My photostream is currently flooded with Vic Vipers so I felt impelled to post two that really jumped out at me. Christoph Monnaie’s (stenrtje) is loaded up with all sorts of awesome detail and greebly goodness. Rodney Bistline’s (Buster®) contribution literally leaps out of the screen in this lovely homage to vintage space box art.
Just a quick reminder that NoVVember 2012 is now upon is. Help celebrate the late nnenn’s love of the Gradius Vic Viper by building your own (or more!). Post your entries here and Pascal (pasukaru76) will perform his magic at the end of the month. Keep an eye out for further updates once the East Continue reading →
It’s NoVVember again. This one is from its host Peter Morris and Rich M (Zaximillian). I’m not sure if it’s the lines, the colours or a combination of the two but it’s got such an aggressive macho look. EDIT: Added Rich M’s name. Missed that it was a collaboration.
Many people have posted Vic Viper models recently. Most are meant for the fly-ins scheduled in tribute to the fallen builder Nnenn. Here’s one of my favorites, along with a reminder to look for the fly-in at whatever Lego fan convention you may be attending this year. It’s a build by “The One And Only Continue reading →
The good folks in the LEGO Starfighters group on Flickr have started a new Novvember. That means that many people are building Vic Vipers, inspired by the game Gradius, all month long. I’m digging the one below by legodrome, and I’m sure there will be many more nice fighters to come. I feel that the Continue reading →
A result of Novvember, here are almost all of the Vic Vipers built by Nnenn and the participants. You can see them all on Flickr’s Vic Vipers pool!
LEGO Vic Vipers are to November like sharp angles are to geometry, and this build by pyrefyre holds both.
On November 21, BrickLink – the largest community of online resellers of LEGO bricks, owned by the LEGO Group as of 2019 – quietly changed its policies on which countries would be allowed to operate stores on the platform as of December 12 (now updated to January 31) with 35 countries, including most of South America, Africa, the Middle East, and most of Asia. As the community learned of these changes, heartbreak and anger have rippled throughout the community, both for the poor way the changes have been communicated, but also for the reminder that, for as much as Bricklink and LEGO celebrate their global reach, in practice, much of the world lacks the services that other countries take for granted. Today we’re sharing the experience of one fan affected by the change, Pinar, a builder from Türkiye who runs the BukaBricks blog and maintains the LEGO Bestiary.
seb71 makes sure the Ninjago team has what every ninja needs – a flashy, high-speed starship.
“The One and Only Mr. R” (Flickr) goes back to the source this Novvember with a ship directly based on the Vic Viper of Gradius V, in player 2 red. While the inspiration isn’t revolutionary, the craftsmanship is of the highest caliber.
WyndGekko’s TIE Viper celebrates NoVVember with a stunning design fusing Star Wars aesthetics with Vic Viper swooshability.
From reimagined Classic Space sets to a prize machine full of retro tributes, LEGO offers no shortage of nostalgic tributes and easter eggs to minifig-scale themes from the past. Bionicle, despite being the line that saved LEGO from bankruptcy, only received an odd GWP. Among AFOLs, however, Bionicle inspires a growing wave of creativity as Continue reading →