Brickshelf and Classic-Castle Forums member marakoeschtra has been posting interesting castle-themed minifigs over the last few days:
This is definitely a gallery I’ll be keeping an eye on.
Yearly Archives: 2006
Chocobo Warrior by Andrew Horvatits
Andrew Horvatits just posted a wonderful Chocobo warrior (based on this design by Kevin Heckel, aka Jonesy over at Golden Shpleem):
I might’ve chosen a different minifig (let’s say something like one of these), but the color scheme on the Chocobo is great — especially the black levers as claws on the yellow feet. Good photography is also a huge plus.
Little Einsteins Rocket by smartiac
Brickshelf user smartiac (Nathan Proudlove) brings us an adorable space creation titled “Little Einsteins Rocket:”
I dig the roundness (and the Technic gears on the engine pods).
Monkey Spa V-Pod by Izzo
There are hot springs in Japan populated by Japanese macaques, who soak themselves in the hot water when it gets cold.
Izzo has captured just such a hot spring in his “Monkey Spa” V-pod:
LEGO iPod Dock by minialger
Flickr user minialger just posted a totally sweet iPod dock (complete with step-by-step building instructions):
Cerebrus
Name: Cerebrus
Mission: Building ingenious mechanical minions to do his evil bidding.
Origin: Cut off his own head, put his brain in a jar, and attached his brain-jar to a robot body he built himself.
Evil superpowers: None.
The Broccoli Avenger
Secret identity: The Brocolli Avenger
Real name: Brocco D’Arrigo
Mission: Making sure children (and presidents) eat their broccoli.
Superpowers: Impervious to cancer, super vision, unbreakable bones, immune to diseases. All that, plus the ability to make steamed veggies taste like chocolate.
Masahiro Yanagi’s Unimog
I posted previously about Brickshelf user MisterZumbi’s Mercedes Unimog. Now, Masahiro Yanagi has posted his own version:
Japanese Vehicles by Masahiro Yanagi
I saw vehicles like these all the time growing up in Japan. Makes me kind of homesick.
A 7-11 delivery truck:
And a mail truck:
News: Master Model Builder Coverage on CNET
In a third-floor art school classroom here, lifelong Lego fan Robin Dodd pitted his prodigious building skills against the rest of the best in Northern California.
Read the full article on CNET News (be sure to check out the gallery of pictures from the event).
“Land of the Dead” by cbolego
Some of you may have already seen this, but I haven’t blogged it myself yet, so I thought I’d post about cbolego’s “maxi-vignette,” — “Land of the Dead:”
There are lots of cool details you can see from various angles, so be sure to check out the full gallery (click the image above).
Japanese House by Dellta
Wow. That is all I have to say.
