Cartoonist Mark Anderson (Flickr) combines two things we love — LEGO steampunk and Battlestar Galactica — for one of the most original mashups we’ve seen in a while.
Category Archives: LEGO
Favorite runners-up from the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest
LEGO fans submitted nearly a hundred entries to the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest, which made choosing the Grand Prize, First Prize, and Second Prize winners very hard.
Here are are a few of my personal favorites from among the rest of the entries.
Moritz Nolting packs a crowd of minifigs aboard a party truck, led by a dude with a monkey tattoo on his chest:
Peter Edwards constructs a lovely scene using a megalithic RCX brick:
Second Prize winner dabol_t entered nine photos in the contest. Here are my own favorites:
Fabuland, check! Maxi-figs, check! Retro car, check! This diorama by Aaron Andrews includes so many nostalgic elements, I’m about to pop! Plastic Revolution indeed.
Each of Erik Smit‘s entries was in contention for a prize in its category, and combined, they’re a truly wonderful series (best viewed large):
So, dear readers, what were your favorite entries?
Latest LEGO sales & deals from the LEGO Shop & Amazon.com [News]
With all the new LEGO sets out in December and January, it’s been a while since we’ve shared sales and deals with you.
10175 Vader’s TIE Advanced™ is 50% off:
- 50% off: 8160 Cruncher Block & Racer X
- 65% off: 10192 Space Skulls
- 50% off: 10186 General Grievous™
Lots of small sets are also on sale, including Racers and Bionicle.
Click the banner to see all of the current deals from the LEGO Shop online:
In a first for us, here are the latest LEGO
- 25% off: 7674 V-19 Torrent
- 23% off: 7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter
Amazon.com
As much as I’d personally like to avoid it, advertising is what keeps The Brothers Brick running smoothly. In a weakening economy, diversifying our sources of revenue is critical. Still, let us know what you think about our addition of the Amazon links.
Announcing the Job Mullers Contest [News]
Aliencat and Bluesecrets are hosting a brand-new contest over at Classic Castle.
Born in a frenzy of whimsy and late-night chatting, the Job Muller’s Contest is something unique. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is build a fictional medieval occupation, the funnier the better. I think I’m going to be entering this one….
L-Class
Train challenge examples
Both Peter Norman and I have now done example designs for the previously mentioned train building challenge. Remember it closes at the end of February so if you’re planning to enter you better get cracking.
Announcing winners of the GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest [News]
We’re very pleased (and relieved) to finally announce the winners of our GO MINIMAN GO Photo Contest!
Grand Prize goes to “The Surfer” by tiberium_blue:
Erik Smit takes himself back in time for First Prize in the 1970s category with “Me in the 1970s”:
Al Eisenbart captures the spirit of the 1980s with “Iron Maiden – World Slavery Tour Circa ’84”:
Alex Eylar keeps things musical through the 1990s with “Mid-nineties: The Rise of Indie Rock”:
“30: The Photograph” by keithcku wins First Prize in the 2000s category:
Second Prize winners:
- 1970s: “Watergate” by au_riverhorse
- 1970s: “Daydreamin’ of Adventure” by Shmails
- 1980s: “Go Miniman Panic Go!” by Ricardo Silva
- 1980s: “Live in Wan Chai Street in Hong Kong” by Alex Hui
- 1990s: “Me in the 1990s” by Erik Smit
- 1990s: “Go Miniman Go Downhill” by Rupi
- 2000s: “The 2000 Recount” by Alex Eylar
- 2000s: “Minifig Museum, Year 12000 by dabol_t
Congratulations to all the winners! And thanks to LEGO Brand Relations for generously providing the prizes and judging. Winners, we’ll be putting you in touch with LEGO for your prizes shortly.
Thanks for your patience as we stepped through the judging process. Look for my roundup of my favorite runners-up shortly as well. ;-)
LEGO Designer/Artist position open at TT Games [News]
Video game studio TT Games contacted us recently to ask if we could help them find someone to fill a cool new position they have on their LEGO design team. Naturally, we thought of all the talented builders who read The Brothers Brick! ;-)
Check out the job description below:
LEGO Designer/Artist
We are looking for an individual to join the LEGO Games – design/modelling team within our company in Cheshire, England.
Candidates must have a passion for all things LEGO and will need an excellent knowledge of existing LEGO sets and bricks in order to design and build unique LEGO models within a given time scale. The indivudal will be required to design models for a range of purposes for various members of the team in our dynamic and exciting working environment.
3D modelling experience in Autodesk Maya will be required however training can be made available. We are primarily looking for an individual who is able to create fun/accurate/working LEGO models for the increasing number of LEGO games we are working on.
Examples of designs from previous games can be found here.
Applicants should send their CV and sample images to cmcnair@t-tales.com.
Here at The Brothers Brick, we’re big fans of the LEGO video games created by TT Games, so further confirmation of an “increasing number of LEGO games” is good news indeed!
Good luck to the applicants, and let us know (if you can) how things go.
Shinto Shrine
Kevin Fedde uploaded a cute, little Shinto shrine today. I really like the overgrown look he has going on here.
Escape the infection
Andrew Colunga shows that the black fantasy virus is capable of infecting an entire planet, and now the last survivors are desperate to escape the doomed planet in the last remaining spacecraft. Oh the horror!
If you’re wondering why there’s been an abundance of horror action on the blog over the weekend, you should check out the conclusion of Keith’s You Control the Action Contest, ending tonight. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to cast your vote for the crowd’s favorite award.
FC announces massive Custom Clone Wars Combatant contest
Kaminoan, Arealight, and MMCB (collectively K.A.M), announces a massive customization contest that calls for the creation of a combatant minifigure unit for the Clone Wars. The bounty is massive and includes custom items from the artists and special collectables such as a sterling silver clone helmet and a poster autographed by Matt Busch.
Check out the contest announcement for rules and details. You have until the end of February to compete in this exciting event!
Ambush on Mecha Nature Trail
RoninLUG puts out a diorama depicting the ambush of a squad on their way through Mecha Nature Trail. There’s plenty of insurgents buried in the depths of the greenery waiting to strike the unsuspecting caravan. I tried to find them all, but it was like finding Waldo and all of his friends.
