Yearly Archives: 2007

Please welcome Nannan Z to The Brothers Brick!

Regular readers of The Brothers Brick should recognize Nannan’s name from all the weird and wonderful creations of his that we’ve featured here.

So it’s a pleasure and an honor to welcome Nannan as a contributor to The Brothers Brick! Looking through his Brickshelf gallery (where you may know him as “a-tree”) and Flickr photostream, you’ll see that we’ve missed far too many of his excellent creations. Since we encourage our contributors to blog their own builds, problem solved!

Nannan is a builder who isn’t afraid to use a little bley, and his surreal creations are like nobody else’s:

A cool bonus of the fact that Nannan has been featured in BrickJournal (in Issue 9) is that we also know what he looks like! Here he is with one of his signature alien beasties:

Welcome to the team, Nannan!

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Steam-powered flamethrower by Rock

Not sure what to do with the excess energey generated by the boiler on your tractor (which just happens to have extremely outsized treads)? Then Rock has the solution: Shoot it out the front at anything that stands in your way!

Stay frosty and alert...

See more Aliens LEGO from Mike Yoder on Brickshelf.

FX23 Ferrari Racing Mecha by Chuck

I’m a sucker for mecha with mono-wheels for feet, like this anime-inspired racer by Chuck.

Mini Castle Contest III: Winners Announced!

MCC III is over, has been judged, and the winners announced! This contest (always a favorite of mine!) always generates tons of excellent microscale creations. This year was no different! Congratulations to the winners and runners up and a big thank you to Robin Hood for running this contest. Its been a great three years!

And the winners are:
1st Place – JediMasterWagner

2nd Place – Sir Nelson

3rd Place – Lord Felix

Runners Up:

DARKSpawn

Snicker

Red Samurai Outpost by RebelRock

Rock is an exceptional builder and has become a regular here on the blog. Check out his latest!

Kaitimar’s Steam Tractor

Kaitimar put this adorable tractor in his steampunk folder, but I swear I’ve seen this at a county fair…

Can’t wait for the rumored Speed Racer LEGO sets in 2008?

Mike Psiaki staves off the restive masses yearning for the as-yet-unconfirmed Speed Racer sets next year with this great little Mach 5, complete with Speed Racer and Chim Chim.

UPDATE: The entire line of LEGO Speed Racer sets are now available from the LEGO Shop:

Wind, bird, and tree / Water, grass, and light...

It’s not often I attempt to honor someone I’ve actually met in real life as a minifig.

In one of my “other” (non-LEGO) lives, I write poetry. Earlier this year, I took a class at Richard Hugo House from one of my favorite poets, David Wagoner. I spent ten weeks listening to David’s stories about studying under Theodore Roethke and his friendships with poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas and Richard Hugo (the poet whose name graces Hugo House). I also learned a lot about my craft — David’s feedback helped me truly grow as a writer.

Adding to my other Northwest poet minifigs, here’s David in LEGO form:

You can read some of David’s poems on Poets.org.

Mike Yoder’s Pirate Fleet

Mike Yoder‘s pirate fleet is growing — in more ways than one! Starting with the smallest ship on the left, Mike has increased the size of his vehicles with each new ship. My favorite is his newest — the big one in the middle.

And I love the crew: