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Category Archives: LEGO
Now that’s a gun!
It’s not often that a creation makes me laugh out loud, but this steampunk vessel by, Rod Gillies, did just that. I love that oversized gun, reminds me of the cannons that Lego is always putting in their rowboats.
Reminder: Testimonials needed for 2009 LEGO Ambassador nominees
As many LEGO fan communities discovered last year, convincing community members to step up and say something nice about each of the nominees proved to be harder than anticipated.
Some communities were even unable to submit their nominees due to lack of testimonials. Unfortunately, this part of the process is proving no less challenging this year.
So, this is a reminder for all of you out there to go to each of the communities where you’re active and write a testimonial for your LEGO Ambassador nominees.
Here are the three nominees for The Brothers Brick:
Classic-Castle.com | Nominees:
Classic-Pirates.com (process complete) | Nominees:
- Bonaparte
- Zorro
Comunidade 0937 | Nominee: Pedro “El_Gordo” Silva
Eurobricks (process complete) | Nominees:
FBTB | Nominees:
Flickr | Nominees:
HispaLUG | Nominee: Lluís Gibert
MOCPages voting is over, and testimonials are being collected by the individual nominees.
Palikkatakomo | Nominee: Tuomas Kukkamaa
PLUG | Nominees:
RoLUG | Nominee: Adrian Florea
SandLUG | Nominee: Fradel Gonzales
Kockice | Nominee: Matija Grguric
I’ll be adding more lists of nominees as I encounter them. Other contributors are welcome to edit this post and do the same. Commenters are encouraged to add links in the comments as well.
If you’re wondering what a testimonial looks like, check out the three testimonials I posted for the nominees chosen by the LEGO fan community on Flickr.
Zombie minifigs infest Brian Colin’s paintings
Artist Brian Colin recently painted a series of small canvases featuring LEGO zombies. Gotta love that Classic Space zombie leading the horde.
Perhaps not the thing to hang in your baby’s nursery, but awesome on so many levels that I wanted to pick up a couple myself. Sadly, I was vetoed by my wife. The good news is that I’ve picked up a couple as prizes for Zombie Apocafest 2009.
Via Boing Boing.
LEGO BioShock Big Daddy stands ready to defend Little Sisters
The latest LEGO creation by Guy Himber (V&A Steamworks) is a spot-on rendition of the Big Daddies from BioShock.
The Belville Scala figure works great at this scale as a Little Sister, and the Knights’ Kingdom II armor is especially nice.
Previously on The Brothers Brick: BioShock Big Daddy and Little Sister by Snyderman
During winter, the zombies freeze
Kevin Fedde (Crimson Wolf) knows that things are a bit safer in northern climes during a zombie outbreak.
I really like the contrast between the grey police station and the tan restaurant. The LEGO Universe panel on the top of the building is also a great detail.
Summer 2009 LEGO sets out now: Star Wars, Indy, Grand Carousel, etc. [News]
LEGO Space Police, Agents 2.0 and other third-quarter/summer 2009 LEGO sets have been out for a month or so, but the rest of the new sets are now available from the LEGO Shop online.
First up, 10196 Grand Carousel incorporates Power Functions and plays music. The set is also the first to feature tan beards.
New LEGO Star Wars sets feature vehicles from the Clone Wars, including 8037 Anakin’s Y-Wing Starfighter and the Venator
playset.
Other new LEGO Star Wars sets include:
- 7748 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid
with a pair of Clone Troopers wearing jet packs.
- 8036 Separatist Shuttle
The newest magnet sets make buying rare LEGO Star Wars minifigs affordable, including the LEGO® Star Wars™ 10th Anniversary Stormtrooper™ Magnet for $10. I call him “Chromy”.
The latest LEGO Indiana Jones sets take us back to the classic trilogy.
Finally, trolls and dwarves from the current LEGO Castle theme get their own Battle Packs.
And remember, by clicking through to the LEGO Shop online from The Brothers Brick, Brickset, Peeron, FBTB, or elsewhere, you’re helping to support the LEGO fan community and to keep these community sites running. Thanks for your support!
LEGO Pikmin make me nostalgic for Nintendo GameCube
As a Wii owner, I’ve been feeling a little bit abandoned lately — no, Nintendo, I don’t want to play yet another incarnation of Wii Sports. And Wii Fit?! Are you kidding me?
These LEGO Pikmin creations by Filip Felberg (also on Flickr) made me smile, though, thinking back to those happy weeks in the summer of 2001 when I worked on Pikmin.
Filip has made Dwarf Bulborbs:
…as well as the game’s iconic little creatures:
Check out dozens of Filip’s wonderful LEGO Pikmin creations on Flickr and MOCpages.
Nnenn shows why presentation matters
One of the things that has been capturing my attention in nnenn‘s posts of his space creations, is that each time he reveals a new ship, he includes at least one picture that shows the ship from all sides, in a beautiful layout that still allows the viewer to appreciate how the whole thing works together. You can really see each ship’s thickness, angles and structure. The first is his most recent space carrier.
The one that first caught my eye is this lovely escort fighter.
All kinds of little robots on his photostream too, but I can’t blog it all.
Legoland California hires 5 new Master Builders [News]
Legoland California just finished their hiring competition and selected 5 new Master Builders, as well as 4 Associate Builders!
Among the finalists are some very deserving builders, including several that will be familiar to Brothers Brick readers.
After participating in a routine job application process, finalists were subjected to a timed, two hour build-off, which narrowed the field down to nine who were offered jobs.
See the full article in the North County Times and video coverage from CBS8 in San Diego. Congratulations to the new employees of the Lego Company!
New Master Builders:
Mark Larson
Ryan Wood
Joel Baker
Brian Heins
Amanda Juon
New Associates:
Dana Bradsema
Eric Christie
Bryan Decker
Samuel Swiger
Thanks to Bill Toenjes for the heads up on this very cool information!
MEDbot is good for what ails you
This medical bot by Rong Yiren appears to be the result of an unholy union between a Mech and a Segway. What’s really cool is that it looks awesome!
Welcome to Cybertroll
Cybernetic trolls by Aaron Andrews (darkspawn). They have optic feedback units. No more needs be said.