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)

MERIDIAN Combat Frame by Brian Kescenovitz

Brian Kescenovitz presents his MERIDIAN combat frame.

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Bosfor Heavy Infantry Suit by Adrian Florea

Adrian Florea presents a heavy infantry suit called Bosfor (named after the strait between Europe and Asia, frequently spelled Bosporus in English).

SimCity Launch Arcology by Zach

Zach Clapsadle takes us back to long nights sitting in front of a flickering cathode ray tube with his “Launch Arcology” from SimCity.

Micro Star Ferry Terminal by Chiukeung

Chiukeung presents the Star Ferry terminal in Hong Kong.

(In addition to eating a lot of great food and following my mom around while she shopped, I rode a Star Ferry when I visited Hong Kong in 1989.)

Via MicroBricks.

News: Only 10 more days to pre-register for NWBrickCon 2007

If you’re still waffling about coming to beautiful Seattle for NWBrickCon next month (October 5-7), you only have 10 more days to pre-register. Advance registration benefits include a lower price ($44 instead of $50 at the door), and an engraved brick badge.

So, what are you waiting for? You can register on NWBrickCon.org.

Deep Space Transport “Qing Shí Ban Yú”

By me. Via here. Heh hehe…

News: Fine Clonier Historical Figure Contest

Jared “Kaminoan” has announced a very cool contest with an incredibly cool prize: Create a historical figure using only official parts (no custom parts or decals) for a chance to win a chrome-gold C-3PO!

Head on over to Fine Clonier Forums to read all the details.

Now this is a contest I can really get into (assuming I haven’t exhausted my ideas already)!

Please pardon the dust...

EDIT: And we’re done. Everything should be back to normal now, with better performance and less downtime.

The Brothers Brick have outgrown the free hosting provided by a friend and we’re moving to a new hosting service. This transition should be completely invisible to most of you (for example, the blog’s Web address will remain Brothers-Brick.com).

To ensure that all the content gets moved over, I’ll temporarily be turning off comments. Also, some of you may not be able to access the site while the new server addresses propagate through the Domain Name System, but everything should be back to normal shortly.

Once the move is complete, readers should experience far fewer times when the blog is slow or inaccessible. In the meantime, thanks for your patience!

Micro Liner, Tanker, and Corvette by Brenden Wilson

Brenden Wilson presents three very cool microscale ships.

We’re not here to sell cookies!

Legohaulic presents a sculpture of Marcus Fenix from the Xbox 360 game Gears of War.

This creation has a lot going for it. In addition to being a great representation of a cool character from a cool game, Legohaulic uses pieces in some very interesting ways. Check out the tan minifig arms used for Marcus’ jaws, the tires and wheels on his arms, and the minifig capes around his hips.

Microscale Cafe Corner and Market Street by chiukeung

Brickshelfer chiukeung has miniaturized two of my favorite sets of 2007, 10182 Cafe Corner and 10190 Market Street.

Via MicroBricks.

News: The New LEGOfan.org is online

Now in its fourth incarnation, LEGOfan.org is designed to become the place where new LEGO fans can learn about the hobby and see how they can get involved in the fan community.

The site will grow over time, but head on over and check out some of the sections that are already online, including several articles, news, and profiles of the current LEGO Ambassadors (with a particularly unflattering picture of me, which I’ve been meaning to have replaced).

You can contact LEGOfan.org administrators with your questions and suggestions, and I’ll also be happy to pass along anything you’d like to say.