“This build features a bit of everything: modulex, duplo , fabuland and regular system bricks”… that really says enough about Pierre E Fieschi’s Sobani Battleship. Well almost enough, it’s also beautiful.
A little bit of every LEGO
Category Archives: LEGO
Western Trainset
In the past I’ve designed and made instructions for a Wild West playset as Christmas gifts to the community. This year the Spaghetti Western contest at Eurobricks encouraged me to build one for myself. I wanted it to look like a cool toy train that a kid might get for Christmas or a birthday. Hopefully I achieved what I set out to do.
Release the Lego Kraken!
It’s not over until the reasonably proportioned minifig lady sings
That old cliché doesn’t really work when minifigs are all shaped the same. Anyway, this operatic scene by Seth Christie includes a great backdrop, complete with curtains and a viking ship.
Although I prefer Bizet and Puccini, I certainly appreciate the Wagner reference, as well as inspiration taken from classical music in general.
Free shipping, bonus VIP points from the LEGO Shop [News]
The LEGO Shop online is offering free shipping from now through September 18 on all orders over $75, plus 50 VIP points.
Naturally, 10221 Super Star Destroyer qualifies, since it’s somewhere northward of $75…
FBTB MOC Madness 2011 building tournament
FBTB just announced their second annual MOC Madness building tournament. Build a new original bounty hunter ship and compete in head to head in tournament-style voting for a chance to win a UCS Super Star Destroyer among other goodies. The deadline is October 31. Check out the top 32 entries from last year for some inspiration to get your brain juices flowing.
Go back to Earth, humans
Abraham Calderon’s (aabbee 150) alien hard suit has a solid design with tasty dark turquoise and orange color accents. Bonus features include an alien pilot and working lights.
Ma.K MH 30 Kraft Falter by Fredoichi
The Ma.K starfighter contest is yielding some amazing entries. Even though we can’t feature them all, a few stand out that we don’t want our readers to miss. While Fredoichi‘s entry might not do especially well at high speeds in an atmosphere, his airplane doors at odd angles, minifig helmets as vents, and every curvy piece imaginable capture the Maschinen Krieger aesthetic perfectly.
(And don’t miss Fredo’s recent sky-fighters, which we just haven’t gotten around to, despite obvious blogworthiness…)
¡Ay, chihuahua!
We’ve spent quite a bit of time in the small dog area at the park lately with Josie and our new pug Ollie, who’s doing his best to set himself apart from the distinguished life and career of the late, great Mr. Pugsly. I’ve seen more chihuahuas in the last few weeks than I’d seen for years before, so I can testify to the absolute accuracy of this wonderful pup by edulyoung — from the perky ears and shiny little bug eyes to the tiny stick legs.
Via The Living Brick.
LEGO Architecture 21010 Robie House, 21011 Brandenburg Gate out now plus free shipping [News]
The latest LEGO Architecture sets 21010 Robie House and 21011 Brandenburg Gate
have just been released on LEGO.com.
The original (non-LEGO) Robie House was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1910, 25 years before Fallingwater. Designer Adam Reed Tucker’s LEGO version is built from 2276 bricks and costs $199.99.
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was built in Berlin between 1788 and 1791. The LEGO version has 363 pieces, including quite a nice batch of sand-green cheese slopes, and goes for $34.99.
There is also free shipping on orders over $75!
Win the Winter Village Post Office with the LEGO “Design a Holiday Stamp” Contest
LEGO announced a contest for fans in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. The purpose of the contest is to design a stamp that will be included with the holiday catalog. Fifty finalists will win the latest addition to the Winter Village series, 10222 Winter Village Post Office.
Press Release:
LEGO is asking consumers ages 6 + to design a LEGO themed postage stamp to be featured in the Late Holiday Catalogue .
For each country there will be 50 finalists selected to receive a copy of 10222. 25 will be for ages 6-14 and 25 will be from ages 15 & up. From the 50 finalists, 1 grand prize winner will be selected per country. In addition to a copy of 10222 – Winter Village Post Office, grand prize winners will have their stamp design featured on the late holiday catalog for their country along with a professionally designed and framed LEGO mosaic of their design.
Where: The US/UK/Germany. These are the only countries that mail a late holiday catalogue
When: We will be accepting entries for the contest September 1-30 and selecting the finalists & winners for each country the first week of October.
How: Consumers must simply visit shop.LEGO.com/Design-Challenge (Germany: shop.LEGO.com/Designwettbewerb) to download the official entry form. They or their parent/guardian must complete the form and email it along with their stamp design to the email address designated for their country. No purchase is required and there will be no physical entries collected.
Town/Trains Contest: 7777 Redux
There was a time when LEGO released books of ideas, when trains were a flagship property, when a LEGO license was something you used to drive at LEGOland. That time was the 80s and that time produced 7777. But it was not a perfect time. We now have new parts, new colours, new techniques, and 7777 looks dated. But the idea (pardon the pun) was good. Let’s make it better.
EDIT:NB. Please do not ask questions about the contest here, ask them in the flickr thread. I will not be answering questions here.
In LEGO Train MOCs we run semi-regular contests and challenges. This time we’re inviting all AFOLs to play. The challenge is to create a new version of 7777 ideas book with prizes for those deemed best and most 7777-like. As a twist we won’t be allowing locomotive engines.
This contest differs a little from regular LEGO contests: rather than giving prizes to the best entry we will be assessing entries on how well they would fit in a new version of 7777. This means models should be kept relatively simple, bonus points will be awarded for instructions and scenes, and we won’t be looking for exact replicas of obscure trains.
So if you love trains, if you love town, or if you just love LEGO and a new challenge we’d love to see what you can do. You don’t even need a single train wheel or track to play. Just bricks and a creative mind.
Closing date: All entries must be in by midnight 31st30th November on the east side of the date line. If your clock says Nov 30th you’ll be fine.
Prizes: Three prizes will be given for the three entries judged ‘best’ (no person will win more than one prize). Prizes are: 10219 Maersk train, 7937 Train Station, 7936 Level Crossing
Rules: There are no hard and fast rules (other than the closing date) however there are judging criteria so if you want a chance of winning you should meet as many of them as possible. We also expect no more than three entries (one is fine) per person. Further entries may be allowed with prior arrangement.
Entering: To enter the contest you must join the 7777 Redux group on flickr and post your entry in the entries thread. If you do not wish to join flickr contact me (Tim G) privately and we may come to an arrangement.
Judging criteria:
- Model must have 7777ness
- Either looks like something that is in 7777 (please refer to the page number)
- or Looks like something that should be in 7777
- But must not be a locomotive!
- Clarity of constructions
- Must provide at least one breakdown shot/instruction snippet
- Bonus points in judging for full instructions or comprehensive breakdowns.
- Bonus points awarded for background scenes and minifigs and action
- Models should ideally by completely new. Models may feature old work provided the rest is substantially new.
Judges: Judging will be by me (Tim Gould), Tim David, Peter Norman and special non-trainhead judge Mark Stafford