Indeed, mumu himself seems surprised by the prospect of a panda mecha, stuttering in his blog post title.
Check out the driver:
Hilarious! (And no, this isn’t Panda-Z, says mumu.)
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Yearly Archives: 2006
Name Those Philosophers!
Brickshelfer Helico has posted a nice series of philosopher minifigs, but without individual shots or keywords, I don’t know who all of them are — though I have my guesses. Okay readers, try and name ’em all! ;-)
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Corviwurm by Jerac
Brickshelfer and Classic-Spacer Jerac posted something so cool I can’t help posting it. (Sorry Linus!)
Jerac calls it a “Corviwurm,” but it looks very much like a Zerg Mutalisk (which he acknowledges in his CSF post):
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Arvo’s Vintage Typewriter
I’m declaring the Arvo Brothers the Master of Everyday Objects.
I said in my most recent post about his mini Nord Lead synthesizer that it’s harder to make big things small than it is to make big or life-size versions of big things.
This is certainly true of their latest creation, which looks like a real-life typewriter until you realize it’s made from LEGO bricks, and then you realize it’s a teeny tiny LEGO typewriter (look at the studs) less than six inches across:
You’ve left me no choice but to go inside and build...
Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable.
Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool):
Steve Vargo’s Tool:
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Lukas’ Canti the Robot from FLCL
Apparently there’s this show called FLCL that Lukas watches. I’m usually asleep by 1:30 in the morning, so I haven’t seen it.
Anyhoo, I guess robots and other stuff pop out of this kid’s head:
Weird. But it’s a cool robot, Lukas! Nice use of BrickFA arms and T-pipe thingies.
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Gandalf Decapitated
Mogenson has posted a very detailed head of Gandalf the White Hut on Brickshelf. It’s pretty nifty if you ask me. I love the expression.
Gandalf:
Here’s the Gandalfian Gallery
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These are the voyages...
40 years ago today, the first five-year mission of the starship Enterprise began. Five television series, ten movies, and many books and video games later, Star Trek is still boldly going. Brendon Griffith celebrates with a microscale model of the N.C.C. 1701 U.S.S. Enterprise.
An unknown builder celebrates the wise words of Spock with this sculpture.
Dream Houses at Brickfest
If you think about it, every LEGO model builder is an architect in their own way. Minifig-scale house builders are no exception. Check out these various houses built by LEGO Frank Lloyd Wrights. Special thanks to Bill Ward for taking pictures.
Calum Tsang’s Sweep Building, built for a train layout, is subtley curved to fit around a track. I really like how the rectangular tan section compliments and contrasts the the organically curving gray section. And is that Joe Vig I spot in there?
J. Michael Collace* puts ornate Bellevile arches to good use with his French Quarter Bourbon**. This creation shows how much life some minifigs can bring to a creation.
*The image cuts off after the “e” on Collace, so there might be more to his name.
**The image cuts off after “Qu,” but I’m pretty certain it’s meant to be “Quarter.”
I’ve already featured Taylor Plazak’s New Dreams on Unique Brique Techniques because of the curved roof, but I can’t resist featuring it here, too. I just really like how this building looks. The colors really compliment each other, and the near studlessness gives this creation a futuristic look. I wish I could live in a house like that.
Three New Mecha from Hiron
Back in May I blogged Japanese builder Hiron’s MS-09F Domtropen from Gundam. Over the last several weeks he’s posted three more awesome mecha:
ATH-Q58 “Blue Knight” Berserga DT (info):
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News: LEGO Batman Video Game in the Works?
ComputerandVideoGames.com is reporting that the development studio responsible for the two LEGO Star Wars video games is now working on a LEGO Batman game:
The next licensed LEGO game from veteran UK developer, Traveller’s Tales will be based on the massive DC Comics superhero, Batman, CVG can exclusively reveal today…. When we contacted Traveller’s Tales the studio as expected declined to comment on LEGO Batman, although further delving led us to development director, Jonathan Smith who when asked about the game told us that considering the studio’s long running partnership with LEGO, “we will definitely will be making more LEGO games in the future.”
Sweet.
Via Destructoid (now with bonus pug in Batman costume!), which also has a nice video review of the new LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.
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RIP Steve Irwin, 1962-2006
This past weekend brought sad news about the death of Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin. As Bruce blogged over on VignetteBricks, the LEGO world has responded with several fantastic tributes for this great conservationist, family man, and entertainer.
Melody Brown:
rogueyoda:
k-hatch:
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