Jeroen Ottens‘ brother Maarten sends word of Jeroen’s massive F-14 Tomcat, built entirely from LEGO Technic elements:
Although this plane isn’t new, it’s new to Flickr, and noteworthy because it helped get Jeroen a job as a LEGO Technic set designer. Indeed, the open framework and functionality are reminiscent of official sets, though the scale is off the charts.
(And besides, one brother suggesting another brother’s creation for The Brothers Brick is sure to win our hearts.)
Eurobricks member Deinonychus has a comprehensive review of 8634 Turbo Car Chase that we’ve not yet featured here. Like the other sets in the theme, there’s tons of new and interesting pieces. The car is especially notable because it’s covered in metallic silver pieces, making it one “slick little honey of a LEGO car.”
Welcome to the almost final post in the series where we’re looking at LEGO models from a communicational point of view. Start at the introduction and read all of the other posts. It’s fun stuff.
This is going to sound crude to most of you. It’s true though. If you’ve followed this series from the beginning you know that even if you do it consciously or not, your MOCs function like I say they do. They are messages directed towards an audience, designed and presented in a way that either strengthen or weaken the intended impact. That’s all there is to it.
If you always structure your building like I imply you should in this series, you achieve three things:
“So wait a minute. You tell us to think about things a certain way, and now you’re saying we shouldn’t do that? What gives?”
I said that I was going to teach you how to build great models. And that’s what I’ve done. I’ve put into words and structured up what you probably already sensed, but maybe couldn’t specify. But now that you got this basic knowledge, it’s easier to think about your building and evolve it further.
And that’s what’s really going to make you a better builder.
This is the last “true” part of this series of posts, since the next one will just be a summary of the discussions we’ve had. This post is short, but important. It’s essentially a big disclaimer.
Remember that reasoning on aspects like this series of posts does will get you on your way. But like good things in general you can’t exactly pinpoint what it is that make good LEGO models good. I personally believe it’s magic.
Magic is hard to create, but once you do – man. The feeling is indescribable, just like the results. Magic doesn’t happen when you stick to the conventional middle ground. You have to venture beyond for that, go where others haven’t, try the things others wouldn’t dare to. It increases your odds of failure, but also your odds of success.
LEGO is a creative medium. Structure your thoughts, but be creative.
And that’s the end of this short but important post.
In response to the animals cave racing contest, SlyOwl creates a scene of cave racing in the jungle where animals take part in the precarious game.
Long time space hero Dan Jassim has taken a break from retirement to present a batch of microscale space creations. Here are highlights of four of them, induding the Blacktron Destroyer, Space Skulls Battlecruiser, Exploriens Starship, and Unknown Bad Guy Assault Ship.
See them all in the post on Classic-Space.
Shannon Young took an overdose of dreamfruit and created the Glowing Gardens of Cyndir Fis. In addition to the unusually bright colors exhibited, also take note of the cool pathway constructed with cylinders and the orientally styled bridge. Lastly, check out the amazing layout of the place in this top view shot.
We recently featured Moko’s happy robot, and now Izzo contributes to the happiness as well. I would love to have one of these charms sitting on my desk, and it’s that much nicer that the model was based off a drawing by the builder’s son.
Sometimes, the concept of a LEGO creation is what gets my attention. That’s not to say that Teikjoon‘s “Headphones” isn’t cool on its own:
But here’s the description:
The increasing amounts of technology in cellular phones eventually led to the creation of the largest network on the planet. On July 28th, 2009 this network achieved self-awareness and named itself…SKYNET.
Overnight, all existing cell phones were rendered useless. In their place, strange, seemingly intelligent robots appeared. By interacting with these robots, one could place a call to anyone on the planet, without paying outrageous charges to telecommunication companies…. (More…)
Ha! This deserves a second creation from Teikjoon — a prisoner transport called “Cruiser”:
Japanese builder peachtree (Brickshelf) has completed a Café Corner-standard building in a lovely Spanish style:
There’s so much to love about this beauty, from the awning, exterior staircase, and window details to the interior, ivy-covered walls, and mottled roof.
(Via Brick Town Talk.)
I shared my thoughts on the new LEGO Agents sets a couple days ago, but nobody had posted reviews of any of the larger sets yet.
Gil Shaw now has photo reviews of 8630 Gold Hunt and 8635 Mobile Command Center
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8630 Mission 3: Gold Hunt:
My observations (click the picture for Gil’s review on Flickr):
8635 Mission 6: Mobile Command Center:
My observations (click the picture for Gil’s review on Flickr):
I think it’s been a while (or at least a lot of models) since I posted anything of mine here so it might be time to hit you with one. For those following I’ve been in a very cutesy retro phase lately but I decided to take a brief sojourn away and practise my town, steampunk and creature design in a mini diorama. I’m particularly pleased with the way the broken storefront worked out but feel that perhaps it lacks a feel of action.
PS. It’s tentatively titled “31st May 1883” for want of anything better. If you can come up with a decent name I’d be happy to hear it.
