Category Archives: Models

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This farmer and carabao exceeds our grain expectations

Summer Joust is heating up and this time the category is Farms and Fields. LEGO builder Byldan tackles the challenge in a big way in an exotic locale; The Philippines. Here we see an upscaled shirtless farmer and his trusty carabao ( Filipino water buffalo) plowing a rice paddy field. While our farmer isn’t without his charm, I’m rather smitten by the build techniques comprising the expression of the carabao’s face; and those horns are curved just right. No wonder this hard-working beast of burden is the national animal of the Philippines!

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Beyond the spider-verse – these creepy fantasy minifigs and creature builds will catch you in their web [Minifig Monday]

LEGO will soon be venturing into the Marvel Spider-verse for the next line of Collectible Minifigs, but you don’t need to wait until August to find weird and wonderful fig creations of the arachnid (and arachnid adjacent) variety. Today on Minifig Monday we’re catching a bevy of bug and spider flavored figs and mini builds in our web!

Kicking off this week’s lineup is The Seamstress by Brennan (brickbot_studio). Animation fans might recognize this wicked weaver from the film the post-apoc “stitch-punk” film 9. Brennan has made some incredible mini character builds but this might be my favorite thing he’s ever shared. Excellent use of the Samukai minifig head from Ninjago.

Keeping to the spinstress theme, we have the Song Weaver by Aris (bricks.for_bricks). This arachnid character brings an aristocratic air to the spider theme, with One Ring bangles and an impressive headress mixing cloth, plastic feathers, and rubber bands.

Eight limbs? Ha! This Friendly centipede from Dicken Liu has arms to spare! Who would have guessed that minidoll toros make such grotesquely perfect bug segments? I haven’t been able to unsee this amazing creation since Dicken shared it a few months back, and if it’s new to you, you’re welcome.

the creepy creations continue after the fold

Teddy Town is the talk of the town

At a quick glance, this colorful LEGO Teddy Town built by Anne Mette Vestergård is a feast for the senses. Upon closer inspection, though, the town is broken up into quadrants divided by a river and joined in the center by a covered bridge. Maple, from the popular Animal Crossing sets revealed last year, lends a head to all the residents of this sweet little town.

Join us for a tour of Teddy Town after the jump

A LEGO builder earns their stripes by re-visiting a fan favourite

Last year, we featured a terrific LEGO tiger from DeRa that was so good it made onto our Creation of the Year shortlist. As it turns out, that was just the latest iteration of a design that DeRa has been gradually improving over the years. Now, we have another update to investigate! In some ways the changes are subtle. The overall shaping is just as good, and its excellent posability has been retained. But the devil is in the detail, and that’s where this big cat truly shines.

Click here to see what upgrades DeRa has made to their feline phenomenon

A sled dog for the modern era

They say that dogs are humankind’s best friend. That rings true in several walks of life, and among the elderly, they can be a vital source of companionship. But as Sigmund Haugland‘s LEGO vignette proves, they’re just as useful in times of emergency! All it takes is a little ingenuity- and I’m not just talking about those forced perspective portraits. A defective stairlift is no match for a fishing pole and a doggy treat!

Is this temple big and close, or small and far away, or just built at microscale?

I love LEGO builds that mess with your sense of scale. Mattia Careddu is the latest to discombobulate me with a mysterious, watery fantasy world. Clearly that temple in the middle is massive: there are rocks floating around – literally – with waterfalls coming out of them. But hang on, those birds look like ibises, making excellent use as they do of some dinosaur tail elements. And I recognise those leaf elements too, which means this build isn’t actually that big. But then you see the steps up the side of the temple… Wait, how big are those birds?! And that’s to say nothing of the great big serpent tree deity thing that looks ready to devour the lot. Whoever’s on that little boat sure is brave going wherever here is.

