About Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)

Andrew Becraft is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Brothers Brick. He's been building with LEGO for more than 40 years, and writing about LEGO here on TBB since 2005. He's also the co-author, together with TBB Senior Editor Chris Malloy, of the DK book Ultimate LEGO Star Wars. Andrew is an active member of the online LEGO community, as well as his local LEGO users group, SEALUG. Andrew is also a regular attendee of BrickCon, where he organizes a collaborative display for readers of The Brothes Brick nearly every year. You can check out Andrew's own LEGO creations on Flickr. Read Andrew's non-LEGO writing on his personal blog, Andrew-Becraft.com. Andrew lives in Seattle with his wife and dogs, and by day leads software design and planning teams.

Posts by Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)

The Rusty Saber swoops into NoVVember

Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) joins the Vic Viper “NoVVember” fun with his Rusty Saber:

The cockpit has an arthropod-like look to it, and it’s definitely my favorite part.

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Itty-bitty pirates...in space!

Kevin Fedde‘s first microscale spaceships have a great color scheme. Well, anything green catches my eye, but they’re still awesome, from their angled bows to the blue engine exhaust:

Via MicroBricks.

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Lucy joins our LEGO family

Those of you subscribed to my Flickr photostream probably saw that we’d found a stray named Sampson last week. Although Sampson’s story ended well (his owner picked him up on Wednesday), it made my wife and I aware of the dire situation many pets are in right now due to the economy.

Following a whirlwind of activity — partially explaining my sudden absence over this past week — Lucy has come to stay with us for a trial period. Naturally, one of the important stages is getting to know her surroundings:

Lucy is a 2-year-old Pekingese/dachshund mix rescued from a puppy mill by Ginger’s Pet Rescue.

I normally prefer to keep my “real life” outside this blog, but this picture of Lucy curled up in my LEGO was just begging to be shared.

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Micro Taj Mahal

Proving that you don’t need 5922 pieces to build the Taj Mahal, T-Brick recreates the famous Indian monument in microscale:

Using a white tire for the dome is very clever.

Via MicroBricks.

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Glorious chunkification

Mmm, yesss… Adrian Florea‘s new mecha is beautifully chunky. Check out the chairs on its ankles and the windows around its neck. Very cool.

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50 Years of the LEGO Brick book now available from LEGO Shop [News]

Following the release of the LEGO® Collector’s Guide, the English-language version of the 50 Years of the LEGO Brick is also now available from the LEGO Shop.

And don’t forget that shipping is free on all orders over $99.00 right now.

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President-Elect Barack Obama

There are more partisan LEGO images I could have chosen, but this beautiful mosaic by Udronotto seemed the most appropriate.

(Like Senator McCain’s concession speech a moment ago, let’s keep the comments civil, dear readers.)

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Kazalaeam Castle

Ex-Force hair as trees, “headlight” bricks on their sides as windows, and wands/lightsabers for the beams in the bridge and dock — this microscale castle by Wobnam might feel a little underpopulated, but there’s an amazing amount of detail to take in:

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Swing low, sweet chariot

This great little car by Karwik (Noddy) has so many cool details I don’t know where to start. From the groovy hood to the simultaneously round and pointy rear, don’t miss all the photos on Brickshelf.

(Via LUGNuts, while trying to channel Tim. :P )

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Giant minifig appears on British beach, less mysterious this time around

When we last saw the NO REAL THAN YOU ARE minifig, it appeared on a beach in The Netherlands to much fanfare and even inspired Nathan to build a real LEGO version.

A similar figure, this time with a green torso, has shown up on Brighton beach in England (click for the full story on BBC.co.uk):

A LEGO UK spokesperson told the BBC, “We understand the person behind this is a Dutch artist called Ego Leonard who will be exhibiting in London in the coming weeks.”

Let’s hope the mystery is solved.

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30-year LEGO minifig timeline on Gizmodo

Jesus Diaz over at Gizmodo has posted a pictorial timeline of the LEGO minifig over the 30 years of its glorious plastic life.

Fair warning that several hundred images on a single page might take a while to load:

The BrickLink Reference Catalog lists just over 4,000 minifigs, so the Gizmodo timeline isn’t complete, but the pictures sure are pretty. ;-)

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Superfan sends in a Trojan Horse

Fórum 0937 member superfan has entered the Classic-Castle.com Mini Castle Contest IV with this great scene that incorporates a minifig-scale horse as a massive Trojan Horse:

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