Dave and John Xandegar have built a LEGO sculpture of the classic SEGA character Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic us even posable — he can move his head, feet, left arm, and left hand.
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$125 off 10179 UCS Millenium Falcon, and enter to win one for free! [News]
The big announcement at midnight Eastern (that’s now!) isn’t just the free LEGO Star Wars minifig poster we announced a few hours ago.
10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™ is being discounted by 25%, or 125 USD for a limited time.
Even better, on May 3 and May 4, you can enter to win a first-edition UCS Falcon! Head on over to Shop.LEGO.com/MayTheForce
in one minute for more info.
May the Force be with You™! Celebrate 10 Years of LEGO® Star Wars™
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the information we received about the Millennium Falcon discount and free poster didn’t indicate it was specific to the US & Canada. Sadly for our readers elsewhere, that appears to be the case.
Celebrate 10 years of LEGO Star Wars with a free limited-edition poster from the LEGO Shop [News]
Celebrate 10 Years of LEGO® Star Wars™ at 12:01 AM EDT tonight by getting a free limited-edition poster with any purchase on May 3rd and 4th (while supplies last).
The poster features 160 minfigs from the past 10 years. Don’t forget to check out the LEGO Shop online at 12:01 AM EDT on May 3rd to place an order and get your free poster.
Good luck, and may the Force be with You!
UPDATE 1: By popular demand, I’ve uploaded a high-res version of the LEGO Star Wars minifig poster to Flickr.
UPDATE 2: Unfortunately, the information we received about the Millennium Falcon discount and free poster didn’t indicate it was specific to the US & Canada. Sadly for our readers elsewhere, that appears to be the case.
The microscale LEGO fleets of Dr. X
Without a doubt, Dr. X is becoming one of my favorite builders, capable of surprising me with each new build.
His latest builds include a due of microscale fleets. “Ambush Force Cf-79” has a consistency of design that spans everything from the large missile destroyer to the fighters.
His “Battle Group Nine” is different in almost every respect, with a distinct aesthetic.
More Bad Days for Micropolis
The Reasonably Clever/TwinLUG Bad Day for Micropolis contest ends tomorrow, and a whole batch of great entries have come through in the last few days.
Erik Smit (eti) depicts an Evil Corp skyscraper replacing a block of historic houses:
Meanwhile, Tim Goddard (Rogue Bantha) recreates the entire line of modular buildings in microscale for his entry:
Paul Lee (polywen) adds a last-minute entry titled “It Came from BELOW!!!”
See more entries on ReasonablyClever.com.
Fedde is ready for some Big Jobs
Fedde (Karf Oolhu) has been hard at work constructing massive construction vehicles capable of taking on the most massive of construction jobs. The one above uses tank treads on the tires and Technic air intakes for the claw on the arm.
Fedde’s earlier Utility Tractor is no less hunky:
LEGO wants to hear from you! [News]
The LEGO Group would like to hear from LEGO fans like readers of The Brothers Brick in a new online survey.
Read on for more information, including results from the December 2008 survey.
Note: For our American readers, note that commas and apostrophes are reversed in numbers. For example, 2,4=2.4 and 1.000=1,000. I’ve also added links in a few places.
As Adult or Teenage Fans of LEGO, you bring an important perspective to the LEGO Group. We respect your creativity and passion for the LEGO brand.
In December 2008, we did an online survey to learn more about the global AFOL (defined as ages 20+) and TFOL (defined as ages 13-19) communities and for your information, we have listed the key findings below. Now we ask you to take this survey again. It include some of the same questions, but also a set of new questions for you. These surveys will be conducted on a quarterly basis this year.
Please take a few moments to complete this short online survey to let us know your opinion on how we are doing.
You might notice that the link refers to the LEGO Kids Inner Circle; this is because Satmetrix, which hosts that site, is also supporting our efforts to track AFOL/TFOL opinions. Rest assured that this survey is for AFOL’s and TFOLs only.
