In this video, former LEGO Community Team manager Jake McKee talks about how LEGO has begun changing its long-standing corporate culture, involving a greater diversity of people to build a community around the company and its brand.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
What an excellent day for an exorcism.
Linda Blair never looked lovelier than in this scene from The Exorcist by Digger Digger Dogstar.
Instructions for upcoming 10186 General Grievous set [News]
We recently glimpsed pictures of the upcoming General Grievous figure set, but for those who can’t wait until summer to display the General, LEGO has instructions available (Part 1 and Part 2). Matt (Pepa Quin) found out that he has most of the pieces to build the model.
7628 Peril in Peru, Toys R Us-exclusive LEGO Indiana Jones set [News]
UPDATE: 7628 Peril in Peru is now available from the LEGO Shop.
It looks like there will be a Toys R Us exclusive Indiana Jones set upcoming. It contains 625 pieces set with 6 minifigs. Currently these are the only pictures available from the Japanese Toys R Us website.
And the box art:
In the wilds of the Electric Frontier with the Jeffersons
I think that a sign of a good builder is the inability of others to categorize what they build. We’ve been putting Brent‘s creations in our steampunk category, but really, they’re not, are they?
Brent sets his latest batch of creations in the imagined world of an alternative American 1970s — the semi-contemporary equivalent of his Victorian 1870s.
One of my favorite details is this little tool cart:
The siege of Tirachinas
SlyOwl‘s great Battles Contest entry includes some really cool building techniques:
Reader Andrew pointed out the flowers as blood, but that’s not the only cool detail. The cannonball embedded in the wall, the splashing fire, and the different textures of the wall are all great, but I’m sure there’s more all of you out there can point out.
Maintaining Normality
Lego sculpturer and owner of MOCpages Sean Kenney has a tendency for artistic expression. His latest work is called Maintaining Normality.
If you have read his explanation but still do not understand the symbolism, according to the artist, “the pole represents the objects that we insert into our environments … be they cars, buildings, big macs, whatever … and the person represents the demeanors, chi, and social constructs we insert into our environments. In my sculpture, they’re both white because they both represent the ‘potentially dangerous input’ into our world.”
Edit (AB): You can also hear more from Sean on his blog.
LEGO Star Wars 10186 General Grievous figure set [News]
It has been confirmed that LEGO will be releasing a General Greivous figure set for the summer.
I gotta get me one of these!
Rong Yiren built this nifty little mech. I wish I had one…
What a pretty Cave Racer...
In honor of Tim, our fellow Brickian Brother, Jas Nagra has concocted a little cave racer and given it some rather unusual colors. Pink and teal anyone?
LEGO invades the Princess Planet
Brian McLachlan is the creator of a weekly webcomic called “Princess Planet,” which he recently switched over to LEGO form for several episodes.
I just love the running gags with the shields, which I won’t ruin for you by quoting. Check ’em out!
More LEGO webcomic goodness:
(I know there are several more out there, but I need to run to the bus. :-D I’ll list more later, or you can just link to them in a comment…)
Scaled up 375/6075 Yellow Castle by Duncan Titmarsh
Huw Millington sends word of a Brickish Association event he recently attended, where the centerpiece was a 6x version of 375/6075 Castle — aka “The Yellow Castle” or “What I wanted for Christmas 1978 and why I’m still not speaking to my parents, 30 years later.” ;-)
Don’t think that looks that big? Think again:
Check out more photos in photosets from Martin Long, Huw, and Darren Smith.
EDIT: Commenters over on Gizmodo point out that this is a 6:1 scale model, not just 6x bigger, which means that it’s actually 216 times as big as the original!