Posts by Nathan Schroeder

Take a lap around the track in this F1 classic

LEGO has given us the 2025 F1 grid and a new F1 Academy Partnership, but bentobrick wants to go back in time and add to the Icons options for F1. As a result, we get the Brabham BT52 from 1983. Bento takes advantage of the clean angles of the 80’s F1 cars, and provides a ground clearance worthy of the sport. The builder started with a render to prove out the build…

…before moving to physical LEGO bricks. The results are the perfect mix of modern building techniques and ’80s racing design that bentobrick excels at.

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A Vic Viper in aeroskimmer form

When I first glanced at this Vic Viper from pyrefyre I thought it was a great micro-scale build…but there is a minifig hiding behind that transparent-black windscreen. Then came the rush of part recognition. Amidst the sharp angles of slopes, tiles and wedge plates, I saw the ball joints as the base of the struts connecting the engines. This design could stand in any scale, but it is particularly enjoyable holding its minifig.

Speed Champions 2042

Sportscars and supercars should always push you to the future. And it looks like the future is right where fall_in_bricks landed. The Lamborghini Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo started in a video game before it made its way to LEGO, but it is headed for space with this cyber-formula remake.

The builder also rebuilds the Speed Champions source in robot mode. If the future of racing involves transformers, I want to live in fall_in_bricks’ world.

The roles of human and AI reversed

On this planet, humans strive to create artificial general intelligence. Meanwhile, on a distant world, computers plug away at creating organic consciousness in this beautiful LEGO build. Where to start…Is it the perfect selection of minifigs for the scene? The eye-bending system of hoses? A color theme centered on trans-light blue that locks in the future state? Or is it the subject matter of the scene that sends shivers down our organic spines? Whichever part grabs your attention first, -konix- invites you to watch what may happen next.

Take a closer look to see if robots can indeed make organic consciousness.

Trouble on the tundra? Ice Planet Relay Repair rover to the rescue!

In the nearly 70 years of the LEGO brick, blue, white, and trans-neon orange may just be the best color combination. LEGO set designer Isaac Snyder uses those classic Ice Planet 2002 colors, along with some fun printed elements and the 2024 CMF Ice Planet minifig, to highlight a new wheel design. Those large, nubbed wheels should have no problem crossing the ice to complete any extra-solar arctic relay repairs.

The Relay Repair rover is a perfect companion to Isaac’s Frost Driller, which was generously donated to and sold at the Creations for Charity event this year.

A six-wide Alfa Romeo with a storied history

Car fans know that the love of an Alfa can haunt you, and Sam Andreas knows they can haunt LEGO fans too. Sam had to put this build aside before coming back to get it right. This specific iteration of the Alfa GTV 2000 comes with the storied history of a pristine car that fell off a flat-bed tow truck, only to be redeemed as an off-road vehicle, then totaled on an infamous video. Cars, whether in metal or LEGO, can break our hearts – or lift them!

An alabaster fortress on the brick sea

Alex (bryckland) leaves no part wasted as this fortress protects the coast. Built for the French Feodalis roleplay campaign, every part selection by Alex is a joy. From a door handle to a ballista, from mushrooms to window bars, every piece has been placed with intention. And don’t miss the color selection either from top to bottom. The fortress’s dome gives a beautiful flair of faded copper, while the base shows its wear against the battering waves.

Alex also uses an approach for a classic castle feature that I had not seen before. Using the newer Brick 1×3 Half Arch back-to-back, Alex tops the fortress with great crenelation (word of the day!).

The little space hopper that could

LEGO gave a breath of fresh air to Classic Space with the Space Exploration theme, and Julius Kanand is taking that design sensibility to explore the moons of the outer rim in this clean spaceship. Four occupants fit snuggly between two beautiful engines. I can practically hear the sounds of this ship taking off with the exposed connection arms to the sleek engines. “To the moon!”

Speed-limit Champions

Speed cameras have taken over most European metropolitans at this point, but William van Beek may have found the answer: a Mini Cooper may be too short for the cameras to catch a good picture! A wonderful little LEGO vignette, just like other pieces of art, can offer a great commentary for what we see in the world around us.

A brilliant lair for the dark arts

Every scene can teach a lesson, and this scene has taught me not to wonder into deep caves. According to Tkytko, that is where Raus’zod has the Weeping Skull Mausoleum. The scene is full of clever details with great building techniques. And all those details come together to create a rather scary lair.

Take some time to look over the entirety of this entry to the Summer Joust competition.

Godzilla gets the T-Rex treatment

This build by dicken liu is exactly what I love about the LEGO community. In theater, they call it the “yes, and” principle; you take what you were given and go further. Dicken took the Lego 76968 Tyrannosaurus Rex set and went further…all the way to Godzilla! To look at it, you’d think Dicken had made a career of studying fossilized kaiju. But, of course, Godzilla will never die, so we will never know if the skeleton is accurate.

Scaling the castle wall, brick by LEGO brick

Castle has been on a wonderful resurgence of late, and Goran Maksimovic adds some great personality to the mix. A wonderful little tower is being scaled as one of the culprits falls. Each of the four faces seen on the minifigs tells a great story of the action scene. It can take some effort going through minifig face designs, but Goran shows us the effort pays off in the enjoyment of the scene.