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)

Papercraft Star Wars Minifigs

I noticed a cool papercraft stormtrooper in Brickshelf user Obi-Wan-Stefen’s gallery, who kindly provided enough info to get to i like toys, which linked to Japanese site Piro model with instructions and templates for creating your own papercraft Star Wars minifigs:

Click the pictures above to go to instruction pages on Piro model. The instructions will be in Japanese, but they’re numbered and easy enough to follow visually.

Here’s what the templates look like:

Have fun, and let us know if you try making any of these.

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Mini Star Wars Vehicles by TsoAutTmo

Builders like Moko and Chris Deck are well known for their mini Star Wars models, but occasionally other builders do something original with an otherwise well-worn theme.

Here’s TsoAutTmo’s X-wing:

Great use of the new mini-slopes and the wheels as engines. See more of his mini creations on Brickshelf.

Izzo + Bionicle = Izzonicle

By Izzo.

(A two-word blog post? Hey, gimme a break, I’m in a hurry. ;) )

Joe Braun’s LEGO Spacemen Adventures

Photographer Joe Braun has created a series of photographs that incorporate classic Space minifigs into real-world environments. The result is other-worldy:

Check out the full gallery on Joe Braun’s Web site.

(Via (un)social-commentary.)

Micro Minas Tirith by Bruce

Bruce presents an amazing microscale version of Minas Tirith from The Lord of the Rings:

Head on over to Bruce’s Web site, Brick Tales, for lots of pictures.

News: First LEGO League World Festival 2007

The First LEGO League World Festival 2007 is going on through today in Atlanta, Georgia.

Head on over to The NXT STEP for extensive coverage. Hope you’re having fun, Gothic Lawn Gnomes!

Fire Mario vs. Thwomp

Graznador continues what appears now to be a series of LEGO creations inspired by Super Mario Bros. with his latest floating rock:

The Thwomp is unbelievably awesome.

(Previous post here on TBB.)

Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007

Author Kurt Vonnegut died today in New York (BBC story).

Here’s my Billy Pilgrim minifig from Slaughterhouse Five, a book inspired by Vonnegut’s experience as a prisoner of war in Dresden during World War II: