Monthly Archives: May 2009

Announcing Zombie Apocafest 2009 – coming to BrickCon this October [News]

UPDATE: Planning is now underway for the next Zombie Apocafest. Read all about it in our Zombie Apocafest 2009 strategy, tactics, & logistics post.

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LEGO Zombie Apocafest 2008The LEGO convention season is upon us, and BrickCon 2009 is just over four months away — time to start planning your trip and what you’re going to build. Likewise, it’s time to start planning collaborative displays.

With a successful Zombie Apocafest 2008 under our belts, we at The Brothers Brick are pleased to announce Zombie Apocafest 2009.

To celebrate this announcement and as an example of one of our new prize categories, I’ve turned 7639 Camper into a mobile zombie defense platform.

LEGO zombie survivor camper

This year, we’re splitting up the prizes into four categories:

There are still many details to iron out, and we’re definitely open to suggestions. What kind of overall theme would you like to build toward? If you were there, what worked last year? What didn’t? Let us know in the comments.

Microfigures for the upcoming LEGO board games

LEGO has released an image of 18 microfigs for the upcoming board games to be first launched in Europe this August before hitting the rest of the world in 2010.
microfigs

Estuary Stronghold

After five months, Bryan (The Eggplant Wizard) has finally completed his Estuary Stronghold project, which is a tribute to Erik Brok and his Estuary Stronghold.

For more details and info, check out Bryan’s construction journals on this masterpiece.

Shrooooom!

Yup, Steve Vargo built some shrooms. Pretty cool looking ones too.

LEGO mushrooms shrooms

There is another picture that captures a rare indigenous mushroom creature as well.

I think they must be pretty big, because he built this lumberjack too. He doesn’t say that they go together….but coincidence? I don’t think so.

LEGO Lumberjack Woodsman

This post contains 24 starfighters

And there’s only one name we can attibute that to: Nnenn. This collection of fighters shows what Nnenn has been building in the past month and a half. All the models are variations centered around a basic cockpit box design, shown on the bottom right corner of the picture.

Also check out this 360 view of one of his starfighters. I think that for the 68 edited photos used to make this, it’s worth your attention.

A better mousetrap...

Legoloverman has achieved that which most of us can only dream about. He has built a better mousetrap. I think it’s pretty spiffy, myself.

LEGO mousetrap

LEGO M1A1 Abrams Battle Tank

Ralph Savelsberg gets ready to put the hurt on with this gorgeous rendition of the M1A1 Abrams. Can I use the word ‘gorgeous’ to describe a tank? I think so…

LEGO M1A1 Abrams

The siege of Hrothingas castle

Daniel Z takes his castle evolution project and turns it into a full-scale action-blown battle scene for the Battles Contest on Classic Castle. With that I think there’s no need to fight now, the battle is over!

Chapel Rock

This scene by Luke Watkins is packed with an incredible amount of detail. You really need to check out all the pictures. Very nice, indeed.

LEGO Castle Chapel Rock

I can hear the Rumble

I want one of these! This steampunk halftrack by Massie96 is freakin’ cool. Makes me want to try building Steampunk again…

LEGO Steampunk Halftrack

ALA-N the Retro Mech goes exploring

Brent Waller‘s fabulous retro-mech made me write this post. But I really like the vintage spacesuit feel of this creation, so its okay.

LEGO Mech Retro Spacesuit

Jordan takes flight

With this steampunk robot, by Jordan Schwartz, the sky is the limit!

LEGO Steampunk robot jetpack