Monthly Archives: May 2007

Cantankerous Prospector by Zach Clapsadle

Zach Clapsadle presents the Cantankerous Prospector:

Don’t miss the mini-flyer guy:

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Eau de Cologne

There must be something in the water in the Cologne area because derjoe, a sometimes collaborator with misterzumbi, seems to be producing motor vehicles of equally high calibre. His NYPD team are just spectacular

S.W.A.T.

If gold-toothed felons in black and white stripes overrun your LEGO town, it’s time to call in S.W.A.T. — armed with the usual gear.

Aeroplane

Well I’m going to take the vanity opportunity to post another of my creations here: an Antonov An-28 passenger plane as flown by Aeroflot. I’m pretty pleased with it. Can’t really think of much more to say so I’ll leave it there.

Joe Vig and the Ninjas

I threw this together last night, as a showcase for my new green ninjas. They are so cool…

In this scene the famously oblivious Joe Vig strolls through a bamboo forest. Will he escape alive? Of course, he’s Joe Vig!

One item to note is the complete lack of bricks and plates in this vignette. Now that was fun!

The whole vigging gallery.

A couple of figs...

Wow, I haven’t posted in a long time. But I actually built some stuff last night, so I’m posting them!

The first fig has the extremely original name of “Samurai”. I mostly built this one to show off my rare ninja pieces. It makes my cousin (Kinux) mad when i do that…

The second, I call GoldenRed. I was really tired and couldn’t think of anything else…

Enjoy!

Gallery of Figs.

TRU Japan Exo-Force Mashup Contest

Toys R Us in Japan is sponsoring an Exo-Force Mashup Contest that challenges builders to combine any two Exo-Force sets into a new mecha. The two example mashups should be familiar to TBB readers — Van-Force and Naoe-Force. Several Japanese builders have already contributed entries.

Kwi-Chang gets things going with a mashup between 7700 Stealth Hunter and 7714 Golden Guardian:

Although I posted it earlier this week without any explanation, here’s Izzo’s combination of two copies of 8105 Iron Condor:

Finally, Sugegasa has promised to get in on the mashup action, but I haven’t seen the result yet.

Lion Sculpture by modelgal

Brickshelfer modelgal (Mariann Asanuma) puts the studs-not-on-top building techniques that made her dragon famous to good use again with a beautiful lion sculpture:

(Via The Paganomation Blog.)

Wizards and Bone Warriors

Well, just one wizard, but a whole horde of bone warriors from Moko.

I love the use of bats in the wizard’s staff:

And the skeleton warriors are oh so shiny with their chrome armor:

Micro 10182 Cafe Corner by mumu

Excitement about 10182 Cafe Corner has been building in Japan ever since it was announced that a new specialty store called Toys R Us Select will be carrying this set. As Japanese fans start to get their hands on what some are calling the best LEGO set ever, it has started showing up on blogs and displays.

mumu couldn’t wait to get his, so he just made a microscale version instead:

(Link. Via Klocki and MicroBricks.)

¡Viva Mexico!

The Brothers Brick would like to wish everyone a wonderful Cinco de Mayo.

Voting Open for Wizard’s Challenge Contest

With Wizard’s Challenge contest now over, voting has opened. Head on over to Eurobricks to review the entries and cast your votes. Here are a few more of my faves…

Brickster’s Snake Oil Salesman and Lorenz J’s Mihangel Yorath:

Sir Dillon’s Larry of the Metal Arm and Optimus Convoy’s Namron the Necromancer: