Check out the brick-built laser blast in this lovely little scene from Soren Roberts. The squieu-esque mecha is certainly cool, but look closely — the laser blast is just amazing!
Yearly Archives: 2008
Alex Eylar pushes up some daisies
Alex Eylar (Flickr) has captured several scenes from one of my favorite new TV shows, “Pushing Daisies.”
Click the pics to check out all of the great creations in this series.
Gizmodo interviews Ralph Savelsberg
Gizmodo commenters asked for more interviews of the builders featured there, and contributor Jesús Díaz obliged, first interviewing Tim Goddard. Jesús’ latest interview is with Ralph Savelsberg, whose 1/36-scale military aircraft have wowed TBB readers recently.
Head on over to Gizmodo to read the interview with Ralph, but here are a few new photos from Ralph’s Flickr photostream.
A MiG-29 Fulcrum and F/A-18C Hornet:
Oh, and just to prove just how huge Ralph’s B-1B bomber is, here it is with his F-15 and F16:
Portal 0937 interviews Andrew Becraft
Luís Baixinho contacted me a while ago to ask if I’d be willing to do an interview for the Portuguese fan community Portal 0937. Naturally, I was both honored and flattered to be asked to join people like the Arvo Brothers and Hippotam.
It feels really rather weird linking to an interview of myself (especially after highlighting myself on LAML Radio so recently), but since I answer lots of the questions people ask me all the time here’s the interview. ;-)
I’ve been working on the railway...
The second issue of Railbricks magazine is out for your perusal. It’s a high quality PDF magazine edited by Jeramy Spurgeon and dedicated (unsurprisingly) to LEGO trains and includes building instructions, articles and much, much more. Even if you’re not interested in brick railroads it’s worth a look for general building ideas.
Toy Fair 2008 reveals late 2008 LEGO sets [News]
Toy Fair 2008 is approaching and there have been pictures of the late 2008 sets circulating on the web. I found Joe Meno with some of the first pictures of themes including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Speed Racer, Bionicle, and Batman.
Update (AB): Ace Kim also has extensive pictures from Toy Fair 2008, nicely organized into photosets with lots of great details — prices, release dates, etc.:
- LEGO Star Wars
- LEGO Indiana Jones
- LEGO Batman
- LEGO Castle
- LEGO Bionicle
- LEGO Agents
- LEGO Mars Mission
- LEGO City
- LEGO Creator
- LEGO Technic
- LEGO Speed Racer
- LEGO Racers
A work of fantasy from a master
Tyler (Legohaulic) is a master known for his imaginative works of fiction and fantasy. His recent work depicts a groundbreaking theme of dark fantasy, showing a mysterious island with a lighthouse made of an old blackened tree, all overlooked by a hunchback caretaker. Check out Mud Island Lighthouse.
Drawbridge Castle
By now, anyone who’s seen the stream of Rocko‘s latest works knows that he’s a super builder, capable of crafting excellently large castle dioramas in a very short time of days. His most recent work is another grand variation of the castle theme with two classic-looking towers connected by a stunning drawbridge. Of course, Rocko adds his signature touch with female minifigs.
Black Fantasy invades Russia
Jordan Schwartz (aka Sir Nadroj) shows that the Black Fantasy biomechanical creature invasion knows no bounds. Check out his interpretation of a monstrer demolishing a colorful Russian cathedral to rubbles. What an interesting concept!
The quick scoop on Builders Lounge
I came on air today on LAML Radio to give a quick overview of the Builders Lounge group. I’m sure many have heard of the name while others have not. Perhaps you have seen some of the works by the members or seen the Lounge’s brickshelf gallery. In any case if you are wondering what this community is about, listen to this short podcast episode.
Announcing the LUGNuts Heroes and Villains building challenge
Lino Martins says, “Everyone knows Batman has all the coolest rides.”
As Nathan Proudlove demonstrates above, that’s certainly true! But if you’ve always thought that Spider-Man got hung out to dry or the Green Lantern got left out in the dark, the Heroes and Villains Challenge in the LUGNuts group on Flickr is your chance to give your favorite characters a sweet, sweet ride.
Here’s a bit more from Lino:
Variety is important and I’d like to see this become the coolest and most successful LUGNuts challenge yet, so if the creative juices are really flowing and you can’t decide on just one good guy or bad, then with this and every challenge, each LUGNut is encouraged to “go nuts” and build lots of MOCs! Also, while Marvel and DC offers a vast array of material to work with, you can build for your fave hero or villain outside of the comic book world as well.
Read all about the this challenge in Lino’s official announcement.
Finally, I can’t help sharing a bit of inspiration from one of my favorite builders, MisterZumbi:
Wicked. Okay people, get building! Zoom zoom!
Dome of the Rock
Arthur Gugick is a master of recreating famous landmarks in LEGO. Check out his latest colorful work, the Dome of the Rock. Be sure to take a look at his gallery, how many places have you been? I counted eight.
