For his contribution to NoVVember, Shannon Ocean takes his inspiration from the natural world.
Specifically, Shannon’s Goliath heavy transport was inspired by the enormous Goliath beetles of Africa:
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Announcing the first-ever LEGO fan expo in Romania [News]
Following quickly on the heels of our post about how to get your LEGO event announced here on The Brothers Brick, Adrian Florea has just announced the first-ever LEGO fan event to be held in Romania.
Here are the details:
Name: Lego fan Expo -First ever AFOL event in Romania
Location: Palatul Copiilor Republicii str. nr 23. Cluj-Napoca , Romania
Time: December 3-7
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Contact: spacemonkey_adi@yahoo.com
And here are a few words from Adrian in Romanian:
Va invitam la prima expozitie de LEGO organizata de fanii LEGO din Romania. Evenimentul va include pe langa exponatele alcatuite din colectii si creatii personale, concursuri cu premii si activitati.
Idolatry
McZargald of CATpit construction has posted a couple of really great Vic Viper fighters for NoVVember. The stripey one above is called Moorish Idol after a fish. It doesn’t have the traditional pronged front of a Vic Viper, but I think it’s way cool.
Crusade is equally stripey, with nicely sloped jet intakes:
Miniland-scale FDNY Seagrave ladder truck by Ralph Savelsberg
For the November LUGnuts Fear and Loathing challenge, Ralph Savelsberg faces his fear of fire, heights, and loud noises with this FDNY (Fire Department, City of New York) ladder truck. The ladder itself extends, and the truck is covered in Ralph’s signature stickers.
See more of Ralph’s fire engines in his Fire photoset on Flickr.
Snowblowerman rides again, now with a leaf blower
As autumn gives way to winter in New England, Mike Crowley gives us another Snowblowerman vignette. This time around, our hero wages battle not against flakes but against leaves instead, thereby earning himself a new nickname — Leafblowerman.
Naturally, there’s also a potential love interest:
Kockice covers KockeFest
As much as we’d like to, The Brothers Brick can’t attend every LEGO event that takes place throughout the world. That’s why it’s great to rely on all the LEGO bloggers out there who attend events in their area.
Members of a new LEGO club based in Zagreb, Croatia recently launched their own blog, Kockice, and they’ve covered KockeFest, which took place on October 18 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Check out the full write-up and more pictures on Kockice and the Kocke Klub site.
(With additional thanks — and an apology for the belated post — to Marko.)
Aliens UD-4L Cheyenne Utility Dropship by Havoc
The concept of a dropship has always fired my imagination — especially after seeing Aliens way back when. Havoc seems to share my fascination, as demonstrated by this fantastic rendition of the UD-4L Cheyenne Utility Dropship:
Naturally, the missile pods folder into the dropship’s fuselage:
While we’re at it, here’s Havoc’s Aliens APC. Though it’s not to the same scale as the dropship, it’s still awesome:
Via Klocki.
Ramming speed!
The bow on this fighter by Kidthor (Flickr) looks like it could slam into other spaceships instead of just shooting at them:
Great use of stickers, Technic slopes, and “cheese graters.”
Upcoming Downtime for Brothers-Brick.com
With regular link love from Gizmodo, StumbleUpon, Digg, and other popular sites, The Brothers Brick is now pushing a million page views a month, so the time has come for another upgrade.
Please expect some downtime over the next day or two while we migrate from one server to another. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
In the meantime, don’t forget about all the other great LEGO blogs in the navigation bar on the right, as well as my recommendations for the 10 (other) LEGO blogs you really should be reading.
UPDATE: We’re still waiting for access to the new server, so back to our regularly scheduled LEGO programming for the moment. ;-)
Through the wormhole with Rocko
In his latest vignette, Rocko summons a wormhole and sends a Viking charging through it to medieval Japan. Yeah, I’d be surprised too.
Winter comes to Zgrredek’s Poland
I’ve postponed blogging this wonderful winter scene by Zgrredek several times because I can’t seem to find the right words.
From the smoky chimneys and trio of rooftop birds to the brick-built horse and old-fashioned delivery truck, I can’t pick just one favorite detail.
Find your own favorite details in the Brickshelf gallery.
(Via Klocki, Brick Town Talk, and several e-mails from readers.)
The Confessor comes for sinners’ souls
The latest mecha from Mark Stafford (Nabii) is named simply “6600M Confessor”:
It’s no secret by now that Mark is one of several LEGO fans who’ve joined The LEGO Group recently as set designers. (Others include Pierre Normandin, Jamie Berard, and Adam Grabowski.) Mark’s set design credits so far include several Exo-Force sets, Mission 3: Gold Hunt, Mission 6: Mobile Command Center
, and MT-201 Ultra-Drill Walker
.
Even though building with LEGO has now become his day job, it’s wonderful that Mark still finds time to churn out awesome creations of his own at home. As to this creation in particular, that’s one big freakin’ gun! The canopies on the shoulder work very well, and the well-proportioned limbs make mecha-building look easier than it actually is.
Check out MOCPages for more pictures and commentary.
(Via Young Spacers.)