Every few months, The LEGO Group asks adult and teen LEGO fans questions that help provide input for future decisions.
The first AFOL/TFOL survey of 2010 is now online.
In addition to the LEGO Ambassadors Program, this is your chance to sound off on the things that are important to you.
Ben Fellowes has built a three-foot-long LEGO version of the SSV Normandy from the new Xbox 360 game Mass Effect 2.
I’m personally not sold on the Mass Effect series, after the first installment struck me as more than a little chatty, but I love this ship.
(Thanks to reader Michael for making sure we saw this.)
UK builder Justin Ramsden has earned a bit of well-deserved fame in the British press recently for his bust of singer Amy Winehouse.
From her beehive hairdo to the cigarette dangling from her lips, Justin has captured every detail of this notorious English character.
The techniques used to weave the hairpieces together are pretty unique.
No details are spared to give full expression of Amy staring into the distance.
We spotted a spider in her hairpiece. Whether that’s intentional or by design, is something to wonder about.
Her large earrings are captured in quite a unique form that seems quite fragile, but does the job with the 1×1 plates used.
When stared from a distance, you can stare in awe at the superb results achieved by the various techniques.
Check out all the photos on Flickr.
It’s very rare that we’ll blog two separate creations by a builder in one day, but both these models by the talented Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) deserve closer attention. Alex’s Optimus Prime transforms completely from semi truck to robot:
The trailer includes a remote-controlled Roller, and Optimus Prime’s chest contains the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Two months in the making, I don’t think I’ve seen a more accurate or complete LEGO Optimus Prime.
I never caught the chess bug, but this tiny set by akunthita just might change my mind. The queens use the tiny Belville crowns, though I’m less keen on the cut towballs on the pawns.
In keeping with our theme of function as well as form today, the chess set has little drawers that can hold all the pieces.
We’re all about the functionality today. This Prohibition-era bank by Jarek (Jerac) has a lovely facade and cool 30’s car out front:
However, the working brick-built safe is what makes this an amazing LEGO model:
Spanish LEGO builder Sheepo has built a Bugatti Veyron from Technic that not only sports the beautiful lines of the original but also incorporates a fully functional seven-speed gearbox, retracting spoiler, independent suspension, and more features of the world’s most expensive car.
Watch the video here:
And read more about Sheepo’s Veyron in his article in Hispabrick Magazine 007.
The latest edition of Hispabrick Magazine is now available for download in both Spanish and English. As always, the online magazine is free.
Issue 007 has lots of great content, including:
You can find links to download Hispabrick Magazine 007 on HispabrickMagazine.com
Some of you may be aware of Nannan’s dealings with ABS substances and the recent case of him possessing several kilos of grass while traveling on a commercial airline. We were just informed that Nannan was detained last night for more serious crimes, the nature of which cannot be disclosed on the blog. It’s reasonable to speculate that this may be tied to his other lifestyle. We deeply regret the loss of a valuable contributor to the blog.
Checking the links in the last post brought me to this gorgeous green bike by Pierre E Fieschi:
Yes, those are the minifig stands from 7595 Army Men on Patrol.
While we’re at it, I can’t pass up this Spark-class microscale space carrier:
Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) puts his unique spin on William Shakespeare:
Perhaps Shakespeare’s pallor is due to the English weather, but he more than makes up for it with some lovely purple pants.
Toys R Us is having a buy one, get one 50% off sale yesterday through next Saturday, April 3.
The sales exclude Star Wars, MINDSTORMS, and Toy Story, but Toys R Us does stock some of the harder-to-find sets online, like 10197 Fire Brigade and 10196 Grand Carousel.
