From the new LEGO Castle theme Kingdoms to World Racers and the much-anticipated Collectible Minifigures, all of the Summer 2010 LEGO sets are now available from the LEGO Shop online.
In related news, the LEGO VIP Program now works with LEGO Shop orders, so you can help support LEGO fan sites you visit without worrying about losing points.
(We’re a bit behind on our news-related posts, so most of this won’t be a surprise to many of you, but thought I’d pass along the word anyway.)
Milan CMadge has been building LEGO versions of the Normandy Invasion for nearly a year now, culminating in his latest diorama featuring a German bunker built into the cliff (complete with interior), a pair of LCVP “Higgins Boat” landing craft (one more fortunate than the other), and even an amphibious Sherman tank.
See detail shots on Flickr.
Now, to connect this with my own Omaha Beach diorama, along with Darth Yoda’s, for a massive LEGO D-Day Omaha beachhead…
HispaLUG member teruel211 built a very nice Korean War-era helicopter (likely an H-13 Sioux), complemented by a M.A.S.H. unit on the ground.
Thanks for the tip, Henrik!
Multi-theme builder Alex Eylar (Profound Whatever) takes on the Wild West in his latest diorama, named after actor Walter Brennan.
Observe the defenestration of an unruly bordello customer, the prisoner using some dynamite to break out of the sheriff’s jail cell, and many other lovely details.
See more angles on MOCpages and Flickr.
Andrew Summersgill (Doctor Sinister) presents a potential future for the Doctor Who series. The 83rd Doctor (from series 340-343 aired between 2336 and 2339) doesn’t have quite the same heroic qualities as the first 82 Doctors…
Click the pic to read Andrew’s hilarious description.
So Lord Dane put a suit in yo suit so you can stomp while you stomp.
(I realize that I have added nothing of value to this post. The suit is that many kinds of awesome.)
Though not the sort of achievement that makes me proud to be human, the Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 “Drache” (Dragon) was the first helicopter to enter production, though Nazi Germany was only able to manufacture about 20 during World War II. I had no idea it even existed until Aleksander Stein built one from LEGO.
Here’s Aleksander’s Fa 223 in action over southern Bavaria:
From Madagascar to Rekohu and from Hawai’i to the South Island of Aotearoa, the people we know today as Austronesians have occupied more of the surface of our planet than nearly any other group of related human beings. This remarkable ocean-going culture expanded at an astonishing rate across the Pacific and Indian Oceans, resulting in hundreds of scenes like the one illustrated in LEGO microscale by Eldert (evhh):
The volcanic island dwarfs the tiny outrigger canoes, and for me symbolizes human ingenuity in the face of what might appear to be insurmountable odds. It’s achievements like this that make me proud to be human, and makes it easy to imagine tiny outrigger spaceships arriving on the shores of a distant island in the sky not too far in the future…
(Post title courtesy Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, And Steel
Is there a contest going on that I’m not aware of? The recent crop of sky-fi fighters makes it seem as though dieselpulp may be replacing steampunk as the fan-created theme du jour.
Anyway, I couldn’t blog the more recent fighters by other builders and pass up my favorite, the P-79 Stratofighter “Steel Wind” by Jon Hall:
The judicious sticker usage and gorgeous presentation truly enhance what would be an awesome fighter regardless.
This month’s LUGNuts challenge — Kickin’ it Oldschool! — is coming to a close, with many great cars and trucks from the pre-1950 era. Here are just a couple of my favorites.
Nathan Proudlove rolls out a 1940 Ford pickup truck, tricked out to please any skateboarder:
Tim Inman (rabidnovaracer) heads to the beach in his 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster station wagon:
Graphic designer Eric (edubl31216) recently posted several tasty LEGO models of food. The can of Pepsi and hotdog are my favorites.
See all of Eric’s LEGO food on Flickr, including several shots of the building techniques he used to make them.
Thanks for the tip, Bruce!
as, well, just another Portal turret if I hadn’t read 
