The skilled landmark modeler Arthur Gugick‘s recent landmark sculpture is made for a special purpose; it is a commissioned piece for an Australian movie called Taj (more details on MOCpages). Here’s an interesting fact: the model was constructed to be purposely damaged in the movie, and specilized fracture-points were incorporated so the model would break apart into about 40 pieces when it gets tipped over in one of the scenes.
I’m not entirely happy with Donna, the 10th Doctor’s most recent companion. I was kind of hoping Astrid Peth (played by a shockingly young-looking Kylie Minogue) would join The Doctor on his journeys through space and time, but that was not to be.
Anyway, that doesn’t detract from how cool I think Ochre Jelly‘s latest Miniland figures are, inspired by Doctor Who:
Yes, Donna’s screaming. What else would she be doing?
Some of us don’t necessarily share our LEGO obsession with our significant others, as much as we try over the years to lure them into LEGO geekery with ploys as diverse as Paradisa, including the kids while building, DUPLO, collecting princess minifigs, or the latest adorable Creator sets.
Gizmodo’s Jesús Diaz was once such a man, until his wife Addy Dugdale learned to stop worrying and love The Brick.
My favorite: “Agree That the World Would Be Better If Totally Made of LEGO”. How true.
So, call your significant other over to the computer, cuddle up, and click on through to Gizmodo.
Harrison, aka “Corran101”, recently posted a sweet vignette, depicting Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as they reach the summit of Mt. Everest. This deceptively simple scene is packed with details. The figs are pretty awesome, but that rope makes this perfect.
Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) has made an extremely realistic looking post-apoc combat robot, which from a glance looks nothing like a brick-built LEGO model. But don’t feel bad if you got fooled like I did, it’s the Legohaulic we’re talking about.
Following Mark Kelso‘s phenomenal presentation of his Apocalypsis, the builder has taken time to prepare the behind the scenes work of this masterpiece. Take a look at some of the contruction images of the cave and the jungle and how Mark managed to put everything together.
Yep, you read that right! The demo for the new LEGO Indiana Jones video is now available for download here. Brace yourself, it’s nearly 470 MB, but I’m sure it’s worth it (I’m about halfway through downloading it as I write this post). I can’t wait to play! What a great way to celebrate the end of finals (yes, I’m back :) )
A group shot of the upcoming Star Wars minifigs in the summer ’08 sets were found in the latest issue of Star Wars Insider. Start getting excited! :)
Via Eurobricks
I’m more impressed with each new Castle creation Thomas “Remyth” Wunz posts. “Gryhnt Piro” is certainly no exception:
Here’s Thomas in his own words:
During the glory of the rule of Gyrothyr, the fourteenth king of Veryluai (very-lu-a), many fair things were built. Thought it has rarely been heard of, Gryhnt Piro was a major aspect in lives of those who live around it. Its huge bridge spans two rivers (one of which is depicted), and has made travel over ‘through’ the bandit-infested forests that lay between them possible. Now left in the guard of a very few men, is still stands as a memorial of those grand times.
Click either picture to see all of the details Thomas included.
With everybody distracted by shiny Cave Racers, it seems the end of the world has been staved off for a while, or so it would seem from the dearth of decent ApocaLEGO lately.
Fortunately for us, Horace Cheng has taken his recent snowmobile design and added a bunch of stuff to make it zombie-proof:
Bonus Iron Man hard suit:
