Category Archives: LEGO

You’d probably expect a lot of the posts on a LEGO website like The Brothers Brick to be about LEGO, and you’d be right. If you’re browsing this page, you might want to consider narrowing what you’re looking for by checking out categories like “Space” and “Castle.” We’re sure there’s something here that’ll fascinate and amaze you.

Xinxas Fighter

Jas Nagra has built an exciting new starfighter, which may be for the contest that’s just started over on Flickr. In addition to achieving an interesting shape with some cool angles, I think he’s done some excellent work creating the effect of panel lines. The detailing on what would otherwise be rather bland surfaces is quite nice. I also think that the pink dots add just enough color.

Xinxas

Note: I am a judge in the above-mentioned contest. My posting about this creation does not mean that I have pre-judged the competition. Nor does my failure to blog an entry mean that I don’t like that entry enough for it to win.

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Thanks for all the fish

This modified sphere by wnc.thomas is a great tribute to Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

Kind of made me sad….I still miss Douglas Adams.

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LEGO steampunkery from all over

The Agents of the Imperial Crown contest is certainly contributing to an uptick in the number of LEGO steampunk creations I’m seeing. Here’s a quick roundup.

V&A Steamworks goes airborne aboard HMS Earl Grey:

Rod Gillies (2 Much Caffeine) takes steampunk to China and Prussia:

Jason “JasBrick” has been posting awesome custom steampunk minifigs for a while:

Finally, the airplane Philip Stark built for his steampunk version of Gold Hunt is worth a close look (and click the pic to see the accompanying wagon):

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LEGO Architecture Space Needle and Empire State Building [News]

UPDATE: The newest LEGO Architecture sets are Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Guggenheim Museum.

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The two newest LEGO Architecture sets are now available from the LEGO Shop.

I’m particularly pleased to find the Seattle Space Needle available, since I see it everyday here in, well, Seattle!

The Empire State Building is another iconic landmark now available as a set:

Update: As the locals in the comments indicate, $20 for our beloved needle seems a bit steep, so Ochre Jelly suggests this one for 30 cents instead! :-D

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So meaty!

Skinny tie on Joel McHale, check. Bikini on Mankini (with big ole bellybutton), check.

As Ochre Jelly says on his MOCpages entry for this creation:

It you don’t watch “The Soup” then this creation won’t [make] much sense to you. Actually, if you don’t watch this show then you are missing the funniest show on US television! Perhaps you don’t own a television. Or haven’t figured out how to operate it yet. Or you are a fan of reality TV shows and are therefore unable to read the numbers on the remote control.

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Ciamoslaw Ciamek’s Sno-Cat makes an unexpected discovery

This great big orange Sno-Cat by Ciamoslaw Ciamek is cool enough on its own, but Ciamek builds an interesting story around the vehicle. Click the pic to find out what happens.

See more pictures on MOCpages and Ciamek’s website.

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GFLUG at MegaCon 2009 Feb 27 – Mar 1 in Orlando, FL [News]

GFLUG will be displaying various LEGO creations in Orlando, Florida from February 27 to March 1.

Here’s the full announcement from Michael Huffman:

GFLUG will be doing MegaCon 2009, Feb. 27 – March 1, 2009 in Orlando, FL. GFLUG have a 50’x50’ display area, half of the area will be a LEGO MOC display and the other half of it will be an adult “play area”. The theme for MegaCon 2009 is “WestWorld”. There will be a city filled with rampaging monsters, super-heroes
fighting super-villains, & hungry zombies; a large scale east vs. west castle MOC battle scene; a futuristic space port; and robots shooting it out at the 64K corral; with other homages to the club’s favorite sci-fi/anime/geek shows! There will also be table-top games recreated in LEGO — KK Quah will have a LEGO-ize version of Command and Colors (by Richard Borg and GMT Games). This will be GFLUG’s first time displaying at MegaCon.


MegaCon is a spring-time event, so it’d make a nice spring break get-away!

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Another spaceship called a Raptor...

But this one is really good. Cole Blaq has created a rendition of a ship from Unreal Tournament 3. I think he’s done a great job of reproducing the shape of the original, while putting his own spin on it. The central section has a chunky heavily armored vibe that I really like.

Cole's Raptor

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Whack-A-Fig!

Moles are out. Figs are in. Get out your hammers and join Andrew Summersgill (Flickr) in putting down those uppity figs!.

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Jordan lays an egg

This funky barnyard scene by Jordan Schwartz cracked me up. Interesting build, as we’ve come to expect from Jordan. I like that egg!

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Bugge box fighters are the new black

It looks like Niel’s box fighter, which I just blogged earlier today is already inspiring some imitations. Nathan Proudlove and Mark Sandlin have each already built copies. I always seem to miss out on these new group building trends and memes. I think I’m going to try to get in on the ground floor on this one and head to the LEGO room and whip up one of my own.

Nathan's FighterMark's Fighter

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Trouble for Zion

Nathan Proudlove has given The Matrix some renewed attention with his new sentinel creation. He took pains to make it simple enough that it can be built by almost anyone and from parts that are in most collections. He even took extra time to post some instructions so that we could each build our own.

Nathan's Sentinel

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