About Nannan

Nannan became involved with the online LEGO community in late 2004. He has been a builder for as long as he can remember. Nannan builds in a variety of themes that often overlap with the science fiction universe; other times they are purely made up ones. You can see his creations on Flickr, MOCpages and Brickshelf. In real life, Nannan is a physician living in Dallas.

Posts by Nannan

Why doesn’t it run away from me?

This life-sized red squirrel by the Vuurzoon family has a puffy tail and looks just like the real critter. Check out the gallery to see more shots of this LEGO creature in its natural environment.

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Warning: contamination detected

This CDA agent from Monsters Inc. by Dave & John Xandegar is ready to clean up any contaminants, even if it means popping a giant cone around your head.

Extracting oil from the frozen tundra

This pumpjack diorama by Miles Finlay is quite an interesting build. It’s larger than minifig scale and takes on the theme of industrial realism that’s rarely depicted in LEGO.

LEGO Peter Griffin

Eric Hunter‘s 2ft. tall LEGO Peter Griffin sculpture has a grin that’ll crack your television set, in a good way that is.

Typical day at hangar bay 4

Martin Latta (thire5) crafted a lot of details into his hangar diorama including a busy crew that does all the tasks including prisoner transport. Hey, is that Chewie in the cage?

8087 TIE Defender review

Brickshelf user Lumix has posted a comprehensive gallery of photos of the upcoming TIE Defender in 2010. The retail price of the set is $49.99 I believe.

A monastery in ruins

Barney Main (SlyOwl) is known for his action-packed, medium-sized castle dioramas. His newest creation depicts the dissolution of a monastery 1536 under Henry VIII. There are lots of details and techniques to soak in, including the roof, the window designs, and the chandeliers and altar in the interior.

What lies in the cabinet of curiosities?

The Wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities existed since the Renaissance to collect intriguing man-made and natural artifacts. Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) does the same in LEGO with his rendition of wunderkammer in a steampunk style, collecting artifacts from various builders.

Holiday fun

Chris McVeigh (powerpig) is posting an advent calendar of spectacular photos throughout the month of December. Check this gallery often to see what’s new each day.

In my opinion these photos would make for some excellent greeting cards.

Black Fantasy Attack!

No other title better describes what’s going on in this diorama by David Simmons. This is what happens when you’re out in a remote part of the galaxy and “a godless shape appears out of the blood red darkness, lurching with a sickening, yet inexorable slither towards our brave spacemen who stage a desperate but futile battle.” Check out the details shots in the gallery and scroll down to see a frightening ending.

How many times can you stick a pin into a maxifig?

While this clone shock trooper maxifig by Olivier may look like another solid LEGO sculpture, it’s actually quite different because you can make something happen by sticking a pin into it. Check out the video to see what I mean.

Via Eurobricks

Rainbow Brite brings color to the world

Since I wasn’t around when the mid-80’s cartoon Rainbow Brite debuted, I’ll assume the ignorant blogger in writing this post. For those who are old enough to have watched the show back in the day, these figures by Dave Sterling should evoke a pleasant trip down memory lane, one which you can relive over and over by purchasing these figures from Creations for Charity.

Thank you Dave Shaddix for the reminder to blog this :)