Remember Tim Zarki‘s previous robot? I argued that it stood several hundred feet tall and could walk over tall buildings.
Well, if this latest robot is that tall, we’re in serious trouble:
Posts by Andrew Becraft (TBB Editor-in-Chief)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull LEGO sets reviewed
Eurobricks member Alex54 has posted an early photo review of the three smaller LEGO sets from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
7624 Jungle Duel:
7625 River Chase:
7626 Jungle Cutter:
Check out the Soviet soldiers:
See more of Alex54’s photos in his Indiana Jones gallery on Brickshelf.
Mike Crowley tenderizes some meat
Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley (Flickr) gives Rocky the old one-two vignette treatment:
The beef on the hooks is fantastic.
Battle in the streets of future Britain!
In the future envisioned by Shadow Viking, New British forces fight a street battle with the Coalition of Loyalist Britons:
From the thrashed bus stop to the enormous crater being used as a mortar emplacement, this diorama is chock full of cool details. Check out the New Britain/ Coalition of Loyalist Britons street battle photoset on Flickr.
(Thanks Scotty!)
Wall-E, the littlest and loneliest robot on Earth
Peter “Graznador” Aoun has captured the look of the adorable protagonist from Pixar’s upcoming film Wall●E:
Watch the trailer here:
And a bonus Super Smash Bros. scene:
Buy LEGO: Star Justice and Space Skulls now available from LEGO Shop
Reader Angus sends word that 10191 Star Justice and 10192 Space Skulls
are now available from the LEGO Shop.
Chris Giddens’ Star Justice:
Mark Sandlin’s Space Skulls:
If that’s not quite your thing, here are a few other options to whet your ABS appetite (and help pay our bills):
- New: 7041 Troll Battle Wheel
- Hot: 10185 Green Grocer
- On sale: 10143 Death Star II™
- Cheap: Luke Skywalker™ Pilot Maquette
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth-style monster machine by Matt Armstrong
For another Your Claim to Fame entry, Matt Armstrong takes his inspiration from the sort of characters and monster machines created by the late Ed “Big Daddy” Roth:
The dragon’s tongue is a whimsical touch, and the “hair” streaming out behind the dragon’s head give the whole thing a nice sense of motion.
Jas Nagra goes low and achieves great heights
Jas Nagra‘s lowride hotrods evoke the best of MisterZumbi’s hotrods. For cars at this scale, that’s as high a compliment as I can think of.
Impressive new SNOT technique by ImpreSariO
ImpreSariO recently posted this nice vignette featuring a monkey playing pranks on a bunch of golfers:
But what’s really unique about this vignette is the golf cart, which has a particularly ingenious SNOT (Studs Not on Top) building technique that connects the front wheels to the hood:
As Klocki points out, those are flex-tubes (which even hardcore purists must admit are okay to cut) inserted into the studs. Brilliant!
I’m not saying Professor Farnsworth is old, but if you consider his age he’s likely to die soon.
Steve Bishop gets in on some miniland action with this great set of Futurama figs:
My favorite is Dr. Zoidberg, so he gets the quote in the post title.
Alex Eylar’s battle-critters of the Wild West
Like several of the LEGO fans we feature here, Alex Eylar (Flickr) is one of those builders whose work we could feature just about every time he posts something. Alex’s latest creations are a rootin’ tootin’ pair of Wild West battle-critters.
The Bullfrog has a very large saw blade:
The Huckleberry skitters along on the tips of rifles:
Crises in the city!
The LUGPol “Policemen and Thieves” contest has Brickshelfer Crises chasing itty bitty crooks through the streets of an itty bitty city (complete with subway system).
(Via MicroBricks.)