Category Archives: Models

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A System of Concepts Worked Out in Steel

Motorcycles also go zoom zoom. Here’s Moko’s chopper:

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Space Pirates! Aliens! Gorgeous Women!

I credit Azumu as one of the bloggers who got me into blogging just over a year ago, with his regular “best of Brickshelf” posts on LEGO-BINGO. But Azumu is also a consummate builder — his brick-built Pokemon are especially fantastic, even if you’re not a fan of little creatures who only say their own name.

So it was wonderful to click over to his blog post and see some great minifigs inspired by comic book artist Buichi Terasawa’s Space Adventure COBRA. Here’s the space pirate himself:

Click the picture for a gallery full of wild characters.

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Mark Stafford’s R-Wing Fighter

Extending the number of letters in the Star Wars fleet of fighters (X-wing, Y-wing, B-wing, A-wing, etc.) is a popular pursuit among Star Wars LEGO fans. From Bricks to Bothans, the Star Wars LEGO community, is holding a contest to build an R-wing fighter.

Here’s Mark Stafford’s entry in all its delicious orangy goodness (via Snoikle):

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Monty Python’s Flying Circus! (Cue Sousa’s “The Liberty Bell.”)

(Click to view my Monty Python photoset on Flickr, with three new minifigs.)

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Musically inclined minifigs – Soundgarden, the Decemberists, and more

In today’s batch of tuneful minifigs, I present gods of grunge, costume-wearing indie-rockers, Edward Scissorhands, musical innovators, and Aussie rockers. Confused? Read on.

First up, the incomparable Soundgarden:

Next, some minifigs to go with Jonesy’s Leslie Anne Levine, Portland indie-rockers The Decemberists:

Venerable innovators Sonic Youth:

Robert Smith, pasty lead singer of The Cure:

Finally, up-and-coming Australian power trio Wolfmother:

Kevoh’s Heliocopter and Whirligig

Thanks to the Flickr steampunk contest, there’s been a bumper crop of steampunk lately. Awesome. Kevin Blocksidge adds two more with his Heliocopter and Whirlygig.

Kevin’s heliocopter has gone through several iterations, and I have to say that this, the simplest version, definitely works for me (love the minifig):

The whirlygig is apparently based on a real-life experimental vehicle:

Nathan Proudlove and the World of Tomorrow

This may be the first steampunk SHIP (that’s a Spacer term for Significantly Huge Investment in Parts). Nathan Proudlove presents a flying steampunk aircraft carrier reminiscent of Angelina Jolie’s ship in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow:

Not surprisingly, my favorite part is the little steampunk bicycle thingie sitting on the deck:

(More catching up. This one via Brick Brick.)

Danzou the Reaper’s Shin-nyu

I recently helped Linus Bohman with some ideas for a cool little space ninja vehicle. Here’s his Shin-nyu, a “long range infiltration and assassination craft” (shin-nyu means “infiltrate” in Japanese):

Be sure to click the picture for the full gallery — lots of great details on this one. Here’s the pilot of the Shin-nyu, Danzou the Reaper (Danzou is named after a legendary Japanese ninja):

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Ewwwww! I hate spiders!

But I love Kevin Blocksidge’s arachnid steampunk walker:

Yup, it’s got a Hemi!

It’s been a while since Megan Rothrock posted her Tragon, which attracted quite a bit of attention last November.

Nathan Wells picked up a number of her latest creations, but missed my personal favorite, “Hemi” the hotrod racing turtle:

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A Forest Road, and a Necromancer

I really respect builders who can cross thematic lines with ease, and Chris Malloy is one such builder, active in the LEGO Star Wars, Castle, and Space communities. His latest creations include two great dioramas that reflect a slice of medieval/fantasy life.

Here’s Chris’ “Road Less Traveled” (I love the mushrooms):