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)

If God exists, he rides a chopper

There’s something viscerally true about noddy‘s suggestion that Jehovah — creator of the universe, destroyer of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Pillar of Fire that led the Israelites into Canaan — rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle:

LEGO Jehovah minifig with motorbike

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“It’s No Use, John Clay” said Alan Saunders blandly.

Alan Saunders presents a vignette based on a quote from the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Red Headed League”:

The light flashed upon the barrel of a revolver, but Holmes’s hunting crop came down on the man’s wrist, and the pistol clinked upon the stone floor.

“It’s no use, John Clay,” said Holmes blandly. “You have no chance at all.”

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What could you build with just 10176 Royal King’s Castle?

Nelson Yrizarry recently set out to determine what he could make from just the pieces in 10176 Royal King’s Castle. The results are somewhat surprising:

That’s:

Harry Potter Minifigs by badboytje88

Flickrite badboytje88 has a rather impressive collection of official Harry Potter minifigs and ones he’s made himself:

Check out the full photoset on Flickr, with about 80 minifigs.

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Antares-class Light Cruiser by martinbb

Sensor package on the bow, check. Central hangar bay, check. Gray and black color scheme, check. Keel cannon, check. Greebles aplenty, check. Sigh…

This is what I had in mind last night when I stayed up sketching the microspace carrier I want to build. Sadly, it’s by martinbb, not me:

Very cool. Possibly too cool. Hmph! Back to the drawing board for me. (Via Masoko Tanga.)

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Just what you need on a hot July day

Waka presents some cool relief to those of us in the northern hemisphere suffering through July heat. (Thanks to reader Tim David for the tip!)

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Paul Cook Pimps a Bike

Although it may in fact be a trike:

Go Paul go!

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The Nightmare Stagecoach arrives at midnight

The Brickster continues populating his Wild West ghost town, Gravestone, with new and interesting creations:

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Jonathan Ryder’s Steamy Gunship

Not bad for a first.

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If you’re large and mechanical, beware the Killbot

Mecha fighting each other gets stale. To alleviate our boredom, Aaron Andrews (aka DARKspawn) presents something capable of taking on your hardsuit or mobile suit or whatever:

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Microspacetopia!

The new LEGO Microspacetopia group on Flickr has inspired me to build some microscale spacey thingies myself:

Click the image to see individual photos of each microscale vehicle.

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Are you interested in joining the LEGO MINDSTORMS Community Partners?

This just in from Jan Beyer of The LEGO Group:

Are You a Hardcore LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT User?

Do you want to have a seat in our closed webforum, the Mindstorms Community Partners, where we involve you in our development and tests of new ideas, concepts, prototypes, products and discuss various issues like ideas for SW, HW, FW and wetware…?

Then send an application via email with a description of yourself, your involvement with LEGO MINDSTORMS, your special areas of interest, and a paragraph on why you are eligible to be an MCP member!

Send it to mindstormsnxt@lego.com with the header ‘MCP 2.0 application’.

Applications will be received from now and until 10 July 1200 GMT. All email applications received after this will be rejected.

Applicants must be 18 years old to apply.

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