Vincent Cheung’s (fvin&yan) sculpture of the ballroom scene from Beauty and the Beast is flourishing with details. This was built for Ani-Com Hong Kong and made its way into the top 12 entries, which you should definitely check out.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Smoke signals
Croatian LEGO fan Matija Grguric has been on a Wild West building spree lately. His most recent diorama captured the look of the American West better than any American builder has (to my knowledge), complete with the banded colors of the Badlands.
Matija is building all of his Western creations — from the Black Cat Saloon to Market Street — for an upcoming Club Kockice exhibit.
That little mesa is worth a closer look:
Petra’s Al Khazneh in LEGO
One of my dearest memories of the summer in 1994 that I spent working on an archaeological dig in Jordan was a weekend trip to Petra. We arrived from Amman late in the evening, but several of my fellow archaeology students couldn’t wait until morning to see the amazing structures carved from the sandstone 2000 years ago, so we snuck across wadi after wadi, avoiding the main paths. Once past the guard posts, we walked through the narrow gorge known as al-Siq — pitch black at night — until the passage opened in front of us to reveal Al Kazhneh, lit only by starlight.
ArzLan built his LEGO version of the Treasury for the Hong Kong Animation Festival, and features Indiana Jones in his Last Crusade visit to this UNESCO Heritage site.
Time-lapse video of LEGO mosaic building at LEGOLAND
LEGOLAND California Master Model Maker Ryan Ziegelbauer built a mosaic of a Junior Model Maker contest winner, which he captured in this time-lapse video.
Now that you’ve watched it once, watch the video again for all the funny animations in the background, including an homage to a recent blastoff into space.
“YGGDRASIL” Nano-tree Archology
No clever title for this post, just a fascinating combination of space and foliage in this creation. The builder, Shamisenfred, has provided an explanation as to how a tree was engineered to grow in space. I’m more concerned with how cool this looks. The organic shapes of the tree and the structures built into them contrast quite nicely with the repeated architectural forms of the “pot.” Similarly, the contrast of the clean white engineered portions really make the colors of the tree pop out.
LEGO 10231 Space Shuttle back in stock + free shipping through 7/15 [News]
Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off on the final mission of this 30-year-old program yesterday, ushering in a very different era for NASA and the American human space flight program. When LEGO set 10213 went out of stock earlier this year, it seemed like the end of the line for this unique set, too. Thankfully, LEGO was just re-engineering the model for re-release as 10231 Shuttle Expedition (note the inverted set number).
Via FBTB, where they have complete details on the changes.
The LEGO Shop online is also having a special deal through this next week, with free shipping on all orders of $75 or more, with a free Kingdoms set thrown in to sweeten the deal. In case you missed it, all the summer sets are out, too.
Happy shopping, and remember that whether you buy online through FBTB, Brickset, The Brothers Brick, or whatever other LEGO fan site you visit regularly, buying your LEGO through one of these sites online helps keep the lights on. Thanks!
“Are you sure it isn’t time for a ‘colourful metaphor’?”
Something along the lines of “incredible”, “stunning” or “out-standing” may be in order. Rakanishu’s mosaic of Mr. Spock is a great homage to the Enterprise’s first mate and science officer. Can we describe a Lego creation as logical? I think we can.
Intricate Clock tower
Milán Bikics works wonders with Lego architectural design. Even though this clock tower is an old MOC in a new photo, I’m sure many have not yet seen it. Look closely and take a moment to soak in all the minute details.
Thanks for the tip V&A Steamworks
MegaMan Mosaic
This mosaic, by Andy, is a real eye-catcher. I love the split view of MegaMan and the background gives it a great look.
10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van revealed in Collector’s Guide
UPDATE 2: 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van is out now!
UPDATE 1: Complete details about 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van have recently been announced.
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The recently published Lego Collector’s Guide 2 has an image of the upcoming 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van. Picture scanned by Captain Eugene.
LEGO Batcave
After building a very nice Tim Burton era Batmobile, Alex Schranz (“Orion Pax”) has gone the whole hog (should that be best bat?) and built it a lovely batcave to live in. He has combined excellent lighting, great use of vertical space, 9000 bricks and all his grey slopes to make a truly impressive location.
I really like that this has the dark comic book feel of Burton’s work rather than the more realistic feel of Nolan’s vision.
The mood lighting does make the details hard to see so check out his set for more pictures.
I believe this snippet of the film sums up the model perfectly. Where indeed? Enjoy!
Brick Fiesta 2011 wrap up
In the past two weeks I went from the largest Lego convention in the US to the smallest back to back. As a fledgeling event in its first year, Brick Fiesta was only about a tenth the size of Brickworld. Nevertheless, the public waited in line for up to an hour and half to enjoy MOCs such as Mirage, Tony Sava‘s Cathedral, and a Batman sculpture by 13-year-old Evan Bacon (which were the top 3 public favorites). There were other gems as well, which you can dig up by browsing the pictures on the Brick Fiesta Flickr group.
Some of my most memorable things at Brick Fiesta included the Alien Mothership draft (one of the best sets to draft), great trailer food and restaurants in Austin, and meeting lots of new people. At the same time, I should mention that this was the first Lego convention for Kevin Hinkle, who will follow Steve Witt’s footsteps as the new North America Community Coordinator.
Overall, Brick Fiesta was a unique Texas style Lego convention. For more coverage of the event, you can check out TV segments of Brick Fiesta from KVUE and KXAN.