I’m declaring the Arvo Brothers the Master of Everyday Objects.
I said in my most recent post about his mini Nord Lead synthesizer that it’s harder to make big things small than it is to make big or life-size versions of big things.
This is certainly true of their latest creation, which looks like a real-life typewriter until you realize it’s made from LEGO bricks, and then you realize it’s a teeny tiny LEGO typewriter (look at the studs) less than six inches across:
Well, the real Tool lyrics say “rebuild,” but that was too perfect for a LEGO post not to tweak. I managed to skip Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan, but when Steve Vargo uploaded minifigs of the whole band, a Tool post was unavoidable.
Izzo’s Maynard James Keenan (the lead singer of Tool):
Steve Vargo’s Tool:
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Apparently there’s this show called FLCL that Lukas watches. I’m usually asleep by 1:30 in the morning, so I haven’t seen it.
Anyhoo, I guess robots and other stuff pop out of this kid’s head:
Weird. But it’s a cool robot, Lukas! Nice use of BrickFA arms and T-pipe thingies.
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Back in May I blogged Japanese builder Hiron’s MS-09F Domtropen from Gundam. Over the last several weeks he’s posted three more awesome mecha:
ATH-Q58 “Blue Knight” Berserga DT (info):
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ComputerandVideoGames.com is reporting that the development studio responsible for the two LEGO Star Wars video games is now working on a LEGO Batman game:
The next licensed LEGO game from veteran UK developer, Traveller’s Tales will be based on the massive DC Comics superhero, Batman, CVG can exclusively reveal today…. When we contacted Traveller’s Tales the studio as expected declined to comment on LEGO Batman, although further delving led us to development director, Jonathan Smith who when asked about the game told us that considering the studio’s long running partnership with LEGO, “we will definitely will be making more LEGO games in the future.”
Sweet.
Via Destructoid (now with bonus pug in Batman costume!), which also has a nice video review of the new LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.
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This past weekend brought sad news about the death of Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin. As Bruce blogged over on VignetteBricks, the LEGO world has responded with several fantastic tributes for this great conservationist, family man, and entertainer.
Melody Brown:
rogueyoda:
k-hatch:
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Roger Stroud’s mecha diorama reminded me of another great mech-themed diorama I saw a while ago, and then again in some recent BrickFest photos. It’s about six months old (before I started blogging mecha), but I found it thanks to Bill Ward’s careful titling of his BrickFest pictures.
Without further ado, here’s Adrian Drake’s “Forest Sentinel”:
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I like vignettes because they’re like miniature dioramas. Regular-sized dioramas are equally awesome, especially when they involve a mecha. I’m just noticing W. Roger Stroud’s work for the first time, mainly due to a very cool diorama he recently posted to Brickshelf:
Roger’s diorama also includes several excellent support and diagnostic vehicles, so check out the gallery on Brickshelf or his page on MOCpages.
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Three LEGO themes might be considered mecha themes — Roboforce (sort of), Life on Mars (a couple sets), and Exo-Force (definitely). For those of you unfamiliar with building mecha with LEGO, each mecha uses an underlying structure called a “frame,” created by the builder or by someone else. (Several recent builders have been inspired by Soren’s Gundam frame, and many micro-mecha have been inspired by Squieu.)
Brickshelfer nnenn uses a frame from either Life on Mars or Exo-Force to create two really cool mecha:
Blaigon:
Snira:
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I was amused by Danny Rice’s recent undead chocobo, and I’m no less entertained by Legokinsfolk’s skeleton centaur:
(Legokinsfolk has posted various versions of this centaur, including a king, wizard, and soldier, so be sure to click the image to view the full gallery on Brickshelf.)
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Lore Sjöberg of Wired News has written a hilarious article proposing what the “ultimate blog post” would be for various popular blogs. Suggestions include “AMD, SCO patent MP3 over TCP/IP, sue ATI, EA. Microsoft probably responsible somehow” for Slashdot and “A kitten licks a puppy while the puppy licks a bunny” for Cute Overload.
So, dear readers, what’s the ultimate blog post for The Brothers Brick? Extra credit to anyone who creates or links to an actual LEGO creation that reflects your idea of the ultimate TBB blog post.
Okay, go!
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Soren puts a Belville fig to good use as a nurse holding a giant syringe:
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