I keep faving and bookmarking each new creation from Rong Yiren but failing to blog them not because they’re unworthy but because I like his next creation even more.
But enough delay! Rong’s mechanical gorilla is stunning — full of personality and life. The mechGORILLA’s expression is almost wistful…
Rong has also been delving into the ocean for inspiration. His “solar whale” Aku Aku is no less gorgeous than his mechGORILLA:
Aku Aku may have to run the other way if pursued by the Hammerjack:
I Scream Clone heads for the depths of the sea with this fantastic depiction of Davy Jones’ Locker from Pirates of the Caribbean.
The Kit Fisto minifig works very well for the nefarious Davy Jones himself, while Jones’ pipe organ is well-built indeed.
Please excuse the Asimov reference but I couldn’t resist using it for such an adorable Neo-Classic Space robot. Shannon Sproule (Ocean) shows us how to truly go retro.
LEGO fans here in Seattle still unconvinced that the new Power Miners color scheme is “realistic” need only look out their windows on recycling day each week — the new natural gas-powered trucks are exactly the same color as Bob Newill‘s walker:
Check out more photos of Bob’s walker in his LEGO Power Miners Walker photoset on Flickr.
Don’t miss this adorable little bucket robot:
James Turley (Turkguy) has been working on a podracer for FBTB’s contest, and what a solid bar-setting entry indeed! The nonagonal design of the engies is a rare technical treat and the red stripes on it are just gorgeous.
If I understand correctly, Corfe Castle station is going to be the centre-piece of Carl Greatrix‘s new train layout. If the rest of the layout is even half as good (and I have no doubts it will be) it promises to be one of the best.
In other news, congratulations are in order for Carl for his new position designing models for TT games.
Thanks to Ed Diment and Bill Toenjes for the heads up. This one snuck through my flickr browsing.
The action and buildings in SlyOwl‘s are expectedly excellent, but what impresses me most about this pirate diorama is the base:
The angled water with flotsam and jetsam in the foreground meshes neatly with the dock in the background. More photos in SlyOwl’s Tortuga gallery on Brickshelf.
Via those diligent TFOLs.
Matt De Lanoy (Pepa Quin) combines three of the world’s most popular brands — Star Wars, Apple, and LEGO — in a mashup that is sure to be a strong contender in the FBTB Podracer Challenge.
Those earbuds are brilliant.
Chris Wunz (Wuntztwice) has built a cool little flying car. I love retro-futuristic stuff, and this car captures that aesthetic very well. He’s also built in some cool features, like the rotating hover engines, and a very detailed cockpit.
Christophe Bongay built a bone-crushingly brutal creation called the Krabouillator. It looks deadly, and I sure don’t want to be on the business end of this thing.
Chris B has recently posted a couple of small robots/hardsuits that have a lot of style. He has achieved some really cool shapes and details at a small scale. I especially like the head and shoulder winglets on the yellow one. Based on their names, there may even be a third one in the works.
There have been a lot of really great starfighters posted online lately, and this one by Johnny (Dr. X) is certainly no exception. One thing that does make it different, is that it’s not an entry for the “Show us what you got” contest over on flickr, for which I am a judge. I’ve been trying not to show any bias by blogging about entries, which has been rather frustrating. I was glad to see this ship, which is pretty cool, wasn’t an entry for the contest (he already entered something in the contest).
There’s a neat explanation for the fins that pop open on the side of the ship, revealing a radar array, that has a clever realism to it that I like. More importantly, though, it just looks cool, it reminds me a of a cobra fanning its hood.