There’s waaaaay too much good stuff today. I’ll never catch up unless I go with links instead of the usual full posts. I guess it’s a good situation to be in. On to the first batch…
Star Wars vs. Star Trek (via LegOficina dos Baixinhos):
And a bunch of very funny NXT vs. RCX Videos from Iowa State (via NXT STEP).
I just gotta make me one o’ these!
Moko, you never cease to amaze (and induce bouts of execrable grammar).
Today is May Day — a day to honor and celebrate workers throughout the world. Piglet observes International Workers’ Day with a trio of laboring minifigs:
Of course, the United States does not observe May Day, since we’re too afraid of communism to celebrate with the rest of the world. Today, our September “Labor Day” holiday has little connection with workers’ rights and the labor movement. Interestingly, May 1 as a significant day for workers originated right here in America. Anyway…
A random socialist minifig of my own, Che Guevarra:
Heh heh… :-D
One thing you can do to make your LEGO creation “steamier” is to add way more propellers than the vehicle could ever possibly need. Legohaulic takes this to its logical extreme with his police flyer:
Don’t miss this formidable law enforcement vehicle in action against a nefarious speeder:
LEGO kindly sent Ambassadors an early copy of 7991 Garbage Truck (mine arrived yesterday), and Mark Sandlin has already posted detailed photos on Flickr:
This is a fun little set with lots of orange (ornj, if you’re so inclined), the first-ever LEGO garbage (1×1 bits in several colors), and a Technic piece that hasn’t been used in too many SYSTEM sets until now. Click the picture to see the Grand Admiral’s photoset.
Don’t worry SEALUG, I’ll bring it to the meeting this Saturday. :-D
Ha! For once, I’m going to beat Hippotam to a great new creation. Oh, and the best part is that it’s Hippotam’s own entry to the Castle Contest. :-D
In addition to being a great blogger, Hippotam reminds us that he is clearly also a great builder. ;-)
Polish LEGO fan Lolas presents a fantastic entry in the ongoing Castle Contest:
With lots of wonderful details to see and funny comments to read, make sure to click the image to visit Lolas’ site.
At its most basic level, the LEGO Ambassadors program enables LEGO fans to have representatives who speak for them and work directly with The LEGO Company. Because we sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), those of us who are ambassadors can’t always talk about what we do. This has resulted in a bit of frustration from non-ambassadors — an understandable frustration, which I couldn’t help but share until I joined the program in March myself.
With the new Mars Mission sets coming out later this year, Mark Sandlin is now able to discuss how he was involved in the design and development of this new space theme.
That’s Mark with LEGO executives Jørgen Vig Knudstorp and Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. Click the image to read Mark’s fascinating post on Classic-Space Forums. Mark was specifically involved in building prototypes of my favorite set, the 7692 dropship:
Be sure to check out Mark’s pictures from his trip to LEGO headquarters in Billund, Denmark.
There are very good business reasons why we can’t talk about future products we might be working on. (For example, would you want to see pirates or competitors release a knock-off version of something LEGO spent years designing even before LEGO can release the real thing themselves?) But it’s great to learn more how the program works, and to understand that fans are actually involved in the design of themes like Mars Mission and the new Castle sets.
Legohaulic enters the FBTB X-wing Evolution Contest:
The closed wings look great, and they’re swept back more than the original:
Legohaulic’s version even has a rear gunner:
Eurobricks member The Brickster is running a minifig building contest called Wizard’s Challenge. In addition to the wizard minifig, you can also build the interior of the wizard’s workshop.
There are three categories:
The contest began with the first entry on April 25, and runs for one week, so you have just four more days. There are already some strong entries from a couple EB members, such as Aves Hawthorne by SirNadroj:
And Mapones the Druid by Alex54:
So, four days to go. Get building!
Classic-Castler Maedhros may not listen to the same music I listen to, but the minifig versions of his favorite bands are really rather cool.
The mohawk on this guy in Diary of Dreams is awesome:
Goth rockers Bauhaus:
Fields of the Nephilim:
And finally, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes:
See all of Maedhros’ musical minifigs in his Brickshelf gallery.
