Even if you haven’t seen the cartoon, you may recognize these adorable characters from Shaun the Sheep built by Misa Qa.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
One more way to kill Jar Jar
Luke Chapman‘s vignette is hilarious, but it wouldn’t have been featured without the bubbling acid effects, which I’ve only seen in one other place. I wonder what R2’s thinking.
Steampunk flamethrowing battle mosquito
Sounds like it should a horrible mashup of bandwagon themes, but it’s actually one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while. Nathan Proudlove built this steampunk battle bug for this year’s BrickCon in Seattle. Way to bring it.
Looking forward to seeing it in person.
Jon Hall’s Cave Cruiser
Jon Hall (jonhall18) recently built this fantastic speeder.
It incorporates a lot of great angles, without looking like it’s a bunch of sections being forced together. Instead, it really appears as though the hull came from a factory in one piece. It also features just enough greebles inside of the fins to look good, without going overboard. The sticker use is also impeccable.
Modulex Cafe Corner and Market Street
In 1963, The LEGO Group spun off a company called Modulex to create planning tools for architects, including a completely separate system of bricks. Though Modulex still operates today (still based in Billund, making modular corporate signage), they no longer manufacture little plastic bricks.
Nevertheless, Modulex bricks continue to be sought-after collectors’ items among LEGO fans. Some fans even have enough in their collection to reproduce contemporary LEGO sets, as Marion has done with her collection.
The limited palette of bricks in the Modulex system doesn’t stop Brixe from an excellent recreation of 10182 Café Corner and 10190 Market Street.
Even though Brixe’s Modulex version is nearly a stud-for-stud clone of the LEGO set, this comparison shot shows the difference in scale between the two systems (LEGO on the left, Modulex on the right):
Fulton’s Revenge: a steampunk schooner
Jordan Schwartz finished a three month project on making a “steam-powered, schooner-shaped paddleboat.” Although there are many classic sea vessels and pirate ships, a large-sized steampunk ship is quite a delicacy. You can see this great build in person if you’re coming to BrickFair later this month.
Landing of the Swans
Yes, I know this picture, by Jason Railton is rather old, but I just found it. It has the best wave technique I’ve ever seen, bar none. Incredible!
Twin Pod Cloud Car
Lino says that he geeked out again. I don’t think that adequately describes the elegance of this build. I guess he can call it what he wants.
By the way, I saw this in person. It’s swooshable!
Such a heavy load to tote...
Great White Nautilus
Tyler reels in a very cool one, with this elegant creation. I love the smooth contours of this beauty.
You can see the entire aquatic scene here:
Mecha Frenzy
I’ve noticed a flood of great mecha creations being posted lately, and I’d like to call attention to a few of them.
Kyle Vrieze (bermudafreze)has really out-done himself with his latest mecha, the AC01 above. He’s done some great things with armor, especially around the ankles, and I also quite enjoy the head. He has also made great use of stickers throughout.
This thing is just armed to the teeth. It has missile pods on each shoulder, and a huge built-on gun on the left arm, but that doesn’t stop it from picking up a rifle with the right hand.
Flickr’s Crimson Wolf has been featured here often, but I’m not going to let that stop me.
This mecha has an old-school Battletech feel, with its big body, bulging weapons and chicken legs. It also has all sorts of new-school building techniques and details to set it apart. I’m especially keen on the feet, and I love any mecha with external pistons at the joints.
Hunabkru has built an excellent mecha of his own, the MX-6 “Berserker” Close Combat Mecha.
I really love the use of car doors for an extra bit of armor plating for the knee. The head is also quite nice. The proportions and style of the bot remind me of the very old game One Must Fall 2098.
The mecha also has a pretty rockin sword, if you ask me.
LEGO Star Wars 7778 Midi-scale Millennium Falcon now available [News]
The latest LEGO incarnation of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, 7778 Midi-scale Millennium Falcon, is now available from the LEGO Shop online.
Via FBTB.