This creature by Harry44 was not something I needed to see in the early hours of the morning. Is this supposed to by Ronald McDonald? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, its kind of scary…
I’m afraid to go out to my car…I’ll have to wait until the sun comes up now.
This one fooled me. Yup, I thought it was picture of the real truck. This Volvo F12 4×2 by tito-anakin is pretty sweet. Just the right amount of detail to give this rig the real life touch. Keep Truckin’!
SlyOwl has created several new species of LEGO birds and showcased them in this little scene:
The waterfowl being observed by the birdwatchers range from tall and gangly to short and adorably squat.
No less awesome is this great LEGO Pirates scene, titled “Tribal Sacrifice”:
The pirates’ boat sunk into the sand and water is a brilliant detail.
Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) illustrates that the solanum virus is not the only way in which zombies are created:
Gatormen hold candles aloft to light the dark work of the voodoo priestess. Below, zombies rise from the muddy waters.
See more entries in the Big Toy Hut LEGO Zombie Contest on Flickr.
Chris Blessing (Mdrn~Mrvls) recently posted a power company truck or “cherry-picker.” The truck is seven studs wide, and can therefore seat two minifigs side by side in the cab — impossible in a four-stud-wide vehicle and a tough fit at six. I’m a sucker for vehicles with lots of compartments, and the brick-built doors are also a nice touch.
See more pictures of Chris’s on Flickr and MOCpages.
Mike Eruzione led the 1980 U.S. hockey team to victory against the Soviet Union in what has since been dubbed the “Miracle on Ice.” Jonathan Gilbert (Shmails) has created a custom LEGO minifig to honor the captain of that historic team:
In addition to the decals, the minifig includes a number of custom accessories. Jonathan handcrafted the hockey stick, helmet, and skates.
From John McClane to the Mythbusters guys, don’t miss all of Jonathan’s custom minifigs on Flickr.
I don’t know if Uspez Morbo was thinking of Krull when he named a fighter Glave (right), but it’s certainly a lot cooler than the film was. The fighter has some nice smooth lines, and narrow shapes combined with some bulky sections to give a nice balanced aesthetic.
He has also posted a fighter (below) that shares some shapes and construction in common with the Glave, but in the Ice Planet 2002 color scheme. Not only does it look cool, but it has an awesome ejection feature.
Thanks to Shannon Ocean for the tip about the Glave.
Over on Flickr, L.D.M. has posted a very unorthodox space ship. He calls it Steamspace, although I’m not quite sure why, as I don’t see any sort of boiler or steam apparatus. Regardless of how much steam equipment is in this ship, it’s still pretty cool.
The shape is just so different from just about anything I’ve seen before, I can’t help but appreciate it. The color choices work well too (that’s brown, people).
Stefan (Brainbikerider) has built an excellent little starfighter, that really takes shape in an interesting direction. Using 1×1 rounds, he’s made a nice curve shape, and mated it to a central core for a rather original aesthetic. While the technique the generate that curve has been used in castle towers for years, it’s great to see it adapted to use in space.
The use of stickers from the Power Miners line also adds a great sense of detail to the ship. Be sure to check out some of the other photos, to see how it looks from other perspectives.
As Dan mentioned a few days ago about his Tsing pair of starfighters, Johnny Frye (Dr. X) works hard to improve his LEGO creations.
Johnny’s Hr-18 Interceptor (right) was very cool, to be sure, but by creating an Hr-22 Attack Fighter variant in different colors (below), he made the design truly pop.
Johnny doesn’t build to get blogged (and nor should you), but it’s this kind of commitment to improvement that earns our respect.
Fedde (Karf Oolhu) has been having fun with LEGO monkeys lately.
I’ve always thought that LEGO monkeys were fairly difficult to pose in interesting ways, but Fedda proves otherwise — particularly that monkey scratching himself with a monkey wrench.
I just noticed that Fedda has more than 50 pictures in his Monkey Madness photoset. Lots of hilarious shenanigans goin’ on, so check it out.
Excluding a mention in a roundup back in NoVVember, it’s shocking that we haven’t blogged the LEGO creations of Fredo Houben (Fredoichi).
Fredo’s “Engo – Gunner Type” (above) is chock full of tasty greebles — even the underside of the sloped bricks he used as legs adds an interesting texture.
His older “Magojiro” (below) is no less awesome:
Check out all of this talented builder’s LEGO creations in Fredoichi’s photostream on Flickr.