According to Jerac, the steering wheel turns the wheels of his 1950s racer, and the Technic fig has plenty of leg room. I love the silver spokes on the wheels.
Monthly Archives: February 2008
The Arvo brothers build a classic Volkswagen Beetle
The fraternal building team known as Arvo have built a beautiful classic Volkswagen Beetle with so many cool details it’s tough to choose a favorite. The gas pedal and brake are a wonderful touch, and the detail around the rear bumper is fantastic.
Don’t miss all the great details in the full gallery on Brickshelf. Thanks for the tip, Zach!
Tim Zarki’s latest robot is round, spindly, and goes “Beeboop Bip”
I’m with Kevoh on this robot from Tim “Spook” Zarki — I imagine this thing a thousand feet tall, delicately stepping over the skyscrapers of a future metropolis.
Gizmodo interviews RogueBantha
Trying to keep up on all the amazing creations LEGO builders post all over the Web is hard work. No, seriously! With our day-to-day focus on individual creations, it’s nice to take a step back and learn a little more about the people behind some of our favorite creations.
To that end, Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz interviews microscale builder Tim Goddard, who we all know as “RogueBantha.” It’s great to see something smaller than a six-foot spaceship get real respect outside the specialized world of the online LEGO fan community.
Check it out on Gizmodo.
Ed Diment builds the HMS Edinburgh in only two years
LAML Radio lets me ramble on even further
The second part of my conversation with James Wadsworth is up on Radio.LAML.org.
In this episode, James and I chat about some of the current trends in the LEGO “blogosphere,” including the blogs I can’t live without (including VignetteBricks, MicroBricks, How Many Studs to LEGOLAND, Klocki Lego dla dorosłych, and Young Spacers Association Blog) and this past month’s seeming explosion of LEGO-related posts on non-LEGO blogs (including personal faves Boing Boing Gadgets, Gizmodo, and Neatorama).
Check it out on Radio.LAML.org, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes, Zune Marketplace, or whatever floats your boat. Brick on!
“Ethnic Lego Girls Carry Spears,” by Heidi W. Durrow
It’s always a pleasure when I encounter a connection between two of my great interests — LEGO and literature. Remember Norman Mailer and Douglas Coupland?
Writer Heidi W. Durrow contacted the blog this morning with a link to her beautiful, touching story Ethnic Lego Girls Carry Spears. Here’s an excerpt:
“You be Pocahantas,” Jimmy says. “I’ll be the cowboy on the horse.”
The horses come in shades of brown and black. Jimmy’s horse is black like me. His cowboy’s Lego yellow. He’s white like Jimmy is.
Read the rest of Heidi W. Durrow’s story online in SmokeLong Quarterly, along with an insightful interview about ethnicity and The Brick.
Mark Kelso’s Texas Ranger
Using leftovers from his last creation, Mark Kelso creates a fine walker mech, it’s his first mecha so he says, but it look to me like he’s been at it for years. Keep the MOCs comin’ Mark!
Ultimate LEGO Castle Chess Set [News]
UPDATE: The LEGO Castle Giant Chess Set
will be available for pre-order from the LEGO Shop on July 1. No release date has been announced yet.
Some people know where to look for leaked pictures of upcoming sets, and many times great treasures are dug up in lego.com’s cache (the specific procedures are still a mystery to me, but I think it involves manipulating image url’s). Check out the upcoming castle chess set, complete with just about everything and probably including a big price tag too.
Izzo’s back
Seems like forever since we’ve featured a new mecha by Izzo, but I suppose it’s only been a month and a half or so. Still, let’s get our Izzo fix.
Something gray:
Something white:
Michael Jasper hunts a white whale and plays a toy piano
New(ish) minifigs from Michael Jasper. Need I say more?
Check out his Characters gallery on Brickshelf for more, including Günter Grass and Fidel Castro.
Mark Kelso takes a break
For reasons that should be fairly obvious, artists seem to make great LEGO builders. Mark Kelso is certainly no exception.
While building his Invisible Hand (previously on TBB), Mark says he took a “break” to build Mian Situ.
What’s so cool about Mian Situ is that it appears to be much bigger than it actually is. The closer you look, you see more and more elements that indicate that this isn’t really very big at all. And that’s pretty cool.
(Via Klocki.)