Soren Roberts has posted an awesome Zaku mecha from Gundam:
From the chain gun to the pink eye, this beauty is full of fantastic details.
Leave comments on Flickr, or check out the full gallery on NeutronBot.com.
Yearly Archives: 2006
LEGO Bloggers Code Proposal on Brick Brick
A year ago when I launched “Dunechaser’s Blocklog,” my blogroll included just a handful of other LEGO blogs, such as LEGO-BINGO and VignetteBricks. As I’ve become aware of more blogs and new blogs have been launched, this list has grown to include nearly sixty Japanese blogs, nearly fifty in English (in the nav bar on the right), and several in German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
With so many of us blogging about our hobby, some overlap is inevitable. Sean Mykael has given this some serious thought over at Brick Brick, and has proposed an excellent LEGO Bloggers Code. So, let’s head on over there to discuss, shall we?
SCV good to go, sir!
I always liked clicking my WarCraft and StarCraft units repeatedly to see what they’d say. Some pretty hilarious stuff after about ten clicks (especially Ogres). Anyway, Flickrite jehkay has posted a cool little SCV:
What I like about LEGO creations based on StarCraft is that the low resolution on reference pictures gives the builder a lot of freedom to create unique solutions and interesting details. In jehkay’s SCV, I especially like the new wheel well thingy surrounding the driver.
7783 Batcave Review on American Comics Lego Archive
I profiled Japanese blogger xeuren’s American Comics Lego Archive over on PPB late last year. Xeuren recently posted a nice photo review of 7783 Batcave. Perhaps I’ve missed a review in English elsewhere, but xeuren’s review includes several great pictures of the new set, including the new minifigs:
The set also includes Batman and a henchman (for a total of seven). I think Robin (black pompadour!!!) and The Penguin (purple stubby legs!!!) are fantastic, but I’m not so sure about Alfred — as xeuren also says, the expression on his face seems a little dandyish.
I’m really torn between this set and 7785 Arkham Asylum. I still don’t have a black Batman minifig, and both have some great villain minifigs as well…
Anyway, head on over to American Comics Lego Archive for more close-up pictures of this set, as well as xeuren’s own custom superhero minifigs.
Legohaulic’s Three-Legged Steampunk Walker
Brickshelfer Legohaulic joins the steampunk revolution with an excellent three-legged walker (via LEGO-BINGO):
The combination of extensive Technic parts with little details like the wooden paneling around the cockpit or the umbrella over the driver make this a perfect example of the steampunk building style.
Redshirts Never Survive Away Missions!
I hadn’t planned on making any minifigs based on Star Trek the original series, nor ones from Deep Space Nine, so I’m glad that Steve Bishop has created both!
On an away mission, here’s Lt. Spock, Capt. James T. Kirk, Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, and the soon-to-be-deceased (I assume) Lt. D. E. Adman:
Captain Kirk is awesome!!!
Here’s the crew from Deep Space Nine, Chief Miles E. O’Brian, Capt. Benjamin Sisko, Lt. Jadzia Dax, and Dr. Julian Bashir:
Purple Mecha Madness!
Like fellow Japanese builders Izzo and Moko, Sugegasa is an all-around great builder, regularly posting new mecha, vignettes, minifigs, and even larger creations. He often incorporates new parts into his creations in unusual ways. His latest unusual use for a new piece is in a mecha that includes several motorbike cowls from Catwoman’s bike:
Author Douglas Coupland is a LEGO Fan
Douglas Coupland, author of books such as Generation X and Microserfs is apparently a LEGO fan. I noticed that several of his books have covers that incorporate LEGO into the design:
A quick search for Douglas Coupland LEGO turned up this article. Here’s Coupland talking about LEGO:
Thing is, we all played with Lego…. There just comes a time when you don’t go into that box anymore, and then for the next 30 years Lego’s been playing with me. Messing with my mind and my way of looking at things. I’ve [been wondering] all this time, where do I end and toys begin?
Apparently, though, Coupland’s dark age is over. The article describes an art installation he’s created (sorry, no pictures), in which he uses LEGO. I really like this next quote:
I had to build the Cape Cod house with two dormer windows, and my God! My fingers still had that weird Lego tingling feeling. I was still hunting down in the bottom of the box for that one piece. That sound? You remember that sound? Of stirring around in the bottom of a box of Lego? When I’m building things in my mind, I call it ‘shapehead.’ When I’ve got shapehead, I can’t sleep, I might as well just keep on building and building…
Nice. I guess that makes me a shapehead.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Minifigs
Here’s my non-decal take on the crew of NCC-1701-D Enterprise (click for full photoset on Flickr:
L to R: Deanna Troi, Worf, Data, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Jean-Luc Picard, Will Riker, Geordi LaForge, and Wesley Crusher.
Edit (6/10/06): I forgot to include my Borg drones when I first posted this:
Lukas’ Castley Minifigs
Micah Berger’s Fantasy Creatures
For some reason, I don’t seem to have ever blogged Micah Berger’s great brick-built fantasy creatures. With an update to his gallery and a tip from another Andrew, this is a good an opportunity as any (some of these will be new, some not). ;-)
Here’s a minotaur and an “Ibixian”:
A hag:
A “Wood-Nelf” (look at all those minifig hands!!!):
And my favorite of the bunch — Puddleglum the marshwiggle (from C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair):
There are more great creatures (real and fantastic) than I can present in one blog post, so be sure to check out Micah’s Animals gallery on Brickshelf.
Guided Missile Cruiser by Markosbears
Brand-new Brickshelfer markosbears has posted a great Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser with lots of great detail (the images are huge, but worth the wait):
I love how the ship has such smooth curves in spite of being built with little square bricks.
(Thanks to Bruce for posting this in Classic-Castle Forums.)