Monthly Archives: July 2007

Harry Potter Minifigs by badboytje88

Flickrite badboytje88 has a rather impressive collection of official Harry Potter minifigs and ones he’s made himself:

Check out the full photoset on Flickr, with about 80 minifigs.

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Antares-class Light Cruiser by martinbb

Sensor package on the bow, check. Central hangar bay, check. Gray and black color scheme, check. Keel cannon, check. Greebles aplenty, check. Sigh…

This is what I had in mind last night when I stayed up sketching the microspace carrier I want to build. Sadly, it’s by martinbb, not me:

Very cool. Possibly too cool. Hmph! Back to the drawing board for me. (Via Masoko Tanga.)

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Just what you need on a hot July day

Waka presents some cool relief to those of us in the northern hemisphere suffering through July heat. (Thanks to reader Tim David for the tip!)

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Paul Cook Pimps a Bike

Although it may in fact be a trike:

Go Paul go!

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The Nightmare Stagecoach arrives at midnight

The Brickster continues populating his Wild West ghost town, Gravestone, with new and interesting creations:

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Jonathan Ryder’s Steamy Gunship

Not bad for a first.

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If you’re large and mechanical, beware the Killbot

Mecha fighting each other gets stale. To alleviate our boredom, Aaron Andrews (aka DARKspawn) presents something capable of taking on your hardsuit or mobile suit or whatever:

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Microspacetopia!

The new LEGO Microspacetopia group on Flickr has inspired me to build some microscale spacey thingies myself:

Click the image to see individual photos of each microscale vehicle.

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Are you interested in joining the LEGO MINDSTORMS Community Partners?

This just in from Jan Beyer of The LEGO Group:

Are You a Hardcore LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT User?

Do you want to have a seat in our closed webforum, the Mindstorms Community Partners, where we involve you in our development and tests of new ideas, concepts, prototypes, products and discuss various issues like ideas for SW, HW, FW and wetware…?

Then send an application via email with a description of yourself, your involvement with LEGO MINDSTORMS, your special areas of interest, and a paragraph on why you are eligible to be an MCP member!

Send it to mindstormsnxt@lego.com with the header ‘MCP 2.0 application’.

Applications will be received from now and until 10 July 1200 GMT. All email applications received after this will be rejected.

Applicants must be 18 years old to apply.

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More Bubble Bobble characters from Arvo

It seems like we’ve featured just about every creation the Arvo brothers (interview here) have built, but that’s because everything they make is wonderfully constructed and beautifully presented. Some creations are worth revisiting:

Ramón and Amador have added another batch of characters from Bubble Bobble. Here are Hullaballoon and Incendo:

Willy Whistle and Stoner:

Bubble Buster and Baron von Blubba:

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Moon Tracker by Bram Lambrecht

Bram Lambrecht presents what would, for me at least, be a rather harrowing riding experience…

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Space Base by Inago100

Japanese blogger Inago100 doesn’t post to the usual photo sites (Brickshelf, Flickr, etc.), so I thought I’d share his latest creation — a microscale “space base” with lots of interesting details:

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