Of his latest creation Jehkay writes, “Retirement could not keep Simon from flying. Along with his former comrades Laurence Banneker and Rachel Banks, he continues to plow the skies.”
Here’s Commodore Melville (not to be confused with tangarine-farmer Kozo Ichikawa) aloft in his skyfishing vessel:
Important features:
The Create Your Own Adventure building challenge on Classic-Castle.com (hosted by Micah “LORD DOOM” B.) inspired Daniel to build a series of dioramas illustrating the struggle between dwarves, goblins, and humans to defend an important mine.
My favorite version is Daniel’s latest, with beautiful landscaping, ingenious dwarven machinery, and lots of activity:
Don’t miss other versions of this scene, including one with goblins in control and humans attempting to take the mine from the goblins.
Big, bulky shoulder armor can certainly contribute to a minifig’s overall ApocaLEGO look, but attaching helmets is difficult and limits the minifig’s arm movement and poseability.
Austin S (MOCpages) has figured out the perfect combination of bulked-up armor and range of movement by using the old Rock Raiders helmet:
Cool. Off to try this on my own figs…
For his latest creations, Horace Cheng takes his inspiration from the world of JunkTankRock (info in English on toybot studios):
Check out lots more pictures of the Anti-gravity bike and Desert Chicken on Flickr.
Brickworld, a LEGO convention in its second year hosted in Chicago, will be taking place in less than two weeks on June 19-22. It is never too late to register, but it’s better to do so sooner than later. I’ll be attending in part on behalf of The Brothers Brick to update the blog with pictures and news.
Meanwhile, the most recent episode of LAML Radio conducts an informative interview with Bryan Bonahoom, one of Brickworld’s main coordinators, to give the lowdown on the event and what’s happening.
You can see pictures of last year’s Brickworld in this flickr gallery.
If you’re not a frequent visitor of MOCpages, then you’re missing out on a fun game called MOCtag invented by Shannon Young. Basically, a builder makes a creation to depict part of a story, then he tags another builder to continue the story with another creation. The game is currently in its fifth installment, with Mark Kelso presenting a humorous comic called Tribal Trouble.
Following up on his minifig-scale “488 Galaxy Scout” we featured yesterday, Aaron Becker (Flickr) goes microscale with “498 Command Frigate”:
Once again, Aaron demonstrates that it’s not about the size of your collection…
Check out this well-built model of the Droid Tri-fighter from Star Wars by Brickshelf user rack911. While there has not been many recent noteworthy UCS (ultimate collector series) Star Wars creations, there has been two good tri-fighter models in the past by Reto and wintermoog.
The clean, angular lines and customizations of a Nnenn fighter combined with the retro colors of Classic Space mean total awesomeness:
Artist Jan Vormann participated in a project in Bocchignano, Italy, during which he filled various cracks and corners throughout the town with brightly colored little plastic bricks. Click the picture for the full gallery:
Admittedly, there are a couple pictures showing that not all the plastic bricks are LEGO® brand building toys, but the concept is too cool not to pass along to all of you. (But don’t try this in your own neighborhood, kids.)
Via Wooster Collective, with a hat-tip to reader Nick.
And what Doctor Sinister‘s daughter wants, Doctor Sinister‘s daughter gets:
That genie is genius. If you had three LEGO wishes, what would you wish for?
Jehkay says that his Flame Spreader is designed for “When all you want to do is burn everything under you.”
The engine intakes and dual guns are particularly nice.