I love micro and mini-scale creations. Teeny weeny cityscapes and itsy bitsy spaceships are just fantastic. Classic-Spacer Mike Yoder (mryoder on Brickshelf) has posted a drop-dead gorgeous orbital docking station, replete with a service shuttle, tanker, and mecha.
First up, an overview of the docking station itself:
Next, a closeup of the shuttle:
The tanker:
Finally, the mecha:
Lenny Hoffman has posted some detailed pictures of sets from the new Avatar: The Last Airbender LEGO theme in a Brickshelf folder. Check out the gallery for set pictures and Lenny’s full commentary, but here are a few close-up shots of the new minifigs:
I think this theme has some great potential for those of us who see sets more for their parts and minifigs. (Even though I watch SpongeBob religiously, I’d never even heard of this TV series until LEGO announced the license.) I’m really starting to warm up to the new flesh-toned minifigs, and these are certainly pretty cool. The torso designs look very useful, and the armor is absolutely stunning.
The non-disclosure agreement signed by participants in the Mindstorms Developer Program (MDP) expires today, so those of you who’ve been waiting for more information on LEGO Mindstorms NXT need wait no longer! Head on over to The NXT STEP for extensive coverage on this new product. Updates today include pictures, links to new Web sites, and previously unreleased information about Mindstorms NXT.
MisaQa builds wonderful little animals, but I never expected a recent batch of fantastic Wallace & Gromit creations. What’s so great about these is that they totally capture the unique, instantly recognizable sensibility of the original clay sculptures by Aardman Animations.
Here are the two title characters:
Here’s Wallace with a chicken/penguin:
And a pair of sheep:
Classic Castler Josh Wedin has posted some additions to his minifig gallery.
Here’s his new Dark Knight (I have to get a couple Batman sets now):
An old woman:
And a war wizard (go, fighting monkeys, go!!!):
I think I like LEGO graphic art as much as I like actual LEGO creations. Japanese blogger kazzen is a master of LEGO-themed graphic art populated by our favorite little plastic friends.
A month or so ago, he uploaded two cellphone wallpapers featuring a minifig decked out in World Baseball Classic gear:
How you get to these images and download them to your phone will probably vary by phone and by plan, but you can access both of them on this page.
Black Jack (「ブラックジャック」) is an animated series aired on TV in Japan between 2004 and 2005. The title character is a mysterious doctor with white and black hair. Naturally, after getting her hands on the new Two-Face minifig from the Batman theme, mumu’s wife saw the similarity and made Jack, along with his sidekick, Pinoko:
You can find more info on Black Jack on Anime News Network.
No, I haven’t been neglecting this blog (well, maybe just a little — I do have a small backlog).
The reason there haven’t been that many posts recently here on PPB is that there haven’t been any major holidays being celebrated by Japanese builders, nor have there been any significant product launches that resulted in extensive discussions like there was with Exo-Force.
Ideally, I’d like to post at least twice a week (compared with a couple times a day over on my other LEGO blog), but there just hasn’t been enough subject matter. I guess it’s time for me to fill the gap myself with historical minifigs or something… ;-)
If you’d like to help me by pointing out Japanese or Asian-themed LEGO creations that I might have missed, just leave a comment (I’ll be notified by e-mail) or send me a message at dunechaser AT gmail DOT com.
That just seemed like it warranted an exclamation point. Anyway, Brickshelf user element42 has posted an adorable little “Baby Robot Space Cow“:
Just got back from Redmond earlier this evening. My job search may be over. w00t!
Apparently, great minifig-building runs in Moko’s family. Here’s a little “Demon Child” Moko’s little sister put together:
Oh, and check out this cool gun Moko himself made recently:
Both of these show great uses for the new pieces in the Batman sets.
