Moko’s latest hair technique gives me an excuse to post his beautiful girl in a kimono (something we haven’t featured before):
Via The Living Brick, Ochre Jelly’s new LEGO sculpture blog.
Posts by Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)
The Arvo Brothers boot a Citroën DS
That last post deserves an Arvo chaser.
Not only do the Brothers Arvo create a Citroën DS, they also add a funny little detail — a wheel clamp, or “boot” — that makes sure their gorgeous car can’t get away. Time to pay your parking tickets!
Mega Bloks gets Halo license [LOL!]
In news sure to disappoint unsupervised tweens everywhere, knock-off construction toy company Mega Bloks announced that they’ve won the license to produce toys based on the Halo video game universe.
DRIVEN magazine has a roundup of the reaction from around the gamer community, but what does this mean to LEGO fans? What effect will this have on BrickForge (and their “Space Marine” armor) and BrickArms (with their sci-fi weapons)?
What do you think? Sound off in the comments (here or over on DRIVEN, if you like). Thanks for the tip, Eric Grant!
Early 2009 LEGO City Farm sets out now. How now non-brown cow? [News]
The complete series of early 2009 LEGO City Farm sets are now available from the LEGO Shop online.
7637 Farm includes two black-and-white cows, tan fedora, tractor, and more:
7634 Tractor and 7636 Combine Harvester
add critical vehicles to your agribusiness:
A hearty “Moo!” to reader kastlekid for the tip.
The Iron Guppy pacifies the unruly West
Victor Vitale takes steampunk into the Old West with this teeny tiny airship airboat piloted by a pair of U.S. cavalry soldiers.
TT Games announces LEGO Battles for Nintendo DS, due Summer 2009 [News]
TT Games‘ publisher Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment just announced LEGO Battles for Nintendo DS. The game is due out this summer, and will apparently emphasize building in original themes over the movie-based and comic-inspired adventures of games like LEGO Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Batman.
Check out this graphic of LEGO Pirates in action:
The game will also feature LEGO Castle:
Though the press release didn’t include an image, the game will also allow players to build Space creations.
Here’s a bit more:
LEGO® Battles offers a new kind of “build and battle” LEGO gameplay. Through six distinct story lines, players build their own LEGO bases and battle teams as they engage in over 70 different levels, mixing and matching units to create the ultimate customized LEGO squad. These unique LEGO battles teams see pirate swordsmen fighting side-by-side with wizards and aliens; dragons battling ninjas; and pirate ships launching broadsides against spacecraft and knights! Players can also challenge friends on the battlefield in multiplayer mode through wireless DS multi-card play.
And in case you missed it farther down the page, TT Games is hiring!
Protoss Immortal by PepaQuin
The new Protoss Immortal unit from StarCraft II gets the LEGO treatment by Matt de Lanoy:
The Brothers Brick has a long history of appreciation for Blizzard+LEGO, going all the way back to my fifth post (though lately Valve+LEGO is catching up). Here’s hoping the third StarCraft II creation in a month reveals a growing trend.
UK + Snow + LEGO = Fun times for all!
Tim Goddard joins in the snow day fun with a minifig snowman:
Mike Stimpson shows us that even sand troopers can have a little fun now and then:
Stay safe, and have a great time, dear readers in Great Britain!
UPDATE: Louise Dade takes her LEGO webcomic into the wild and white outdoors:
Ships of the Voshivo, Inc. fleet
Nnenn may have customized a yellow 2×3 plate to achieve the missile tubes on the battle frigate accompanying this microscale fleet, but I can’t help but like the overall effect:
The colorful cargo on the barge (with various classic stickers) contrasts nicely with the utilitarian design of the armed escort.
Christoph Niemann’s LEGO New York
What can you do with basic LEGO bricks and a little imagination? Artist Christoph Niemann posted a series of pictures on Abstract City, his New York Times blog, that reminds us that LEGO isn’t just about knowing complex building techniques and having all the latest elements.
Click any of the photos to see lots more:
Thanks to all my friends, family, co-workers, and various readers who sent us this link today. :-D
Earliest photos of Lego Monster reveal disturbing penchant for sheer scale
To celebrate his birthday recently, Ed Diment showed off this massive structure — the CN Tower — he built at age six back in 1978:
It somehow seems appropriate that Ed grew up to build HMS Hood.
Anybody else out there have photos of themselves with LEGO from twenty years ago? Thirty? More? I posted mine from 1978 a couple years ago.
Do share. :D
LEGO Steampunk Cylon clanks and chugs toward humanity’s demise
Cartoonist Mark Anderson (Flickr) combines two things we love — LEGO steampunk and Battlestar Galactica — for one of the most original mashups we’ve seen in a while.