This white whale, fighting a giant squid, by Ryan Rubino is awesome enough to make Captain Ahab blanche.
Thanks for the tip, Nathan Proudlove.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Mashikuf likes all the pretty songs — and flowers too!
Mashikuf of Toys in the Attic built this lovely flower shop for last year’s Brick Fan Town event in Japan.
Note the varied colors in the brown section on the top floor and the crenellated row above the awnings. Gorgeous.
What’s amazing is that this excellent building is just one of dozens built for the collaborate display back in September 2008.
Thanks for the tip, Hendrick!
Details of upcoming LEGO store openings in Dallas and Oklahoma City
The chain of LEGO store openings continues with two more stores to open in July in Dallas and Oklahoma City. Here are the details:
Oklahoma City, OK
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Dallas, TX
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I will be attending the Grand Opening at the Dallas store, and I hope to see some of our readers there!
LEGO has this to say about the events taking place at each grand opening:
Help a real LEGO Master Builder construct an 8-foot tall LEGO R2-D2™ (Oklahoma City)/Yoda™ (Dallas) during our 3-day Grand Opening Celebration weekend!
You’ll get a free LEGO® Star Wars™ Certificate of Achievement for helping, while supplies last! Visit the LEGO Store during the event to enter for a chance to win a $50 LEGO Store Gift Card! No purchase necessary to enter.
Plus:
On Saturday, be one of the first 300 customers to spend $35 in the LEGO Store and you’ll receive an exclusive, limited-edition LEGO set!On Sunday, the first 300 customers to spend $35 in the LEGO Store will receive an exclusive, limited-edition LEGO Minifigure T-Shirt! Shirts are available in child’s sizes only.
Visit stores.LEGO.com for more details.
In addition, here’s a full list of stores opening in 2009:
- Stonebriar Centre, Frisco, TX
- Crabtree Valley Mall, Raleigh, NC
- Westfield Annapolis, Annapolis, MD
- Kenwood Towne Center, Cincinnati, OH
- NorthPark Center, Dallas, TX
- Penn Square Mall, Oklahoma City, OK
- Easton Town Center, Columbus, OH
- Orland Square, Orland Park, IL
- Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, HI
- Concord Mills, Charlotte, NC
- Arundel Mills, Baltimore, MD
- Riverchase Galleria, Birmingham, AL
- Westfield Garden State Plaza, Paramus, NJ
Ready for another vacation
I returned from from a 2-week vacation to Italy (including Venice) a few months ago and I’m feeling ready for another one. So this creation by crises_crs triggered my wanderlust.
If you look closely at this and other pictures you see that it holds water, so the gondola can float along through the little canal between buildings.
My brother apparently ran across it on Klocki and threatened to blog it if I didn’t, so I’ve taken the sibling rivalry by the horns.
Mister Spoons likes carrots
I have nothing useful to say about this lovely little diorama by Yvonne Doyle (YVD). It just makes me smile.
Via The Living Brick.
Neo-Blacktron invades the Reid Continuum
Neo-Classic Space master Peter Reid has gone over to the dark side (albeit briefly, I suspect). Consistent with the NBT design ethos, his Neo-Blacktron Speeder is a variant of his own speeder designs.
And since we failed to blog it back in April, here’s Pete’s amazing “LL-117 Under Construction”.
Although built entirely differently, this version of Pete’s LL-117 looks as though the original is simply missing its skin.
Harry Potter visits The Burrow
LEGO Harry Potter creations are few and far between, which makes this excellent interpretation of the Weasley residence by Matti (Matn) that much more wonderful.
The ramshackle upper stories look tacked on to the original muggle house, just as described in the books by J.K. Rowling. (Movies? What movies?)
Architect to the LEGO stars
I just don’t know where to start or stop when sifting through d-higdon’s hundreds of photographs of her elegant and skilled LEGO mansions, department stores, country estates and office buildings. But I guess this beautifully lit living room will have to do.
I’ve never wanted a big house, but if it were made out of LEGO and furnished by her, I’d buy one in a second. If I had the money.
Castle Rockenstein rocks the medieval world
Well folks, Rocko‘s at it again. This time the castle is based off of the dynamic Lichtenstein Castle, and he sure depicted the drastic rise of the high tower and captured the sublime.
Lightning Saber by Tesla
The Hansa by Kelvin
Kris Kelvin has concocted another great scene. This time it is based in a Hanseatic town, with a gorgeous Hansa trading vessel.
They call it “The Secret Underground World of Lego”
Ignite, a presentation event, recently showcased “the secret underground world of Lego” in a five minute talk about the crazy things we hardcore LEGO fans do. Check out this stand-up comedy styled clip from Hillel Cooperman, a member of SeaLUG, who recently came out of his dark ages.
Edit: Those readers with young children may want to know that there are a few expletives used in this presentation. Use your own discretion. (J)