bring you an interview with Matthew Ashton, Creative Director for LEGO Playthemes, and one of the set designers for the LEGO Agents theme. The Brothers Continue reading →