Category Archives: Models

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I would put a tax on all people who stand in water!

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing John Cleese in person last night at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. As my first post after being away for a couple of weeks, I have the distinct pleasure tonight of blogging this CubeDude Gumby by Iain Heath (Ochre Jelly):

LEGO CubeDude Gumby from Monty Python

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Zumbi + Lichtblau = 1975 Ford Taunus

As Tim and Mike demonstrate, collaborative builds need not be limited to once-a-year conventions or take the form of meters-long dioramas.

Lichtblau sent MisterZumbi pics of a Ford Taunus he’d been working on, and the two worked on the design together over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the result, in ever-awesome lime.

LEGO 1975 Ford Taunus

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Post Apocalyptic Variety

Daniel GarcĂ­a (AlterEvo) wants us to know that there’s more to building post apocalyptic creations than zombies and gun-toting survivors. He’s mixed old and new grays to great effect here.

This is also the perfect complement to the shiny vehicular vision of the future I just posted.

Post Apocalyptic Car

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Atomic Punk

Atomic Pop is my favorite toy/comic book store in Baltimore, and Atomic Punk is now my favorite hot rod. Nathan Proudlove (Proudlove) did a great job rendering this car in LEGO form.

Lego Atomic Punk Hot Rod

Ok, so perhaps I’m a sucker for anything with a bubble dome, sue me.

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LEGO D-Day on Omaha Beach: Liberating France, one brick at a time

Occasionally, I take a break from blogging and actually build something. For my most ambitious creation to date, I present “Fox Red: Omaha Beach”.

LEGO D-Day Normandy invasion

My D-Day diorama features the following vehicles and weapons:

Yes, that’s dark blue water. (I do believe I’ve mentioned before that I like LEGO Agents…)

Naturally, I couldn’t resist the urge to turn a few photos into black and white Robert Capa-esque shots.

LEGO D-Day Normandy Robert Capa-esque

See my full photoset of Fox Red: Omaha Beach pics on Flickr.

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LEGO Rock Band CubeDude has a green mohawk and regrettable tattoos

Ryan Wood (lights) rocks. Also, he built a CubeDude, which also rocks.

LEGO Rock Band CubeDude

I love the tattoos on his arm, and how he’s holding the whammy bar.

Speaking of LEGO Rock Band, the video game is due out next month, and the full track list has been announced. (I’ve been avoiding dedicating a whole post to this. Sorry for hijacking your CubeDude for news purposes, Ry.)

  • All American Rejects: “Swing, Swing”
  • The Kooks: “NaĂŻve”
  • The Automatic: “Monster”
  • KoRn: “Word Up!”
  • Blink-182: “Aliens Exist”
  • KT Tunstall: “Suddenly I See”
  • Blur: “Song 2”
  • Lostprophets: “Rooftops”
  • Bon Jovi: “You Give Love a Bad Name”
  • P!NK: “So What”
  • Boys like Girls: “Thunder”
  • The Police: “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
  • Bryan Adams: “Summer of 69”
  • The Primitives: “Crash”
  • Carl Douglas: “Kung Fu Fighting”
  • Queen: “We Are The Champions”
  • The Coral: “Dreaming of You”
  • Queen: “We Will Rock You”
  • Counting Crows: “Accidentally in Love”
  • Rascal Flatts: “Life is a Highway”
  • David Bowie: “Let’s Dance”
  • Ray Parker Jr.: “Ghostbusters”
  • Elton John: “Crocodile Rock”
  • Razorlight: “Stumble and Fall”
  • Europe: “The Final Countdown”
  • Spin Doctors: “Two Princes”
  • Everlife: “Real Wild Child”
  • Spinal Tap: “Short & Sweet”
  • Foo Fighters: “Breakout”
  • Steve Harly: “Make Me Smile”
  • Good Charlotte: “Girls & Boys”
  • Sum 41: “In Too Deep”
  • The Hives: “Tick Tick Boom!”
  • Supergrass: “Grace”
  • Iggy Pop: “The Passenger”
  • Tom Petty: “Free Fallin”
  • Incubus: “Dig”
  • T-Rex: “Ride a White Swan”
  • Jackson 5: “I Want You Back”
  • Vampire Weekend: “A-Punk”
  • Jimi Hendrix: “Fire”
  • We the Kings: “Check Yes Juliet”
  • Kaiser Chiefs: “Ruby”
  • The Zutons: “Valerie”
  • Katrina & The Waves: “Walking on Sunshine”

The latest updates indicate that stars like Iggy Pop will be making an appearance in the game.

LEGO Rock Band Iggy Pop

Here’s the full list of potentially playable characters.

  • Iggy Pop
  • David Bowie
  • Blur
  • Queen

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Makoto Zero – Sky Fighter

This is micro-scale at its absolute best. When I saw a thumbnail of this build by Fredoichi, I thought that it was minifigure scale. I can’t think of a more impressive feat for a creation at this scale than to read as bigger and more detailed than it is.

Makoto Zero - Sky Fighter

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Red Zephyr

Is the Crimson Skies fad coming back? If the Red Zephyr by Jonhall18 is the start of the comeback, sign me up.

This plane has a great feel of bulk in all the right places. I like the airfoil shape of the wings, and the bubble up at the front of the fuselage adds a great touch of the fantastic.

Jonhall's Red Zephyr

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LEGO Star Wars Slave Leia as a CubeDude – CubeBabe? CubeGirl? She’s CubeLicious!

Beyond the originals by Angus MacLane, my favorite CubeDude so far is this lovely Princess Leia as Jabba’s slave girl by Larry Lars.

LEGO Star Wars Slave Leia CubeDude figure

I love the fact that Larry’s Leia is less, uh, cubical than most other CubeDudes. Beyond juvenile references to CubeDude anatomy, Larry has incorporated some really interesting techniques, including LEGO coins as earrings. Larry explains:

The coins are squeezed in between the head and the 1×1 round plates connected to the underside of headlight bricks. Since there is an edge on the coins they stay there.

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Doctor Who visits BrickCon 2009

Through a fortunate series of events, Alan McMorran was in Seattle last weekend and dropped by BrickCon for a day. When he wasn’t hanging out with the zombie overlords, he was taking a really cool set of pictures featuring his Doctor Who minifig and LEGO TARDIS.

LEGO Doctor Who vs. Dragon

Here, the good Doctor manages to avoid Josh’s motorized dragon in a cave, part of a massive LEGO Castle display with a 2,000-minifig battle.

Check out all of Alan’s Doctor Who adventure photos on Flickr.

(And in case you’ve missed it, I’ve updated my BrickCon 2009 wrap-up post with more links.)

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CubeDudes of the Verse

Chris Doyle joins the CubeDude revolution with an awesome batch inspired by characters from Firefly and Serenity.

LEGO CubeDudes from Firefly

Don’t miss all of Chris’s CubeDudes on Reasonably Clever, as well as the growing number of adorable little guys in the Flickr group.

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Streets of London

SlyOwls LEGO Streets of London

For once I don’t have to rack my brain trying to think of a relevant song. Barney Main (SlyOwl) has already done it for me by basing a diorama on Ralph McTell’s song Streets of London. Be sure to click through the pictures in order to match the song lyrics to the diorama.

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