Here are some of the key findings from the December 2008 survey:
- The survey was completed by 6.500 (!) AFOLs and TFOLs. 19% of respondents were TFOLs, 81% was AFOLs. 94% were male, 4% female and 2% did not want to share gender.
- When asked about likeliness to recommend LEGO products and services to friends and family, AFOLs are more likely to recommend than TFOLs. When asked what the LEGO Group can do to improve willingness to recommend, most frequent answers was, “better pricing”, “re-release classic sets”, “less custom made pieces” and “no more stickers, print on bricks”. This feedback has been communicated to relevant business units within the LEGO Group.
- 47% of AFOLs/TFOLs are NOT members of a LEGO User group. Among those who are members of LEGO User Groups, they are in average members of 2,4 LUGs.
- In average AFOLs and TFOLs are spending in the area of USD 1.000/EUR 700 on LEGO product annually. 20% of this is spent on second hand purchases.
- Favorite websites include Peeron, LEGO.com, The Brothers Brick, shop.LEGO.com, Eurobricks, Brickshelf, Bricklink and Flickr.
Thank you,
The LEGO Community Team
Bjarne Tveskov builds a mini LEGO iMac G4 for Apple + LEGO + Pixar goodness
Classic Space LEGO designer Bjarne Tveskov (tveskov.com) has posted a wonderful little iMac G4 “Junior”:
Naturally, the pairing is reminiscent of Pixar’s “Luxo, Jr.”
The screen is a real photo/video display, which allows Bjarne to mirror what’s on his real Mac — pretty darn cool! Getting the weight in the base and construction of the arm right are LEGO engineering challenges of their own.
See more photos of Bjarne’s LEGO iMac G4 Junior on his blog or on Flickr.
LEGO Boy Band!
April Fool’s Day may be over, but that doesn’t stop the shenanigans in the LEGO fan community. The recent announcement of LEGO Rock Band is already inspiring spoofs like this one from Dave Shaddix.
Click through to check out Dave’s hilarious description of who made the band.
The Swinepocalypse is upon us!
Andrew Summersgill (Doctor Sinister) has posted a very timely swine flu pandemic vignette that perfectly captures the mood in the news over the last few days.
Registration now open for BrickCon 2009: Imagination in Motion! [News]
Registration is now open for BrickCon 2009! BrickCon is a private convention and public exhibition for adult fans of LEGO, and will be held October 1-4, 2009 in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.
BrickCon is the longest continuously running LEGO fan convention in the US. Last year’s convention drew more than 250 attendees from all over North America and Europe, with a significant contingent from Billund, Denmark.
As in years past, I’ll encourage those of you who haven’t been to a LEGO convention (or BrickCon specifically) to check out our past coverage of Brickcon here on The Brothers Brick and look through the photos in the BrickCon group pool on Flickr.
Highlights of last year’s BrickCon included the ChiefLUG BSG Viper Fly-In, the announcement of 10193 Medieval Market Village, and our very own Zombie Apocafest 2008.
For me, BrickCon is all about the people. Even though we’d been blogging together for nearly a year, I met Josh in person for the first time at BrickCon 2006. Similarly, Nannan and I met for the first time at BrickCon 2008.
LEGO conventions are also a good place to learn that LEGO fans don’t all look like their sig-figs in real life.
With an emphasis on a relaxed fan convention experience, BrickCon is a great way to sit back and get to know all those fellow LEGO fans you’ve only met online — an opportunity to talk about something other than LEGO, in some cases. That’s not to say that the public exhibition isn’t an awe-inspiring spectacle. BrickCon 2008 drew over 7,000 visitors in the 8 hours open to the public on Saturday and Sunday!
This year’s theme is “Imagination in Motion!” and looks to be even bigger and cooler. So, what’re you waiting for? Register today!
A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal
This steampunk hovercraft by Chase Lewis (Vid) may appear too small to carry any eels, but that won’t stop me from making a ridiculous Monty Python reference.
I suspect I will never get tired of referencing that sketch when I post a LEGO hovercraft, so y’all just better get used to it. Ha!