Nelson Yrizarry‘s Chinese Lion from the culture classic lion dance is easily recognizable as an iconic symbol of the Chinese culture. But I have to say that it look rather cute in its LEGO version and resembles candy, mmm sweet.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Foyk Castle is blooming with greens
Daniel “DNL” from Flickr and Fascinating LEGO Model of the Day shares his most recent castle creation called Foyk Castle. I particularly enjoy the lush plant details that make this creation more attractive. Never underestimate the importance of landscaping.
Crazy racer from Nnenn
Nnenn‘s latest work is highly original, featuring a string of five engines strapped to a glider. Check out this whimsical racer called the The Balkeesa.
LEGO and Brickstructures present LEGO Architecture [News]
UPDATE: Check out the new Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Architecture sets.
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The LEGO Group announced partnership with Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures Inc. to launch LEGO Architecture, a series of replicas of worldwide landmarks. As stated by LEGO, this “is the first new business launched together with a member of the LEGO community using the LEGO bricks as part of the business.” Currently available are models of The Sears Tower and The John Hancock Center, with future landmarks from around the world to come. You can purchase the kits at select locations in Chicago. For more info, head on over to read the full article on BrickJournal.
Via BrickJournal
Helm’s Deep
Bryan Hanonymous ,aka The Eggplant Wizard, relives the battle of Helm’s Deep in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings captured beautifuly in LEGO.
The transforming mecha of Izzo
One of the things I love about Izzo is the building phases he goes through. Lately, he’s been on a bit of a transforming kick.
For several of his transformers (lowercase T), Izzo has included a diagram illustrating the stages of their transformation:
Izzo’s diagrams include a handy chart showing precisely how transformable each mecha is, ranging from “Fully Transforms” at the top to “Does Not Transform” down at the bottom. I suspect Izzo is being hard on himself with his low transformability rating. ;-)
Be sure to check out all six of Izzo’s transforming mecha on Brickshelf. Izzo also has a great roundup post of recent transforming mecha by other Japanese builders. You don’t need to read Japanese — just click the links!
M274 Mongoose ATV from Halo by Vidgamer838
The flood of LEGO Halo creations is so overwhelming that I can make that pun without ever having played the game. Still, this Mongoose ATV and custom UNSC Marine by Vidgamer838 seemed too good to pass up:
Here’s the marine (custom torso decal, painted Rock Raiders helmet, and modified Ninjas armor for shoulder pauldrons) without the ATV, together with a bonus Jayne Cobb from Firefly and Serenity:
Jordan’s Hellboy is the ultimate custom LEGO minifig
With a modified head piece and sideburns from Arealight, decals from Jared “Kaminoan” Burks, and a megagun from the newly relaunched BrickForge, this Hellboy minifig by Jordan Schwartz brings together elements from several LEGO customizers to create the ultimate custom minifig:
Here’s Red with the rest of the Hellboy crew:
CMS-4W utility mecha, with locomotor platform
Jehkay‘s most recent CMS-4W mecha provides construction, maintenance, and salvage capabilities. When it’s not floating, the mecha can dock with a “locomotor platform” (a pair of legs):
Here it is without the locomotor platform:
The Great Mediocro
We present you front row seats to see the Great Mediocro’s special performance brought to you by Shannon Young – hilarity ensued.
LEGO Collector’s Guide raffle
Here’s your chance to win a copy of the new LEGO Collector’s Guide (currently not available for sale in North America). Enter the raffle hosted by the LEGO Community Development on 1000steine for a chance to win one of 10 copies of the book and 1 premium edition copy. Click on the picture below to go to the raffle!
UPDATE: Non-European LEGO fans concerned that their community isn’t represented in the list on the form can simply select “LUGNET” instead.
Troll samurai (do not adjust your monitor)
I must be feeling homesick for the land of my childhood tonight. I’ll wrap up this round of Japanese-themed posts with this great troll swordsman by Hamilton Scott:
And in case you haven’t been paying attention, LEGO trolls are the new cave racer.