This oven with rotisserie chicken by Martin Jaspers (Marakoeschtra) is pretty cool, right?
But wait! Check out the video:
The oven has a 9-volt micromotor to rotate the chicken, along with oven lighting. Thanks for the tip, Ronald!
Posts by Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)
In Holland, mermaids live under the ice
Erik Smit (.eti) recently won the LowLUG MiniMocMadness contest with “The mermaid that came from under the ice.”
After winning two prizes in our GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, Erik is on a roll. Congratulations!
Gavrilo Princip has his day
Dan Siskind (Brickmania) depicts that fateful day in 1914 when a young man named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, plunging the world into the Great War.
LEGO Star Wars 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker now available for pre-order [News]
Following quickly on the announcement at Toy Fair 2009, 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker is now available for pre-order from the LEGO Shop online.
$250 for about 1700 pieces, with two clone pilots and six clone troopers.
(Hat tip to Sjaak. Thanks!)
UPDATE: Another recent addition, Vintage Minifigure Collection Vol. 2:
LEGO Star Wars 10195 Republic Dropship, Home One, LEGO + Pixar, and more revealed at Toy Fair 2009 [News]
The Brothers Brick got an invite to the LEGO Preview at Toy Fair 2009, but we just couldn’t make it. :-( The good news is that our pals from FBTB and BrickJournal are covering this important event.
Although we’ve seen quite a few of the late 2009 LEGO sets from the earlier Canadian toy fair, there are still some surprises in store for LEGO fans.
The big news — particularly among LEGO Star Wars fans — seems to be the announcement of 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker, here being shown off by Erik Varzegi:
Other major LEGO Star Wars news includes a playset of Admiral Ackbar’s Home One (the result of fan voting back in May 2008), with these minifigs:
Personally, I’m most excited about the new Space Police sets, including 5971 Gold Heist:
In other news, LEGO and Disney have announced a deal to release LEGO sets based on three Disney movies: Toy Story, Cars, and Prince of Persia. (What, no LEGO Wall-E?)
Check out more photos from Ace Kim, Mike Crowley, and Joe Meno.
There are a lot of photos to go through, so let us know if you see something particularly cool we should highlight.
LEGO Nintendo Game Boy Color and Sony PSP are just as fun as the originals
Just in time for the second anniversary of Arvo’s Nintendo Game Boy, Joris Blok has posted great LEGO versions of two handheld video game consoles.
Nintendo Game Boy Color:
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP):
Pyrefyre’s hardsuit makes minifigs tall
UCS Millenium Falcon $125 off at Amazon.com [News]
I’m tempted. Aren’t you? In addition to the Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon
Given that the Sand Crawler isn’t even available from LEGO anymore, this could be your last opportunity to get Jawas. Just sayin’. Thanks for the tip, Wes!
Reasonably Clever Handtruck Building Challenge ’09! [w00t!]
Chris Doyle over at Reasonably Clever has just announced the “Handtruck Building Challenge ’09.”
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Incorporate as many LEGO handtrucks into a LEGO creation as you can. The deadline is March 13, 2009, so get building!
Check out Reasonably Clever for complete details.
I like LEGO zombies
Well, not in the sense that I want them to eat my minifigs’ brains (well, perhaps some of them), but in the sense that zombies make pretty much anything cooler.
The guys from The Big Toy Hut have put together a batch of minifigs inspired by the zombie megafigs by Andrew Bell:
While we’re at it, here are a couple of really cool Joker minifigs from Dark Knight:
Whitetron vs. Blacktron
David McNeely (Blue Star Lego) has been having a bit of fun with minifigs lately.
More specifically, David’s been building specialized troops for the classic Blacktron faction, as well as a corresponding “Whitetron” force.
These remind me of Spy vs. Spy:
Gundam F-Type by Solus Maximus
I might’ve overlooked this great Mobile Suit Gundam mecha by Solus Maximus as “Not LEGO” if reader Curtis hadn’t sent us a link.
Be sure to click All Sizes to check out all the details.