Yearly Archives: 2008

Dave and Stacy go to White Castle

Dave and Stacy Sterling are a pair of LEGO fans whose love for LEGO is only surpassed by their love for each other. With a Train layout that’s 12-feet by 15-feet, they prove the old adage that the couple who bricks together stays together.

Stacy’s latest creation is a LEGO version of her favorite burger joint, White Castle:

There’s lots of other great Train, Town, and Harry Potter LEGO creations on Dave and Stacy’s MOCPages and Brickshelf, including a corner bank by Dave and The Burrow from Harry Potter by Stacy:

(Via Brick Town Talk.)

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Half Life 2 Dodge in mini

Don Solo took inspiration (or rather persuasion) from Adrian Florea to make a mini version of his Half Life 2 Dodge while topping off the seats with frogs.

Brent Waller releases Batman Tumbler instructions

We featured Brent Waller’s desert-camo Tumbler back in April, and now he’s released full instructions for the black version of his LEGO Batman Tumbler.

You can download the instructions from Brent’s site (4.5 MB PDF), or view the parts list and page-by-page instructions in HTML.

Rocko’s typical village

One of our favorite castle builders Rocko presents another example of his typical work, featuring atypical things such as slithering tentacles in the village well. But for you builders out there interested in atypical techniques, check out the way Rocko incorporated a diagonal house into the standard studs-up base. I believe the magic was the right placement of tiles to cover up the inevitably misaligned edges.

Teikjoon rocks out with his Guitar Hero mecha

Guitar Hero rocks. And so does this great mecha inspired by the game, built by Teikjoon:

Note the invisible air guitar, Guitar Hero controller, and the PowerSlide propulsion unit. Awesome.

Adam and Joe’s “Jane’s Brain” in LEGO by Oblong Pictures

BBC DJs Adam and Joe are hosting a “Video Wars” contest in which listeners create music videos for a pair of silly songs by Adam and Joe.

Chris Salt of Oblong Pictures gets in on the action with a LEGO version of “Jane’s Brain”:

Deeper into Planet Nidoria with Chrispockster

The intrepid retro-space astronauts of Chrispockster‘s exploratory crew continue to encounter fascinating residents of the Planet Nidoria. Nidorians are of course famous for their bright green thoroughbred mounts (that’s a Bionicle creature put to excellent use):

The crew itself has recently received an upgrade, accompanied by Robbie the Robot:

Marinics 2C Vimba submersible by Tim Zarki

Tim Zarki (Flickr) has wowed us with a submersible vehicle in the past, and his new sub does the same.

This time, Tim’s written an extensive back-story for the sub. “Life as we had come to know it had been given a deadline,” Tim writes. Don’t miss lots more pics on Next-gen Designs.

He’s fat, he smokes and he’s brick

Ballchoi presents the adorably cute Fat Dragon. Would smoking kill a fire breather?

LEGO wants your ideas for LEGO City 2010 [News]

Although the set designs for LEGO City 2009 have already been finalized, The LEGO Group would like to get your input on what you’d like to see in 2010 and beyond. This is your chance to influence the future direction of the LEGO City product line!

So, in the comments on this post, use the format I’ve included below to give LEGO your suggestions.

Guidelines and legal stuff:

All submissions must fit into this format — please, no rants or rambles! ;-)
Submit your suggestions by July 28th.
Target age range of 5-10 years old.
Link to one inspiration picture for your overall submission, whether a LEGO creation (yours or otherwise) or something from real life. (Optional.)
All rights related to any suggestion or submission made by you through your comments are hereby assigned to The LEGO Group, who shall be entitled to exploit the suggestions and submissions in any way The LEGO Group may want now and in the future.

What themes would you like to see the City Design team work on? What are the essential models for that theme?

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Possible set idea #1 (with short description):
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Possible set idea #3 (with short description):
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Nannan, Tim, or I will send LEGO your suggestions between July 28 and August 4.

This blog needs more cowbell!

Okay, so a meme from the year 2000 may not be the freshest of source materials, but Will Ferrell as Gene Frenkle is still awesome in my book.

And just in time to freak out my fellow Americans reading this at the top of the blog on Independence Day, I give you big-time communists Fidel Castro and Che Guevara:

Too un-American, you say? Fine, will The Incredible Hulk do?

Jacob stands alone, but has no complex about it

Young Spacer Jacob takes inspiration for his latest adorable creation from the Tachikoma mecha of the Ghost in the Shell universe:

More on Brickshelf (once moderated), with additional commentary on the Young Spacers Association Blog.