Yearly Archives: 2018

Wet and wild-ly good building

January might not be waterpark weather up here in the chilly northern hemisphere, but simply bricking it aims to bring a splash of fun in the summer sun to your life with this brilliant microscale LEGO creation. The “tanscaping” on display here is beautiful — the tan tile pieces creating a smart colour contrast with the teal waters. But, as with all the best microscale, it’s the little details that make this pop — the use of the recently-reborn “macaroni quarter pipe” pieces to create a spiral flume tube, and the brown 1×2 bow slopes as diving boards are particular highlights. This makes me want to dive into some microscale building of my own.

Pool Party

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LEGO lion dances into the New Year

What better way to welcome in 2018 than with a LEGO model of a traditional Japanese shishimai mask, used for a lion dance at New Year? keiichi kamei has built a fantastic bust of the lion mask — the shaping of the face and mane are brilliant, and the restrained colour palette lends the image a real vibrancy. I particularly like the eyebrows and nose, and adding those fan pieces as a pattern on the coat is a lovely touch. But the masterstroke is the slight angle of the head, immediately injecting an air of fun and a sense of character.

shishimai_01

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Ye olde winter village

Take a stroll through the medieval village of Daydelon created by Isaac S. Here you’ll find a bakery, general store, and even a toy shop. If you don’t believe me, take a look at the gallery where you’ll see neatly crafted vignettes of the building interiors that slide out of the buildings themselves. Just don’t forget to shake off all the snow from your boots when you go inside!

The Streets of Daydelon

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Instruction Guide for the Promotional 60th Anniversary Special (40290) now available from LEGO [Instructions]

One of the nicer looking Promotional sets (40290) that we saw announced last year now has the instructions online released by LEGO. Besides the printed tile, there does not seem to be any unique pieces,  which is good news for folks who want to enjoy the building experience early.

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LEGO Star Wars TIE Fighter: The Imperial Fleet never looked so good

As a Star Wars fan, I’m quite ashamed to say that I only recently learnt that TIE is actually an acronym of “Twin Ion Engine”. In my defense, there are some things that one never thinks to question. Nevertheless, I’ve always loved this standout spacecraft. And speaking of standouts, this version by Jussi Koskinen is one of the best I’ve seen.

TIE S/F (updated)

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Enchanting citadel of the skies

I bet you’re taking a second, or even a third, close look at this magical floating castle to analyse how it all holds up. LEGO wizard jaapxaap must have dreamt of this one night and woke up to make it a reality. The colour choices of white and gold,  plus the bright blue of the domes and trimming helps provide an additional subconscious cue, elevating it into the skies above the clouds. A brilliant idea turned into reality with the execution of beautiful engineering.

CCC - Fantasy Castle

CCC - Fantasy Castle

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Happy 2018 + the best LEGO of 2017 [News]

2018 has officially arrived worldwide, and this lovely monument by Pasq67 is here to help us celebrate. While we’ve seen the great technique of using 1×1 quarter circle tiles for lettering before, we hadn’t seen this super cool font made of macaroni pieces. And no matter what your favorite theme is, you’re covered here as a multitude of characters stroll through the park.

Lego Happy New Year 2018


Not quite ready for 2017 to be done yet? Take a look at the best of 2017:

Builder awards:

Shortlist for Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year 2017 

Brothers Brick LEGO Creation of the Year 2017

Brothers Brick LEGO Builder of the Year 2017

Top 10 roundups:

LEGO news articles of 2017

LEGO set reviews of 2017

LEGO creations of 2017

LEGO Star Wars sets of 2017

Custom LEGO instructions of 2017

Plus also check out our favorite LEGO Star Wars creations of the year with:

16 of the best custom LEGO Star Wars creations of 2017

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Musicians will be bricking it when playing at this amazing LEGO concert hall

The University of Colorado Boulder has an ongoing project to construct a LEGO version of its campus, built by a team of LEGO builders. Imagine Rigney has just finished building a LEGO version of the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, where dozens of major College of Music performances take place each season. The auditorium is over a century old, and its Neo-Gothic architecture style has been nicely captured in LEGO bricks

Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder, Colorado

Click to see the inside of the concert hall

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Fairy is fair enough

This lovely fairy sculpture by Mike Nieves was apparently a gift for a friend. I hope Mike’s friend appreciates it because it’s truly magical. The figure is beautifully posed, looking like she’s about to touch softly down from the air. The wings are fabulous, and the shaping of the skirt is particularly well-done. When a character is this well put-together I think we can forgive the non-LEGO stand!

Scribbles the Fairy

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