I hadn’t run across Markus Haindl‘s LEGO creations until I got an e-mail from him a few days ago. His latest mecha made checking out his Flickr photostream well worth my time!
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Andrew Lee’s Doomsday is red and packs a punch
Andrew Lee has been tinkering with this mecha for a while now, and this latest variant is reminiscent of Warhammer 40,000. The standard is extremely cool.
New Privacy Policy for Brothers-Brick.com
As this blog has grown, we’ve changed things a few times to make them better. Last December, we moved from Blogger to our own domain here at Brothers-Brick.com. We’ve also improved performance and reliability by changing to a new Web hosting provider. All of these changes were intended to make your experience more enjoyable, and as a result, we’ve had to become more professional.
One important thing that’s been missing has been a privacy policy. Privacy policies let users of Web sites know what personal information the site collects and how that information is used. It’s also an important component of legal compliance with laws like The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Using non-legal, non-technical language, we’ve written a Brothers-Brick.com Privacy Policy that we hope won’t change anything about the site’s experience for most of our readers. In addition to the necessary information about personal information and cookies, the policy also includes several links to online privacy and safety information.
One change we’ve had to make for COPPA compliance is restricting Contact Form use and commenting to readers over the age of 13. The software we use for the site simply does not have the features necessary to get your parents’ permission for you to use this site. I’ve added new notices on the Contact Form and above the comment box to reflect this change in policy.
What this means if you’re not 13 yet: If you’re a Brothers-Brick.com reader under the age of 13, the new rules mean that you will no longer be allowed to leave comments or use the Contact Form. You’ll all be welcome back when you turn 13.
The Quest
I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a while. It was inspired by Anthony Sava’s Cold Winter’s Knight.
Here’s a closeup of the cave entrance, if you are into such things.
Microscale Escort Carrier by Soren
Soren Roberts takes a break from his usual spacey proclivities to build something with a more historical bent.
Via MicroBricks.
Microspace Escort Carrier by Adrian Florea
Historical Personages by Morgan19
I’ve admired Morgan19‘s minifigs ever since I noticed his great Firefly minifigs. The latest batch is a group of historical minifigs, entries for the Fine Clonier Historical Minifig Contest.
I might quibble with the “historical” nature of some of these, but it’s a great collection of minifigs, presented beautifully.
Tower on the Water by RebelRock
Check out this nifty castle by RebelRock.
Gotta love the studless water and he’s got Brickforge animals too!
Purple skies of Nnenn
Not so neutral now, are we?
Spacer Jerac adds to his microscale Swiss fleet with the formidable dreadnaught Briareus.
Via Klocki and MicroBricks.
How Ben Ellerman survived Castle 2007
Back in April, I posted about LEGO Ambassador Mark Sandlin’s involvement with the Mars Mission theme. With Castle 2007 out for several months and anticipation building toward next year’s sets, Ben Ellerman takes some time to look back and reflect on his involvement in the development of the current Castle theme.
Here’s Ben in the LEGO archives in Billund, Denmark:
You can read all about Ben’s contributions to the Castle theme on LEGOfan.org.
Two turntables and a microphone
Brothers Brick reader Kevin Guoh sent us a link to his Flickr photostream a few weeks ago, and I promptly lost his message in our mountain of reader submission e-mail. :-( Among his creations is this great DJ console (and don’t miss his floor lamp). Sorry, Kevin! Better late than never?