I’m sitting here in my Seattle backyard watching the jets fly overhead as I type this. Perhaps someday, our homegrown Boeing will develop the sort of spaceliner Nick Dean has imagined in LEGO, and I can watch it streak across the starry night from my cabin on the moon.
The underside features working landing gear and a scramjet scoop. See more photos, and read Nick’s fanciful description, in the full photoset on Flickr.
I hadn’t encountered LEGO mecha builder Phong Chang until recently, but it looks like he’s been building some pretty cool mecha for some time. His latest is apparently an update to an earlier version, titled “Tengen Taishi” — inspired by the recent anime series Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann.
More photos on Flickr and MOCPages.
Matt Wagner (jedimasterwagner) has created a CAD version of the LEGO Architecture Empire State Building, complete with King Kong and a bunch of angry humans.
I also really like this Space Shuttle launch scene that incorporates a shuttle designed by Matt Holland.
The early impressions about LEGO Battles (a new real-time strategy game for Nintendo DS) weren’t entirely positive, but Destructoid played the game at E3 2009 earlier this month and has a different viewpoint.
Conrad Zimmerman writes:
I’m looking forward to playing this, in part because it looks adorable but also because the simplification of what can often be a convoluted style of game really appeals to me. I avoid RTS games not because they aren’t really fun but because I can’t keep track of everything going on and wind up just getting wiped out when the second or third attack on my forces is made. LEGO Battles looks just simple enough to play that I may be picking this one up when it comes out.
LEGO® Battles is available for – Nintendo DS™ now.
LEGO released 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer in 1990. Jarek (Jerrec) made it awesome in 2009.
Jarek added Power Functions and tweaked some of the details, but the spirit of the original set is all there.
See photos on Flickr and Brickshelf (when moderated).
Chris Edwards (cjedwards47) recently uploaded photos of his fourth LEGO island, which incorporates something I’ve never seen before in a LEGO creation — dripping water.
The dripping water below the overhanging rock stands out, undoubtedly, but the island has lots more to offer the LEGO visitor. See more photos in the full photoset on Flickr.
I’m generally not impressed with the results of combining clay or Sculpey with LEGO minifigs, but Peter C. (Pete Corp) has achieved amazing results with this custom minifig of Princess Leia as Jabba the Hutt’s slave girl.
Princess Leia’s armband, bikini, and ponytail are all sculpted from clay — amazing detail at this small scale.
Check out Pete’s photostream for lots more photos, including close-ups and fascinating shots of the work-in-progress minifig.
After seeing an earlier work in progress, I’ve been eagerly anticipating this lovely steampunk sculpture by Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks).
The expression on the moon’s face is priceless.
Guy’s HMS Brown Widow, aka “The Flying Rivet” displays his usual attention to detail, with sections of LEGO tubing as rivets on the trailing edge of the wings.
And that function is to tease Walter, Don Solo‘s M-8 droid. Walter’s not so sure he wants to be teased.
The idea of rolling around our creations in the dirt is anathema to most of us LEGO SYSTEM builders. Not so a group of LEGO Technic engineers who gathered in Prague last month for the 2009 LEGO Technic Rally.
I was rooting for this Tatra by Nikolas Tepper.
Read more about this event on TechnicBRICKs.
Modern fire engines in real life frequently have flat front windscreens. However, this is not a LEGO piece that has existed in six-wide from until the recent release of 7641 City Corner. Steven Asbury (s-asbury) immediately takes advantage of this new piece to create a Mack Collapse Rescue Unit.
Steven’s immediately previous LEGO fire vehicle is this big yellow airport rescue rig.
