Psst, everyone, remember why we’re here? LEGO is awesome. Check out this cute Boston Terrier by Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley:
Category Archives: Models
President-Elect Barack Obama
There are more partisan LEGO images I could have chosen, but this beautiful mosaic by Udronotto seemed the most appropriate.
(Like Senator McCain’s concession speech a moment ago, let’s keep the comments civil, dear readers.)
Minifig-scale Alien Chestburster by pirie1
The Fine Clonier Haunted Halloween Custom Minifig Contest has resulted in some great minifigs, including all of Jamie Spencer’s spooky figs.
One of my favorites so far, though, is this custom Chestburster (from Alien) by pirie1:
Alien and Predator minifigs by Legohaulic
Tyler Clites goes theatrical with his latest batch of minifigs, inspired by the Predator and Alien movies.
Notice the minifig hands Tyler used for the Predator’s mouth:
2009 LEGO City sets include a farm with cows [News]
Castle fans aching for 10193 Medieval Market Village aren’t the only LEGO fans who will be getting more civilian sets (and cows!) in 2009.
7637 has two cows, along with a big tractor, small tractor, and barn:
7635 includes a six-wide SUV with trailer and a brown horse:
8401 appears to be the first minifig and accessory pack for Town/City in many years:
See more (including all the new construction sets) on Eurobricks, Brickset, Brickshelf, or Flickr.
Sarah Palin, the plastic Vice Presidential candidate
I’m sorry to have missed meeting Ochre Jelly during the public hours at BrickCon, but I was very pleased when he sent me a link to his latest LEGO creation.
OJ has captured the Alaska governor winking during her debate with Joe Biden:
OJ writes:
This is a new scale of LEGO that I am experimenting with. Not minifig scale, not miniland scale, but I’m calling it “marionette scale”. The goal was to figure out the smallest (which in my mind is the most interesting) scale at which I can create recognizable 3D facial likenesses.
There’s nothing like a peaceful garden...and a dinosaur
Tiberium Blue‘s minifig gardeners have carved a pretty nifty dinosaur topiary. It looks like its going to walk off any minute.
Paul Lee’s Cthulhu Terrain – Pumpkin Transport, aka CT-PT
Paul Lee steps into the Reasonably Clever Spooky Star Wars contest with this orange beast — the Cthulhu Terrain – Pumpkin Transport:
From concept through execution, Paul’s walker has “Winner” written all over it.
Halo Rat’s Nest level in LEGO by Vidgamer838
Vidgamer838 has recreated the Rat’s Nest multiplayer map from Halo 3, complete with the trio of UNSC Marines voiced by Firefly and Serenity cast members — Alan Tudyk (Wash), Nathan Fillion (Mal Reynold), and Adam Baldwin (Jayne Cobb):
This is an entry for the August-September Contest in the LEGO Halo group on Flickr (click pic below to see entries):
Arvo’s Doll revealed
It has been many months since we saw teaser pictures of the Arvo Brothers‘ Doll, and now the builders have finally uploaded a complete frontal shot of the amazing model.
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Wall-E by Marc-Andre
QuéLUG member Marc-André (aka Bazmati/Bazmarc) has built a fully automated Wall-E using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and Power Functions:
I love the movement on Wall-E’s expressive eyes.
Thanks to reader William for the tip!
Wearable Boba Fett costume built for a LEGO troll
Mike Crowley puts a LEGO troll in Boba Fett armor to hilarious effect:
Previously on The Brothers Brick: Wearable Boba Fett costume built from LEGO