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)

Jas Nagra wants to sell you some firearms & a delicious panini

Jas Nagra puts air intakes from Racers sets to good use for a purple storefront that sells guns to people like “Tracy.”

Using the same basic architecture, Jas swaps the pieces for paninis:

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The real Nnenn isn’t afraid of lime green

Nnenn‘s name came up during all the recent April Fools tomfoolery, so it only seems appropriate to follow pseudo-Nnenn with the real thing.

Green has always been my favorite color:

Via YSAB.

Into the trenches with Harrison

From barbed wire, constant explosions, mud, rats, and blood, Harrison captures the brutality of trench warfare in World War II.

The combination of brown, tan, and dark green works very well to denote a denuded landscape:

Minifig with a Pearl Earring, by Udronotto

Jan Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” as LEGO’d by Udronotto (blog).

Behold the Pegasus MkI AirHorse!

Sometimes, it’s the description that makes me laugh. Here’s Doctor Sinister in his own words: “With the AirHorse beneath you, friends will marvel at your elegance and will envy your good fortune.” Ha!

Lots more pictures on Tabletown.

Space Police Precinct 9

I believe smaller is better. Lots of small is even even more better.

Andrew Lee presents a whole lotta small with this pair of micro moonbase modules inspired by the Space Police theme:

Meteorological Flyers

While I’ve been busy attending literary events and the first Seattle Mariners game of the season, Brent was building more crazy flying contraptions.

First up, Professor Abraham Adams aboard Nimbus. Notice the electrical sparklies that apparently power this strange vehicle:

And his arch-rival, Doc Ed Jefferson (with son George) aboard Franklin’s Kite:

Buy LEGO: Speed Racer sets now available from LEGO Shop

The four new LEGO Speed Racer sets are now available from The LEGO Shop online.

Here’s 8158 Speed Racer & Snake Oiler:

8160 Cruncher Block & Racer X and 8159 Racer X & Taejo Togokhan:

Finally, the big set of the bunch, 8161 Grand Prix Race:

News: Leaked video of electromagnetic device for NXT

Someone apparently snuck into LEGO R&D and managed to smuggle out video footage of a forthcoming electromagnetic device for the MINDSTORMS NXT. This is some pretty unbelievable footage:

We asked LEGO Community Team member Jan Beyer if this was for real, and he said, “We are not happy about this leak, and cannot confirm the authenticity of this video…”

Update (April 2): April Fools! (This one courtesy of The LEGO Company itself.)

Halo!

We probably don’t showcase Halo works here on The Brothers Brick often enough, but this one was crying out for attention. The moment I laid eyes on this masterpiece, I knew what it was.

If you don’t recognize it, you must have been living in a cave somewhere.

Update (April 2): April Fools!

The Brothers Brick goes Brick and Mortar!

When I registered Brothers-Brick.com back in 2006, I was mildly dismayed that BrothersBrick.com was already taken by a construction supply company in Florida named Brothers Brick Pavers and Sealing, Inc.

I was tired of waiting for the BrothersBrick.com domain to expire so we could purchase it, so I recently approached the owners to see if they were interested in selling the domain to us.

To make a long story short, due to a paperwork error, we find ourselves at the tail end of a complex fiscal and legal process that will bring The Brothers Brick and Brothers Brick Paving into the same umbrella organization (pending SEC and stockholder approval, of course).

Naturally, there will be a few changes to both existing organizations.

Here on Brothers-Brick.com, we’ve already replaced our LEGO Shop affiliate banner with an opportunity to purchase bricks, pavers, sealant and other high-quality construction supplies from our new subsidiary.
The offices of Brothers Brick Pavers will be renovated to highlight recreations of each item we highlight on Brothers-Brick.com, with Internet kiosks for browsing the blog, and 10×20-foot screens displaying the live RSS feed.
We will be relocating all administrative positions and the IT infrastructure to our new branch office in Madagascar, where taxes are lower and lemur labor is essentially free.

I believe TBB and BBP share an important set of core values — a commitment to high-quality bricks, no matter what the form. The synergy between two such strong organizations is undeniable, and will result in tangible improvements for both LEGO fans worldwide and construction supply customers in the greater Tampa area.

However, readers outside Madagascar may experience slower load times due to the 28.8 kbps connection between the new server farm and the rest of the world.

Update (April 2): April Fools!

Mother Goose

As a practicing poet, I hold Mother Goose in the highest possible regard. I recently attended a reading by her, and the whole crowd of onlookers in the children’s section of the Barnes & Noble clapped when she read new pieces featuring familiar characters like Little Bo Peep and the lady who lived in a shoe.

I was overjoyed to see this amazing rendition of America’s greatest living poet on Brickshelf:

I love the nose, and the red hair is spot-on! I hope the Nobel Prize committee gets their act together and gives Goose the award she deserves for a lifetime of commitment to breaking new ground in contemporary poetry.

Update (April 2): April Fools!