Yearly Archives: 2008

Crossing the finish line in microscale

Shannon Young captures the drama of car racing in a micro vignette featuring some pretty crafty mini racers and a clever crowd mosaic. Click on the picture below to learn why Shannon hates car racing so much. That’s right, Shannon is absolutely disgusted by car racing; that’s why he built this creation.

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Where Jas Nagra disposes of the infected “meat”

Zombies in space? Sure, why not.

Jas Nagra‘s “Quarantine Module: Infection Control” has very cool angled walls and incineration pods that I don’t want to get anywhere near.

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Ley Ward journeys onto Reagan Peninsula #12

It would seem Keith Goldman‘s vignettes couldn’t contain minifig Ley Ward. But what’s Ley doing on a monochrome peninsula covered in what looks like hatches?

To find out, click on through to MOCpages.

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Micro Warhammer 40K diorama

Inspired by Alex Kahler’s micro creation featuring a mini Dreadnought from Warhammer 40K, Jarek presents a micro dio featuring a few of his designs, including a nifty little tank, complete with an accompanying diorama.

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Baby Hawklings will traverse a wormhole right into your heart

What’s more adorable than Ochre Jelly‘s Miniland Stephen Hawking? Why, a swarm of micro Stephen Hawkings, of course!

Check out MOCPages for the further adventures of the baby Hawklings, including guest appearances by micro versions of several of Ochre Jelly’s other Miniland characters.

Here’s a bonus Stephen Hawking by Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley:

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2008 LEGO Castle sets (dwarves! trolls!) now available from LEGO Shop [News]

In news sure to please those of you who voted for “LEGO Castle (Dwarves & Trolls)” in the current poll, the full line of LEGO Castle sets for 2008 is now available from the LEGO Shop online.

Here’s 7048 Troll Warship (USD 79.99):

That’s six troll/goblin/orc minifigs, a dragon, a Crown Knight minifig, a Dwarf minifig, Clancy‘s green cousin (a large troll), and Viking ship pieces in new dark brown.

All the other new Castle sets are also available, including 7038 Troll Assault Wagon (USD 19.00) and 7041 Troll Battle Wheel (USD 39.99):

Also available:

Castle not your thing? How about some new Batman or Coast Guard sets?

(Direct link to the new Castle sets for those of you for whom the affiliate links don’t work.)

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Tim Goddard respects the planet

Well, at least Kamino, anyway. Tim Goddard recycles two great microscale Star Wars vehicles we hadn’t featured here before into a new vignette showing the intense battle between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi:

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Jehkay’s Faerie packs a wallop

Jehkay‘s multi-role fighter may be called “Faerie,” but it looks like it packs quite a punch:

I love the striping on the wings, the “smoke dischargers,” and the engines.

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Exclusive LEGO Indiana Jones set at Comic-Con 2008 [News]

LEGO will make its presence known at Comic-Con 2008 this year (July 23-27 in San Diego, California) with a mysterious, exclusive set:

The picture doesn’t say a lot, but here are a couple key facts:

  • 200 pieces (comparable to a $15.00-$20.00 set)
  • Limited to 500 sets

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FMT-2940 torpedo frigate Suyampsis

I love anything green. I also love anything by nnenn. Green nnenn is even better.

nnenn’s torpedo frigate The Suyampsis looks like it could plow straight through just about any planet’s picket fleet:

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Alex Eylar’s Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray tells of a man who stays young forever while a painting of him ages instead.

Alex Eylar gives Dorian Gray the LEGO treatment in this eerie creation:

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Mike Psiaki’s Savoia S-21

A new creation by Mike Psiaki (Brickshelf) is nice to see, but when that new creation is a Savoia S-21 seaplane inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s Porco Rosso, well, it’s that much more awesome.

Previously on The Brothers Brick:

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