Monthly Archives: July 2007

Elex’s Dragon

This dragon by elex on Brickshelf is 80 cm tall, weighs 14 kg, and took 5 weeks to build. Be sure to check out the work-in-progress pictures as well.

Professor Auguste Ledroit’s L’invincible

Jausse presents a flying machine powered by the mysterious element “cavorite”.

Yungang Grottoes by Tiger0207

Yungang Grottoes are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Datong, China. Tiger0207 presents a scene of a Buddhist monk meditating in one of the caves:

Via VignetteBricks.

News: 10178 Motorized Walking AT-AT?!

As usual, the source is Eurobricks:

Little Stands for Little Plastic People

Jorden Neves’ minifigs on stands I featured a couple minutes ago were inspired by these great 4×4 stands by Dan Sibley:

Ninjas in space — what’s not to like?

Jordan Neves has posted a batch of very cool space ninjas, which he calls the KabutoCorps. His Black Space Gods aren’t half bad either:

Tim Zarki’s back is really, really mad!

Well, one can infer that from the name of his most recent microscale spaceship. Here’s Tim‘s Spinal Fury:

Type-G1 Bukai by Morgan19

Morgan19 (aka “Jamie”) puts a lot of effort into presentation. It’s always a pleasure to look at the detailed schematics that go along with each new creation. As to the vehicle itself, all the callouts in the graphic indicate just how many features have been packed into this creation.

Morgan by Peter Reid

Can you spot all of the rare parts in this mecha by Peter Reid?

If God exists, he rides a chopper

There’s something viscerally true about noddy‘s suggestion that Jehovah — creator of the universe, destroyer of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Pillar of Fire that led the Israelites into Canaan — rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle:

LEGO Jehovah minifig with motorbike

“It’s No Use, John Clay” said Alan Saunders blandly.

Alan Saunders presents a vignette based on a quote from the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Red Headed League”:

The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’s hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.

“It’s no use, John Clay,” said Holmes blandly. “You have no chance at all.”

What could you build with just 10176 Royal King’s Castle?

Nelson Yrizarry recently set out to determine what he could make from just the pieces in 10176 Royal King’s Castle. The results are somewhat surprising:

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