Justin Vaughn captures the opening lines of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series with a pair of minifigs.
“The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed…”
(The post title is a pair of lines from Shakespeare’s King Lear, which inspired the closing line and title of Robert Browning’s poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” which in turn inspired Stephen King. Ah, allusion!)
Izzo takes a break from mecha inspired by doodlings and Izmojuki, returning to his roots while looking ahead to the sports of the future:
Naturally, the skates and thruster are detachable.
It’s always a pleasure when we get to introduce the first creation from a builder coming out of his or her “dark ages” — that time in one’s life after childhood when your LEGO bricks are packed away in the basement or your mom has sold your entire collection for $10 at a yard sale.
Today, that builder is Aaron Becker (Flickr), and the creation is “488 Galaxy Scout,” an adorable little flyer in the best Classic Space tradition:
More angles on flickr. I can’t wait to see what Aaron will build next.
With smooth sides, big wheels, and an exposed engine, Biczzz‘s rat rod is sure to make every LUGNut jealous:
Lots more angles on Brickshelf.
LEGO Community Team member Steve Witt has just announced the LEGO Ambassadors for the 2008-2009 cycle.
Read the full announcement here (and note the bolded names):
We’re excited to announce the new group of LEGO Ambassadors who will be representing the AFOL Community to the LEGO Group. We had nearly 100 nominations and the choices were hard. We settled on the following forty participants for this year’s cycle. Please congratulate the following new LEGO Ambassadors.
John Langrish, Canada – VicLUG
Milcan Bikics, Hungary – MALUG
Didier Enjary, France – Railbricks, FreeLUG
Patrick Begin, Canada – QueLUG
Verena Schaden, Austria – LGOe
Svend Erik Saksun, Denmark – Byggepladen
David Eaton, USA – NELUG
Mike Crowley, USA – FBTB, NELUG
Tsang Yiu Keung, China – HKLUG
Stephan Sander, Germany – 1000steine
Lluis Gibert, Spain – HispaLUG
Tim Gould, Australia – Ldraw, LUGNET, The Brothers Brick
Matjaz Selic, Slovenia – Kocke Klub
Marcin Danielak, Poland – LUGPol, e-Klocki.com, KMFL
Paul Wolters, the Netherlands – De Bouwsteen
Tony Sava, USA – Classic-Castle, TexLUG
Peer Kreuger, the Netherlands – LowLUG
Dan Rubin, USA – Classic-Space
Jean-Marc Nimal, Belgium – BeLUG
Doug Eaton, USA – ParLUGment
Fradel Gonzales, USA – MechaHub
Jordan Schwarz, USA – TN Valley LTC
Danila Martyakhin, Russia – DoubleBrick.ru
Magnus Lauglo, USA – WAMALUG
Roy Cook, USA – TWINLUG
Steve Barile, USA – GPLR, ILTCO, BrickFest
Aaron Andrews, Australia – Classic-Castle, The Builders Lounge, MOCPages, Flickr
Nannan Zhang, USA – BrickLink, The Builders Lounge, MOCpages, The Brothers Brick
Sue Ann Barber, Australia – Melbourne LUG (MUG)
Ildefonso Zanette, Brazil – LUG Brazil
Tania Baixinho, Portugal – Comunidade 0937
Alistair Disley, UK – the Brickish Association
Fernando Correia, Portugal – PLUG
Matija Puzar, Norway – Brikkelauget
Mickael Sjöstedt, Sweden – Eurobricks
Marco Chiappa, Italy – ItLUG
Andrew Becraft, USA – The Brothers Brick, Flickr, Classic-Castle
Adrian Florea, Romania – FBTB
Keith Goldman, USA – MOCPages
Andrew Bulthaupt, USA – BZPower
Congratulations to all of the new and returning LEGO Ambassadors!
Those of you who submitted your nominees to LEGO for the upcoming cycle of the LEGO Ambassadors program may have received the following e-mail in the last 24 hours:
Dear e-mailer, we have a current active Ambassador cycle 08/09 so you sent a mail outside the nominations time frame.
Please be aware that we are not accepting any nominations now and that nobody is reading the sent e-mail.
Do not panic! LEGO was moving our e-mail messages between folders and accidentally triggered this auto-response. If you submitted your nominations on time, rest assured they were received and you don’t need to worry.
Incidentally, LEGO received more than 100 nominations from 52 communities in 22 countries, so the selection process has been a pretty big task. However, the new LEGO Ambassadors should be announced this week.
Adrian Florea is at it again — building mecha and blowin’ minds.
Behold the Muddy Boot Slugger Mech:
The mech itself is great, to be sure, but the road under it is worth noting. That arrow is rather ingenious.
Inspired by the possibility of elves in upcoming LEGO Castle sets, Dan Sibley envisions an elf punting the tranquil waters of his native lands:
That’s a lovely swan.
Jordan “Sir Nadroj” Schwartz is sending several intrepid minifigs on a voyage of discovery through the crust, mantle, and what lies beneath.
Check out their vehicle, the Mole:
More in the Flickr photoset.
