This Porsche 935 by Malte Dorowski has great curved striping I haven’t seen attempted before with such precision.
The Porsche 935/78 had a long tail to reduce drag, and was painted white, earning it the nickname “Moby Dick.” Malte’s version includes a detailed interior and looks great alongside his 911:
Thanks to Henrik Hoexbroe for the tip!
Rod Gillies (2 Much Caffeine) is on a microscale roll, with his lovely Neverland a couple weeks ago, and continuing with this amazing geodesic dome:
Taking his microscale building in a completely different direction, Rod has also posted the iconic climax of Ghostbusters using parts from a Series 4 Collectible Minifig sailor:
Chris McVeigh (powerpig) joins the Portal 2 fun with his take on Wheatley, everyone’s favorite talking ball on a track, wonderfully voiced by Stephen Merchant.
(For the record, it’s hard picking a good Wheatley quote that isn’t a spoiler.)
UPDATE: Chris has posted an instructions file compatible with LEGO Digital Designer, along with a helpful cross-section of Wheatley in his setup photostream:
Though low-res and group shots of Series 5 Collectible Minifigs have been circulating for a little while, I think this is the first set of “solo” shots at a high enough resolution to make out details and therefore be worth discussion.
Photo hosted by Unknown User2596 (provenance unknown).
We don’t know what the official names are yet, of course, but here’s a list of the sixteen minifigs that the series contains:
Following his amazing GLaDOS from Portal 2, Brandon Bannerman (Catsy) miniaturizes a turret to minifig-scale (or near enough), alongside an adorable custom Chell fig, complete with ASHPD.
For all of you out there who’d like your own turret to keep you company during the long twilight of civilization, Brandon has kindly posted instructions.
Another interesting thing about Brandon’s design has been watching it evolve based on feedback from fellow builders. See the earlier iterations here and here, together with the comments that inspired the final version.
Even though I’m a sucker for adorably squat hardsuits, there are only so many gray, greebly little fellows I can take after a while. This new design by Chris (Ironsniper) made me sit up and take notice.
There’s some nice color blocking with the brown arm, along with one of the coolest details I’ve seen on any hardsuit, even though that knife may be quite useless to a mechanized warrior. But it’s the posability built into the shoulders, knees, and feet that sets this hardsuit apart.
Before the historic achievements of the Mariner, Pioneer, and Voyager probes cleared the mists of fantasy from our planetary neighborhood, even “hard” science-fiction like the early novels of Arthur C. Clarke posited the existence of flora (and sometimes fauna) on the surface of Mars, Venus, and our moon. There’s a certain sense of loss knowing that’s not true.
Joshua Morris (I Scream Clone) restores some of that wonder with this little diorama featuring a mushroom-mowing spaceman.
Marek Markiewicz (M_longer) heads deep under the surface of the Earth with his LEGO version of the 50-ton articulated mining truck.
I’m always a sucker for schematic-like compilation shots, and I’m not disappointed by all the angles in this one:
Star Wars Days are nearly upon us (so I’m told), and the LEGO Shop is having several promotions to celebrate everyone’s favorite galaxy far, far away.
Here are the details from LEGO:
- Free Delivery + Exclusive LEGO® Star Wars™ Shadow ARF Trooper™ minifigure with any $75 or more LEGO® Star Wars™ purchase!
- FREE LEGO® Star Wars™ poster with all purchases, featuring 10 years of Ultimate LEGO® Star Wars™ sets!
- Automatic entry to win a first-edition LEGO® Star Wars™ Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™! (North America only)
- 10% off select LEGO Star Wars items: 8091 – Republic Swamp Speeder™
, 8129 – AT-AT Walker™
; 8128 – Cad Bane’s Speeder™
- 20% off select LEGO Star Wars items: 10198 – Tantive IV ™
; 10195 – Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker™
; 10215 – Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter™
Here’s a high-res shot of the ARF Trooper minifig you get for free:
Dutch builder Nieks G. built this lovely paddle-wheeler for a contest on Eurobricks. With a gorgeously curved deckhouse in dark red, it’s a boat on which I’d love to cruise up the Nile.
You can see more photos in the photoset on Flickr and on MrBrick.nl.
Via Legobloggen.
Rod Gillies (2 Much Caffeine) says that he built this little pirate ship months ago and the idea to build the cove in Neverland from Peter Pan has “haunted” him ever since, with five false starts before getting it right. Though built to showcase the ship, my own favorite details are the waterfall and the clouds.
Via MicroBricks.
Lino Martins found himself among the people in the world who didn’t have a spare €750,000 lying around to buy one of the 75 McLaren SLR Stirling Moss cars that Mercedes-Benz built, so he built his own from LEGO.
