Monthly Archives: May 2007

Cafe Corner Links for May 19, 2007

No, seriously. There’s enough stuff about 10182 Cafe Corner to dedicate a whole roundup post to this one set.

First of all, it’s where my own LEGO time has been going this past week! My brain is spinning with ideas for interiors, additions, variations, and neighborhood buildings. And I’ve always been a castle and space builder, so that says something about this set! :-D

Second, Cafe Corner designer Jamie Berard (that’s a link to his blog, for those of who unaware that he had one) has a nice Cafe Corner roundup of his own.

Finally, a couple Cafe Corner neighbors and variations by Japanese builders. Moko‘s house built with nothing but Cafe Corner, and Peachtree‘s Cafe Corner neighbor:

Photo Review of 7093 Skeleton’s Tower by ... a Spacer?!?

Renowned Spacer Chris Giddens reviews 7093 Skeleton’s Tower:

Steampunk Links for May 19, 2007

The Radiant Kestrel by Zach Clapsadle keeps our roundup posts chugging and clanking along:

“Flyer” by Jerac (via) and “Steampunk Skiff” by Tim Zarki:

An older creation by Ayucow inspired by the anime film Steam Boy (via):

Bionicle Links for May 19, 2007

“Fanglyfuss” by Makaru, and “The Pit Scourge” by Breann Sledge (both via BioniBlog):

Guu Press has an interesting interview with Lars Lusenberg Nielsen, Senior Toy Designer at LEGO’s Concept Lab (via Klocki and Forum 0937).

Arvo’s Chestburster from Aliens

The latest LEGO creation by the Arvo brothers features a chestburster emerging from some unlucky person, complete with pooling blood dripping off of the sculpture’s base.

Via Masoko Tanga and on Hispalug.

Space and Star Wars Links for May 19, 2007

I’m behind again, so instead of cluttering up the page and RSS feed, I’m going to post by theme again. First up, Space! And…Star Wars!

“Alien Life” by Felix Greco, and “Swallowtail” by Mr. Stenz:

In Star Wars news, the inventory for 10179 Millenium Falcon is now up on Peeron, and details are now available on FBTB about the Golden C3PO Contest (via LEGO Contests).

Tim Zarki‘s evolved X-wing (more from him in subsequent posts):

NickGreat’s Green Samurai

As featured here previously, master customizer NickGreat continues his “Colors of the Samurai” with my favorite color — and favorite minifig so far (via Klocki):

(Wow, feels like I’ve been gone forever, but it’s only been a couple of days. My bookmark folder’s bursting at the seams, so I’ll do a few “roundup” posts tomorrow to catch up.)

A bike, a car and a coupla trains

Hotrod and bike

Kuranda loco

NedTrain 700

I’ve been pretty buildy lately so I’m just throwing a bunch of stuff here. The Hotrod and Bike are variants of misterzumbi and mijasper‘s models but the others are me having colourful fun. Also in my Flickr stream (may contain disliked language).

Building 10182 Cafe Corner

Here’s what greeted me when walked through the front door yesterday evening:

I’d finally ordered 10182 Cafe Corner last week, so I knew it was in the mail, but my wife understood how excited I was and set everything up so I could spend more of my time building when I got home. Yay!

Oh, and that’s why you won’t be seeing much of me around here for a couple of days. ;-)

Hien’s Hayate... better late than never

Brickshelf builder HIEN has come up with (well did come up with… it’s really rather late to post about) what I’d consider one of, if not the, best small scale WWII planes in LEGO. The entire thing is a big ball of complex genius and I, for one, am sold.

Is your name Mater too?

Steven Marshall‘s name isn’t Mater, but this little truck from Cars goes by that name:

(Via Paganomation.)

And don’t miss Dave Teague’s Lightning McQueen I blogged last year.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Matt De Lanoy demonstrates that something you made yourself is so much more meaningful than a bunch of plants you buy on the Internet. And besides, plastic flowers last a lifetime: