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)

Dave Lartigue discovers a Mega Blok in his LEGO collection

What would you do if you found a nasty old Mega Blok as you were sorting your LEGO collection? Dave Lartigue experienced just such a terrifying situation and took drastic measures.

Isolating and disposing of the offending (offensive) brick seems like a short-term solution, however. As a long-term solution, I suggest we invade Canada.

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LEGO Exo-Force theme to end in 2008 [LEGO]

The LEGO Exo-Force theme was received with mixed feelings back in 2005. Nevertheless, many fans have embraced the theme in the intervening years — if for no other reason than that it yielded a plethora of new minifigs and other new parts.

So, it is once again with mixed emotions that I share the news of the end of the LEGO Exo-Force theme at the end of this year. Personally, I think the 2008 Exo-Force sets were some of the best-designed sets of the theme, so it’s disappointing to say goodbye to the theme just as it seems to be coming into its own.

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Brent’s Irradiant Dragon

After a sojourn through some great Black Fantasy and achieving fame with his Victorian Shuttle Tyderium, Brent is back to his punky magical ways with Irradiant Dragon. As much as I’ve enjoyed everything he’s built in the intervening weeks, it’s nice to see Brent go back to his “roots” (which appear to be yellow).

Incidentally, this is a good excuse to show everyone exactly how talented Brent actually is. Here’s the entirety of his LEGO collection:

If Brent can do what he does with just a few bins of LEGO, it just proves you don’t need an infinite supply of bricks to do amazing things.

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Keith Goldman puts Ley Ward inside a micro version of Dan Hamann’s C.S.C. for Mike Yoder’s contest

Four names in the post title. I think that’s a first.

This may be more “meta” than I can handle, but Keith Goldman has joined Mike Yoder’s Fanboy Cover Contest with a micro’d version of Dan Hamann’s “Container Shuttle Craft”, and then Keith put a vignette of Ley Ward building a nano version of the C.S.C. inside the micro version’s container.

My head hurts. (Via MicroBricks.)

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The 1/36-scale air superiority of Ralph Savelsberg

Ralph Savelsberg (Flickr) builds things with wings and things with wheels. In an increasingly studless LEGO world (no pun intended), Ralph unashamedly shows his studs in his incredibly realistic vehicles. From a B-1B Lancer and Su-27 Flanker to an E-2C Hawkeye and F-15E Eagle, the level of detail is amazing. The camouflage on the Soviet Su-27 is particularly striking.34th BS 'Thunderbirds' B-1B Lancer
Su-27 Flanker updated (1)

E-2C Hawkeye of VAW-124 Bear Aces

F-15E Strike Eagle (4)

I’d bookmarked Ralph Savelsberg‘s amazing photoset of military aircraft on Flickr to blog later, but we have a bit of a backlog right now, so Ed Diment‘s reminder was very much appreciated.

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Polish Air Force Sobol-class Fleet Carrier by martinbb

I was despondent last summer over martinbb‘s cruiser. His new Sobol-class fleet carrier doesn’t help me feel better about myself.

I want to spend an afternoon swooshing this around the living room going “Pew pew!”

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Doctor Sinister’s Adjudicator tanks

Andrew Summersgill (Flickr) sends word of a cool blue pair of futuristic tanks he’s built.

I figured a bigger solo shot would work better here, so check out the pair of ’em on Tabletown.co.uk.

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Jerac zooms back to the ’50s

According to Jerac, the steering wheel turns the wheels of his 1950s racer, and the Technic fig has plenty of leg room. I love the silver spokes on the wheels.

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The Arvo brothers build a classic Volkswagen Beetle

The fraternal building team known as Arvo have built a beautiful classic Volkswagen Beetle with so many cool details it’s tough to choose a favorite. The gas pedal and brake are a wonderful touch, and the detail around the rear bumper is fantastic.

Don’t miss all the great details in the full gallery on Brickshelf. Thanks for the tip, Zach!

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Tim Zarki’s latest robot is round, spindly, and goes “Beeboop Bip”

I’m with Kevoh on this robot from Tim “Spook” Zarki — I imagine this thing a thousand feet tall, delicately stepping over the skyscrapers of a future metropolis.

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Gizmodo interviews RogueBantha

Trying to keep up on all the amazing creations LEGO builders post all over the Web is hard work. No, seriously! With our day-to-day focus on individual creations, it’s nice to take a step back and learn a little more about the people behind some of our favorite creations.

To that end, Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz interviews microscale builder Tim Goddard, who we all know as “RogueBantha.” It’s great to see something smaller than a six-foot spaceship get real respect outside the specialized world of the online LEGO fan community.

Check it out on Gizmodo.

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Ed Diment builds the HMS Edinburgh in only two years

Since commenters inevitably ask “How long did that take to build?” (answer: I rarely know), I figured I’d get the first question about Ed Diment‘s H.M.S. Edinburgh out of the way now. :-D

Check out more pictures on either MOCPages or Flickr.

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