The Porsche 911 of LEGO van builders

There was once a time (I’m told) that vans were strictly for businesses and tradesmen. The humble VW Transporter changed that and made them cool leisure vehicles; now, the Transporter and its variants are a near-ubiquitous presence on European roads. LEGO car builder Sam Andreas even went as far as calling this 1979 T3 “the Porsche 911 of vans”. Now I know there is some VW lineage to Porsche, but I can’t say I’m seeing it – much as I love Sam’s two-tone brown livery here. Then again, I’ve never owned either vehicle. So what do I know? I’m pretty sure you’re not getting a rubber dinghy in the back of a 911 though. So score one for the T3!

A stylish LEGO helicopter with a sci-fi twist

Sand green is a really fun color to build spaceships and military vehicles with. There are so many interesting parts in that color, and Tobias Whelan [Intense Potato] has made very good use of them. The cone on the underside of the cockpit is just one example. The open main compartment is equipped with a mounted machine gun, and twin side-mounted engines give this beast a boost.

Along the rear of the copter, two long angled fins provide unusual landing gear, and the tail fins feature another great part use, the small surfboard.

Majisto’s magical island retreat

This magical island by Ids de Jong is framed by a shimmering trans-light blue base. But don’t let this small island fool you, it is home to quite a few animals (nine after I triple checked). After the great base, the feature that calls to me is the small, sandy beach. It fits snuggly in the build and offers just enough room to sit-down and do your reading. The impressively tiled rooftop and SNOT stonework is a step up from Majisto’s other hangout while keeping to the wizard’s color scheme.

Middle-earth meets Cyberpunk 2077 in this LEGO mashup

The location of Minas Tirith in the epic fantasy adventure The Lord of the Rings is certainly one of the most iconic cities in Middle-earth, so it makes perfect sense to me that Grant Decker would choose to combine it with Night City from Cyberpunk 2077 as a source of inspiration for this build in the cyberpunk mashup category for a LEGO building contest. A cyborg version of Gandalf rides a silver and white speeder bike, standing in for Shadowfax, while a multi-layered holographic highway divides the city into two sections, just like the massive stone blade that gave the steward Denethor such a fantastic end.

Small pirates hit the high seas in LEGO

V (minifiguring it.out) assembles one of the all-time great tales of adventure: a pirate crew braving curses and danger in pursuit of gold. A storyteller at heart, V’s builds are filled with lore and recurring characters, like the captain of this vessel, Jasper “Tidebreaker” Vane, a serial source of bad ideas. V’s excellent photography showcases a brilliant shrinking of the classic pirate ship into the keel of a rowboat, with a few bits of foliage in the background helping sell the illusion of a miniature world.

I love how V’s scenes, working with a limited scale, still feel boundless and epic. And her cast of characters always make use of LEGO’s growing range of skin tones to create a more inclusive fantasy world.

V’s buildings are just as charming as the tiny ship, like this miniature mill with a straw roof, climbing vines, and a great half-timbered effect.

V is a member of dreambuilderslug, “an inclusive community of builders of all skill levels, inspiring, supporting, showcasing black/ brown excellence” that is well worth a follow.

LEGO to put you in a Roman Empire state of mind

2025 has been a great year for Italy and LEGO with both Trevi Fountain and 21359 Italian Riviera, but for former Junior Classical League kids like me, what we really crave is a trip back to the SPQR. The classical world has only shown up in LEGO via the Coliseum Architecture set and a handful of collectible minifigs, but thankfully, we have fan creations from builders like Michael Crewe to keep the flame alive. Michael shares two minifig-scale scenes of ancient city life on the Ideas platform that I would gladly clear out shelf space to bring home. First up is a magnificent library that could be the famed Library of Alexandria, pre-sacking. The impressive columns evoke a Corinthian style with their ornate fern tops.

Inside the two-story building stand an impressive statue. I might have gone with Athena/Minerva rather than this more muscular fellow, but those marble abs are impressive.

Click for more pics of the ancient world in LEGO